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Sapiently

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Why ESX Service Console file system structure should provide separate mount points for /tmp, /var/log and /home

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1. Feb 5, 2012 3:09 AM

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Re: Why ESX Service Console file system structure should provide separate mount points for /tmp, /var/log and /home

Welcome to the Community,

separate file systems are used to prevent the root file system from filling up in case of unexpected growth of log files etc.

André