VMware Community Homelabs Project:
Homelab Hardware Options:
- VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Homelab Hardware Options
- Interesting VMware Homelab Kits for 2024
- Interesting VMware Homelab Kits for 2023
- Interesting VMware Homelab Kits for 2022
- Supermicro VMware Homelab 2020 Options
Homelab Podcasts:
- Unexplored Territory – VMware Homelabs for AI
- Unexplored Territory – William Lam’s top 10 home lab gifts for under the Christmas tree!
- VirtuallySpeaking – vSphere 8 Homelab Edition
- Home Labbers – William Lam
Nested Lab Deployment Scripts:
- Automated Lab Deployment Script for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2 Import Tool
- Automated Lab Deployment Script for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.1
- Automated Lab Deployment Script for Aria Suite (Lifecycle, Identity, Operations, Logs & Automation)
- Automated Lab Deployment Script for vSphere & vSAN 8.x
- Automated Lab Deployment Script for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 4.2
- Automated Lab Deployment Script for vSphere with Tanzu using NSX Advanced Load Balancer (NSX ALB)
- Automated Lab Deployment Script for vSphere with Tanzu using HAProxy
- Automated Lab Deployment Script for vSphere with Tanzu using NSX-T
- Automated Lab Deployment Script for vSphere 6.x
- Automated Lab Deployment Script for NSX-T 2.x
- Automated Lab Deployment Script for VMware PKS
ASUS/Intel NUC General Resources:
- VMware customer production use cases for Intel NUC
- Experimenting with ESXi CPU affinity and Intel Hybrid CPU Cores
- How to disable the Efficiency Cores (E-cores) on an Intel NUC?
- ESXi PSOD due to GP Exception 13 in world with Intel 13th Generation CPU
- ESXi with Intel Arc 750 / 770 GPU
- Video of ESXi install workaround for Fatal CPU mismatch on feature for Intel 12th Gen CPUs and newer
- Updated findings for passthrough of Intel NUC Integrated Graphics (iGPU) with ESXi
ASUS NUC Hardware Review Resources:
Intel NUC Hardware Review Resources:
- Intel NUC 13 Pro (Arena Canyon)
- Intel NUC 12 Enthusiast (Serpent Canyon)
- Intel NUC 12 Pro (Wall Street Canyon)
- Intel NUC 12 Extreme (Dragon Canyon)
- Intel NUC 11 Extreme (Beast Canyon)
- Intel NUC 11 Pro (Panther Canyon & Tiger Canyon)
- Intel NUC 10 Pro (Frost Canyon)
- Intel NUC 9 Extreme (Quartz Canyon & Ghost Canyon)
- Intel NUC 8 Extreme (Hades Canyon)
- Intel NUC 7 Pro (Baby Canyon)
- Intel NUC 6 Extreme (Skull Canyon)
- Intel NUC 6 Pro (Swift Canyon)
Additional Hardware Review Resources:
- ESXi on GMKtec NucBox K11
- ESXi on GMKtec EVO-X1 with AMD Ryzen AI Pro 300 Series (formally Strix Point)
- ESXi on SimplyNUC extremeEDGE 3000 Series
- ESXi on Protectli Vault Pro 6650/6670
- ESXi on Minisforum MS-01
- ESXi on iKOOLCORE R2
- ESXi on Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Ultra
- ESXi on SimplyNUC Moonstone
- ESXi on Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Tiny
- ESXi on SolidRun V3000
- ESXi on ASUS PN64-E1
- ESXi on palm size iKOOLCORE R1
- ESXi on AMD ChangWang CW56-58
- ESXi on Dell Precision 7770 & 7670
- ESXi on Supermicro E302-12D
- ESXi on Supermicro E100-12T
- ESXi on SimplyNUC Ruby and Topaz
- ESXi on Supermicro E100-9W
- ESXi on ASRock 4×4 BOX V2
- ESXi on Supermicro E300-9D
- ESXi on ASRock 4×4 BOX
ESXi on Arm Resources:
Homelab Resources:
- 128GB memory mini PCs is now a reality with 64GB DDR5 SODIMM
- Sharing a single NVMe device with NVMe Tiering, ESXi-OSDATA & VMFS Datastore?
