Free. NAS 9. 1. 0 on VMware ESXi 6. Guide. This is a guide which will install Free. NAS 9. 1. 0 under VMware ESXi and then using ZFS share the storage back to VMware. This is roughly based on Napp Its All In One design, except that it uses Free. Broadcom Network adapters have historically been hit or miss. At my work, ESXi boxes have had issues with them, we have had Windows 2008 R2 SQLExchange servers that. This is a guide which will install FreeNAS 9. VMware ESXi and then using ZFS share the storage back to VMware. This is roughly based on NappIts AllInOne. NAS instead of Omin. OS. Disclaimer  I should note that Free. NAS does not officially support running virtualized in production environments. If you run into any problems and ask for help on the Free. NAS forums, I have no doubt that Cyberjock will respond with So, you want to lose all your data  So, with that disclaimer aside lets get going Update Josh Paetzel wrote a post on. Is there a location we can download Vmware Cold Clone that would work for ESXI 6 to image a Windows 2003 server Physical Server We havent used cold. Virtualizing Free. NASso this is somewhat official now. Add Network Drivers To Esxi 6' title='Add Network Drivers To Esxi 6' />I would still exercise caution. Update 2 This guide was originally written for Free. Dell PowerEdge R530 accelerates performance across a wide range of workloads designed for data centers with a powerful 2 socket 2U rack server. Heads Up If youve updated to ESXi 6. U1b, build 3380124 and you have lots of templates, you may run into some problems if you update VMware Tools to the latest. This feature was known as the VMware vShield Endpoint Thin Agent prior to the ESXi 5. Update 2 release, which is when VMware renamed it the VMware Tools Guest. I have heard vmxnet 3 virtual nic is better for vms in esxi host. Does it replaced for the host or for all vms How Is this recommended ESXi Free vs Paid things to know. The free version of VMware ESXi is no longer locked and limited to run on hardware with up to 32Gb of RAM. NAS 9. 3, Ive updated it for Free. NAS 9. 1. 0.  Also, I believe Avago LSI P2. Ive removed my warning on using P2. Added sections 7. Resource reservations and 1. Get proper hardware. Example 1 Supermicro 2. U Build. Super. Micro X1. SL7 F which has a built in LSI2. HBA. Xeon E3 1. ECC Memory. TB HGST HDDs I use RAID Z24 2. Intel DC S3. 70. 0s for SLOG ZIL, and 2 drives for installing Free. NAS mirroredExample 2 Mini ITX Datacenter in a Box Build. X1. 0SDV F build in Xeon D 1. ECC Memory. IBM 1. LSI 9. 22. 0 8i HBA4 hotswap bays with 2. TB HGST HDDs I use RAID Z2 Intel DC S3. SLOG ZIL, and one to boot ESXi and install Free. NAS to. Hard drives. See info on my Hard Drives for ZFS post. The LSI2. 30. 8M1. I like do to two DC S3. SLOG device and then do a RAID Z2 of spinners on the other 6 slots. Also get one preferably two for a mirror drives that you will plug into the SATA ports not on the LSI controller for the local ESXi data store. Im using DC S3. 70. I have, but this doesnt need to be fast storage, its just to put Free. NAS on. 2. Flash HBA to IT Firmware. As of Free. NAS 9. IT mode P2. 0 looks like its P2. I strongly suggest pulling all drives before flashing. LSI 2. IT firmware for Supermicro. Heres instructions to flash the firmware http hardforum. Supermicro firmware ftp ftp. DriverSASLSI2. FirmwareITFor IBM M1. LSI Avago 9. 22. 0 8i. Instructions for flashing firmware https forums. LSI Avago Firmware http www. If you already have the card passed through to Free. NAS via VT d steps 6 8 you can actually flash the card from Free. NAS using the sas. IT mode so Im just upgrading it. PackageP2. 0IRITFWBIOSforMSDOSWindows. FirmwareHBA9. 21. IT2. 11. 8it. bin b sasbiosrelmptsas. LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility. Version 1. 6. 0. 0. Copyright c 2. 00. LSI Corporation. All rights reserved. Advanced Mode Set. Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS SAS2. B2. Executing Operation Flash Firmware Image. Firmware Image has a Valid Checksum. Firmware Version 2. Firmware Image compatible with Controller. Valid NVDATA Image found. Do Filme Uma Onda No Art. NVDATA Version 1. Checking for a compatible NVData image. NVDATA Device ID and Chip Revision match verified. NVDATA Versions Compatible. Valid Initialization Image verified. Valid Boot. Loader Image verified. Beginning Firmware Download. Firmware Download Successful. Verifying Download. Firmware Flash Successful. Resetting Adapter. PackageP2. 