Provides the PowerShell syntax using VMware.PowerCLI. By using this method, you can get the list of supported guest os identifiers based on the version of ESXI in your environment.
Testing
>make build
> make generate
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Compiling MDX docs in '.docs' to Markdown in '.web-docs'...
Documentation
guest_os_type (string) - Defines the guest operating system identifier for the virtual machine. If not specified, the setting defaults to otherGuest.
To get a list of supported guest operating system identifiers for your ESXi host run the following PowerShell command using VMware.PowerCLI:
By using this method, you can get the list based on the version of ESXI in your environment.
Example:
Connect-VIServer -Server "vc.example.com" -User "administrator@vsphere" -Password "password"
$esxiHost = Get-VMHost -Name "esxi.example.com"
$browser = Get-View -Id $esxiHost.ExtensionData.Parent.ExtensionData.ConfigManager.EnvironmentBrowser
$vmxVer = ($browser.QueryConfigOptionDescriptor() | Where-Object DefaultConfigOption).Key
$osDesc = $browser.QueryConfigOption($vmxVer, $null).GuestOSDescriptor
$osDesc | Select-Object Id, Fullname
Id FullName
-- --------
amazonlinux3_64Guest Amazon Linux 3 (64-bit)
amazonlinux2_64Guest Amazon Linux 2 (64-bit)
windows2019srvNext_64Guest Microsoft Windows Server 2022 (64-bit)
windows2019srv_64Guest Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (64-bit)
windows9Server64Guest Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (64-bit)
windows8Server64Guest Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)
windows7Server64Guest Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
winLonghorn64Guest Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)
winLonghornGuest Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit)
winNetEnterprise64Guest Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (64-bit)
winNetEnterpriseGuest Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit)
winNetDatacenter64Guest Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter (64-bit)
winNetDatacenterGuest Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter (32-bit)
winNetStandard64Guest Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard (64-bit)
winNetStandardGuest Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard (32-bit)
winNetWebGuest Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition (32-bit)
winNetBusinessGuest Microsoft Small Business Server 2003
windows9_64Guest Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
windows9Guest Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit)
windows8_64Guest Microsoft Windows 8.x (64-bit)
windows8Guest Microsoft Windows 8.x (32-bit)
windows7_64Guest Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)
windows7Guest Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit)
winVista64Guest Microsoft Windows Vista (64-bit)
winVistaGuest Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)
winXPPro64Guest Microsoft Windows XP Professional (64-bit)
winXPProGuest Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32-bit)
win2000AdvServGuest Microsoft Windows 2000
win2000ServGuest Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
win2000ProGuest Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
winNTGuest Microsoft Windows NT
win98Guest Microsoft Windows 98
win95Guest Microsoft Windows 95
win31Guest Microsoft Windows 3.1
dosGuest Microsoft MS-DOS
vmwarePhoton64Guest VMware Photon OS (64-bit)
crxPod1Guest VMware CRX Pod 1 (64-bit)
rhel9_64Guest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (64-bit)
rhel8_64Guest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (64-bit)
rhel7_64Guest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64-bit)
rhel6_64Guest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64-bit)
rhel6Guest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (32-bit)
rhel5_64Guest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64-bit)
rhel5Guest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit)
rhel4_64Guest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (64-bit)
rhel4Guest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (32-bit)
rhel3_64Guest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (64-bit)
rhel3Guest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (32-bit)
rhel2Guest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
sles16_64Guest SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 (64-bit)
sles15_64Guest SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (64-bit)
sles12_64Guest SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (64-bit)
sles11_64Guest SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 (64-bit)
sles11Guest SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 (32-bit)
sles10_64Guest SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 (64-bit)
