Installing ESXi 8.0 fails with error "naa... " disk device does not support OSDATA

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

While installing ESXI 8, we are getting the following error naa.######################: disk device does not support OSDATA" 
Error Message : 

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x

Cause

ESXi 8.0 requires a boot disk of at least 32 GB of persistent storage such as HDD, SSD, or NVMe. A boot device must not be shared between ESXi hosts.

Resolution

Increase the OS data partition to 32 gb and then proceed with ESXI installation.
Please refer to SD card/USB boot device revised guidance for more details.

Note : When upgrading from 7.x to 8.x, 32 GB restriction on boot disk size does not apply. The restriction is only for fresh installation