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  • ESXi on ARMConfirming-the-iSCSI-options

    Add iSCSI Shared Storage to VMware ESXi-Arm

    One of the exciting things in the home lab as of late is the ESXi-ARM fling that I have installed on my Raspberry Pi 4 test box. After installing the ESXi-ARM Fling on the Raspberry Pi 4, of course, I…

  • StorageSimulate-SAN-Storage-with-FreeNAS-11.2

    Simulate SAN Storage with FreeNAS 11.2

    If you are like me, you are constantly labbing various storage solutions and connectivity from virtual hosts and the like in the home lab. Most likely, you don’t have a several thousand dollar SAN lying around to provision every time…

  • StorageAdd-extra-iSCSI-group-IDs-to-each-target-in-FreeNAS

    FreeNAS iSCSI Configuration for MPIO

    In the last post, Hyper-V Cluster MPIO iSCSI installation and configuration, we looked at configuring MPIO multi-pathing on a Hyper-V host connected to iSCSI storage. In a home lab environment, you may want to play around with iSCSI storage for…

  • Hyper-Vhyper-vcluster07

    Setup a Hyper-V Cluster Lab in VMware Workstation

    Setting up a Hyper-V cluster lab in VMware Workstation is not too difficult and can easily be accomplished in a couple of hours worth of work to get things configured and ready to go.  Basically the same requirements hold true…

  • vSphere 6freenas_ip05

    FreeNAS Change IP Address on iSCSI target VMware ESXi 6

    FreeNAS is one of the easiest and coolest virtual SAN appliances out there for use with VMware and other Hypervisor labs.  If you have FreeNAS already setup and running with a VMware lab, you may at some point due to…