- #MACBOOK SCREWDRIVER IN BERKELEY MAC OS X#
- #MACBOOK SCREWDRIVER IN BERKELEY INSTALL#
- #MACBOOK SCREWDRIVER IN BERKELEY UPDATE#
- #MACBOOK SCREWDRIVER IN BERKELEY DRIVER#
#MACBOOK SCREWDRIVER IN BERKELEY INSTALL#
Not only did the installer completely boot, but the customer was able to perform both a fresh install of ESXi 6.5 as well as an upgrade from ESXi 6.0 to 6.5 on the Mac Pro 6,1 without any issues.
I recommended to the customer that they could actually fall back to the "legacy" vmklinux driver and see if that would allow them to progress further and to my surprise, that actually worked.
#MACBOOK SCREWDRIVER IN BERKELEY DRIVER#
Perhaps, the new driver is not able to claim the disk drives and is preventing the boot-up. The specific driver shown in the logs is the new AHCI Native Driver which is new in ESXi 6.5. Looking at the error, I also agreed the issue might be related to the AHCI driver which gave me an idea. The customer had theorized that perhaps there was an issue with the AHCI driver but since the system would not boot further, there was not much more they could do. Vmw_ahci: ExceptionHandlerWorld: Abort scan took 1 (us) to complete, 0 commands aborted. WARNING: vmw_ahci: ExceptionHandlerWorld:AHCI_SIGNAL_ABORT_REQUEST signal. When attempting to boot the ESXi installer (upgrade or fresh install), they saw the following error message in the ESXi logs: Please use at your own risk.Įarly last week, I had a customer who had reached out to me that attempted an install of ESXi 6.5 on their Mac Pro 6,1. They were already aware that the platform was not officially supported with ESXi 6.5, but wanted to see if I had any ideas that they could try. This temporarily workaround is to enable customers who wish to run the current version of ESXi 6.5 which includes GA release, 6.5a and 6.5p01.ĭisclaimer: The following section below is not officially supported or recommended by VMware. In a future release of ESXi, the workaround will not be required and ESXi will just install out of the box.
The VMware HCL has also been updated to include the Apple Mac Pro 6,1 4-Core, 6-Core, 8-Core & 12-Core systems.
#MACBOOK SCREWDRIVER IN BERKELEY UPDATE#
UPDATE () - VMware has just published the following VMware KB 2149537 which outlines the officially recommended workaround to install ESXi 6.5 onto the Apple Mac Pro 6,1. This means you can install ESXi without any modification to the image. UPDATE () - ESXi 6.5 Update 1 just GA'ed yesterday and is fully supported with all current Apple Mac Pro 6,1 (as you can see on the HCL here) and the workaround mentioned below is no longer required. before you close this blog post thinking it is going to take awhile before there is going to be an update regarding ESXi 6.5 and Mac Pro 6,1, please continue reading further 🙂 If you would like to see this improved in the future, you may want to reach out to Apple and provide them with your feedback. I hope this gives customers some additional insights into how Apple hardware is certified for ESXi.
#MACBOOK SCREWDRIVER IN BERKELEY MAC OS X#
VMware intends to continue to support customers who require the use of Mac OS X Virtualization and will work towards getting the Mac Pro's certified for latest version of vSphere as mentioned earlier. Historically, testing and certifying ESXi for Apple hardware does take an additional amount of time and in some cases, code changes may even be required due to unexpected hardware changes from Apple. In Apple's case, it unfortunate as they do not participate in VMware's Hardware Certification program for ESXi which makes certification challenging. If there is a piece of hardware that is not on the VMware HCL today, it is definitely worth reaching out to your hardware vendor to inquire about its status. Once a vendor completes the certification for a particular hardware platform or component, they submit the results to VMware and the VMware HCL is updated. Some of you might be wondering why this did not happen earlier? The primary reason is that hardware certification for ESXi is actually performed by the hardware vendors. The good news is that VMware is in the process of testing the Apple Mac Pro 6,1 for ESXi 6.5, however there is not an ETA on when this will be completed by. I know this is not ideal especially for customers who wish to take advantage of the latest vSphere release. I know several of you have reached out asking about the support for ESXi 6.5 on the Apple Mac Pro 6,1 but as of right now, the Mac Pro 6,1 is currently not supported with ESXi 6.5.
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