It says:
Note: Scratch space is configured automatically during installation or first boot of an ESXi host, and is not required to be manually configured. ESXi Installable creates a 4 GB Fat16 partition on the target device during installation if there is sufficient space, and if the device is considered Local.
About the "sufficient space for 4GB" and "considered Local".
Under WHAT conditions does VMware think those conditions are met when one wants to use an SD card to boot from
We have been booting from SD cards on all sites where we have SANs. I want to have a persistent scratch location at those sites as well.
Of course I can and do relocate the syslog to the SAN but in case there is a problem with the connection to the SAN I would like to have the logs preserved as well.
Bonno