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Which options do I have in terms of migrating a napp-it install from an OmniOS VM to a new Solaris 11 VM? I am going to attach the HBA's to the Solaris 11 VM and import the pools. I am also going to recreate the Unix groups manually (used with the ACLs). Setting up snapshots and scrub again...

I have tried ownCloud and pydio on VMs in my home ESXi server. I have always had problems. For instance, ownCloud is not able to handle very nicely that your files are not actually placed in ownCloud, but on a NAS. Pydio was difficult to install, and once it was installed, the administrative...

Thanks for the suggestions. I was thinking about Samsung EVO 840 or Intel SSD 530 myself.

My 64 GB Crucial M4 from 2011 just died thursday. It has been hosting some VMs, and among them, my pfSense router. It was very difficult to diagnose the problem, but in the end I found out that up to 30-60 minutes after boot, the Crucial M4 datastore in VMware ESXi suffered a "permanent device...

Hi. I need to purchase 2x 120-128GB SSDs for my OmniOS/napp-it home server. One SSD will host some VMs, the other will serve as a read cache for the NAS/SAN. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Hi. I need a new HBA, since the 8 ports on the LSI 2308 of my Supermicro X10SL7-F are soon saturated port-wise. Which HBA is recommended? A M1015? Any advice is appreciated.

@ Gea_: Is there any documentation of how to use the TFTPD service in napp-it or can you explain how it works? I would like to use it in relation to IPXE boot. Edit: Nevermind. Found the "help" button :-)

Hi guys. I have a question related to NFS and UNIX permissions (ACL). I have three filesystems: A, B and C. Filesystem A and B have "group@" equal to "modify_set". Their ownership is "root:groupnameA" and "root:groupnameB" respectively. Filesystem C has "everyone@" equal to...

Cool. It worked. Thanks a lot :)

Here is the folder-ACL of one of the problematic filesystems: I have those files SMB share files for the two problematic filesystems, yes, but I cannot delete them. I don't have any non-default mountpoint settings. To be honest, I am not even sure what it is :-)

I tried updating to 0.9e, but the problem persists, even through I have cleared the ZFS buffer under the menu option ZFS Filesystems. What exactly do you mean by By the way, I have set the ACL manually from command line, so I am sure it is the same. Also, why is Share ACL displayed...

OK. I will try this evening. What happens when the evaluation expires?

There is no such menu option. Do you mean the ZFS fielsystems >> reload menu option? I tried this option, but it doesn't change anything.

Can someone please help me shed some light on this behaviour? All of the above datasets, but the 2nd and 4th, have the ACL @everyone=modify_set. The 2nd and 4th have the ACL @group=modify set. SMB sharing is off, but NFS sharing is on. Why does the FOLDER-ACL column show different...

I have the same problem on ESXi 5.5, so unfortunately, I don't think an upgrade will solve it.

Can anyone offer me a bit advice regarding the following problem? I have four basic vdevs in a pool: 3tb 3tb 3tb 4tb The ressource consumption is about 5 tb. I have just received two new 4tb HDD's. What I what: 1 raidz vdev of 3tb+3tb+3tb 1 raidz vdev of 4tb+4tb+4tb The...

OK, this makes absolutely no sense. I upgraded yesterday with a custom ISO created according to the same procedure, as the one used when installing originally. Then I booted and rebooted. No network connection in the guests. I automatically upgraded VMware Tools in the Ubuntu Server guest and...

I use a Supermicro X10SL7-F motherboard with Intel I210 NIC's. I created a custom ISO with the appropriate ethernet drivers. Also, the server itself is online and its simple web GUI accessible. Only the guests have no network connection.

After upgrading ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 this evening, my two guests - OmniOS and Ubuntu Server - have no network connectivity. I am new to virtualization. Is this normal? Do I need to upgrade VMware Tools on both guests? I have tried upgrading VMware Tools on the Ubuntu Server guest using the...

Thanks Gea_. Your answer pointed me in the right direction.

I have some problems with permissions and I was hoping that you guys could point me in the right direction.. It would be a great help. I have been consulting the Solaris Administrator Reference and a lot of websites, or so it seems, but I cant get get it quite right. The OS is OmniOS in the...

