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This tutorial will show you how to create a bootable VMware ESXi 6.5 USB Flash drive so that you can install ESXi on systems without a CD-ROM drive. Perfect for development environments and practice labs.
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Vmhba32:C0:T0:L1 LUN:1 state:active Local HBA vmhba32 channel 0 target 0 Vmhba32:C0:T0:L0 LUN:0 state:active Local HBA vmhba32 channel 0 target 0 T16:02:22.563Z info hostd sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr] Event 2646326 : Issue detected on in ha-datacenter: Bootbank cannot be found at path ‘/bootbank’ Scheinbar hat HP davon noch nichts mitbekommen, denn mit diesem USB-Stick werden gleich 3 LUNs präsentiert. Wir haben massive Probleme mit dem Host bekommen, als dieser mal wieder das Bootdevice verlor.ĭer VMware Techniker erklärte mir, dass es ein grosses Problem sei mehr als ein USB Device dem ESXi-Server zu präsentieren. Hallo liebe Produkt-Entwickler von HP, das Teil ist wirklich das Letzte! Nicht zu empfehlen um einen ESXi Host davon zu booten. the device will be reconfigured and your original boot option will appear.press F10 to save changes, exit the menu.now select SD1 or SD2 as primary, depending on which slot contains the primary card from your old device.in the “HP dual MicroSD” configuration menu select the “Primary SD Card Selection”.highlight “Configuration required” and press Enter.press F9 to enter “System Configuration”.power on the server (you will see an error message 325: microSD cards have conflicting metadata.install the module to the internal USB port.remove one of the SD cards in the new module and replace it with your primary one.remove the working microSD card (status LEDs) = your new primary SD card.If a microSD card fails you have to order a new module and carry out the following steps: When you install VMware ESXi, you can select it as storage device during the install procedure. The microSD card module is automatically configured and ready to use. Plug in the microSD card module to the internal USB port and power on the server. Installation and configuration of the module is really easy. LED off: microSD card is healthy How to install the module and VMware ESXi? Green: device is on and at least one microSD card is functioning In this case just replace the module with a new one, install the surviving SD card and configure it as primary.
If one of the SD card fails, the configuration of your ESXi host is still available and functional on the second SD card. You connect the module to the internal USB port and install ESXi as usual! This dual-microSD card module provides data redundancy through a mirrored RAID 1 configuration. If you install ESXi on a microSD card and if you use HP Proliant Servers you may be interested in the “HP Dual 8GB MicroSD Enterprise Midline USB” (HP P/N: 741281-002). Attention: there seems to be a known issue with this USB kit! Learn more about the issue here: Lost connectivity to HP microSD Enterprise USB Kit