https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/tags/esxi.htmlHugoen-ie2026 Tiernan OTooleFri, 10 Jul 2026 23:30:52 +0100https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/03/31/esxi-8-0c-release.htmlFri, 31 Mar 2023 10:05:03 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/03/31/esxi-8-0c-release.htmlLooks like there is a new release for ESXi 8.0. Seems to be mostly a DPU patch. Anyone running ESXi with DPUs might need to look into this…https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/03/21/day-58-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlTue, 21 Mar 2023 20:50:03 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/03/21/day-58-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 58 of #100daysofhomelab and today is mostly a retrospective of what I did over the last few days, with some links thrown in for good measure… Given I am going to keep GodBoxV3 running Windows Server 2022 for the foreseeable future, I installed Veeam Availability Suite (through their NFR program) and got it to backup up my Hyper-V VMs, along with my ESXi VMs to both local and Backblaze B2 storage. So far, so good.https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/07/day-35-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlMon, 06 Feb 2023 23:19:21 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/07/day-35-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 35 of #100daysofhomelab and I have been trying to clean up some stuff for my Mac Book Pro. I have an external enclosure from Yottamaster that has 5 3.5" bays and connects via USB C (USB 3.1). I got 5 8TB Seagate IronWolf drives in there. Currently, I have it set up as RAID 10 with 16Tb usable, which is named Archive, with 1 extra drive non-protected 8Tb drive. The details on setting up RAID 10 on MacOS is in the links section. I was looking at using RAID 5 for the archive pool, but the only option that seems to be available is SoftRAID but it’s USD250 for a license unless you have an OWC enclosure. Given the enclosure cost me that much in the first place, I think I will keep with RAID 10 for the while. RAID 5 would, potentially, give me 32Tb usable on my Archive, but 250 is a bit steep. for now…