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--- docs:guide-user:virtualization:vmware [2020/01/07 15:22] – [Tested with] distinctxenon
+++ docs:guide-user:virtualization:vmware [2024/02/29 22:08] (current) – [Things you need] frkca
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   * Barrier Breaker 14.07 in combination with VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 2 Build 2068190
   * Chaos Calmer 15.05.1 with VMware Fusion and vSphere ESXi 6.0
-  * 19.07.0-rc2 in combination with VMware ESXi 6.7.0 Update 2 Build 13981272 (WIP)
+  * 19.07.0-rc2 in combination with VMware ESXi 6.7.0 Update 2 Build 13981272
+  * 19.07.5 in combination with VMware ESXi 6.7.0 Update 2 Build 16713306
+  * 21.02.0-rc3 on a VMware vSphere Client version 6.7.0.42000 machine
+  * 23.05.2 on a VMware vSphere VM VMware ESXi, 6.7.0, 20497097
 ==== Things you need ====
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-On Fusion I had to use the IDE drive controller type.
+On Fusion I had to use the IDE drive controller type. This also applies to recent ESXi versions, just switch the Virtual Device Node from default SCSI controller 0 to IDE 0. Also, recent OpenWRT and ESXi versions do support running VMXNET3 virtual NIC so you can achieve 10GE speeds.
 ===== Quick Start =====
 Follow these steps to get an Up to Date VM with the latest code running on ESX in 15 minutes:
-  - you can download an OVA image from the following location: [[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7976972/openwrt15cc.ova|https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7976972/openwrt15cc.ova]]\\ This image was made by Iben in September 2015 based on a July build of CHAOS CALMER 15.05 trunk r46767
+  - you can download an OVA image from the following location: [[https://www.dropbox.com/s/ao805tl33mqe0an/openwrt15cc.ova|https://www.dropbox.com/s/ao805tl33mqe0an/openwrt15cc.ova]]\\ This image was made by Iben in September 2015 based on a July build of CHAOS CALMER 15.05 trunk r46767
   - Import the OVA to VMware ESXi (tested with latest version 6 in July 2016)\\ The base image only has 1 virtual NIC setup with DHCP
   - Power on the VM - observe the MAC Address - find that on you DHCP server
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 (Is there a better place to make these requests?)
-  - install open-vm-tools to enhance support on VMware hypervisors
+  - install open-vm-tools to enhance support on VMware hypervisors (possible via packages sources and LuCI or opkg)
   - use vmxnet3 paravirtualized network interface
   - learn how to create fresh builds from scratch
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+==== Upgrade to 19.07.5 from ova ====
+  - Create a snapshot from ESXI UI to allow easy rollback in case of issues
+  - Use the following image from LuCi: https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.5/targets/x86/generic/openwrt-19.07.5-x86-generic-combined-squashfs.img.gz
+  - You should be able to access console from ESXI, but no IPv4 network will be available
+  - Beware of keyboard layout of the console which is qwerty, type ifconfig and find IPv6 address
+  - From LuCi, go to Network/Interface and click edit on br-lan without doing any change, and save. The configuration will be automatically fixed.
+  - Reboot your OpenWRT VM, you should then get the IPv4 address back.
+Here is an upgraded OVA VM export with version 19.07.5, using ext4 instead of squashfs and an extended /overlay filesystem, with DHCP enabled instead of a static IP for br-lan interface: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4b0dy8d8iqf8a91/OpenWRT_x86_64_19.07.05.ova?dl=0
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+==== Upgraded/Updated OVA for OpenWRT21 ====
+After import of the previous OVA-file to VMware Sphere, I was able to upgrade to the latest OpenWrt version (21-00-RC3).
+This machine, //OpenWRT-21// has
+  * 2 CPU
+  * 2 GB
+  * 2 NiCs
+    * WAN defined as DHCP client
+    * LAN static address 192.168.1.1 as DHCP server
+  * Compatibility ESXi 5.0 and later (VM version 8)
+  * Installed VMware tools, as well as vnet drivers
+<WRAP center round download 60%>
+https://www.dropbox.com/s/nljp8todp99qggn/OpenWRT21.ova
+</WRAP>
 ==== Example Issues seen during VMWare Installs ====