Comments on: Don’t make /tmp too small http://www.vReference.com/2009/11/13/dont-make-tmp-too-small/ guides, links and news for VMware and virtualization technologies Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:24:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Forbes Guthrie http://www.vReference.com/2009/11/13/dont-make-tmp-too-small/comment-page-1/#comment-894 Forbes Guthrie Sat, 15 May 2010 02:29:33 +0000 http://www.vReference.com/?p=472#comment-894 The easiest way to check your /tmp directory, is to log into the console and run the command "vdf -h". If the ESX server has its /tmp directory as separate partition, then it will be listed with its size and free space. If its not listed, then this means it that the tmp directory is just part of the / (root) partition. The easiest way to check your /tmp directory, is to log into the console and run the command “vdf -h”. If the ESX server has its /tmp directory as separate partition, then it will be listed with its size and free space. If its not listed, then this means it that the tmp directory is just part of the / (root) partition.

]]> By: server monitoring http://www.vReference.com/2009/11/13/dont-make-tmp-too-small/comment-page-1/#comment-893 server monitoring Thu, 13 May 2010 20:54:26 +0000 http://www.vReference.com/?p=472#comment-893 so how do check the size of the /tmp directory? so how do check the size of the /tmp directory?

]]> By: pos monitoring http://www.vReference.com/2009/11/13/dont-make-tmp-too-small/comment-page-1/#comment-892 pos monitoring Thu, 13 May 2010 20:53:53 +0000 http://www.vReference.com/?p=472#comment-892 so how do check the size of the /tmp directory? and how do we clean it out? thanks so how do check the size of the /tmp directory? and how do we clean it out?

thanks

]]> By: Forbes Guthrie http://www.vReference.com/2009/11/13/dont-make-tmp-too-small/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Forbes Guthrie Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:45:51 +0000 http://www.vReference.com/?p=472#comment-270 Steve, have you got any links for that? I'd like to do a bit more reading around this. So your saying it caches some of the tmp stuff in RAM then? Steve, have you got any links for that? I’d like to do a bit more reading around this. So your saying it caches some of the tmp stuff in RAM then?

]]> By: Steve Chambers http://www.vReference.com/2009/11/13/dont-make-tmp-too-small/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Steve Chambers Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:38:41 +0000 http://www.vReference.com/?p=472#comment-269 /tmp is usually stored in memory, not on the disk. So it's usually a ramdisk. Inside the COS. So that 800MB RAM you allocated.... /tmp is usually stored in memory, not on the disk. So it’s usually a ramdisk. Inside the COS. So that 800MB RAM you allocated….

]]> By: Forbes Guthrie http://www.vReference.com/2009/11/13/dont-make-tmp-too-small/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Forbes Guthrie Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:33:15 +0000 http://www.vReference.com/?p=472#comment-268 I'm not sure where the ESXi patches are copied too. However I think that the ESXi patches just come as complete images. There are 2 different copies on the ESXi server, the running one and the previous edition. So when you patch a server, it copies a new image over the standby image, and then changes the start-up config so you reboot into the newer one. Your current images then becomes your backup. However I don't think these images are particularly big, and as your just replacing an old exiting image, then you shouldn't need any additional space. If anyone has a better incite into this then please let us know. I’m not sure where the ESXi patches are copied too. However I think that the ESXi patches just come as complete images. There are 2 different copies on the ESXi server, the running one and the previous edition. So when you patch a server, it copies a new image over the standby image, and then changes the start-up config so you reboot into the newer one. Your current images then becomes your backup. However I don’t think these images are particularly big, and as your just replacing an old exiting image, then you shouldn’t need any additional space.
If anyone has a better incite into this then please let us know.

]]> By: Suttoi http://www.vReference.com/2009/11/13/dont-make-tmp-too-small/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Suttoi Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:09:26 +0000 http://www.vReference.com/?p=472#comment-267 Good post. Interesting point. BTW Any idea where patches are staged to on host servers running embedded ESXi 4? All of my recent installations use embedded ESXi, Am I burning up RAM by staging patches? Good post. Interesting point.
BTW Any idea where patches are staged to on host servers running embedded ESXi 4?
All of my recent installations use embedded ESXi, Am I burning up RAM by staging patches?

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