I am new to vmware and am currently using vSphere 5 (Free).
After reading up on the ability of booting our HP DL380 booting off a USB stick, I decided to try it, and was successful. However, I am uncertain if this is really "best practice," as I have read there is some pros and cons to this method.
I have read posts that describe how to replicate my stick in case it goes dead, but my question is, can I revert back to placing ESXi back on the HDD, and how would I go about it?
Thanks in advance.
Yes as your datastore(s) that your VM(s) live on should be on either a local or shared disk array to begin with.
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All you need to do is reinstall. Remove the USB stick and reinstall it.
I apologize for not being more clear, but I was asking in the context if I had a vm or two already installed/configured already on the host, and then I decided to abandon the USB boot and revert back to HDD. Does your instructions still apply in this circumstance, or is there another method I need to go through?
Thanks.
Yes as your datastore(s) that your VM(s) live on should be on either a local or shared disk array to begin with.
Forgive me if my response sounds like I just discovered they invented "sliced bread" but.... WOW! If that's the case, this virtualization is really great.
And yes, my datastore is on a seperate array on the same machine as my test vm.
Thanks for clarifying.
No worries. Please let us know if there is anything else we can help you with. There are a ton of us here in the community who are willing to help.