Guides

Setup currently using the following to setup as a VM:

• Passthrough
• If using passthrough with a fast datastore drive follow the setup options in the guide below with the following changes:
  • Change DiskIdxMap=0C SataPortMap=1 to DiskIdxMap=0C0001 SataPortMap=11 in the set sata_args line in grub.cfg (This limits the two esxi sata controllers to one disk each)
  • Add another sata controller
  • Add a small (20GB?) drive
  • After setup follow https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/12391-nvme-optimization-baremetal-to-esxi-report
• https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/13061-tutorial-install-dsm-62-on-esxi-67

• Create Storage Pools
• Create BTRFS volume
• Install the open-vm-tools package
• Set up File Services
• Set up Notifications
• Add Users
• Other stuff…