Insufficient locker space while installing ESXi 7.0

During the upgrade of ESXi in my NUC cluster I encountered an error that had something to with available space on the system disk(s). I have my ESXi installed on a USB device because I need to use both internal disks (2) for vSAN when I need it.

To resolve this issue I performed the following steps:

  1. Download the ESXi Offline Bundle .ZIP
  2. Logon to the ESXi host with SSH
  3. Rename the /store folder: # mv /store /store.old
  4. Remove the /store.old folder: # rm -rf store.old
  5. Browse to the directory where the ESXi offline bundle is located:
    # cd /vmfs/volumes/SYNOLOGY-STORAGE/CIFS\ ISO\ library/VMware/vSphere\ 7.0/
  6. Perform the update of ESXi via the esxcli:
    # esxcli software profile update -d /vmfs/volumes/SYNOLOGY-STORAGE/CIFS\ ISO\ library/VMware/vSphere\ 7.0/VMware-ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-depot.zip -p ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-standard

I hope this is useful for somebody. If there is anything to add or remark, please let me know!

sources: vmware.com

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  2. I was upgrade from 6.7 to 7.0 > removing “store.old” was not needed in my case, while performing the upgrade. What I noticed is the filesystem got overwritten with 7.0 and store.old got removed in the process.

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  3. Thanks for this howto. Took me a while to figure out the right syntax on a Dell Custom image. What drives me nuts though, is that after the update I am on 7.03, but soon as I reboot two times I am back on 6.7. Ran this process twice already, still same result. Do you have any idea?

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    1. suggest you to reinstall ESXI with 6.5 u3 and then run esxcli command to upgrade 7.0U3 directly, it works for DELL M630(VRXT), Good luck to you!

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      1. Thanks for the idea, but this isn’t helping either. Since with Esx 7 it is no longer recommended to run Esx from a USB drive, I will install Esx 7 directly on the disks (and for the second server, I can add a separate Boot Drive). So the update is going to be a fresh install on both servers, just to make sure the system is running fine for another 5 years and not crashing in the middle of the night, due to a defective SD card.

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