Hello community
I try to install ESX 4 with option “Installing ESX Using Scripted Mode”.
I would like separate the esxconsole data store from the virtual machine data store. This my current configurations ks.cfg file.
Part section
part 'none' --fstype=vmkcore --size=110 --onfirstdisk
part 'Datastore1' --fstype=vmfs3 --size=30720 --onfirstdisk
virtualdisk 'esxconsole' --size=16967 --onvmfs='Datastore1' --path=esxconsole/esxconsole-#servername#.vmdk
part 'swap' --fstype=swap --size=1600 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part '/' --fstype=ext3 --size=5120 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part '/var' --fstype=ext3 --size=4096 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part '/home' --fstype=ext3 --size=2048 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part '/opt' --fstype=ext3 --size=2048 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part '/tmp' --fstype=ext3 --size=2048 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
After the installation I can’t create a second data store by the VI Client.
Does anybody know why?
Best regards, Sven
I added an additional command to the ks.cfg
part 'DS2' --fstype=vmfs3 --size=43008 --grow –onfirstdisk
Now I have 2 data stores. But I’m still doesn’t understand why I can’t add the second one by VI Client.
My current script looks like this.
#Parts section
part '/boot' --fstype=ext3 --size=1100 --onfirstdisk
part 'none' --fstype=vmkcore --size=110 --onfirstdisk
part 'DS1' --fstype=vmfs3 --size=30720 --onfirstdisk
part 'DS2' --fstype=vmfs3 --size=43008 --grow --onfirstdisk
virtualdisk 'esxconsole' --size=16967 --onvmfs='DS1' --path=esxconsole/esxconsole-%servername%.vmdk
part 'swap' --fstype=swap --size=1600 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part '/' --fstype=ext3 --size=5120 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part '/var' --fstype=ext3 --size=4096 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part '/home' --fstype=ext3 --size=2048 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part '/opt' --fstype=ext3 --size=2048 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part '/tmp' --fstype=ext3 --size=2048 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
Best regards, Sven
It’s me again
After the successful installation I delete the second data store and tried to recreate by VI client. But doesn’t work.
Best regards, Sven
I believe VI Client wants to only have one datastore on a single disk, which is why it's not behaving the way you're expecting it. Why do you want to put two datastores on the same disk?
On this setup we have 4 x 146 RAID 10. I can’t really explain why. I just want to make sure that no snapshots or administrative failures can fill up my data store which contains the service console vmdk.
May be it doesn’t make sense to separate?!
Or it’s really not necessary!?
Thank’s Sven
here's my script to create two datastores
Create the disk config
cat << EOFdisk >> /tmp/diskconfig
clearpart --alldrives --overwritevmfs
part /boot --fstype=ext3 --size=1100 --onfirstdisk
part none --fstype=vmkcore --size=110 --onfirstdisk
part $:esxconsole --fstype=vmfs3 --size=40000 --maxsize=40000 --onfirstdisk part $:local --fstype=vmfs3 --size=40000 --grow --onfirstdisk
virtualdisk esxconsole --size=16607 --onvmfs=$:esxconsole
part swap --fstype=swap --size=1600 --maxsize=1600 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part /var --fstype=ext3 --size=4000 --maxsize=4000 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part /home --fstype=ext3 --size=2000 --maxsize=2000 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part /opt --fstype=ext3 --size=2000 --maxsize=2000 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part /tmp --fstype=ext3 --size=2000 --maxsize=2000 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
part / --fstype=ext3 --size=5000 --grow --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
EOFdisk
Hi vishy123,
What is the reason for you to split the data stores?
Thanks, Sven