ESX - Find large files in the Service Console

Got a few cases in work over the last few week where people are finding the root file system full in VMware ESX Server. This causes lots of issues with connectivity to VirtualCenter etc. The problem is that often it is difficult to find the large files that are causing the file system to fill up. I’ve been sending people this handy little script to help them so I thought I’d share it with everyone.

find / -path '/vmfs/*' -prune -o -size +10240000c -exec du -h {} \;

This searches the ESX ignoring the VMFS file system. For standard Linux you can put whatever you want in place of VMFS and it will ignore that folder.

Add comment April 9th, 2008

VMWorld 2008

I am back from presenting in VMWorld 2008 in Cannes. Really enjoyed the experience of presenting to around 300 people and as my presentation was around an hour long I managed to get a lot of time to walk around. Also had so much time as I somehow managed to avoid working in the “Genius Bar” because of an error with timetabling. I haven’t been to a VMworld in the States but I heard this one was less “showbiz” than the American ones.

A lot of the presentations were very good (and some were woeful) and some of the stands there had some interesting stuff. However there wasn’t much free stuff being handed out.

The only drawback I had was that I was presenting on the last day so couldn’t really go mad in the evening. Although there were plenty of parties with free drink. Also my camera battery died on the first day and I had no charger with me! Anyway I’ll upload my pictures (and my presentation for thoes who might be interested “Advanced HA Troubleshooting”) tomorrow.

Also a recording of my presentation should be available on the VMWorld website tomorrow.

Add comment March 9th, 2008