Creating a persistent scratch location for ESXi

You can configure persistent scratch space for ESXi using the vSphere Client: Connect to vCenter Server or the ESXi host using the vSphere Client. Select the ESXi host in the inventory. Click the Configuration tab. Click Storage. Right-click a datastore and select Browse. Create a directory for this ESX host (eg, locker-servername) Close the Datastore Browser. Click Advanced Settings under Software. Select the ScratchConfig section. Change the ScratchConfig.ConfiguredScratchLocation configuration option, specifying the full path to the directory. eg. /vmfs/volumes/DatastoreName/locker-servername Click OK. Put the ESXi host in maintenance mode and reboot for the configuration change to take effect. You could also use vCLI or PowerCLI to…
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