VMWare : Enable Hard Drive's Serial Number

There are times where some Operating System (OS) needs to have the Hard Drive's Serial Number or UUID enabled for it to work correctly.

This is especially true when it comes to TrueNAS installation in VMWare ESXi server. Although it is NOT RECOMMENDED to install TrueNAS (Scale/Core) in a virtualized environment, but for some Home Lab or for testing purposes, it is OK to do so.

1. The said Virtual Machine (VM) must be shutdown first.

2. Next, edit the VM's settings.

3. Goto --> VM Options.

4. Under --> Advanced.

5. Click --> Edit Configuration.

6. Click --> Add parameter.

7. Under Key, type --> disk.EnableUUID

8. Under Value, type --> TRUE

9. Save and exit.

10. Then only power-on the VM.

The Hard Drive's Serial Number will now be automatically created by ESXi server and TrueNAS will be able to detect those Virtual Hard Drive.

!!! HAPPY COMPUTING !!!