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    Server/CPU recommendations for ESXi host for Blue Iris, Linux media/file/web server

    I currently run an ESXi 6.7.0 host with 3 guest VM's: - Windows Server 2022 running Blue Iris NVR (v5) - Lubuntu 20 for Logitech Media Server, Plex Media server, Home Assistant, VPN, Mediawiki, Web Server and file server - Windows 10 for PVR software & general testbed environment. My current...
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    Supermicro X11SCA-F fans with ESXi

    Please help... I have a Supermicro X11SCA-F running ESXi 6.7 update 3. The BMC is set for fan mode "full" (which was then followed by a cold start of the BMC). I've got impitool installed and I can control the Noctua fan noise and thresholds with the following script: # Supermicro X11SCA-F fan...
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    vCenter Content Library Trouble

    Attempting to consolidate 13 PCs scattered about the house into two headless Supermicro 846 chassis (SM) w/ dual Xeon E5-2620 v2 fresh bought off ebay for homelab/media etc. I've installed esxi 6.7u3b onto each chassis. Converted my copies of Server 2012 & 2016 to rufus usb and loaded them onto...
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    Fresh ESXi 6.7 install; Error 28 No space left issue during latest update

    I just did a fresh install of ESXi 6.7. When I try to update it to the latest profile I get the following error. The install is on a 32GB mSATA device. Ptr Blocks shows max/free as 0/0. Is this the contributing factor? I was able to successfully update the vibs even though the...
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    Manage 9266-8i in ESXI 6.7

    Hello guys and gals, Sorta new to the forums but am in need of help managing my LSI 9266-8i raid card in a SUPERMICRO CSE846 Chassis running ESXI 6.7u1. From what I've tried so far from searching hours on the web hasn't worked. I've tried numerous versions of the LSI provider vib I've tried on...
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    RDMA in ESXi 6.7 on ConnectX-2 Cards

    We have a series of 13 Dell R610 hosts with ConnectX-2 EN cards running ESXi 6.7. We have been trying to get RDMA (more importantly the iSER adapter) to enable and show up, however we have been unsuccessful. RDMA is supported by the FW, as we had gotten it to show up before with different...
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    Converting HyperV to ESXi

    This really is just an FYI post incase anyone searches for an issue like this. I recently decided to migrate my HyperV infrasture to my ESXi (6.7) server to consolidate my server rack. Including rewiring my entire network. The VM in question is a Plex media server running on RHEL 7.6 on 2012...
  8. AveryFreeman

    Crap iperf3 performance in OmniOS?

    Hey, so I just set up vmxnet3 drivers in OmniOS new install, 151028b on ESXi 6.7U1. Went to test throughput to see what the difference between the E1000 and vmxnet3 drivers were like, so I fired up iperf3 on pfsense as a server, and sent the most basic test from the OmniOS VM as a client...
  9. AveryFreeman

    OmniOS CE: two simple issues...

    Hi, new to OmniOS CE, have tried the old OmniOS/Napp-IT for a spell just to see how it works a year or two ago, but now am using it regularly in a VM for all my ZFS storage and NFS and SMB shares - I love that '# zfs set sharexxx=on pool/dataset' actually works! It's been difficult to get...
  10. AveryFreeman

    Why does ESXi 6.7 HCL list some later ixgben drivers than others?

    Hey, so I have two X540-T2 10GBase-T cards. One is a `Dell K7H46`, the other is a `Supermicro AOC-STG-i2T`. Was having some stability issues with the Dell card, so I went to update the driver, the inbox driver for `ESXi 6.7 9214924` was `1.4.5`. I don't remember installing the driver in...
  11. AveryFreeman

    ESXi 6.7 can't change settings, don't survive reboot (passthrough issues, too!)

    Fun times Noticing none of the settings in an ESXi 6.7 installation are surviving reboot. I created the USB with a stock installation ISO like always, downloaded from the VMWare website. Just used the USB key like a normal drive. Have been doing this for several years now. Been using ESXi...