Virtual Flash Problem (ESXi7)

vernor

Hi there,

I have installed ESXi7 to my dedicated server. I followed the normal procedure, nothing abnormal. Nevertheless, I have come across something called "Virtual Flash" which covers 119 GB of my disk space. I've attached a screenshot. I looked vmware docs to handle this problem; however, I couldn't find any of the stated areas on the web UI, see.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-C5E3214D-F2E0-4BB5-9227-C8C27E0187C6.html

-- I would like to add that I have never seen this. I have installed ESXi on an HDD various times. I did not come across. This is the first time that I have ever installed ESXi on an SSD.

TimboJones

@vernor said:
Hi there,

I have installed ESXi7 to my dedicated server. I followed the normal procedure, nothing abnormal. Nevertheless, I have come across something called "Virtual Flash" which covers 119 GB of my disk space. I've attached a screenshot. I looked vmware docs to handle this problem; however, I couldn't find any of the stated areas on the web UI, see.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-C5E3214D-F2E0-4BB5-9227-C8C27E0187C6.html

-- I would like to add that I have never seen this. I have installed ESXi on an HDD various times. I did not come across. This is the first time that I have ever installed ESXi on an SSD.

What is your hardware and drives? There should be more screens available on the storage pages.