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    [Whole Lab] The Almost TinyMiniMicro Lab Running ESXi 8.0.1

    Yep, and the reason for that is because prior to my NAS, I did not have a NAS. Everything was local. Originally, I was going to do vSAN but didn't want to make a mess of cables coming out of each unit to fit 3 total drives (main m2 slot for OS, m2 B to E key for another M2 in the wifi slot, and...
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    [Whole Lab] The Almost TinyMiniMicro Lab Running ESXi 8.0.1

    Hey Richardm, thanks for replying, definitely going to save the notes for if I encounter this again. So what I ultimately had to do was actually a Hard Stop. I brought one Ubuntu VM back online, and re-ran sudo apt-get upgrade / sudo apt-get upgrade once again via SSH since the web console was...
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    [Whole Lab] The Almost TinyMiniMicro Lab Running ESXi 8.0.1

    Through all my research and frustration, I wanted to post an entire lab build with specifications to help others that are looking to go into the TinyMiniMicro space with M720q/M920q line. This lab is working and standing with ESXi 8.0.1 but I am using the Lenovo customized image. Yes, 10Gigabit...
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    Lenovo Thinkcentre/ThinkStation Tiny (Project TinyMiniMicro) Reference Thread

    Just wanted to note here for the following for VMware ESXi 8.0.1 build 21813344. M920q i3-8500T M720q i5-8600 (x2) I was able to upgrade both of those models from The Lenovo 7.0.3u customized image to the Lenovo 8.0.1 customized image via USB. (Yes, like, legitimate upgrade via USB, not fresh...