Comparing partitions between 2 esx servers

[terran0925]

If I'm trying to compare the partitions of 2 ESX servers so I can determine if they were installed identically, what command should I use? I tried fdisk -lu and while it gives me the partition information, it doesn't give me the details I see during the install for /var, /opt, /tmp, etc.

Thanks.

[anujmodi1]

Use the df -h command on the root folded to compare the esx servers.

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[terran0925]

Thanks. I noticed that df -h does not list the swap partition. Is there a way to list that?

Also, the df -h command rounds the numbers up, is there a switch to get them in bytes? Thanks.

[atbnet · Accepted solution]

You can just run "df" and that will give it in bytes (plenty of numbers for you to count)!

To find the swap partition if you have one run "fdisk -l" OR "fdisk -l | grep swap".

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