How do I install Mac OS X as a guest OS on VMWare ESXi 5.5 Update 1 running on non apple hardware? We currently have a large deployment of HP server hardware running VMWare ESXi 5.5 Update 1. We have numerous Windows and Linux deployments in this environment and all works very well. Now we are in need of a virtual install of Mac OS X. We don't want to hack it in and we don't want to violate any EULA's, we just want virtual Mac OS X in our environment. Does this mean we need new hardware in the data center to support this? Let's keep this open if possible.
We can certainly be a place for people to explain what the EULA is, how it might apply and whether it's even technically possible. If we end up down a rabbit hole of how to configure ESX in a way that's exclusively PC based, perhaps we might migrate it to SU, but this seems a reasonable question for a professional to ask / answer and still be within our scope. A discussion on would be great if people have strong feelings about closure or we want to discuss how to edit it. – Apr 30 '14 at 14:48.
Apple Mac OS X Server The release of vSphere 5 introduces support for Apple’s Mac OS X Server operating system on ESXi 5.0, with the following support considerations: To run Mac OS X in a virtual machine, ESXi must be running on Apple branded hardware. Download Mac OS X Unlocker for VMware (currently V1.3.0) from the InsanelyMac download page. Extract unlocker-all-v130.zip to a folder on your computer. Upload the contents to a datastore on your ESXi host.