0IRITFWBIOSforMSDOSWindows. FirmwareHBA9. 21. IT2. 11. 8it. bin b sasbiosrelmptsas. LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility. Version. 16. 0. 0. Copyrightc2. 00. LSI Corporation. All rights reserved. Game Symbian Uiq3 more. Advanced Mode Set. Adapter Selected isa. LSI SAS SAS2. 00. B2Executing Operation Flash Firmware Image. Firmware Image hasa. Valid Checksum. Firmware Version. Firmware Image compatible with Controller. Valid NVDATA Image found. NVDATA Version. 14. Checking foracompatible NVData image. NVDATA Device IDand. Chip Revision match verified. NVDATA Versions Compatible. Valid Initialization Image verified. Valid Boot. Loader Image verified. Beginning Firmware Download. Firmware Download Successful. Verifying Download. Firmware Flash Successful. Resetting Adapter. Wait a few minutes, at this point Free. NAS finally crashed. Poweroff.  Free. NAS, and then reboot VMwareWarning on P2. Some earlier versions of the P2. P2. 0. 0. 0. 0. 4. If you cant P2. 0 in aversion later than P2. P1. 9 or P1. 6. 3. Optional Over provision ZIL SLOG SSDs. If youre going to use an SSD for SLOG you can over provision them. You can boot into an Ubuntu Live. CD and use hdparm, instructions are here https www. SSDOver provisioningusinghdparm  You can also do this after after VMware is installed by passing the LSI controller to an Ubuntu VM Free. NAS doesnt have hdparm. I usually over provision down to 8. GB. Update 2. 01. But you may want to only go to 2. GB depending on your setupOne of my colleagues discovered 8. GB over provisioning wasnt even maxing out 1. Gb network remember, every write to VMware is a sync so it hits the ZIL no matter what with 2 x 1. Gb fiber lagged connections between VMware and Free. NAS.  This was on an HGST 8. Intel DC S3. 70. 0 and it wasnt virtualized setup. But thought Id mention it here. Install VMware ESXi 6. The free version of the hypervisor is here. I usually install it to a USB drive plugged into the motherboards internal header. Under configuration, storage, click add storage. Choose one or two of the local storage disks plugged into your SATA ports do not add a disk on your LSI controller. Create a Virtual Storage Network. For this example my VMware management IP is 1. VMware Storage Network ip is 1. Free. NAS Storage Network IP is 1. Create a virtual storage network with jumbo frames enabled. VMware, Configuration, Add Networking. Virtual MachineCreate a standard switch uncheck any physical adapters. Add Networking again, VMKernel, VMKernel  Select v. Switch. 1 which you just created in the previous step, give it a network different than your main network. I use 1. 0. 5. 5. IP and 2. 55. 2. 55. Some people are having trouble with an MTU of 9. I suggest leaving the MTU at 1. MTU of 9. 00. 0.  Also, if you run into networking issues look at disabling TSO offloading see comments. Under v. Switch. 1 go to Properties, select v. Switch, Edit, change the MTU to 9. Answer yes to the no active NICs warning. Then select the Storage Kernel port, edit, and set the MTU to 9. Configure the LSI 2. Passthrough VT d. Configuration, Advanced Settings, Configure Passthrough. Mark the LSI2. 30. You must have VT d enabled in the BIOS for this to work so if it wont let you for some reason check your BIOS settings. Reboot VMware. 7. Create the Free. NAS VM. Download the Free. NAS ISO from http www. Create a new VM, choose custom, put it on one of the drives on the SATA ports, Virtual Machine version 1. Guest OS type is Free. BSD 6. 4 bit, 1 socket and 2 cores. Try to give it at least 8. GB of memory.  On Networking give it two adapters, the 1st NIC should be assigned to the VM Network, 2nd NIC to the Storage network. Set both to VMXNET3. SCSI controller should be the default, LSI Logic Parallel. Choose Edit the Virtual Machine before completion. If you have a second local drive not one that youll use for your zpool here you can add a second boot drive for a mirror. Before finishing the creation of the VM click Add, select PCI Devices, and choose the LSI 2. And be sure to go into the CDDVD drive settings and set it to boot off the Free. NAS iso.  Then finish creation of the VM. Free. NAS VM Resource allocation. Also, since Free.