sles10Guest SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 (32-bit)
sles64Guest SUSE Linux Enterprise 8/9 (64-bit)
slesGuest SUSE Linux Enterprise 8/9 (32-bit)
centos9_64Guest CentOS 9 (64-bit)
centos8_64Guest CentOS 8 (64-bit)
centos7_64Guest CentOS 7 (64-bit)
centos6_64Guest CentOS 6 (64-bit)
centos6Guest CentOS 6 (32-bit)
centos64Guest CentOS 4/5 (64-bit)
centosGuest CentOS 4/5 (32-bit)
debian11_64Guest Debian GNU/Linux 11 (64-bit)
debian11Guest Debian GNU/Linux 11 (32-bit)
debian10_64Guest Debian GNU/Linux 10 (64-bit)
debian10Guest Debian GNU/Linux 10 (32-bit)
debian9_64Guest Debian GNU/Linux 9 (64-bit)
debian9Guest Debian GNU/Linux 9 (32-bit)
debian8_64Guest Debian GNU/Linux 8 (64-bit)
debian8Guest Debian GNU/Linux 8 (32-bit)
debian7_64Guest Debian GNU/Linux 7 (64-bit)
debian7Guest Debian GNU/Linux 7 (32-bit)
debian6_64Guest Debian GNU/Linux 6 (64-bit)
debian6Guest Debian GNU/Linux 6 (32-bit)
debian5_64Guest Debian GNU/Linux 5 (64-bit)
debian5Guest Debian GNU/Linux 5 (32-bit)
debian4_64Guest Debian GNU/Linux 4 (64-bit)
debian4Guest Debian GNU/Linux 4 (32-bit)
opensuse64Guest SUSE openSUSE (64-bit)
opensuseGuest SUSE openSUSE (32-bit)
asianux8_64Guest Asianux 8 (64-bit)
asianux7_64Guest Asianux 7 (64-bit)
asianux4_64Guest Asianux 4 (64-bit)
asianux4Guest Asianux 4 (32-bit)
asianux3_64Guest Asianux 3 (64-bit)
asianux3Guest Asianux 3 (32-bit)
fedora64Guest Red Hat Fedora (64-bit)
fedoraGuest Red Hat Fedora (32-bit)
oesGuest Novell Open Enterprise Server
oracleLinux9_64Guest Oracle Linux 9 (64-bit)
oracleLinux8_64Guest Oracle Linux 8 (64-bit)
oracleLinux7_64Guest Oracle Linux 7 (64-bit)
oracleLinux6_64Guest Oracle Linux 6 (64-bit)
oracleLinux6Guest Oracle Linux 6 (32-bit)
oracleLinux64Guest Oracle Linux 4/5 (64-bit)
oracleLinuxGuest Oracle Linux 4/5 (32-bit)
ubuntu64Guest Ubuntu Linux (64-bit)
ubuntuGuest Ubuntu Linux (32-bit)
coreos64Guest CoreOS Linux (64-bit)
other5xLinux64Guest Other 5.x or later Linux (64-bit)
other5xLinuxGuest Other 5.x or later Linux (32-bit)
other4xLinux64Guest Other 4.x Linux (64-bit)
other4xLinuxGuest Other 4.x Linux (32-bit)
other3xLinux64Guest Other 3.x Linux (64-bit)
other3xLinuxGuest Other 3.x Linux (32-bit)
other26xLinux64Guest Other 2.6.x Linux (64-bit)
other26xLinuxGuest Other 2.6.x Linux (32-bit)
other24xLinux64Guest Other 2.4.x Linux (64-bit)
other24xLinuxGuest Other 2.4.x Linux (32-bit)
otherLinux64Guest Other Linux (64-bit)
otherLinuxGuest Other Linux (32-bit)
darwin21_64Guest Apple macOS 12 (64-bit)
darwin20_64Guest Apple macOS 11 (64-bit)
darwin19_64Guest Apple macOS 10.15 (64-bit)
darwin18_64Guest Apple macOS 10.14 (64-bit)
darwin17_64Guest Apple macOS 10.13 (64-bit)
darwin16_64Guest Apple macOS 10.12 (64-bit)
darwin15_64Guest Apple Mac OS X 10.11 (64-bit)
darwin14_64Guest Apple Mac OS X 10.10 (64-bit)
darwin13_64Guest Apple Mac OS X 10.9 (64-bit)
darwin12_64Guest Apple Mac OS X 10.8 (64-bit)
darwin11_64Guest Apple Mac OS X 10.7 (64-bit)
darwin11Guest Apple Mac OS X 10.7 (32-bit)
darwin10_64Guest Apple Mac OS X 10.6 (64-bit)
darwin10Guest Apple Mac OS X 10.6 (32-bit)
darwin64Guest Apple Mac OS X 10.5 (64-bit)
darwinGuest Apple Mac OS X 10.5 (32-bit)
freebsd13_64Guest FreeBSD 13 or later versions (64-bit)
freebsd13Guest FreeBSD 13 or later versions (32-bit)
freebsd12_64Guest FreeBSD 12 (64-bit)
freebsd12Guest FreeBSD 12 (32-bit)
freebsd11_64Guest FreeBSD 11 (64-bit)
freebsd11Guest FreeBSD 11 (32-bit)
freebsd64Guest FreeBSD Pre-11 versions (64-bit)
freebsdGuest FreeBSD Pre-11 versions (32-bit)
os2Guest IBM OS/2
netware6Guest Novell NetWare 6.x
netware5Guest Novell NetWare 5.1
solaris11_64Guest Oracle Solaris 11 (64-bit)
solaris10_64Guest Oracle Solaris 10 (64-bit)
solaris10Guest Oracle Solaris 10 (32-bit)
solaris9Guest Sun Microsystems Solaris 9
solaris8Guest Sun Microsystems Solaris 8
openServer6Guest SCO OpenServer 6
openServer5Guest SCO OpenServer 5
unixWare7Guest SCO UnixWare 7
eComStation2Guest Serenity Systems eComStation 2
eComStationGuest Serenity Systems eComStation 1
otherGuest64 Other (64-bit)
otherGuest Other (32-bit)
vmkernel65Guest VMware ESXi 6.x
vmkernel7Guest VMware ESXi 7.0 or later
vmkernel6Guest VMware ESXi 6.0
vmkernel5Guest VMware ESXi 5.x
Summary
VMware.PowerCLI. By using this method, you can get the list of supported guest os identifiers based on the version of ESXI in your environment.Testing
Documentation
guest_os_type(string) - Defines the guest operating system identifier for the virtual machine. If not specified, the setting defaults tootherGuest.To get a list of supported guest operating system identifiers for your ESXi host run the following PowerShell command using
VMware.PowerCLI:Explanation
By using this method, you can get the list based on the version of ESXI in your environment.
Example:
Reference
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