Hi Jacob, I thought about this solution, however this requires and machine which will act as a "storage box" which, at the moment I don't have.
Thanks, Hetz On 08/09/2007, Jacob Broido <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > The reason ESX demands scsi disks is because it uses SCSI reservation > commands for locking. It happens in numerous scenarios . i.e When the > vmdk is resized. > > You can however do one of the following: > 1) Use NFS as storage for vmdk's > 2) Use iSCSI as storage for vmdk's. > > > > On 9/8/07, Hetz Ben Hamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi poeple, > > > > I'm thinking to install VMWare ESX 3.0 at my house for some testings > > few ideas of mine. > > > > As you may know, ESX can be installed on IDE/SATA drive, but you > > cannot create VM's nor create VMFS partitions unless your hard disk is > > SCSI one. > > > > At first, I thought about plugging some SATA drive to the machine > > since it's driver is working almost like SCSI (if I'm not mistaken)... > > wrong move. VMWare still doesn't let me create VMFS on it. > > > > Many people recommend to use ACARD solution (which is a small board > > you connect to your hard disk. Problem is, that this solution doesn't > > fit my SFF machine and it requires an additional SCSI PCI Card. > > > > Does anyone know about such a PCI card (preferably low profile) which > > I can connect an IDE or SATA device and it's feeding data to the OS > > just like it was a SCSI hard disk? or better-yet - is there a way to > > "cheat" VMWare to make it think my IDE drives are "SCSI" so I can > > create VMFS partitions? > > > > Thanks, > > Hetz > > > > -- > > Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. > > my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > Not gonna be king of the world if you're slave to the grind > - Skid Row > -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