- Intel Neural Processing Unit (NPU) with ESXi
- Experimenting with ESXi CPU affinity and Intel Hybrid CPU Cores
- ESXi support for Intel iGPU with SR-IOV
- Heads Up – ESXi 8.0 Update 2 requires XSAVE CPU instruction even with allowLegacyCPU=true
- Synology NFS VAAI Plug-in support for vSphere 8.0
- Synology DS7233+ in Homelab
- Removable drive tray accessory for Supermicro SYS-E302-12x fanless chassis
- VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 running on Intel NUC
- DDR5 SODIMM capable kits for ESXi
- 96GB SODIMM memory for DDR5 system with ESXi
- USB Network Native Driver Fling for ESXi 8.0 Update 1
- How to enable passthrough for USB Network Adapters claimed by ESXi CDCE Driver?
- SSD with multiple NVMe namespaces for VMware Homelab
- Interesting VMware Homelab Kits for 2023
- Quick Tip – How to deploy vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) to legacy CPU without VMX Unrestricted Guest feature?
- VMware Cloud Foundation on Intel NUC?
- Removing NSX CPU/Memory reservations when deploying a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Management or Workload Domain
- VMware Cloud Foundation with a single ESXi host for Workload Domain?
- VMware Cloud Foundation with a single ESXi host for Management Domain?
- Heads Up – 24GB & 48GB DDR5 SODIMM memory now available
- Quick Tip – Additional NVMe vendors (SK Hynix & Sabrent) for ESXi homelab
- How to bootstrap ESXi compute only node and connect to vSAN HCI Mesh?
- ESXi with Intel Arc 750 / 770 GPU
- How to bootstrap vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) on unsupported hardware?
- USB Network Native Driver for ESXi Fling now supports vSphere 8!
- Homelab considerations for vSphere 8
- vSphere 8 productizes Community Networking Driver Fling for ESXi
- Potentially interesting VMware Homelab Kits for 2022
- USB Network Adapters without using the USB Network Native Driver for ESXi
- Updates to USB Network & NVMe Community Driver for ESXi 7.0 Update 3
- Considerations for future vSphere Homelabs due to upcoming removal of SD card/USB support for ESXi
- New storage devices added to Community NVMe Driver for ESXi Fling
- Passthrough of Intel Iris Xe Integrated GPU on 11th Gen NUC results in Error Code 43
- USB Network Native Driver for ESXi Fling supports ESXi 7.0 Update 2
- Community Networking Driver for ESXi Fling v1.2
- Easily create custom ESXi Images from patch releases using vSphere Image Builder UI
- Community NVMe Driver for ESXi
- Community Networking Driver for ESXi
- Supermicro VMware Homelab 2020 Options
- Intel NUC with 512GB memory
- vSphere with Tanzu Homelab with just 32GB memory
- USB Network Native Driver now supports ESXi 7.0 Update 1
- ESXi 7.0 Update 1 now includes NIC driver for Intel NUC 10
- USB Native Driver Fling for ESXi v1.6
- Disabling TPM 2.0 connection cannot be established message in ESXi for Intel NUC 10
- Other Intel and AMD small form factor (SFF) systems for vSphere Homelabs
- Enhancements to the community ne1000 VIB for Intel NUC 10
- Removable M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe enclosure by Icy Dock
- How to patch Intel NUC 10 with latest ESXi 7.0 update?
- Passthrough of Integrated GPU (iGPU) for Apple Mac Mini 2018
- Passthrough of Integrated GPU (iGPU) for standard Intel NUC
- How to passthrough USB Keyboard/Mouse HID and CCID devices to VM in ESXi?
