I just did a successful conversion of my physical UnRAID server to a ESXi 7.0 VM. So I also wrote a how-to for it.

See link: 

https://flemmingss.com/how-to-convert-a-physical-unraid-server-to-a-virtual-machine-in-vmware-esxi-7-0/

 

@Flemming

 

Thanks for the write-up for ESXI 7.0 install, the EFI boot part really helped me

 

I know you were doing a conversion to ESXI, I was doing a clean re-install of both.

Just wanted to add a note for anyone installing with an clean Unraid flash drive.

   I used the "Unraid.USB.Creator" for my flash drive and choose the "Allow UEFI Boot" under "customize".

   By doing it that way I can skip the "Add Boot Option" and go directly to "Change boot order".

 

FYI, I am now running ESXI 7.0b and UnRaid 6.9 on a Supermicro X9SRL-F motherboard.

  It works well, except dhcp is not being passed to any vm. Static ip's work normal.(will look into further)

 

Even though you didn't do it, could you, or did you try virtualizing your USB thumbdrive and run the whole thing in a VM?

Yes, Flemming's how-to is showing how to do just that.

ESXI 7 allows you to add the USB Drive to the VM and boot the VM direct from the USB. 

No more playing with PLOP or VMDK's like prior ESXI versions. 

Works great.