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Chapter 7 Installing VMware ESX Server Software
IfyourESX Serverhosthasnonetworkstorageandonelocaldisk,youmustcreate
twomorerequiredpartitionsonthelocaldisk(foratotaloffiverequired
partitions):
 vmkcore–Avmkcorepartitionisrequiredtostorecoredumpsfor
troubleshooting.VMwaredoesnotsupportESX Serverhostconfigurations
withoutavmkcorepartition.
 vmfs3–Avmfs3partitionisrequiredtostoreyourvirtualmachines.
Thesevmfsandvmkcorepartitionsarerequiredonalocaldiskonlyifthe
ESX Serverhosthasnonetworkstorage.
11 ClickNext(graphicalinstaller)orOK(textinstaller)tocontinuewith“Toinstall
ESX Server”onpage 84.