Hello guys.
A quick one.
I have a couple of ESXi host with 200 luns; which come from a EMC storage.
I want the ESXi to be installed on the local storage (DELL PERC Controller, RAID1 volume), automatically (kickstart script).
As you well may notice, i don't want to install the system over a datastore full of VMs, by mistake.
According to documentation, "install" accepts "--disk" with driver.
Installation and Upgrade Script Commands
"You can combine filters to specify a particular disk, including esxfor the first disk with ESX installed on it, model and vendor information, or the name of the vmkernel device driver"
I have confirmed that my local disk uses megaraid_sas or lsi_mr3 as module/driver.
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# esxcfg-scsidevs -a | grep PERC
vmhba0 lsi_mr3 link-n/a sas.51866da0be5f3700 (0000:03:00.0) Avago (LSI) PERC H730 Mini
# esxcli software vib list | grep lsi
lsi-mr3 7.703.20.00-1OEM.600.0.0.2768847 Avago VMwareCertified 2019-01-14
lsi-msgpt3 16.00.01.00-1OEM.600.0.0.2768847 Avago VMwareCertified 2019-01-14
lsu-lsi-lsi-mr3-plugin 1.0.0-3vmw.600.3.57.5050593 VMware VMwareCertified 2019-01-14
lsu-lsi-lsi-msgpt3-plugin 1.0.0-1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified 2019-01-14
lsu-lsi-megaraid-sas-plugin 1.0.0-3vmw.600.3.57.5050593 VMware VMwareCertified 2019-01-14
lsu-lsi-mpt2sas-plugin 1.0.0-4vmw.600.1.17.3029758 VMware VMwareCertified 2019-01-14
lsu-lsi-mptsas-plugin 1.0.0-1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified 2019-01-14
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# esxcfg-scsidevs -a | grep PERC
vmhba0 megaraid_sas link-n/a unknown.vmhba0 (0000:05:00.0) LSI / Symbios Logic Dell PERC H700 Integrated
# esxcli software vib list | grep megaraid
lsu-lsi-megaraid-sas-plugin 1.0.0-2vmw.600.0.11.2809209 VMware VMwareCertified 2016-07-04
scsi-megaraid-mbox 2.20.5.1-6vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified 2016-07-04
scsi-megaraid-sas 6.603.55.00-2vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified 2016-07-04
scsi-megaraid2 2.00.4-9vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified 2016-07-04
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So, has anyone tried something like this?
install --disk=scsi_megaraid_sas,lsi_mr3 --overwritevmfs
Note: Is it scsi-megaraid-sas or megaraid_sas?
Thank you!!!!
