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 starting configuration work in VMWare:
VMware
There are several configuration recommendations and troubleshooting tips when using TrueNAS with a VMware hypervisor.
iSCSI IQN is an acronym that stands for “iSCSI Qualified Name”. It is comprised of the following naming schema with a preamble, node name and unique identifier:
VMware requires using an IQN in their software iSCSI implementation.
A VMware datastore backed by iSCSI-based storage will consist of at least three distinct pieces: the storage host, the switching infrastructure, and the VMware host itself. In order to maximize service availability, each of these elements needs to be able to tolerate some level of failure without significantly disrupting iSCSI traffic.