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Premature Storage Heap Exhaustion Might Occur on ESX Server Hosts with More than 32 Core Physical CPUs
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Solution
To resolve this issue, you need to increase the default storage heap size for your ESX Server host.
Follow this procedure:
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Open the ESX Server /boot/grub/grub.conf file in a text editor.
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Locate the kernel line associated with the VMware ESX Server grub menu item.
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Add the storageHeapMaxSize string to the end of the line, typically after the mem=272M option, and specify the heap size in bytes, for example:
storageHeapMaxSize=31457280
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Save the file and reboot the ESX Server host for the change to take effect.
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- KB Article: 1002822
- Updated: Aug 14, 2009
- Products:
VMware ESX
VMware VirtualCenter - Product Versions:
VMware ESX 3.5.x
VMware VirtualCenter 2.5.x

