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7UnderPartitionConfiguration,specifythefollowingforeachpartitioninthe
serviceconsole:
IntheDrivelist,selectfromthelistofdisks.
IntheMountPointfield,specifythemountpoint.
Ataminimum,youshouldspecifytheboot(/boot)androot(/)mount
points.
IntheSizefield,specifythesizeofthepartitioninmegabytes(MB).Specify
anintegervaluehere,suchas500.DonotappendthenumberwithMB.
See Appendix A,“ESX ServerPartitioning,”onpage 95forrecommended
partitionsizes.
IntheTypelist,selectthetypeoffilesystem.Choosefromvmfs,vmcore,ext3,
andswap.Selectswapifthepartitionisaswappartition.Youmustcreatea
swappartition.
SelecttheGrowcheckboxifyouwantthepartitiontogrowuntilitfillsthe
availablespaceonthedisk(ifany),oruptothemaximumsizesetting.
VMwarerecommendsyoudonotletyourbootandswappartitionsgrow.
8FromtheLicensingModelist,specifyoneofthe
following:
PostInstall–Choosethisoptiontoconfigurelicensingmanuallyafter
installation.
UseLicenseServer–Choosethisoptiontoretrievelicensesfromalicense
server.
UseHostLicenseFile–Choosethisoptiontouploadalicensefile.
9ClickNexttocontinue.
10 IfyouselectedtheLicenseServerlicensingtype,enterthecentralizedlicensing
information.
LicenseServer–Enterthelicenseservertouse.
Port–Entertheporttowhichtoconnect.
ESX ServerEdition–Selecttheeditionyoupurchased.
11 IfyouselectedFileBasedlicensing,specifyorbrowseforthelicensetoupload.
12 ClickNexttocontinuetothenextconfigurationscreen.
13 ClickDownloadKickstartFiletocreateakickstartconfigurationfile.
