#How to install vmware esxi from usb tinkertry how to#
How to clone ESXi USB install to new USB drive Typically I would recommend just re-installing ESXi on a new USB flash drive, but I haven’t yet created an ESXi 5.5 U1 customized ISO with the needed NIC drivers as I did with ESXi 5.0 and I figured I’d try cloning the original USB flash drive to a new Lexar USB drive instead. After some research it appears my assumption was correct and that the USB flash drive I was using to boot from was indeed starting to fail.Īfter rebooting the host, more warning messages also appeared… The last part of the message (“persistent storage”) made me think it might have something to do with the USB drive due to the fact that a similar message appeared when setting up the home lab on the Intel NUC’s. As a result, host configuration changes will not be saved to persistent storage.
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Lost connectivity to the device mpx.vmhbaXX:XX:XX:XX backing the boot filesystem /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhbaXX:XX:XX:XX.
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A few days ago one of my hosts in my home lab was displaying an alarm message: