SAN Boot ESXi... Can it be done?

[crstek07]

I have a test box with 5 drives of 146GB . This box is fibre attached, so i was hoping to SAN boot it and use the drives for the data...

I have the SAN configuration guide, but for some reason ESXi won't see the volume.

Can it be done on ESXi?

Thanks,

Lance

[depping]

it's not supported: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi35_san_guide.pdf

and there isn't a point in doing that when you can run esxi from a usb stick, saves you expensive diskspace.

Duncan

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[crstek07]

So, just put the USB Drive in the server and run the install?

[crstek07]

Well, that didn't work.... server can't see the USB drive even though I can see it in the bios..

[leofonic]

look here: