VMware Community Homelabs Project:
Nested Lab Deployment Scripts:
- 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
- Intel NUC 11th Gen (Panther Canyon, Tiger Canyon & Phantom Canyon)
- Intel NUC 10th Gen (Frost Canyon)
- Intel NUC 9 Pro (Quartz Canyon & Ghost Canyon)
- Intel NUC 8th Gen (Hades Canyon)
- Intel NUC 7th Gen
- Intel NUC 6th Gen (Skull Canyon)
- Intel NUC 6th Gen (Swift Canyon)
Homelab Resources:
- 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