I always end up finding the cure for ESXi issues, especially those related to running ESXi on Mac hardware, at William Lam’s excellent site. Want to change the resolution on your Mac OS X VM under Fusion or Vsphere? Check it out http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2015/10/heads-up-workaround-for-changing-mac-os-x-vm-display-resolution-in-vsphere-fusion.html
No big updates to my lab, but the Home ESXi Lab link has been out of date for some time. Updated the page today, check it out HERE.
I was reminded to data about the availability issues with storage. Of course, I live it every day on the “sell side” working for Pure Storage. But for my home lab and office, I tend to have “less than enterprise” requirements. Even so, my primary use of my DroboElite has been for secondary copies (backups)… Read More »
William Lam (@lamw)of VMware has figured out how to create an ISO image with the necessary tweaks to get ESXi 5.1 to install on the new Mac mini (model 6,2) over at his site, Virtually Ghetto. Check it out. Now, if anyone can help me to get ESXi 5.1 installed on my Late 2009 Mac… Read More »
I’ve added a page showing the physical-to-logical mapping of hardware to VM for my new ESXi environment. This is my “production” use of PCIe passthrough, check it out.