Installing ESXi 8.0 fails with "RuntimeError: naa... disk device does not support OSDATA"
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Products
VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
During the installation of ESXi 8.0, the following error occurs:
RuntimeError: naa.######################: disk device does not support OSDATA
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
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