Subj : Pi 4 Cluster w/ ESXI
To   : MeaTLoTioN
From : deon
Date : Mon Dec 28 2020 09:00:18

  Re: Pi 4 Cluster w/ ESXI
  By: MeaTLoTioN to Deon on Sun Dec 27 2020 09:37 pm

Howdy,

 Me> So I just managed to set up my Pi 4 cluster with ESXI on each Pi, however 
I cannot create any VM's as the storage
 Me> or datastore is at 0?

 Me> I have a 64GB USB stick in each Pi which I installed ESXI to, and an 8GB 
USB stick which has the install for ESXI
 Me> 7.0 on. I booted each Pi, installed ESXI and it all seemed to go ok, I log 
































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































into the web ui and there's no storage
 Me> available, which is weird as it booted ok off of it.

So ESXi doesnt support USB storage normally, so you need to do some trickery to 
































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































get it to see it.

I too installed ESXi with just the USB stick in the machine, but during the 
installation I followed a blog (I see there are many now, so I'll see if I can 
find it), and during the install I needed to tell the installer to not take 
over the whole disk - leaving space for a VMFS store.

Also, when adding an additional disk, you need to turn off the usb arbitrator - 
































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































I'll see if I can find that blog too.

....лоеп

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