I just installed esxi 7.0 eval copy, on my lab vmware workstation pro 15.5, once I login in to the host there is 0 datastores the storage shows NaN%s, when i browse for the datastores error unhanded exception pops up

[mlopca09]

I just installed esxi 7.0 eval copy, on my lab vmware workstation pro 15.5, once I login in to the host there is 0 datastores the storage shows  NaN%, when i browse for the datastores error unhanded exception pops up.

[scott28tt]

Moderator: Please post threads into the best product area. Thread moved to the ESXi area.

You will need to provide more information before others can help you - such as the disk configuration of the ESXi VM, screenshots of your datastore view and of your storage device view from within the vSphere Client.

[mlopca09]

Hi Scott,

Thank you for your reply, I am enclosing screen shots of the issue that I am encountering. Let me know if you need more info.

[mlopca09]

I forgot one more screen shot, where it shows the virtual disk that was created when the ESXi1 host was insalled.

[a_p_]

Ignore the error message. This is simply a GUI bug, and occurs because of the missing datastores.

Regarding the datastore. ESXi 7.0 - by default - consumes up to ~130GB on the installation disk. In order for ESXi to create an additional VMFS datastore on the installation disk, you need to configure a larger disk. In case of a virtual lab, I'd suggest that you simply create two virtual disks, one for the installation, and one on which you will create the datastore. For details see ESXi 7.0 Hardware Requirements

For lab purposes, you can alternatively specify/reduce the size for the OSDATA partition size by appending e.g. autoPartitionOSDataSize=24576 to the installer's boot options. Please read https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2020/05/changing-the-default-size-of-the-esx-osdata-volume-in-esxi-7...  for more information about this.

André