- Configure NSX-T Edge to run on AMD Ryzen CPU
- Quick Tip – Suppress new core dump warning in ESXi 7.0
- Changing the default size of the ESX-OSData volume in ESXi 7.0
- Deploying a minimal vSphere with Kubernetes environment
- Important – NVMe SSD not found after upgrading to ESXi 7.0
- Heads Up – Nested ESXi crashes in ESXi 7.0 running on older CPUs
- Quick Tip – Allow unsupported CPUs when upgrading to ESXi 7.0
- Homelab considerations for vSphere 7
- Sonnet Solo5G Multi-Gig (1G/2.5G/5G) USB Adapter works with ESXi
- How to automate the creation multiple routable VLANs on single L2 network using VyOS
- USB Native Driver Fling for ESXi adds support for Multi-Gig (1G/2.5G/5G) Adapter
- New hardware support & enhancements to USB Network Native Driver for ESXi
- Thunderbolt 3 enclosures with (Single, Dual & Quad) M.2 NVMe SSDs for ESXi
- Quick Tip – Crucial NVMe SSD not recognized by ESXi 6.7
- New Thunderbolt 3 to 10GbE options for ESXi
- Aquantia 10GbE ESXi Driver for Apple 2018 Mac Mini
- 64GB memory on the Intel NUCs?
- Touch screen + case for the Raspberry Pi 3
- ESXi Native Driver for USB NIC Fling
- PowerShell for PhotonOS on Raspberry Pi 3
- GPU Passthrough of Radeon RX Vega M in Intel Hades Canyon
- Dual Intel M.2 Optane 4801x in Supermicro E300-9D
- How to change the default CPU and Memory requirements for deploying the VMC vCenter Cloud Gateway
- Supermicro Home Lab Group Buy
- Is a DNS server still required when using a Static IP for VCSA?
- Update on running ESXi on Intel NUC Hades Canyon (NUC8i7HNK & NUC8i7HVK)
- Useful M.2 NVMe accessories for vSphere (VSAN/VMFS) Home Labs
- How to simulate Persistent Memory (PMem) in vSphere 6.7 for educational purposes?
- vYetti – Fun animated vSphere Login UI customization
- Cool browser plugin for Dark Theme vSphere H5 Client
- Native MAC Learning in vSphere 6.7 removes the need for Promiscuous mode for Nested ESXi
- Thunderbolt to 10GbE Network Adapters for ESXi
- AHCI (vmw_ahci) performance issue resolved in ESXi 6.5 Update 1
- Project USB to SDDC – Part 3
- Project USB to SDDC – Part 2
- Exclusive vGhetto discount on homelab hardware from MITXPC
- Project USB to SDDC – Part 1
- Copying files from a USB (FAT32 or NTFS) device to ESXi
- Functional USB-C Ethernet Adapter for ESXi 5.5, 6.0 & 6.5
- KMIP Server Docker Container for evaluating VM Encryption in vSphere 6.5
- ESXi 6.5 Virtual Appliance is now available
- USB 3.0 Ethernet Adapter (NIC) driver for ESXi 6.5
- How to deploy the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 running on VMware Fusion & Workstation?
- Virtual NVMe and Nested ESXi 6.5?
- Functional USB 3.0 Ethernet Adapter (NIC) driver for ESXi 5.5 & 6.0
- Working USB Ethernet Adapter (NIC) for ESXi
- Deploying Nested ESXi is even easier now with the ESXi Virtual Appliance
- How to deploy and run the VSAN 6.1 Witness Virtual Appliance on VMware Fusion & Workstation?
- Running Nested ESXi / VSAN Home Lab on Ravello
- Subscribe to vGhetto Nested ESXi Template Content Library in vSphere 6.0
- Home Labs made easier with VSAN 6.0 + USB Disks
- Thunderbolt Storage for ESXi
- A killer custom Apple Mac Mini setup running VSAN
- New VMware Fling to improve Network/CPU performance when using Promiscuous Mode for Nested ESXi
- VMworld vBrownBag Tech Talk : Nested Virtualization & Dev/Test/Home Lab Panel
- Quick Tip – Minimum amount of memory to run the vCenter Server Appliance
- Installing ESXi 5.0 Update 2 on Mac Mini is Now a Breeze! (No Custom ISO/patches Needed!)
- Running ESXi 5.0 & 5.1 on 2012 Mac Mini 6,2
- #NotSupported Sessions at VMworld 2012, A Dream Come True
- How to Access USB Storage in ESXi Shell
- How to Enable Support for Nested 64bit & Hyper-V VMs in vSphere 5