Double post. I apologize.

Well, at least you're able to get it done in a weekend. I often tell my girlfriend that "the NAS will be down for the rest of the day", but then a week later, it is still a work in progress..

Just a quick follow-up: I solved my root password issues by performing a re-install. I don't know what I managed to do wrong at during my first install.

Thanks for the reply _Gea. I don't think that I am having uppercase/lowercase or keyboard language problems, so perhaps a reinstall is the easiest way to go. The BE that contains the state prior installation is the "pre-napp-it" one, right?

Thanks for the reply Gea. If I understand you correctly, the system must boot in the napp-it BE. But when booted in the napp-it BE, shouldn't I be able to login as root in the console provided that I have allowed root login? If I did the "passwd root" in the wrong BE (that is, not in the...

Hi guys. After having installed napp-it on a new OmniOS installation, I have a strange problem that I do not fully understand. I hope you guys can point me in the right direction. I have installed OmniOS and napp-it according to Gea's guides. I also performed the "passwd root" command in...

I've ordered the SL7 motherboard based on Gea_'s advice and will order the rest of the parts this evening, but am troubled by finding a flash drive to host ESXi. Any advice is appreciated. I have been looking into MLC USB sticks and SLC SATA DOM's, but cannot really figure out what the...

Just updated the list.. I will order a Zalman MS800 instead of the Inter-Tech. Can anyone recommend another or better SSD than the upcomming Samsung 840 Evo? The Kingston SSDNow KC300 seems to be in the same price range, but I cannot find any reviews of it. Also, can anyone recommend a...

I hear what you're saying, but have some concerns. First of all, I already have a mini-ITX DIY NAS in a stylish Lian Li PC-Q25 case, but its E350 CPU is too slow. Furthermore, its hardware is limited in terms of future expansion (in the amount of drives). I am concerned that I will have the same...

WD Red's are only 5900 rpm, if I remember correctly.. So you're saying that running a NAS OS, such as FreeNAS, on ESXi is a bad idea and such an OS would be much better off running on a dedicated storage server? Would performance (in terms of throughput) be better for both the VMs on the...

Thank you for your comment. I was thinking about running conduit on the roof, from room to room between or below the insulation material. If anyone could recommend a guide in terminating Cat6/Cat6a, and/or installing conduit, if would be appeciated. Anyhow, you have given me enough input to...

Thanks - nice to know that it is possible. I hope that space won't be a problem in the case that I link to above, but I doubt it.

Thank you, both of you, for your replies. I have been working with Cat 6 cables before and physically, they didn't feel different from Cat 5e (as I've read that Cat 7 does). Thank you for the explanation. I had a feeling that such future proofing would be kind of lame, but it is nice...

Thank you once again. Do you happen to know if it is possible to reflash the LSI 2308 to IT mode? I will do as you suggest and operate with two pools of drives. However, to begin with and perhaps for foreseeable future, my first pool will only consist of one SSD hosting 3-4 VMs.

Hi. I have decided to run new ethernet cables throughout the home, since we have none in place at the time of writing (thus relying on unstable powerline adapters). I require these cables to be future proof. The newer standards are, as far as I understand: CAT6, CAT6a and CAT7. However...

Thank you for the explanation. Seeing as I want an all-in-one box, which is going to be the home server for all purposes, it seems that I will need a controller for my mechanical drives that I can pass through. Would I be better off with with the currently selected Supermicro X10SLM+-F board...

My data is not mission critical, so I can live with backing up the VM's on the mechanical drives. What do people normally do when using EXSi/virtualization for NAS purposes (among others)? Thanks a lot for the feedback. Will definetely read the PDF ASAP. I've been asking why people...

I must admit that your thread about the above build inspired me in terms of my selection of parts. However, I opted for the 4U rack case because with the drive caddies, a cheaper tower case will eventually cost about the same. I think your setup is a bit too advanced for me :) Perhaps in...

Hi. I am going to completely redesign my mini-ITX NAS and transform it into an ESXi/virtualization capable NAS and home server. The mini-ITX NAS is currently a DIY "consumer-ish" machine with decent NAS drives, 8 GB non-ECC ram and a motherboard with an onboard E350 CPU. On the software side...