I'm looking to build one soon and wanted to see what people are using for a napp-it all-in-one system using ESXi 5.5 as the hyper-visor
My suggestion for all-in-one is:I'm looking to build one soon and wanted to see what people are using for a napp-it all-in-one system using ESXi 5.5 as the hyper-visor
gea - send me a note on the pre-configured version! That is certainly exciting news.New:
I will offer a preconfigured zipped OmniOS VM for download (today or tomorrow)
After download, you must unzip and copy the folder to your local datastore via ESXi filebrowser and rightclick on the .vmx file within to add it to inventory.
Thats all to run it Start and select copy when asked about the configuration.
It includes an e1000 and vmxnet3 adapter in dhcp mode with ESXi tools (v 5.5) installed. root pw will be empty.
Why not release it as an OVF (Open Virtualization Format)?New:
I will offer a preconfigured zipped OmniOS VM for download (today or tomorrow)
After download, you must unzip and copy the folder to your local datastore via ESXi filebrowser and rightclick on the .vmx file within to add it to inventory.
Thats all to run it Start and select copy when asked about the configuration.
It includes an e1000 and vmxnet3 adapter in dhcp mode with ESXi tools (v 5.5) installed. root pw will be empty.
Hello ApnarWhy not release it as an OVF (Open Virtualization Format)?
I didn't mean to imply that you shouldn't keep ESXi specific configs, only that posting it as a single OVA file may be a much easier way for folks to download and import it as opposed to having to copy, untar, browse, import, etc. Not that that is hard to do that, but I assume you're aiming for a slightly less technical audience with a prepackaged build so anything you can do to make it easier is beneficial. OVF/OVA seems to be pretty much the standard way of passing around appliance type VMs (especially since the tar in ESXi doesn't properly support sparse files, unless they've fixed it in 5.5).Hello Apnar
i like to include some ESXi specific settings like two vnics (e1000 and vmxnet3) with vmware tools v 5.5 preinstalled.
Great news! I think this is going to go a long way. I wonder if I/ the STH or pfsense community could do the same thing on that side. Would be cool to just install ESXi and then fire up a complete environment for common AIO appliances.@Patrick
Servethehome is the first place to announce it.
Currently I have some problems with my new ESXi 5.5 test server that I must solve first
Yes this is the case.I didn't mean to imply that you shouldn't keep ESXi specific configs, only that posting it as a single OVA file may be a much easier way for folks to download and import it as opposed to having to copy, untar, browse, import, etc. Not that that is hard to do that, but I assume you're aiming for a slightly less technical audience with a prepackaged build so anything you can do to make it easier is beneficial. OVF/OVA seems to be pretty much the standard way of passing around appliance type VMs (especially since the tar in ESXi doesn't properly support sparse files, unless they've fixed it in 5.5).
How many downloads a day are you getting? Might be able to see if I can give you a US mirror (need to check what we have left.)Yes this is the case.
I want to offer a solution, where I can say follow step one, follow step two and there is no step three. It just works.
If you are an experienced user, install OmniOS with vmware tools and napp-it manually is not too complicated.
Yes - the free version of ESXi 5.5 removed the 32GB limitation.Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but gea mentioned in his post that ESXi 5.5 has no 32GB memory limit?
Does this mean that my free license of ESXi I can run it on a box with more than 32GB of memory? Cause the only reason I do not have more memory is because of this. Really need more memory for my ESXi box.
pfsense already distributes a virtual appliance (as an OVA file ).Great news! I think this is going to go a long way. I wonder if I/ the STH or pfsense community could do the same thing on that side. Would be cool to just install ESXi and then fire up a complete environment for common AIO appliances.
Hello PatrickHow many downloads a day are you getting? Might be able to see if I can give you a US mirror (need to check what we have left.)
Awesome! Keep me posted on what you need. I will give this a try this evening.Hello Patrick
thanks for the offer. The file is quite small (2 GB) so transfer should not a problem. Maybe performance is not the best as I share via http. But if performance gets too slow, mirrors are welcome.
I have uploaded a first trial version to napp-it // webbased ZFS NAS/SAN appliance for OmniOS, OpenIndiana and Solaris so others may evaluate as well. I currently have some stability problems with my testserver and ESXi 5.5 (5.1 was fine) so comments from others are welcome. I have published this forum for discussions.
If you download the file, calculate some time for download, uncompress (I used 7zip) and upload the 30 GB to ESXi 5.5.
Upgrading to ESXI 5.5 has put me in an impossible situation. I upgraded my virtual hardware on a VM and now the windows vSphere Client can't manage the VM. I don't understand what VMWare is doing? Near as I can figure, the only way to manage a VM Hardware Version 10 VM is via the (not free) vSphere Web ClientYes - the free version of ESXi 5.5 removed the 32GB limitation.
Upgrade from 5.1 and be happy that the 32 GB limit is gone-Upgrading to ESXI 5.5 has put me in an impossible situation. I upgraded my virtual hardware on a VM and now the windows vSphere Client can't manage the VM. I don't understand what VMWare is doing? Near as I can figure, the only way to manage a VM Hardware Version 10 VM is via the (not free) vSphere Web Client
Arnt they just effectively killing off an entire generation of free home VM users