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  • 1.  Space required for updates

    Posted Jan 16, 2010 01:10 PM

    Hi,

    I have installed ESXi 4.0 on a 2GB flash card on and HP G6 with default settings and want to know how can i check how much space is left on the flash card for esxi updates before i update?

    Thanks!



  • 2.  RE: Space required for updates
    Best Answer

    Posted Jan 16, 2010 01:17 PM

    Enable SSH access (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/08/10/howto-esxi-and-ssh/)

    Then you can use:

    fdisk -l (to see the partitions)

    vdf -h (to see partitions usage)

    Andre



  • 3.  RE: Space required for updates

    Posted Jan 16, 2010 01:25 PM

    yo the man! thanks dude!



  • 4.  RE: Space required for updates

    Posted Jan 16, 2010 03:13 PM

    One of the most important thing to remember when you install to flash is to configure a scratch location on a datastore. Configuration Tab / Software /Advanced Settings. If you do not create the scratch location ESXi will use a RAM disk. Updates will fail.



  • 5.  RE: Space required for updates

    Posted Jan 16, 2010 03:14 PM

    Also ESXi will not use more than 1GB of the flash drive.