Hi, I know this has been covered briefly before though I cannot find the appropriate thread:
I have a standalone OmnisOS server but am trying to reduce my power bill as I have an R610 (2012 R2 Datacenter), R710 (2012 R2 Datacenter), and SQ836 X8F (OmniOS 48TB across two vdev)
I've just recently purchased 128GB of ram, an S2600CP4 mobo, and dual 2670 processors.
I'm planning on installing ESXi and virtualizing an 2012 R2 DC instance (to keep my 6x 2012 R2 guests licensed) and OmniOS with passed through HBAs.
My OmniOS instance is tied to a domain controller if that matters.
I'd like to be able to backup my entire OmniOS/napp-it configuration as I do not wish to reconfigure AD, ACLs, shares, etc.
I know that I will have to backup /var/web-gui/_log, but what other settings will require backing up that will not automatically migrate when exporting/importing a pool? Will I have to rejoin to the domain or can these settings be saved?
I do not currently have a Napp-It pro license nor have the budget remaining for it currently (Canadian $$$ vs Euro) so not certain if that limits the backup/restore within Napp-it.
Oh, as a final note, is there any reason I just can't pass through my disks one-by-one in hyper-V to the omnios guest? I realize that I'll be losing smart status but are there any other negatives? This would prevent me from having to virtualize Server 2012 R2 DC for all of my windows guests. My linux guests are totally happy within Hyper-V and I assume OmniOS would be similar?
Any help/assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
I have a standalone OmnisOS server but am trying to reduce my power bill as I have an R610 (2012 R2 Datacenter), R710 (2012 R2 Datacenter), and SQ836 X8F (OmniOS 48TB across two vdev)
I've just recently purchased 128GB of ram, an S2600CP4 mobo, and dual 2670 processors.
I'm planning on installing ESXi and virtualizing an 2012 R2 DC instance (to keep my 6x 2012 R2 guests licensed) and OmniOS with passed through HBAs.
My OmniOS instance is tied to a domain controller if that matters.
I'd like to be able to backup my entire OmniOS/napp-it configuration as I do not wish to reconfigure AD, ACLs, shares, etc.
I know that I will have to backup /var/web-gui/_log, but what other settings will require backing up that will not automatically migrate when exporting/importing a pool? Will I have to rejoin to the domain or can these settings be saved?
I do not currently have a Napp-It pro license nor have the budget remaining for it currently (Canadian $$$ vs Euro) so not certain if that limits the backup/restore within Napp-it.
Oh, as a final note, is there any reason I just can't pass through my disks one-by-one in hyper-V to the omnios guest? I realize that I'll be losing smart status but are there any other negatives? This would prevent me from having to virtualize Server 2012 R2 DC for all of my windows guests. My linux guests are totally happy within Hyper-V and I assume OmniOS would be similar?
Any help/assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated.