And also the disk requirements have changed… you cannot install anymore on a very small disk (less than 4 GB) and the minimum required size is 32 GB. A big change, considering that before was possible install ESXi with less than 1 GB!
ESXi version 8 basically has the same partitions layout of version 7.
The disk initialize in GPT and is partitioned in the following way:
1. EFI System -> 100 MB (100 blocks)
Free space for the remaining first 2 GB
5: Basic Data for the primary boot bank -> 4 GB (4094 blocks)
6: Basic Data for the alternative boot bank -> 4 GB (4094 blocks)
In previous posts (see ESXi – Partitions layout of system disk and ESXi – More on partitions) I've described how are handles the partitions table on the destination installation media of ESXi 5.x (both in the case of a hard disk or a SD/USB disk).…
The VMware ESXi partitions layout on the system disk has remained almost the same for several years. VMware ESXi 6.x partitions layout was the same from previous 5.x versions and there ware only some exceptions with bigger disks (with two different diagnostic partitions. Starting with…
In ESXi the partitions schema is automatically defined by the installation process and there is no way to modify it (you can only choose where install the hypervisor). There is a great post from Rickard Nobel (ESXi 5 partitions) that explain the structure of the…
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