May 18, 2017

Quick Navigation Disable USB Arbitrator ServiceFind a drive and plug it directly into your ESXi hostFind the start and end sectors of the driveCreate and Format the partition Totally not supported by VMware but works like a charm. Of course there are a few steps to get your hosts to recognize the device and who

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May 16, 2017

Went to a VMUG meeting today to mingle a bit with the VMware community here in town. The meeting was sponsored by this backup company named Unitrends which offers a pretty cool backup solution. The meeting topic was more on Ransomware because of the WannaCry fiasco and how it can be prevented. Great guys with some cool ideas on saving your data

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May 15, 2017

Quick Navigation Configure iSCSI TargetsConfigure InitiatorsCreating VMFS Shared Storage Datastore Ah good ol’ storage. There never seems to be enough of it especially for data hoarders like myself. For my home lab I’m going to need some shared storage amongst all my ESXi hosts. Since I don’t have a dedicated fibre channel SAN, I can re-purpose my Western

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May 13, 2017

Quick Navigation Plug In Your DrivesBooting Up The NUCInstalling ESXi 6.5Configuring ESXi 6.5 Host Now that we’ve created our install media in Part 1, we can move on to installing ESXi on the 8GB USB boot drive.Plug In Your DrivesMake sure you plug in both drives into your NUC. I’ll plug in the ESXi installer into

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