Hi
Maybe a stupid question and was already asked before, but...
I have to install many esx servers and I want to configure the same partitioning for the esx OS on every machine.
But sometimes the installer assigns for example like that:
/dev/sda1 p 99M /boot
/dev/sda2 p 4.9G /
/dev/sda2 p 512M swap
/dev/sda4 p .. extended
/dev/sda5 e 64G vmfs3
/dev/sda6 e 20G /data
/dev/sda7 e 2.0G /var/log
/dev/sda8 e 100M vmkcore
And on another host (same Disk, same Model...) he sorts like this:
/dev/sda1 p 99M /boot
/dev/sda2 p 4.9G /
/dev/sda2 p 512M swap
/dev/sda4 p .. extended
/dev/sda5 e 64G vmfs3
/dev/sda6 e 2.0G /var/log
/dev/sda7 e 20G /data
/dev/sda8 e 100M vmkcore
sda6 and sda7 is flipped...
He does that himself and I cannot find out how the hell he sorts that... I thought it is sorted by partition size but not really...
It's mainly a cosmetic thing but I like to have the same configuration on every machine.
Any ideas?
Thank you
roland
we've got the same problem and our solution (for only 4 esx servers) is to manually edit / modify all the "automatic" partitions to our "standard"
plus we also like to create a separate 100G /vmimages partition for NFS backups
regards
clive (aka osde.info)
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scripting installation is a way, yes. However our servers are spread around the world and differ a little, for example the IO cards.
But maybe a basic setup could be an idea.
@clive: Do you edit it afterwards or during the installation process? There I also can edit it almost completely, but especially the additional partitions which have to be placed in the extended partition (all /dev/sda5 and higher) are sorted by the installer in a confusing way. I first thought he sorts by size, but on one machine it did not... =8-O
So is it possible to control this assigning completely manually?
regards
roland
at installation time ! but i might have had to do a lot of playing around adding, deleting, deleting all
PS the force as primary checkbox is useful !
regards
clive (aka osde.info)
points=prizes
so please click helpful answer or correct answer when appropriate
(but where's the unhelpful button ?)