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VMware Community Homelabs Project:

  • VMware Community HCL (vmwa.re/homelab-hcl)
  • Submit Community Homelab
  • View Community Homelabs

Homelab Podcasts:

  • Unexplored Territory - William Lam's top 10 home lab gifts for under the Christmas tree!
  • VirtuallySpeaking - vSphere 8 Homelab Edition
  • Home Labbers - William Lam

Nested Lab Deployment Scripts:

  • Automated Lab Deployment Script for vSphere & vSAN 8.x
  • Automated Lab Deployment Script for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 4.2
  • Automated Lab Deployment Script for vSphere with Tanzu using NSX Advanced Load Balancer (NSX ALB)
  • Automated Lab Deployment Script for vSphere with Tanzu using HAProxy
  • Automated Lab Deployment Script for vSphere with Tanzu using NSX-T
  • Automated Lab Deployment Script for vSphere 6.x
  • Automated Lab Deployment Script for NSX-T 2.x
  • Automated Lab Deployment Script for VMware PKS

Intel NUC Resources:

  • VMware customer production use cases for Intel NUC
  • Decoding Intel NUC "Canyon" Generation with CPU "Lake" Generation Codenames
  • ESXi with Intel Arc 750 / 770 GPU
  • Video of ESXi install workaround for Fatal CPU mismatch on feature for Intel 12th Gen CPUs and newer
  • Updated findings for passthrough of Intel NUC Integrated Graphics (iGPU) with ESXi
  • Intel NUC 12 Enthusiast (Serpent Canyon)
  • Intel NUC 12 Pro (Wall Street Canyon)
  • Intel NUC 12 Extreme (Dragon Canyon)
  • Intel NUC 11 Extreme (Beast Canyon)
  • Intel NUC 11 Pro (Panther Canyon & Tiger Canyon)
  • Intel NUC 10 Pro (Frost Canyon)
  • Intel NUC 9 Extreme (Quartz Canyon & Ghost Canyon)
  • Intel NUC 8 Extreme (Hades Canyon)
  • Intel NUC 7 Pro (Baby Canyon)
  • Intel NUC 6 Extreme (Skull Canyon)
  • Intel NUC 6 Pro (Swift Canyon)

ESXi on Arm Resources:

  • ESXi-Arm Articles

Homelab Resources:

