Author: Dale Scriven

Minimum partition size requirements for ESX ESXi 4.1

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Hello.   I thought I’d whip up a quick table to show the minimum recommended partition sizes for ESX/i 4.1 and just a brief overview of what each is about. /Boot
Ext3
1100MB /
Ext3
5GB None
Swap
600MB None
VMFS-3
Variable None
VMFS-3
1.2GB None
VMKCORE
100MB /Var/Log
Ext3
2GB the /Boot location is where all the files are stored in order for it to (your way ahead of me hereRead More…

HA configuration errors on virtualised ESX ESXi

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If you are running a copy of workstation for your vsphere lab and you are encountering an error when trying to enable HA/DRS clusters then this is probably the issue. When you create a ESX vm, vmware workstation autocreates a vm with 2GB’s of ram which is the lowest amount you can get away with to boot the hypervisor. However in order for HA to work you will need a minimum of 2300megs of ram (2.3Read More…