TinyMiniMicro Homelab – ESXi 7.0.3 Install, vSphere Deployment and Cluster Configuration

00:00 – Introduction
00:30 – Setup
01:36 – Booting into BIOS
02:26 – ESXi Installation
04:06 – Configuring Network Settings
05:45 – Installing ESXi on the other 2 hosts
06:07 – Static IP Mapping If Using DHCP on Edgerouter X
07:09 – Configuring NTP on your ESXi Host
08:56 – Installing USB Fling Driver
10:53 – CLI Commands For Installing USB Fling Driver
14:00 – Quicktip – Changing Network Settings for a host via web browser
14:16 – Quicktip – Where to find your Network Adapters
14:34 – Quicktip – Renaming your Datastores
15:10 – Deploying vSphere Webclient Stage 1
19:04 – Deploying vSphere Webclient Stage 2
21:30 – Logging into vSphere
22:10 – Creating a New Datacenter and Adding your ESXi Hosts
23:50 – OPTIONAL – Reducing vSphere Appliance RAM usage
27:07 – Creating a Cluster
29:23 – Enabling vMotion and Migrating a VM into one of the hosts in the cluster
31:56 – Moving the final host into the cluster
32:45 – Finished & Final Comments
33:51 – My homelab setup and how to copy me
37:00 – ServeTheHome – How I got their idea into a reality for myself
38:27 – Closing Remarks

ServeTheHome Project TinyMiniMicro: https://www.servethehome.com/introducing-project-tinyminimicro-home-lab-revolution/

ServeTheHome Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ServeTheHomeVideo

Homelab Router: https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-edgemax-routers/products/edgerouter-x

2nd Switch (for Clustering): https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-switching/products/usw-flex-mini

NVMe M2 SSDs in each host: https://www.amazon.com/BLACK-SN750-500GB-Internal-Gaming/dp/B07MH2P5ZD?th=1

USB-C to Ethernet: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-usb-to-ethernet-adapter-white/6418345.p?skuId=6418345

CyberPower UPS: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpower-650va-battery-back-up-system-black/6239409.p?skuId=6239409

Specs:
esxi1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-8100T CPU @ 3.10GHz 4c/4t 35W TDP, 16GB DDR4 RAM (single stick) – Lenovo M720Q
esxi2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8600 CPU @ 3.10GHz 6c/6t 65W TDP, 16GB DDR4 RAM (two sticks) – Lenovo M720Q
esxi3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8600 CPU @ 3.10GHz 6c/6t 65W TDP, 16GB DDR4 RAM (two sticks) – Lenovo M720Q