How to remove vmkdump files in ESXi 5.5

To remove the coredump files you need to connect to an ESXi host.

After you have connect runt he following command

esxcli system coredump file list

Only the owner of the .dumpfile can remove it. We need to find the owner of the file.

vmkfstools -D /vmfs/volumes/.../xxxx.dumpfile

In the above message you will see the owners UUID. THe last 12 digits of the UUID is the vnic address of the ESXi host.

Run the PowerCLI command to identify the ESXI host you need to remove this file from.

Get-View -ViewType HostSystem -propert name, hardware.systeminfo | select { $_.name, $_.hardware.systeminfo.uuid }

You need to SSH into the ESXI/vSphere hosted and use the following command to remove the file.

esxcli system coredump file remove –F

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