Esxi arm edition version 1.10 update

2022.07.20,VMware Flings On ,ESXi Arm Edition Updated again , this 1.10 The version has the following updates ：

Note: Upgrade is NOW supported from earlier ESXi-Arm 1.x Fling releases

• Upgrade from earlier ESXi-Arm 1.x Fling is now supported
• Support for Arm DEN0115 (PCIe config space access via firmware interface, tested with Raspberry Pi)
• Report L3 cache info for Ampere eMAG
• Minor improvements to non-cache coherent DMA support
• Raspberry Pi NIC (genet) statistics
• GOS: use VNXNET3 and PVSCSI as default for freebsd12
• Support for RK3566 SBCs (e.g. Quartz64)
  • PCIe support (NVMe not supported at this time)
  • EQOS (onboard) NIC support
• Fix missing barriers for Intel igbn NIC driver, improving stability
• Return zero for unknown sys_reg(3, 0, 0, x, y) accesses from VMs
• Telemetry reporting - Collect statistics on what kind of systems the Fling is being run on, to best gauge interest
  • No PII is collected. Here are items collected:
    • CPU info: core count, NUMA, manufacturer, etc.
    • Firmware info: vendor, version
    • Platform info: vendor, product, UUID, PCI device list
    • ESXi-Arm info: version, patch level, product build
    • The /bin/telemetry script runs on every boot and at 00:00 every Saturday

      Build 20133114
      VMware-VMvisor-Installer-7.0.0-20133114.aarch64.iso 

One of the most important is , From this version , Support the installation of updates from older versions .（ Previously, you can only install a new version .） I updated and installed two raspberry pies directly from the old version to 1.10. 

in addition changelog  It is mentioned in that this version will collect the statistical data of the system

• Telemetry reporting - Collect statistics on what kind of systems the Fling is being run on, to best gauge interest
  • No PII is collected. Here are items collected:
    • CPU info: core count, NUMA, manufacturer, etc.
    • Firmware info: vendor, version
    • Platform info: vendor, product, UUID, PCI device list
    • ESXi-Arm info: version, patch level, product build
    • The /bin/telemetry script runs on every boot and at 00:00 every Saturday

Although I mentioned No PII (Personal Identifiable Information) is collected. But if there are concerns about this data collection , You can go to crontabs Disable this scheduled task in .

You can also go. /bin/telemetry.py Make changes , Or comment out the method call that sends data , Don't be main Execution is fine . Check out this python Script we also indirectly learned some ways to view system statistics .