This new volume can vary in size (up to 138GB) depending on a number of factors including the current ESXi boot media (USB SD-Card, Local Disk) but also the size of the device itself, which is explained in the official documentation.įrom some of the comments on Twitter, Reddit and the direct inquiries that I have received, this new behavior seems to be most impactful to smaller homelabs where a fresh install of ESXi 7.0 has been performed. The biggest change to the partition layout is the consolidation of VMware Tools Locker, Core Dump and Scratch partitions into a new ESX-OSData volume (based on VMFS-L). Storage changes are not easy but this was necessary to not only better support some of the current capabilities but more importantly, it setups the foundation for future ESXi capabilities. ![]() These changes are explained in the official documentation here and the following VMware KB 77009 also contains some additional info which can be helpful. In ESXi 7.0, a new partition scheme was introduced which also brings along a new set of storage requirements.
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