Ramdisk Full 2021 Esxi

esxcli system settings advanced get -o /Scratch/ConfigCurrentScratchLocation

If you manage a VMware ESXi environment, you might one day be greeted by an error message that seems both cryptic and paralyzing: or “Device underlying /tmp is full.” ramdisk full esxi

: If a persistent scratch location is not configured or is pointing to an incorrect path, ESXi defaults to storing temporary data on a volatile ramdisk with limited space. enabling a scratch partition is enough.

mount -t tmpfs -o size=256M tmpfs /mnt/big_tmp ramdisk full esxi

Edit /etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml to adjust logging (if absolutely necessary). Usually, enabling a scratch partition is enough.