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RajeevVCP4
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Log rotation policy in vcenter server appliances

Hello |

Is there any way to configure /storage/core file system's log rotation policy. There is no remote syslog server. We want /storage/core file system does not have more then 15 days logs in vcenter server appliances 6.0

Rajeev Chauhan
VCIX-DCV6.5/VSAN/VXRAIL
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TheBobkin
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Hello Rajeev,

This is not a normal logging location that is rotated as dictated by configurations (e.g after x number of days or x number of lines).

This is where vpxd core dumps are directed.

If it is running low on space then you can relocate some of the dumps that are located there (or remove them if they are old and/or you don't need the data contained in them) or you can increase the size allocated to this space.

Example of how to clear ALL .tgz core dump files:

http://blog.migrationking.com/2015/09/how-to-fix-storagecore-filesystem-out.html

(Obviously exercise caution when deleting anything, moving is safer and preferably don't use * wildcard as is done in the above article)

Bob

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