TrueNAS Virtualized with ESXi

This article describes deploying a TrueNAS virtual machine (VM) in a VMWare ESXi environment. ESXi version 8 is shown in this article.

Before You Begin

Before starting configuration work in VMWare:

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Managing the Console Setup Menu

Advanced settings have reasonable defaults in place. A warning message displays for some settings advising of the dangers of making changes. Changing advanced settings can be dangerous when done incorrectly. Use caution before saving changes.

Make sure you are comfortable with ZFS, Linux, and system configuration, backup, and restoration before making any changes.

The Console widget on the System > Advanced Settings screen displays current console settings for TrueNAS.

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General Settings Screen

The General Settings screen has four widgets that show current general system settings and include buttons for related actions and configuration options. The widgets are:

Support Widget

The Support widget shows general hardware and software specifications and links to the Documentation Hub, TrueNAS Forums, and offers TrueNAS Licensing information.

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Using the Console Setup Menu

The Console Setup menu displays at the end of the iso installation process and after the system boots up. You can access this menu to administer the TrueNAS system if it has a keyboard and monitor.

By default, TrueNAS does not display the Console Setup menu with SSH or web shell connections. The admin user, the root user (if enabled), or another user with administrator or root-level permissions can start the Console Setup menu by entering this command:

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Advanced Settings Screen

Advanced settings have reasonable defaults in place. A warning message displays for some settings advising of the dangers of making changes. Changing advanced settings can be dangerous when done incorrectly. Use caution before saving changes.

Make sure you are comfortable with ZFS, Linux, and system configuration, backup, and restoration before making any changes.

The Advanced Settings screen provides configuration options for the console, syslog, audit, kernel, sysctl, storage (system dataset pool), replication, WebSocket sessions, cron jobs, init/shutdown scripts, NTS servers, allowed IP addresses, isolated GPU device(s), self-encrypting drives, and global two-factor authentication.

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