ToolsRamdisk option is not available with ESXi 7.0.x releases

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Enhancement for KB High frequency of read operations on VMware Tools image may cause SD card corruption

Symptoms:
Message "Unable to find option ToolsRamdisk" will appear while executing command 'esxcli system settings advanced list -o /UserVars/ToolsRamdisk'

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0.3
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0.x

Resolution

The issue is resolved in vSphere ESXi 7.0 U3c available at VMware Downloads

Workaround:
Add the ToolsRamdisk option using the command below:
esxcfg-advcfg -A ToolsRamdisk --add-desc "Use VMware Tools repository from /tools ramdisk" --add-default "0" --add-type 'int' --add-min "0" --add-max "1"