Specifications

Administration Guide
198 VMware, Inc.
If!a!core!dump!file!does!not!exist!on!the!disk,!you!are!prompted!to!create!one.!Creating!
a!new!volume!consumes!all!the!free!space!remaining!on!a!disk.!ESX!Server!determines!
the!optimum!setting!for!the!maximum!file!size!based!on!the!volume’s!file!system.
To create a new partition
1In!the!Disks!and
!LUNs!tab,!click!Create!Volume.
The!Volume!Creation!Method!options!appear.
2Click!Typical.
If!it!does!not!exist,!you!are!asked!if!you!want!to!create!a!core!dump!partition.!The!
core!dump!partition!stores!information!generated!if!the!VMkernel!crashes.!The!
information!is!important!in!debugging! any!problems!with!the
!VMkernel.!
The!rest!of!the!disk!or!array!is!used!as!a!VMFS!partition,!where!you!store!virtual!
machine!disk!files.!The!VMFS!partition!provides!high‐performance!access!to!the!
virtual!machine’s!files—the!same!performance!you!would!get!if!the!virtual!
machine!were!installed!on!a!raw!SCSI!partition.!
You!
can!have!only!one!VMFS!volume!per!LUN.
3Click!Yes!to!create!the!core!dump!partition.!
ESX!Server!also!creates!the!VMFS!partition.
After!you!create!the!partition,!you!can!add!a!volume!label,!determine!access!mode!and!
the!maximum!file!size,!and!span!the!disk!with!any!public!extents.!For!information!
about!access!modes,!see!“VMFS!Accessibility”!on!page 248.
NOTE Only!four!primary!partitions!can!exist!on!a!drive.!An!extended!partition!(to!
contain!logical!partitions)!counts!as!one!of!your!four!primary!partitions.!