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[How-To] Configure FreeNAS 9.10 NFS VMware ESXi 6 datastore

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This tutorial by user  shows us how to get FreeNAS 9.10 and NFS set up with a datastore VMware ESXi. See the link below for the full set of instructions. 

Many choose to use NFS as opposed to iSCSI in their VMware vSphere environments.  NFS has a lot of benefits and use cases particularly when we look at the efficiency of NFS.  With NFS there is no encapsulation that needs to take place as there is with iSCSI.  Like iSCSI, NFS can use an existing IP network as well.  So, starting off simple here, let’s take a look at how to configure FreeNAS 9.10 NFS VMware ESXi 6 datastore.

Configure FreeNAS 9.10 NFS VMware ESXi 6 datastore

The specific version of FreeNAS I am using is 9.10.2 U3 and is the most recent GA version on the FreeNAS site at the time of this writing.  I am not covering here the setup of FreeNAS in general.  You will want to provision your storage and your network connectivity on the appliance itself.  For the purposes of the post, I am running FreeNAS as a VM which is a great way to play around with iSCSI and NFS in a lab.  I have setup a management IP as well as another interface that I have bound for NFS connectivity.

Configure FreeNAS 9.10 NFS VMware ESXi 6 datastore

[How-To] Install VMware Tools on FreeBSD server

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User David Pasek shows us how to get VMware tools installed on a virtual machine running FreeBSD. VMware tools improves your virtual machine experience by providing driver compatibility, etc. Follow the link below for the full set of instructions.

VM-LogoFreeBSD is my favorite operating system. All my FreeBSD servers (except embedded systems on physical micro computers) are running as virtual machines. FreeBSD is officially supported GuestOS by VMware so nothing stops to virtualize FreeBSD even for productional use.

VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine’s guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine. Although the guest operating system can run without VMware Tools, you would lose important functionality and convenience. In other words, VMware tools are not necessary but highly recommended to use on virtual machines running on top of VMware ESXi hosts.

Full tutorial: http://blog.igics.com/2017/02/how-to-install-vmware-tools-on-freebsd.html

[How-To] VMware ESXi 6.5 & FreeNAS 9 Installation

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This tutorial by user Guy, Robot will show you how to configure a FreeNAS 9 installation to run on your VMware ESXi hypervisor. Check out the two videos below on how to get a FreeNAS virtual environment set up. In addition, Guy, Robot also shows us his custom FreeNAS build at the link below.

Just a quick post today.  Last week I wrote in detail about the NAS that I setup at the start of the year.  It’s been a really fun project – in particular getting FreeNAS running smoothe and stable in a virtual machine using hardware pass-through.

As promised last week I’ve created some detailed videos that look at how to get a fresh ESXi 6.5 installation ready for my hardware (including integration with the Realtek 8110 network card that isn’t supported by default in the latest versions of VMware) and how to configure your FreeNAS installation to be ready to serve iSCSI RAID disks to a hypervisor of your choice.

Rather than go through everything in detail here I’ve created a couple of videos to talk you through the process – check them out below.

Original post: https://guyrobottv.wordpress.com/2017/01/09/vmware-esxi-6-5-setup-for-virtualized-freenas-9-installation/

Related post: https://guyrobottv.wordpress.com/2017/01/03/virtualised-2017-home-nas-build-freenas-9-and-esxi-6-5/

[How-To] Install FreeBSD 11 with GNOME 3 on VMware

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This video tutorial by user Systems Engineer will show us how to get FreeBSD 11 setup with GNOME 3 on VMware. For more helpful tutorials, check out their channel here.

We’ll install applications such as Nano, GIMP, Firefox, VLC media player on FreeBSD 11. We’ll also install VMware Tools (Open VM Tools) on FreeBSD 11 for better performance and usability (Fit Guest Now, Drag-Drop File and Mouse Integration). This tutorial also helps for installing FreeBSD 11 on physical computer or server.

Steps:
1- Download FreeBSD 11 ISO
2- Create VM on VMware Workstation/Player
3- Start Installation
4- Installing Xorg, GNOME 3 Desktop
5- Installing Firefox, Nano, GIMP, VLC and gedit Applications on FreeBSD 11
6- Installing and Configuring VMware Tools (Open VM Tools)
7- FreeBSD 11 GNOME 3 Review

How-To: VMware tools on FreeBSD virtual machine

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freebsdvmwareThis short tutorial by user shows us how to get VMware tools installed in a FreeBSD virtual machine.  Follow the link below for the full instructions.

Following the VMware documentation on how to “Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a FreeBSD Virtual Machine”

Prerequisite: Perl must be installed in the guest operating system (see previous post).

1. In vSphere client, right-click on virtual machine -> Guest -> Install/Upgrade VMware Tools ….

Full tutorial: http://wb-hk.blogspot.com/2016/01/freebsd-virtual-machine-installing.html

VMWare Tools on FreeBSD 10

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LOGO1This article shows us how to use VMWare Tools on FreeBSD 10.

As of February 2014, VMware Tools that come with ESXi 5 or Fusion don’t work out of the box on FreeBSD 10. I wrote some patches so that one can compile them manually. Luckily, FreeBSD 10 comes with support for vmxnet3 virtual network cards. Anyhow, you’ll need at least the kernel source tree in /usr/src/sys, Perl, and compat6x-amd64 (or compat6x-i386).

For full instructions, head on over to the following link: http://ogris.de/vmware/freebsd10.html

I wrote an automated installer for the source code patches so people could easily do this on both 5.1+ and 5.5

https://communities.vmware.com/message/2372800

You should also mention http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/faq.php as in most cases people won’t need the official tools and are fine with the one in ports.

* Thanks to reader Miklos for the tip!