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keann
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No local datastore

I've built a couple new servers to work on catching up with vSphere 6.7.  The issues I'm having is that after installing to a 64GB USB stick the system sees the storage but there is no local datastore for logs.  I do also have a NVMe and SSD in there I've configured for vSAN but would like to get my log errors clear up. 

Can anyone give suggestions on a way forward?

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daphnissov
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If you've installed ESXi on a USB stick (or any other removable flash media), it will not create a VMFS data store or store logs there. This is by design.

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keann
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So if logs are also not supported on vSAN where is the suggested location for them?

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daphnissov
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Either a separate local device, or sent to a syslog server.

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