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  • 1.  NUC8I5BEH: Config lost during reboot

    Posted May 12, 2020 09:08 PM

    I have a NUC8I5BEH with StandAlone esxi 7(free version) installed on a USB-stick.

    Every host-config is lost during and the host is returned to state of installation.

    I have also tried to add a USB-Network-interface but it seems like connected USB-devices is not shown in vSphere.

    CLI "lsusb" show all connected devices.

    I guess it may is some variant of this case => https://serverfault.com/a/557950

    How can I solve this?



  • 2.  RE: NUC8I5BEH: Config lost during reboot

    Posted May 12, 2020 09:13 PM

    try the autobackup.sh script and then check if state.tgz gets an updated timestamp - monitor the commandline forerror messages



  • 3.  RE: NUC8I5BEH: Config lost during reboot

    Posted May 13, 2020 04:39 AM

    Thanks;

    state.tgz is updated with new timestamp when I do a auto-backup.sh.

    Some cli-output

    [root@localhost:~] df -h
    Filesystem   Size   Used Available Use% Mounted on
    VMFS-6     931.2G 273.5G    657.7G  29% /vmfs/volumes/DataStore11 => Local storage
    VMFS-6       1.8T   1.4G      1.8T   0% /vmfs/volumes/DataStore12 => Local storage
    VMFS-5       1.2T   1.2T     29.0M 100% /vmfs/volumes/VM31 => iSCSI storage
    VMFS-6     349.8G  27.7G    322.0G   8% /vmfs/volumes/VMSTORE32 => iSCSI storage
    VMFS-6       3.6T   1.5G      3.6T   0% /vmfs/volumes/DS02VMStore30 => iSCSI storage
    [root@localhost:~] lsusb
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0e0f:8003 VMware, Inc. Root Hub
    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0951:1665 Kingston Technology Digital DataTraveler SE9 64GB => Bootdevice for eSXI7.

    =======> =======> Wrong size detected, is actually a DTSE9H/16GB-stick.
    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0aaa Intel Corp. 
    Bus 001 Device 004: ID 13b1:0041 Linksys Gigabit Ethernet Adapter => Not working USB-NIC
    [root@localhost:~] auto-backup.sh 
    Files /etc/vmware/dvsdata.db and /tmp/auto-backup.530430//etc/vmware/dvsdata.db differ
    Saving current state in /bootbank
    Clock updated.
    Time: 04:32:36   Date: 05/13/2020   UTC
    [root@localhost:~] ls -l /bootbank/
    total 64
    -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            96 May 12 18:45 jumpstrt.gz
    -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         57876 May 13 04:32 state.tgz
    [root@localhost:~] 




  • 4.  RE: NUC8I5BEH: Config lost during reboot

    Posted May 18, 2020 05:32 PM

    And the issue is still the same; Config is lost on every boot.

    Anu advise or solution?



  • 5.  RE: NUC8I5BEH: Config lost during reboot
    Best Answer

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted May 18, 2020 06:10 PM

    Your install looks bit off...

    /bootbank should have 94 entries

    check you have a valid UUID for `esxcli system boot device get`

    and that the UUID appears in `ls /vmfs/volumes`

    Otherwise your system is losing access to the boot device after the kernel is loaded...

    Also check out https://www.virten.net/2020/04/homelab-will-esxi-7-0-run-on-intel-nuc/

    There is information on the usb driver fling that may get your usb Nic working :smileyhappy:

    Assuming it is one of the supported chipsets...

    http://en.techinfodepot.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Linksys_USB3GIG​ suggests that your Nic has a RTL8153 chipset so the usb Nic fling should work for you...

    But I would fix the usb boot issue first...

    You may have a problem with your Kingston USB device... maybe try another usb stick if you have one handy...



  • 6.  RE: NUC8I5BEH: Config lost during reboot

    Posted May 19, 2020 06:47 PM

    Thanks;

    I had to try 2 different USB-sticks before I found one that worked.

    The USB-nic is also operational now.

    Y