ESXi host appears "System log on host is stored in non-persistent storage" workaround

If the ESXi host appears with an error "No system logging is configured on host XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX" or "the system log on the host is stored in non-persistent memory", try the following.

Select the faulted ESXi host, and in the Manage--settings--Advanced system settings, find the Syslog.global.logDir line parameter

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Click Edit. Enter the path where the log file is stored:

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Consider the example path is [Vsandatastore]/scratch/log, you have to ensure that the datastore under the directory Oh, if not, you can manually create the directory with Datastore browser.

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If not, you can also try this method:

1, casually find a datastore, local or shared line, configuration-memory, and then select the memory, you will find the path of storage, see

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2. Select Host-Configuration-software-Advanced Settings-scratchconfig.configuredscratchlocation Enter the path to the memory just now, and then restart the ESXi host.

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ESXi host appears "System log on host is stored in non-persistent storage" workaround