Serial number on virtual hard disk

[Powerquist]

Running TrueNas Scale VM in vmware ESXi-6.7
how can i enter a serial number on virtual hard disk (TrueNas Scale VM)

 

[Powerquist]

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

You cannot and you cannot use virtual hard disks with TrueNAS. You need a dedicated SATA/SAS HBA that you pass through to the VM.

See: https://www.truenas.com/community/r...guide-to-not-completely-losing-your-data.212/

 

[HoneyBadger]

Running TrueNas Scale VM in vmware ESXi-6.7
how can i enter a serial number on virtual hard disk (TrueNas Scale VM)

Hi @Powerquist

You'll want to shut down your VM and add the advanced parameter disk.EnableUUID = TRUE to the configuration. See this KB on the VMware site for details on where to find that. :)

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/52815

Make sure you're following the best practices outlined in the Virtualization blog as well:

Yes, You Can (Still) Virtualize TrueNAS

TrueNAS is a powerful storage virtualization software solution that helps businesses virtualize data. Get started today with TrueNAS.

www.truenas.com

 

[Powerquist]

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Apparently I was wrong and there is a way. Thanks, @HoneyBadger. Pay attention to the fine print in the linked documentation, though. Either for boot drives only - or not for production. This forum is full of threads started by people who lost data by using virtual disks or RDM.

 

[Powerquist]

 

[Powerquist]

 

[Powerquist]

runs smoothly.. thanks!

 

[HoneyBadger]

runs smoothly.. thanks!

Glad to hear - but make sure to heed the warnings from @Patrick M. Hausen above about not using virtual disks for anything other than a boot device, or for a "testing" system as outlined in the blog post.

It does look like you're passing a controller through for the sdc and beyond disks, but the 4TB one you have in a pool labeled "Dell" would definitely appear to be virtual.

Welcome to the forums!

 

[Powerquist]

thanks!