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Gaurav_Baghla
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‎02-15-2013 07:20 AM
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What is the difference between vmware.log vmware-1.log,vmware-2.log ...why are there different logs created

HI Experts , need Some advice What is the difference between vmware.log vmware-1.log,vmware-2.log ...why are there different logs created. I understand the vmware.log is to check when the Vm is not powering on or Something but not sure of the rest of the files .Thanks

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‎02-15-2013 07:26 AM
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The log files are rotated once a VM is powered on and/or once the file reaches a certain size. The vmware.log (without a number) is the current log file. The old files are kept for troubleshooting purposes by default. You can - although I don't recommend it - disable this behavior or even configure the VM to not create any log files at all.

André

PS: Forgot to attach the KB article: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/8182749

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‎02-15-2013 07:26 AM
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The log files are rotated once a VM is powered on and/or once the file reaches a certain size. The vmware.log (without a number) is the current log file. The old files are kept for troubleshooting purposes by default. You can - although I don't recommend it - disable this behavior or even configure the VM to not create any log files at all.

André

PS: Forgot to attach the KB article: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/8182749

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