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At least one internal SATA Disk for laptop (I used one mSATA and one SATA - Allows for ESXi installation to one disk and XPENology install to the other) 3. StarTech ECESAT32. Mediasonic ProBox HF2-SU3S2. 4 - SATA HDD's for enclosure (I used: WD2003FYYS) Needed Software: 1. ESXi 5.5 Installation ISO. ESXi Customizer. Installing VMware ESX and ESXi 3.5 on an HP Proliant ML115 G5 Quad Core. VMware ESX Lab – Installing ESX 3i 3.5 on an HP Proliant ML110 G5. Link – Running VMware ESXi on approved HP USB or SD Memory. Installing and Running VMware vSphere (ESX 4.0) on your lab HP Proliant ML110 or ML115.
I have a PC with Gigabyte H77 motherboard with Intel I5-3550 CPU8 GB RAM 1600MHz and a 500GB Harddisk (7200RPM) - WD Sata III disk
I wish to install esx on it and run some virtual machines on it.not alot, something like 2-3 VMs. Gt s5253 themes.
My hardisk is Sata, is it possible to install ESX Server on it ?
I am not worried about loading issues. When i try loading the installation it writes it cannot detect my disk (since its not SCSI disk).
How can i bypass this ? or find a solution.
thanks
ilanschilansch
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ESX(i) runs and installs fine on a sata disk - You can even use a USB stick for the OS itself.
The problem is more in general the hardware you are using.
The problem is more in general the hardware you are using.
Check out the HCL to see what hardware VMware has tested, and confirmed working. Fujitsu siemens amilo a1645 drivers xp download windows 10. Running the software on other hardware will only give you problems.
If you want to run virtualization on that machine, you are better off installing either a Windows or Linux OS, and installing VMware Workstation on top of that.
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VMWare prefers server-class hardware, as only a limited number of storage drivers can be included in the small-footprint ESXi image. You will find that the hardware compatibility list is narrower than a Linux distribution, for example.
The best way to gain system compatibility is to use supported RAID and network adapters. However, a good resource for non-standard builds are the forums and HCL available at http://www.vm-help.com/index.html
Some users have been able to modify the ESXi install with drivers for their specific motherboards/peripherals.
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Running ESX on hardware not listed in the HCL is possible: users have made lists of hardware which works (as opposed to supported). They call this 'whitebox' hardware. Googling for 'ESX whitebox' may help you.
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Hi /r/homelab, I've been having an issue with my ESXi installation on my Dell R710, and I haven't been able to find much support for the issue given the age of my hardware. As the title suggests, I'm running ESXi 6.0.0 (need to install the recent security update, I know) on a Dell r710. ESXi is installed on a USB flash drive plugged into the internal USB port towards the front of the case. I have a FreeNAS instance installed on the flash drive as well, and using a flashed Dell H200 RAID controller, pass through my HDDs to it. The rest of my VMs are recognized by ESXi, but their contents are stored on the FreeNAS drive pool. Other VMs include a few Ubuntu installations and a Server 2012 R2 install I play with every so often. I also use the drive pool for some media storage, accessed by a few other machines on my network and by a Plex server running on an Ubuntu VM.
During normal operations, I can have a week or two of normal uptime - I can access all of my VMs, and my data are all accessible. After a week+ of uptime, my vSphere Client gives me the error 'Configuration Issues: Lost connectivity to the device mpx.. [omitted] backing the boot filesystem /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.[omitted]. As a result, host configuration changes will not be saved to persistent storage'.
It seems like almost everything is running just fine in RAM. I can let my VMs keep chugging along and can access files in my FreeNAS drive pool without issues, however once the error pops up, I'm not able to reach the web interface for FreeNAS, nor can I 'safely' shut down the FreeNAS VM (installed/hosted directly on the USB drive used by ESXi). And I know it's not generally a great idea to virtualize FreeNAS, but at worst I'd only have to redownload some content - this is far from a high-stakes production server. If funds would allow, I'd build a separate appliance for storage, but that's not going to be in the cards for a little while.
Putting ESXi into maintenance mode, shutting down the host, and then re-seating the USB drive 'fixes' the issue for about a week or two, then the issue happens again.
I'm pretty sure I've got the latest BIOS version offered by Dell for the r710. I haven't tried migrating to another USB drive because I don't have another one of similar size. I'd like to not have to go out and get another drive to use a boot device just yet (budgetary constraints, and I've got a few other things on the wish list), though it is in the plans to eventually move to a SSD as my 'boot device' (installing it in the optical disk drive bay and using the SATA header on the r710 motherboard).
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Do any of you have any ideas or suggestions about what I could do to help prevent the lost connectivity to my boot device? I'm hoping to tackle this issue before setting up a few more VMs over the winter break. Thanks for reading!
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