During the installation of ESX Server, you decide to manually define the partitioning
scheme. Which two are recommended minimum partition sizes? (Choose two.)
A.
/ = 5000 MB
B.
swap = 544 MB
C.
/usr = 2048 MB
D.
/boot = 1250 MB
E.
/etc = 1500 MB
F.
None of the other alternatives are correct.
Explanation:
ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide ESX 4.0 vCenter Server 4.0, page 61
Table 7-1. ESX Required Partitions
Mount Point Type Size Location Partition Description
/boot ext3 The ESX boot disk requires 1.25 GB of free space and includes the /boot and
vmkcore partitions. The /boot partition alone requires 1100MB.
/ ext3 Calculated dynamically based on the size of the /usr partition. By default, the
minimum size is 5GB and no /usr partition is defined.
Per the quoted text, “the /boot partition alone requires 1100MB.”
This would mean that an answer of “/boot 1250MB” is incorrect. The boot DISK, not partition, requires 1.25GB of space. The /boot partition requires 1100.
I wonder which would be the answer as the VCP410 exam would have it.
If ther answer was “/boot 1200MB,” I would say that is easily contestable.
I agree with the answer. AD