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List of VMDKs in vCenter Server 7.0 Appliance

 

In vCenter Server Appliance 7.0, there are 16 VMDKs now. In  vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 version it was 13 disks. Additional 3 new disks in this release are as follow:

 

·         vTSDB Service Repository for stats

·         vTSDB Service Repository for logs

·         Lifecycle for binaries (install, update and upgrade). 

There are multiple ways in which we can access information about disks. Below are some of the examples. 

·         We can check usage from vimtop about disks, however vimtop does not show all disks.



·         Complete list of disks can be seen in Appliance VM edit settings as well.

·         You can check these disks from VAMI as shown in below screenshot.


·         We can use df -h command to retrieve disk information as shown below.




·         Another way to access this information is lsblk command on vCenter shell as shown below.





Below is the complete list of VMDKs along with their usages and mount points.

Note: 

Below sizes are application only for vCenter Server Appliance 7.0 with tiny specification and default size and hence will differ in your environment as per inventory specification.

·         VMDK1

·         Size:

·         12 GB

·         Mount Points:

·         / (10GB)

·         /boot (132MB)

·         SWAP (1GB)

·         Usage:

·         Directory where the kernel images and boot loader configurations are stored.

·         VMDK2

·         Size:

·         1.8 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         /tmp

·         Usage:

·         Directory used to store temporary files generated or used by services from vCenter Server

·         VMDK3

·         Size:

·         25 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         SWAP

·         Usage:

·         Directory used when the system is out of memory to swap to disk

·         VMDK4

·         Size:

·         25 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         /storage/core

·         Usage:

·         Directory where core dumps from VPXD process from the vCenter Server are stored

·         VMDK5

·         Size:

·         10 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         /storage/log

·         Usage:

·         Directory where vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller store all logs for the environment

·         VMDK6

·         Size:

·         10 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         /storage/db

·         Usage: 

·         VMware Postgres database storage location

·         VMDK7

·         Size: 

·         5 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         /storage/dblog

·         Usage:

·         VMware Postgres database logging location

·         VMDK8

·         Size:

·         10 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         /storage/seat

·         Usage:

·         Stats, Events, Alarms and Tasks (SEAT) directory for VMware Postgres

·         VMDK9

·         Size:

·         1 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         /storage/netdump

·         Usage:

·         VMware Netdump collector repository that stores ESXi dumps

·         VMDK10

·         Size:

·         10 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         /storage/autodeploy

·         Usage: 

·         VMware Auto Deploy repository that stores the thinpackages used for stateless booting of ESXi hosts

·         VMDK11

·         Size:

·         10 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         /storage/imagebuilder

·         Usage:

·         VMware Image Builder repository that stores the vSphere image profiles, software depots and VIB packages, such as driver VIBs and update VIBs.

·         VMDK12

·         Size:

·         100 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         /storage/updatemgr

·         Usage:

·         VMware Update Manager repository where patches and updates are stored for Virtual Machine and ESXi hosts

·         VMDK13

·         Size:

·         50 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         /storage/archive

·         Usage:

·         VMware Postgres database’s Write-Ahead Logging (WAL) location

·         VMDK14

·         Size:

·         10 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         /storage/vtsdb

·         Usage:

·         VMware vTSDB Service Repository that stores the stats

·         VMDK15

·         Size:

·         5 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         /storage/vtsdblog

·         Usage:

·         VMware vTSDB Service Repository that stores the logs of the service


·         VMDK16

·         Size:

·         100 GB

·         Mount Point:

·         /storage/lifecycle

·         Usage: 

·         Workload Control Plane service stage directory or software depot, this stores the binaries for install and update/upgrade.





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