There is one important change, and that is the consolidation of some partitions in the ESXi 6.x layout into the new ESX-OS Data partition in ESXi 7.0. Here is an image that shows the changes in the system storage layout in ESXi 6.x / 7.x. The information is critical to ANY virtualization home lab enthusiast, and/or any VMware administrator who is planning out how and where they’ll be installing or upgrading to VMware ESXi 8.0 hypervisor. I encourage you to read VMware KB 85685 in its entirety. Both installs and upgrades will be supported on USB/SD cards. VMware will continue supporting USB/SD card as a boot device through the 8.0 product release, including the update releases.
But they revised guidance in VMWare KB 85685 There are already a lot of articles around where VMware announced not to support USB / SD devices as a boot device. Takes 5 minutes, and you are back on track.ĮSXi 7.x is the current release, and VSphere.next ( version 8 ) will come out soon. Simply reinstall ESXi on a new device, boot the server, apply your license and register your VMs. When that happened for the very first time, I panicked.
I saw a few USB sticks dying over the years. there is a 50% chance that you are running the ESXi from a USB flash drive or SD card.Īlthough it is and was never recommended by VMWare it works. If you are running a home lab, resources are limited. The product evolved over the years, and it worked mostly reliable except a couple of minor glitches in the matrix. I am using VMWare ESXi since version 4 was shipped in 2009 in both, home lab and enterprise scale installations. ESXi 7.x and beyond, SD cards & system storage layout
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