WetJet43 Posted June 29, 2020 Share #1 Posted June 29, 2020 I got tired of searching tutorials, just to find 20+ pages of people having problems with no real bullseye solution, so I decided to make a tutorial with a single download, to provide everything you need in a deployable ovf format for esxi 6.7. Credit to https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/13019-tuto-configs-toute-pr%C3%AAte-pour-vmware/ Even though the page is in French, and I don't speak french, I still found the instructions easier to follow than any other tutorials. This is a very easy to follow tutorial. Make sure you follow it step by step, and you'll have yourself a fully functional xpenology server. This isn't an upgrade tutorial, and I don't include how to customize any mac addresses, etc. It's a simple tutorial to install the DS6317xs image on esxi 6.7 using the esxi web client to deploy an ovf. There is minimal settings adjustments. Adjust your CPU, Memory, add a 2nd volume for your data, adjust a few sata settings, install the .pat file, and you're done. 1. Download the file and extract it. It contains the DSM.ova and synoboot.vmdk file you'll need to deploy the ovf into esxi, as well as the DSM_DS3617xs_23739.pat file. xpenology-ds3617xs-all-in-one.zip 2. Open your esxi web client 3. Create a new virtual machine, and chose to "Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file" 4. Add both the DSM.ovf and synoboot.vmdk files, then click next 5. Chose a storage location to install the new virtual to. This is my setup, yours will be different. Anywhere will do as long as you have enough free space. I imported the .ovf file to my Evo drive, and added the 2nd drive for all of my data to my 10TB drive. You can put it all in one place, or at two different locations. It's up to you. The end result will be the same. A working xpenology install. 6. Chose the VM Network you'd like to use. I left mine as default, as I only have one network running on my esxi server. Your setup may be different. Chose accordingly. Leave all other settings default. 7. Click Finish, and let the .ovf file deploy. It may take a few seconds/minutes, depending on your system. 8. BEFORE TURNING THE SERVER ON, YOU MUST CHANGE A FEW THINGS!. - I chose 4 CPU cores, and 4 GB of ram. That's enough for my needs. You can chose 8 cpu cores and 8 gb of ram if you'd like. - Add your 2nd hard disk. (I assume you know how to add a hard drive in esxi) --CRITICAL--You MUST chose Disk Mode: Independent - persistent. - The second critical thing you must do, is change your Hard disk 1 and Hard disk 2's controller location to SATA (1:0) and SATA (1:1). If you don't do this, you'll get an error that the system can't find any drives to install to when trying to install the .pat file. - You can remove the USB controller, and the CD Rom. You won't need them. Fire up the virtual, then using a web browser, visit http://find.synology.com. Upload you .pat file, set an IP and an admin password. YOU'RE DONE! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanG Posted July 30, 2020 Share #2 Posted July 30, 2020 Hmmm I thought the 50MB drive should be on SATA 0:0 It's like that on my install. The other drives, used for the volumes in DSM are on SATA 1:x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phong Nguyen Posted September 14, 2021 Share #3 Posted September 14, 2021 Tested and worked smoothly. Thanks God you are here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlogi Posted November 18, 2021 Share #4 Posted November 18, 2021 (edited) I initially couldn't find the machine via the browser and it did not show up on my DHCP. The reason is that (I think) there is a MAC configured already in the image. In order for this to work, I had to set the Promiscuous mode and MAC address changes to "Accept" in my VM Network Security settings. Edited November 18, 2021 by starlogi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valvoa Posted January 6, 2022 Share #5 Posted January 6, 2022 That helped, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valvoa Posted January 6, 2022 Share #6 Posted January 6, 2022 В 18.11.2021 в 23:08, starlogi сказал: I initially couldn't find the machine via the browser and it did not show up on my DHCP. The reason is that (I think) there is a MAC configured already in the image. In order for this to work, I had to set the Promiscuous mode and MAC address changes to "Accept" in my VM Network Security settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleponce Posted March 13, 2022 Share #7 Posted March 13, 2022 Compartilho minha instalação do Xpenology 7.0.1 no VMWARE Workstation. Faz parte do LAB que estou montando, iniciei com o OMV, mas pela necessidade de recursos mais avançados no "NAS" segui com as pesquisas e testes ate finalmente eleger o vencedor para ser o storage do nosso LAB, que conta também com 4 Nodes PROXMOX PVE e 2 PBS https://seuti.net/.../xpenology-7-0-1-no-vmware-workstation/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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