FLASH: ESX 4 Console OS is REALLY a VM this time!
While I was setting up ESX in text mode for my next blog post, I discovered that the installation sequence first creates a VMFS file system and then create
From the archive. Originally published on dailyhypervisor.com on April 30, 2009.While I was setting up ESX in text mode for my next blog post, I discovered that the installation sequence first creates a VMFS file system and then creates a VMDK file for the console OS. I confirmed it in the VIC. Here is a screen shot:
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I also noticed that the logs are now in a separate directory:
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