3V0-21.23 · Question #9
An architect makes the design decision to install ESXi on embedded and resilient 8 GB SD cards. What is the impact of this design decision?
The correct answer is B. Scratch partition would need to be created on the external storage. A configuration involving the usage of SD card or USB drives as boot media is a minimum of 8 GB SD card or USB drive + Locally attached persistent storage device for ESX-OSData partition may be used but is also not recommended. Recommended list of locally attached storage…
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An architect makes the design decision to install ESXi on embedded and resilient 8 GB SD cards. What is the impact of this design decision?
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- AHost profiles must be used for this kind of installation
- BScratch partition would need to be created on the external storage
- CThe size of the SD cards is too small and the installation will fail
- DThe vSphere Auto Deploy feature must be enabled on vCenter Server
How the community answered
(42 responses)- A2% (1)
- B81% (34)
- C12% (5)
- D5% (2)
Explanation
A configuration involving the usage of SD card or USB drives as boot media is a minimum of 8 GB SD card or USB drive + Locally attached persistent storage device for ESX-OSData partition may be used but is also not recommended. Recommended list of locally attached storage devices are listed below.In any case, if an SD or USB device is used for boot media (only SD/USB or SD/USB + local HDD/SSD disk), follow the below instructions to reduce the amount of IO sent to the SD or USB boot media:Enable the ToolsRamDisk option to offload VMTools install/upgrade IO requests on the RAM disk.Ensure the /scratch partition is configured on persistent storage like a local HDD/SSD or boot from the SAN device. https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2021/09/esxi-7-boot-media-consideration-vmware-technical-
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