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ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter Installation Guide

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7Tocreateaswappartition,usethefollowingsettings:

 MountPoint–Notapplicable.Thisdrop‐downmenuisdisabledwhenyou

selectswapforfilesystem.

 FileSystem–swap

 Size(MB)–VMwarerecommends544MB.

 Additionalsizeoptions–Fixedsize

8Tocreatearootpartition,usethefollowingsettings:

 MountPoint–/

 FileSystem–ext3

 Size(MB)–VMwarerecommendsatleast5GBfortherootpartition,butyou

canfilltheremainingcapacityofthedrive.

 Additionalsizeoptions–Fillallspaceupto(MB)

9 (Optional)Tocreatealogpartition(recommended),usethefollowingsettings:

 MountPoint–/var/log

 FileSystem–ext3

 Size(MB)–500MBistheminimumsize.VMwarerecommends2000MBfor

thelogpartition

 Additionalsizeoptions–Fillallspaceupto(MB)

10 (Optional)Createadditionallogicalpartitions.

Forbestperformance,useVI ClientorVIWebAccesstosetupyourVMFS3

partitionsratherthantheESX Serverinstaller.UsingVI ClientorVIWebAccess

ensuresthatthestartingsectorsofpartitionsare64K‐aligned,which

improves

storageperformance.

CAUTIONIfyoudonotformata /partition,theinstallationfailsatthelaststep.Format

allnecessarypartitionsbeforeproceedingtothenextstepoftheinstallation.