  • SSD with multiple NVMe namespaces for VMware Homelab
  • Interesting VMware Homelab Kits for 2023
  • Quick Tip - How to deploy vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) to legacy CPU without VMX Unrestricted Guest feature?
  • ESXi on palm size iKOOLCORE R1
  • VMware Cloud Foundation on Intel NUC?
  • Removing NSX CPU/Memory reservations when deploying a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Management or Workload Domain
  • VMware Cloud Foundation with a single ESXi host for Workload Domain?
  • VMware Cloud Foundation with a single ESXi host for Management Domain?
  • Heads Up - 24GB & 48GB DDR5 SODIMM memory now available
  • Quick Tip - Additional NVMe vendors (SK Hynix & Sabrent) for ESXi homelab
  • How to bootstrap ESXi compute only node and connect to vSAN HCI Mesh?
  • ESXi with Intel Arc 750 / 770 GPU
  • How to bootstrap vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) on unsupported hardware?
  • ESXi on AMD ChangWang CW56-58
  • High-end Dell Precision 7770 & 7670 laptops with 128GB memory for ESXi
  • USB Network Native Driver for ESXi Fling now supports vSphere 8!
  • Homelab considerations for vSphere 8
  • vSphere 8 productizes Community Networking Driver Fling for ESXi
  • First look at the new Supermicro E302-12D (Ice Lake D)
  • Potentially interesting VMware Homelab Kits for 2022
  • USB Network Adapters without using the USB Network Native Driver for ESXi
  • Updates to USB Network & NVMe Community Driver for ESXi 7.0 Update 3
  • First look at the Supermicro E100-12T
  • Considerations for future vSphere Homelabs due to upcoming removal of SD card/USB support for ESXi
  • New storage devices added to Community NVMe Driver for ESXi Fling
  • Passthrough of Intel Iris Xe Integrated GPU on 11th Gen NUC results in Error Code 43
  • ESXi on SimplyNUC Ruby and Topaz
  • USB Network Native Driver for ESXi Fling supports ESXi 7.0 Update 2
  • Community Networking Driver for ESXi Fling v1.2
  • Easily create custom ESXi Images from patch releases using vSphere Image Builder UI
  • Community NVMe Driver for ESXi
  • Community Networking Driver for ESXi
  • E100-9W - A new fanless Supermicro "NUC" platform
  • ESXi on 11th Gen Intel NUC (Panther Canyon) & (Tiger Canyon)
  • ASRock AMD “NUC” Gen 2 Platform
  • Supermicro VMware Homelab 2020 Options
  • Intel NUC with 512GB memory
  • vSphere with Tanzu Homelab with just 32GB memory
  • USB Network Native Driver now supports ESXi 7.0 Update 1
  • ESXi 7.0 Update 1 now includes NIC driver for Intel NUC 10
  • USB Native Driver Fling for ESXi v1.6
  • Disabling TPM 2.0 connection cannot be established message in ESXi for Intel NUC 10
  • Other Intel and AMD small form factor (SFF) systems for vSphere Homelabs
  • Enhancements to the community ne1000 VIB for Intel NUC 10
  • Removable M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe enclosure by Icy Dock
  • How to patch Intel NUC 10 with latest ESXi 7.0 update?
  • Passthrough of Integrated GPU (iGPU) for Apple Mac Mini 2018
  • Passthrough of Integrated GPU (iGPU) for standard Intel NUC
  • How to passthrough USB Keyboard/Mouse HID and CCID devices to VM in ESXi?
  • Configure NSX-T Edge to run on AMD Ryzen CPU
  • Quick Tip – Suppress new core dump warning in ESXi 7.0
  • Changing the default size of the ESX-OSData volume in ESXi 7.0
  • Deploying a minimal vSphere with Kubernetes environment
  • Important – NVMe SSD not found after upgrading to ESXi 7.0
  • Heads Up – Nested ESXi crashes in ESXi 7.0 running on older CPUs
  • Quick Tip - Allow unsupported CPUs when upgrading to ESXi 7.0
  • Homelab considerations for vSphere 7
  • Sonnet Solo5G Multi-Gig (1G/2.5G/5G) USB Adapter works with ESXi
  • How to automate the creation multiple routable VLANs on single L2 network using VyOS
  • Intel NUC 9 Pro & Extreme - First "Modular" NUC
  • ESXi on 10th Gen Intel NUC (Frost Canyon)
  • Hands on with new AMD “NUC” platform from ASRock
  • USB Native Driver Fling for ESXi adds support for Multi-Gig (1G/2.5G/5G) Adapter
  • New hardware support & enhancements to USB Network Native Driver for ESXi
  • Thunderbolt 3 enclosures with (Single, Dual & Quad) M.2 NVMe SSDs for ESXi
  • Quick Tip – Crucial NVMe SSD not recognized by ESXi 6.7
  • New Thunderbolt 3 to 10GbE options for ESXi
  • Aquantia 10GbE ESXi Driver for Apple 2018 Mac Mini
  • 64GB memory on the Intel NUCs?
  • Touch screen + case for the Raspberry Pi 3
  • ESXi Native Driver for USB NIC Fling
  • PowerShell for PhotonOS on Raspberry Pi 3
  • GPU Passthrough of Radeon RX Vega M in Intel Hades Canyon
  • Dual Intel M.2 Optane 4801x in Supermicro E300-9D
  • How to change the default CPU and Memory requirements for deploying the VMC vCenter Cloud Gateway
  • Supermicro Home Lab Group Buy
  • Is a DNS server still required when using a Static IP for VCSA?
  • Supermicro E300-9D (SYS-E300-9D-8CN8TP) is a nice ESXi & vSAN kit
  • ESXi on the new 2018 Apple Mac Mini
  • Update on running ESXi on Intel NUC Hades Canyon (NUC8i7HNK & NUC8i7HVK)
  • Useful M.2 NVMe accessories for vSphere (VSAN/VMFS) Home Labs
  • How to simulate Persistent Memory (PMem) in vSphere 6.7 for educational purposes? 
  • vYetti – Fun animated vSphere Login UI customization
  • Cool browser plugin for Dark Theme vSphere H5 Client 
  • Native MAC Learning in vSphere 6.7 removes the need for Promiscuous mode for Nested ESXi
  • Thunderbolt to 10GbE Network Adapters for ESXi
  • AHCI (vmw_ahci) performance issue resolved in ESXi 6.5 Update 1
  • Project USB to SDDC – Part 3
  • Project USB to SDDC – Part 2
  • Exclusive vGhetto discount on homelab hardware from MITXPC
  • Project USB to SDDC – Part 1
  • Update on Intel NUC 7th Gen (Kaby Lake) & ESXi 6.x
  • Copying files from a USB (FAT32 or NTFS) device to ESXi
  • Functional USB-C Ethernet Adapter for ESXi 5.5, 6.0 & 6.5
  • KMIP Server Docker Container for evaluating VM Encryption in vSphere 6.5
  • ESXi 6.5 Virtual Appliance is now available
  • USB 3.0 Ethernet Adapter (NIC) driver for ESXi 6.5
  • How to deploy the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 running on VMware Fusion & Workstation?
  • Virtual NVMe and Nested ESXi 6.5?
  • ESXi on the new Intel NUC Skull Canyon
  • Functional USB 3.0 Ethernet Adapter (NIC) driver for ESXi 5.5 & 6.0
  • VSAN 6.2 (vSphere 6.0 Update 2) homelab on 6th Gen Intel NUC
  • Working USB Ethernet Adapter (NIC) for ESXi
  • Deploying Nested ESXi is even easier now with the ESXi Virtual Appliance
  • How to deploy and run the VSAN 6.1 Witness Virtual Appliance on VMware Fusion & Workstation?
  • Running Nested ESXi / VSAN Home Lab on Ravello
  • Subscribe to vGhetto Nested ESXi Template Content Library in vSphere 6.0
  • Home Labs made easier with VSAN 6.0 + USB Disks
  • Thunderbolt Storage for ESXi
  • A killer custom Apple Mac Mini setup running VSAN
  • New VMware Fling to improve Network/CPU performance when using Promiscuous Mode for Nested ESXi
  • VMworld vBrownBag Tech Talk : Nested Virtualization & Dev/Test/Home Lab Panel
  • Quick Tip – Minimum amount of memory to run the vCenter Server Appliance
  • Installing ESXi 5.0 Update 2 on Mac Mini is Now a Breeze! (No Custom ISO/patches Needed!)
  • Running ESXi 5.0 & 5.1 on 2012 Mac Mini 6,2
  • #NotSupported Sessions at VMworld 2012, A Dream Come True
  • How to Access USB Storage in ESXi Shell
  • How to Enable Support for Nested 64bit & Hyper-V VMs in vSphere 5

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William Lam is a Senior Staff Solution Architect working in the VMware Cloud team within the Cloud Infrastructure Business Group (CIBG) at VMware. He focuses on Cloud Native technologies, Automation, Integration and Operation for the VMware Cloud based Software Defined Datacenters (SDDC)

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