USB as a Main Storage device

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender Oh, so flash the BIOS?

That's not a bad idea. Was it fully updated before?

Mike Ralston

@scottalanmiller , @coliver Yes, it was.

coliver

Hate to ask this question because I have heard horror stories, but is your bios/server firmware at the most current version? I've seen in the past where updating has fixed odd bios issues.

Edit: @scottalanmiller beat me to it.

Dashrender

@Mike-Ralston said:

@Dashrender Oh, so flash the BIOS?

You could try that, but no - normally in the BIOS you have an option to 'set default settings' this will remove any changes you've made, then you reboot and start over tweeking the BIOS.

Mike Ralston

@Dashrender said:

@Mike-Ralston said:

@Dashrender Oh, so flash the BIOS?

You could try that, but no - normally in the BIOS you have an option to 'set default settings' this will remove any changes you've made, then you reboot and start over tweeking the BIOS.

I might have to, I can't access the BIOS and the UEFI has now "Died", so I'm not sure what else to do.

scottalanmiller

@coliver said:

Hate to ask this question because I have heard horror stories, but is your bios/server firmware at the most current version? I've seen in the past where updating has fixed odd bios issues.

Edit: @scottalanmiller beat me to it.

Outdated BIOS could easily be the issue.

scottalanmiller

@Mike-Ralston said:

I might have to, I can't access the BIOS and the UEFI has now "Died", so I'm not sure what else to do.

Something is definitely, seriously wrong.

Mike Ralston

@scottalanmiller I'm having it run a system diagnostic now. The UEFI unlocked on the 4th go, but there's no option to turn it off.

art_of_shred

Or, maybe it's just not supported.

Mike Ralston

@art_of_shred said:

Or, maybe it's just not supported.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Dashrender

@art_of_shred said:

Or, maybe it's just not supported.

I guess I'm lost on what you are trying to do, exactly?

Are you trying to use a USB drive as a datastore for ESXi? or some other hypervisor?

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said:

@art_of_shred said:

Or, maybe it's just not supported.

I guess I'm lost on what you are trying to do, exactly?

Are you trying to use a USB drive as a datastore for ESXi? or some other hypervisor?

Exactly.

thanksajdotcom

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender said:

@art_of_shred said:

Or, maybe it's just not supported.

I guess I'm lost on what you are trying to do, exactly?

Are you trying to use a USB drive as a datastore for ESXi? or some other hypervisor?

Exactly.

I don't think it's possible. I think you can use an external HDD like that, but not a flash drive.

Dashrender

What's the problem? Does ESXi not see the drive as a place you could put a VMDK?

art_of_shred

It's to host a Xen Server, correct?

Mike Ralston

@art_of_shred said:

It's to host a Xen Server, correct?

Yes.

Mike Ralston

@Dashrender said:

What's the problem? Does ESXi not see the drive as a place you could put a VMDK?

Well, XenServer specifically tells me that Virtual Drives aren't enabled when I attempt to install to it. IT sees the USB just fine.

art_of_shred

Hmmm... so, maybe it's not supported?

Mike Ralston

@art_of_shred said:

Hmmm... so, maybe it's not supported?

Quite possible.

art_of_shred

How hard would it be to just get a single HD to put the OS on and then use the SAN for the datastores, or whatever Xen uses?