List of VMDKs/Partitions for a vCenter Server 8.0 - Size Mount point and Purpose

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

This table provides a list of VMDKs and their respective components within the vCenter Server 8.0.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Resolution

Note: The sizes provided are generated from a vCenter Server 8.0 deployed using a Tiny specification with a Default Storage Size. Your environment may differ depending on the sizing used. File names follow traditional VMDK naming conventions and as such, VMDK1 will be vmname.vmdk, and VMDK2 will be vmname_1.vmdk, and so forth.
 

Disk (VMDK)	Default Size (Tiny with Default Storage Size)	Mount Point	Purpose
VMDK1	48GB	/ (48GB) /boot (512MB)	Directory where the kernel images and boot loader configurations are stored.
VMDK2	5.5GB	/tmp	Directory used to store temporary files generated or used by services from vCenter Server
VMDK3	25GB	SWAP	Directory used when the system is out of memory to swap to disk
VMDK4	25GB	/storage/core	Directory where core dumps from VPXD process from the vCenter Server are stored
VMDK5	10GB	/storage/log	Directory where vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller store all logs for the environment
VMDK6	10GB	/storage/db	VMware Postgres database storage location
VMDK7	15GB	/storage/dblog	VMware Postgres database logging location
VMDK8	10GB	/storage/seat	Stats, Events, Alarms and Tasks (SEAT) directory for VMware Postgres
VMDK9	1GB	/storage/netdump	VMware Netdump collector repository that stores ESXi dumps
VMDK10	10GB	/storage/autodeploy	VMware Auto Deploy repository that stores the thin packages used for stateless booting of ESXi hosts
VMDK11	10GB	/storage/imagebuilder	VMware Image Builder repository that stores the vSphere image profiles, software depots and VIB packages, such as driver VIBs and update VIBs.
VMDK12	100GB	/storage/updatemgr	VMware Update Manager repository where patches and updates are stored for Virtual Machine and ESXi hosts
VMDK13	50GB	/storage/archive	VMware Postgres database’s Write-Ahead Logging (WAL) location
VMDK14	10GB	/storage/vtsdb	VMware vTSDB Service Repository that stores the stats
VMDK15	5GB	/storage/vtsdblog	VMware vTSDB Service Repository that stores the logs of the service
VMDK16	100GB	/storage/lifecycle	Workload Control Plane service stage directory or software depot, this stores the binaries for install and update/upgrade.
VMDK17	150G	/storage/lvm_snapshot	Directory used to store temporary system root