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I have a reoccurring issue with my Home Assistant VM on ESXi. After the host is powered off ungracefully the VM will not power on, it errors:

The VMDK is version 6.2 and ESXi version 6.7.

tklaassens workaround

I have been using Tim’s workaround for too long:

SSH into the ESX host.

Run the following commands:

[josh@esxi:~] vmkfstools -x check /vmfs/volumes/1b0d5392-52f42ee8/hass/haos_ova-6.2.vmdk
Disk needs repair.
[josh@esxi:~] vmkfstools -x repair /vmfs/volumes/1b0d5392-52f42ee8/hass/haos_ova-6.2.vmdk
Disk was successfully repaired.

TriplusTutorials fix

This post claims to fix it permanently: Running Hass.IO & Hass OS on VMWare ESXI 7.0

Let’s go

I have recently upgraded ESXi from 6.7 to 7.0 so let’s reinstall haos.

1. Download the latest version of haos from https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases.

   The version I’m downloading is haos_ova-10.0.vmdk.zip

2. Extract the VMDK and upload it to your ESXi datastore (e.g. datastore3).

3. Enable SSH on the host and locate the VMDK.

   [josh@esxi:~] cd /vmfs/volumes/
   [josh@esxi:/vmfs/volumes] ls
   datastore3    vmrun
   [josh@esxi:/vmfs/volumes] ls ./datastore3
   haos_ova-10.0.vmdk

4. Clone the virtualdisk to the permanent datastore (e.g. from datastore3 to vmrun)

   [josh@esxi:/vmfs/volumes] mkdir ./vmrun/haos-10
   [josh@esxi:/vmfs/volumes] vmkfstools -i ./datastore3/haos_ova-10.0.vmdk ./vmrun/haos-10/haos.vmdk
   Destination disk format: Thin
   Cloning disk '.datastore3/haos_ova-10.0.vmdk'...
   Clone: 100% done.

5. Create a new virtual machine

6. Select a name and guest OS

   • Name: haos-10
   • Compatibility: ESXi 7.0 U2 virtual machine
   • Guest OS family: Linux
   • Guest OS version: Other 5.x or later Linux (64-bit)

7. Select storage

   Datastore: vmrun

8. Customise settings

   Virtual Hardware

   • CPU: 4
   • Cores per Socket: 2
   • Memory: 16 GB
   • Hard disk 1: remove
   • Add hard disk → Existing Hard Disk: vmrun/haos-10/haos.vmdk
   • Network Adapter 1: 107 IoT
   • Adaptor Type :E1000e
   • CD/DVD Drive 1: remove
   • SATA Controller: remove

   VM Options

   • Boot Options → Enable UEFI secure boot: uncheck

   Table 1: Sumary of Virtual Machine

   Hardware	Configuration
   Name	haos-10
   Datastore	vmrun
   Guest OS name	Other 5.x or later Linux (64-bit)
   Compatibility	ESXi 7.0 U2 virtual machine
   vCPUs	4
   Memory	16 GB
   Network adapters	1
   Network adapter 1 network	107 LOL-CATS
   Network adapter 1 type	E1000e
   IDE controller 0	IDE 0
   IDE controller 1	IDE 1
   SCSI controller 0	VMware Paravirtual
   Hard disk 1
   - Capacity	1GB
   - Datastore	[vmrun] haos-10/
   - Mode	Dependent
   - Provisioning	Thick provisioned, lazily zeroed
   - Controller	SCSI controller 0 : 0
   USB controller 1	USB 2.0

9. Boot the VM

   

10. Complete the setup process

11. Create a backup within Home Assistant Settings → System → Backup: Create Backup

12. Take snapshot of the VM

13. play