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ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter Installation Guide
100 VMware, Inc.
Notapplicable vmkcore 100MB
Location:
anydisk
100MBper
host
sharing
theSAN
Location:
CoreLUN
100MB A100MBvmkcorepartitionis
requiredforeachESX Serverhost.
CanbelocatedonalocalSCSI
volume,anetworkedSCSIvolume,
oraSAN.Itcannotbelocatedona
softwareiSCSIvolume.
Usedtostorecoredumpsfor
debuggingandtechnicalsupport.
EachESX Serverhostmusthavea
vmkcorepartitionof100MB.If
multipleESX Serverhostssharea
SAN,configurea
vmkcore
partitionwith100MBforeachhost.
/var/log ext3 2000MB
Location:
internal
disk
2000MB
Location:
LUN0
2000MB Optional.
Usedtostorelogfiles.
Table A-1. ESX Server Required Partitions (Continued)
Mount Point Type
Recommended Storage
by Host Disk Configuration
Partition Description
Internal
Disk with
External
SAN,
NAS, or
iSCSI SAN Only
Internal
Disk
Only