Gigabyte BRIX / Intel NUC Gen6/7 – ESXi shutdown issue fixed
I bought some month ago three Gigabyte BRIX GS-BSi3HAL-6100 boxes to run vSAN on top of it in my home lab. These boxes were running 24/7 for the last couple of month without doing...
Category: HomeLab
Hello my name is VMware UMDS. How can I help you.
One of the not so well-known features in vSphere is the VMware Update Manager Download Service or in short UMDS. In this post I will cover what UMDS is, use-cases for UMDS, the installation and...
Couldn’t format VMFS on nested ESXi (VSAN datastore)
I was working on a blog post and I needed a nested lab for it. So I deployed one on my newly created 2 node VSAN cluster. I used the templates from the Content...
Things you should know (TYSK) – Horizon View Direct Connect Plug-In & PCoIP
For my remote homelab access I’m using a virtual machine where the Horizon View Direct Connection plug-in is installed. I have chosen this configuration because a complete View environment only for remote accessing of...
HomeLab Part 8: Cooling and AirFlow
In my last post I had a problem with the onboard 10GBit NICs. My assumption is that they were overheated and therefor failed. I read some blog posts of other blogger and some of them...
HomeLab Part 7: SuperMicro X9SRH-7TF & 10Gbit onboard NIC Problem
After running the new homelab for several month now I encounter a really annoying problem with the onboard 10GBit NICs (TX540-A2). I had the problem that an application was not correctly syncing across the direct...
PernixData stops working after upgrade to vSphere 5.5 U2 Patch ESXi550-201505002
During a hardware maintenance task I decided to do update my ESXi hosts to the newest available patch. In my case it was patch ESXi550-201505002 which is the replacement for Patch 5 (ESXi550-201504002). After both hosts where updated...
HomeLab Part 6: Install most recent driver for the LSI2308 controller
After I upgraded the onboard LSI controller to firmware P19 I recognized some strang behaviour. After a few days I saw that all of the disks connected to the LSI become inactive or better said APD...
HomeLab Part 5: Upgrade LSI2308 Firmware
After building my new ESXi hosts I have to upgrade the onboard LSI 2308 firmware to IT mode so I can use it for VSAN in the future when I will get my third host....
HomeLab Part 3: Design Process – High End Design
In Part 1 and Part 2 I covered low power designs and medium designs of my homelab design process. In this part I cover one high end design which was inspired by the builds from...