How to install TrueNAS VM on VMware ESXi 7.0 (Tips and Tricks)
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Do you want to run #TrueNAS CORE in virtual machine? What does it take to make TrueNAS to work in VM setting. This video shows you how to install the latest TrueNAS CORE 12 on #VMware Type 1 hypervisor #ESXi 7.0 and some problems and issues I have encountered along the way. And most importantly, the reason why I select ESXi as my host operating system for all my virtual machines needs. I also quickly mentioned about TrueNAS CORE 12 hardware requirements in general. Even though it is still in beta stage but the installation process should be the same with the release of TrueNAS production version in near future. Although it is in virtual machine settings but the installation process should be very similar to bare metal system. At the end of the video, I give some tips and tricks to make TrueNAS CORE work in VMware ESXi virtualization environment.
TrueNAS is an operating system that can be installed on virtually any hardware platform to share data over a network. TrueNAS is the simplest way to create a centralized and easily accessible place for your data. Use TrueNAS with ZFS to protect, store, and back up all of your data. TrueNAS is used everywhere, for the home, small business, and the enterprise.
Tip 0: Make sure your system support PCI-passthrough. This is hardware level. Most Intel Xeon CPUs support this feature called VT-d (Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O) Some Core i5/i7 don’t support VT-d. ie i7 3770K but i7 3770 does support VT-d. Also BIOS of the motherboard needs to expose VT-d capabilities.
Tip 1: Use separate SAS or SATA disk controller and enable pass-through in ESXi. You might be able to get one disk controller to work in VM but be warned there’s a high chance you will loose all your data. DO NOT use VMware Raw Device Mapping RDM.
Tip2: Assign and reserve specific amount of RAM for TrueNAS system as shown in the video. Preferably more than 8G of RAM as hardware requirements indicate. ECC RAM is recommended.
Tip3: Use CMR technology in hard disk. Seagate Iron Wolf product line uses CMR in all of their NAS disks. While only Western Digital RED with PLUS and PRO use CMR technology. The other regular REDs use SMR. So watch out before buying NAS drives from WD. It will take forever to resilver the disk later on if you run into problems with the pool being degraded. Use WD Red PLUS/PRO if you must.
Tip 4: Don’t bloat your FreeNAS/TrueNAS with plugins. It’s not healthy for your system. If you must use plugins, use ESXi to spin up Ubuntu/Windows server to host those plugins and have them access your NAS system through file sharing.
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