You are running VMware Fusion with logging turned off.
I am getting this message on a VM I was given for work. i could find nowhere in preferences or help where I might specify whether logging is enabled or not. I tried turning on debugging in preferences, but that resulted in a different message, but at least that one told me where to go to turn it off.
It's probably something in the .vmx config file - attach it so we can have a look (see if you need help finding it). I'm guessing someone gave you this virtual machine, do you know if they're OK with logging (e.g. is this a corporate setting)?
It's a corporate setting. I believe the VM is supposed to be emulating a device we're engineering, so it's possible it was turned off intentionally. It's just that fusion doesn't tell you that could be the case, only that it's off and apparently worthy of warning you about.
Do you have a suggestion for alternate wording? I think the assumption is that if you (or somebody) is editing the .vmx config file, you know what you're doing and don't need to be told about it.
I guess the issue is that I was given the image, I had nothing to do with creating it. As a user of the image, I didn't know logging existed, much less that it could be turned on or off and what the implications are of each option. So it's a warning that creates more questions than it solves. Here is the vmx file. This is the first time I've looked at one (thus my confusion).
