NetSpider Posted January 3, 2014 Share #1 Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) No Storage, No Volumes, No Drives ( DiskStation runs great! But I don't have any storage ) Equipment HP MicroServer GEN 8 RAM____________ HP 16GB CPU____________ Intel G1610T MicroSD ________ Sandisk 16GB________ESXi 5.5 OS Controller_______SATA __B120i__ACHI Mode Disk-0 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data Disk-1 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data Disk-2 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data Disk-3 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data Disk-4 HDD___________Seagate 500GB______50GB VM-Datastore (1st config - on B120i controller each drive in Raid 0. -ESXi loads Expenology VM, But no drive,volumes show up in DSM (2nd config - on each drive in ACHI mode. -ESXi loads Expenology VM, But no drive,volumes show up in DSM Build From: XPEnology DS3612xs DSM 4.3 build 3810 (ESXi v1.1) http://xpenology.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1939 With instructions from: " Idiots Guide to DSM 4.2 and ESXi 5.1 (1).pdf " Thank you, jukolaut Installed ESXi on 16GB MicroSD Created the virtual machine to esxi and add hardware: - IDE controller with single harddisk (synology-boot.vmdk file) - PVSCSI controller and raw harddisks files for data. - E1000 network. Saved Configuration Re-Opened Expenology VM w/Edit Settings Added 4 RDM Hard Drives Add , Use existing Virtual disk / 2tbwd1........vdmk (on Datastore) / Mapped Raw LUN SCSI 1:0 Add , Use existing Virtual disk / 2tbwd2........vdmk (on Datastore) / Mapped Raw LUN SCSI 1:1 Add , Use existing Virtual disk / 2tbwd3........vdmk (on Datastore) / Mapped Raw LUN SCSI 1:2 Add , Use existing Virtual disk / 2tbwd4........vdmk (on Datastore) / Mapped Raw LUN SCSI 1:3 Saved Configuration Started VM ( wait 60 Seconds ) Started Synology Assistant connected to disk station Logged in Started setup, Warning Drive 1 and 2 will be erased. Okay Yes, Run SHR after setup DiskStation Restarts Started Synology Assistant connected to disk station Login Quick Start Launches (I'm in) Yes, Create a volume now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Problem: In DiskStation WEBGUI I can get into DSM and on initial setup DSM as if I want to run SHR and sees drives 1,2 and finishes install. When I get into Storage Manager all tabs are empty. 1. SHR never started 2. In Storage Manager, No Volumes are listed, No Drives are Present VM 3. Change Log 1.00 Went back into settings and SCSI controller type was set to Bus Logic. - Changed SCSI controller type back to Paravirtual Physical. -no success 2.00 Changed it back to Paravirtual Virtual. -no success 3.00 Changed SCSI ID to 0:2, 0:3, Can login but no Web Desktop, Web Assistant displays "No Hard Disk Found" ( changing SCSI ID's back ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions 1. Do I need to initialize the drives or format them before the installation? 2. What am I missing? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would like to say thanks up front. The Xpenology community, this site has been a great resource for getting my DiskStation setup. - Lisa Edited January 18, 2014 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetSpider Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) Figured it out With the hardware set to my 1st config - B120i controller, each drive independent Raid 0. ( I know, This controller has weird settings ) - ESXi loads off the 16GB MicroSD. Expenology loads from the VM-Datastore But no drives/volumes were showing up in DSM The problem was The ' VM setup ' kept switching the SCSI Controller back to "LSI Logic SAS', So after saving the initial VM configuration, I went back into settings and changed the controller to Paravirtual and Physical Then, I needed to mount the physical drives through RDM but they were not taking with the " t10.ATA.**** " links. Example: vmkfstools -z /vmfs/devices/disks/"t10.ATA.__________________52ebd00000000000000000000 RDM0-WD2DWCAY00000000.vmdk -a lsilogic So I tried the vml.000**** links: Example: vmkfstools -z /vmfs/devices/disks/vml.0200000000600508b1001c1152ebd00000000000000000000 RDM0-WD2DWCAY00000000.vmdk -a lsilogic and those stuck. Now Both Diskstations run. ================================================================================================================================================ I am now trying to figure out how to change the MAC Address and Serial number in the 2 Xpenology boxes I have built so they don't conflict on my network. The 4.3 build image gives the same MAC to every installation so these will not work on the same network till I figure this out. Environment: Equipment HP MicroServer GEN 8 RAM____________ HP 16GB CPU____________ Intel G1610T MicroSD ________ Sandisk 16GB________ESXi 5.5 OS Controller_______SATA __B120i__ACHI Mode Disk-0 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data Disk-1 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data Disk-2 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data Disk-3 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data Disk-4 HDD___________Seagate 500GB______50GB VM-Datastore Any help you be greatly appreciated. Edited January 18, 2014 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanza Posted January 12, 2014 Share #3 Posted January 12, 2014 fire up one Xpenology SSH into it as root to find your mac address do dmesg | grep "eth" to change your mac address & Serial Number vi /volumeUSB1/usbshare/boot/grub/grub.conf change it to something like #serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 #terminal serial default 0 timeout 3 fallback 0 title DSM 4.3-3810 - v1.0 root (hd0,0) # vender /vender show # hw_model kernel /zImage root=/dev/md0 ihd_num=0 netif_num=1 syno_hw_version=DS3612xs mac1=00262D02xxxx sn=B3J4N0xxxx initrd /rd.gz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetSpider Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted January 18, 2014 I get as far as the /volumeUSB1 directory but it has no contents. Equipment HP MicroServer GEN 8 RAM____________ HP 16GB CPU____________ Intel G1610T MicroSD ________ Sandisk 16GB________ESXi 5.5 OS Controller_______SATA __B120i__ACHI Mode Disk-0 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data Disk-1 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data Disk-2 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data Disk-3 HDD___________WD RE4 2TB__Independent Data Disk-4 HDD___________Seagate 500GB______50GB VM-Datastore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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