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All rights reserved. Was this Document Helpful? Yes No Feedback. Supported VMware Features and Operations. You must install the VM using the. Use the default. However, the exact steps that you need to perform may vary depending on the characteristics of your VMware environment and setup.

The vSphere Client is installed on your machine. Verify OVF template details, and click Next. Select the datastore for the VM files, and click Next. Select the format in which virtual disks are stored, and click Next.

Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed. Thick Provision Eager Zeroed. Thin Provisioned. The Thick Provision Eager Zeroed option takes longer duration to install but provides better performance.

Thick Provisioned will also consume more physical space on the disk. Under Network Mapping , allocate one or more virtual network interface card vNIC on the destination network using the drop-down list. This will vary depending on release. Select Power on after deployment to automatically power on the VM. Click Finish to deploy the OVA. The OVA deploys the. If a bootstrap configuration file was included in the OVA, the router configuration is automatically enabled. For details see the Console Mapping section.

You have set the correct Firewall Options to allow VM serial port to be connect over network. Under Configuration, select Create a Custom configuration , and click Next. Specify the name of the VM, and click Next. Under Storage, select the datastore for the VM files, and click Next. Select Virtual Machine version 8, and click Next.

Select Linux and the Other 2. Under CPUs , select the following settings:. Number of virtual sockets virtual CPUs. Number of cores per socket. The number of cores per socket must always be set to 1, regardless of the number of virtual sockets selected. Click Next. Configure the VM's memory size. Supported memory size is 16GB. Under Network , allocate at least 4 virtual network interface cards vNICs. Here the Graphical installer will ask you to enter a password for the root user of the system.

Enter the password which you want to set, two times and continue. To configure the clock of the Kali Linux select the time zone of your country. However, the installer will automatically select it on your previous location selection.

So, just leave this as it is and move forward. Performing partition on VMware for Kali Distro will not be much difficult. When it asks for it select the Guided — Use entire disk. After the above step, it will ask you for selecting the partition scheme, use the All files in one partition option. To get the update for newer versions of Kali Linux installed software, select the network mirror option to YES. It is a very important step because if you accidentally select the No then the operating system will become unbootable.

So, mark the YES option and move to the next step. Select the disk where you want to install the grub boot loader. As we have only a single drive, so it will show there select that and move on. Locate the VMware Tools you downloaded in step 1. Select VMware Tools. Once you have selected the VMware tools. The VMware tools will automatically appear on your desktop. You have to click on Install VMware tools. On the welcome to VMware tools Installer page, click Continue.

Type your username plus password and click Install Software. You will a pop-up System Extension Blocked. After the pop-up appears, click Open Security Preference s. Click on the Padlock icon then type your password. It allows you to make changes. Once the installation is successfully done, click the Restart button. You may see the same System Extension Blocked pop-up again.

Click Open Security Preferences. So follow the Steps below. Choose the downloaded Kali ISO file image as installation media. Select the type of Guest operating system as Linux and click on the Next button. Give some name to your Kali Linux Virtual Machine and move to next step.

Assign the amount of Virtual hard disk you want to assign to your machine. Click on Customize hardware. You can increase it, for better performance. Otherwise just click on Close button. Now by clicking the Finish button, your Kali Linux will be ready to install.