根据
ESXi Arm Edition | VMware Flings,带来了一些bug fix,支持vTPM, virtual Secure Boot和加密虚拟机等,并且增加了Windows的VMware Tools。
Oct 26, 2022 - v1.11
Note: Upgrade is NOW supported from earlier ESXi-Arm 1.x Fling releases
- Support CPU accelerated crypto (e.g. NEON, Armv8 Cryptographic Extensions) for built-in ESX services
- Fixed ESXi xterm-256color terminfo. Terminal.app in macOS (or any modern terminal, on any OS) now properly renders esxtop
- Updated the virtual UEFI ROM to match the version used by VMware Fusion for Apple silicon
- Support for virtual HTTP boot
- Support for virtual TPM, virtual Secure Boot, and encrypted VMs
- Support for physical GICv4 systems
- Added VMware Tools for Windows
- Fixed issue with ixgben driver
Known Issues:
- Ampere Altra-based systems may PSOD when AHCI disks are used
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS installer graphics do not work. Please use Ubuntu 22.10
- Windows SVGA driver does not work and must not be installed (or use safe mode to uninstall the svga device)
Build 20693597
VMware-VMvisor-Installer-7.0.0-20693597.aarch64.iso
因为1.x版本之后可以更新,所以我就通过更新安装升级到了1.11。
Win11 Arm版ISO可以通过UUP dump这个网站去抓取。
对于安装Win11 Arm版 VM,有几个问题要解决:
- vTPM,这个需要使用vCenter中的Configure->Security->Key Providers 添加一个Standard Key Provider. 而这个Provider本身可以通过一些开源的KIMP项目实现。这里不详细说明,感兴趣的可以github里搜索些KIMP相关的repos。
- Windows 11安装过程中,可能会提示找不到网络而无法继续(这个在X64下也会遇到),这里需要Shift+F10进入命令行,使用OOBE\BYPASSNRO命令来增加无网络安装。
- Windows 11 Arm版没有内置VMXNET3驱动,ESXi Arm Edition里所谓的Windows版VMware Tools,再mount到VM后,里面就内置了一个VMXNet3驱动。
- ESXi Arm Edition上面更新日志里提到了SVGA driver不支持,奇怪的是上面提到的VMware Tools里就有SVGA driver,我就没有安装。
最终,Windows 11 Arm版就在ESXi Arm Edition上安装成功了。(由于我的ESXi Arm Edition是装在树莓派4上的,所以性能还是有些吃紧的。)