System logs on non-persistent storage

[phil435]

Hello. I am receiving an alert that states "System logs on host are stored on non-persistent storage." This is on an ESXi 6 host. I have moved my scratch space to an iSCSI datastore and the system logs are pointing to this scratch space. I have also rebooted the server multiple times. I have this same setup on my ESXi 5.5 hosts and they do not have this message. What is considered persistent storage in VMware?

[vijayrana968]

What is the path format you have mentioned in Syslog.global.logDir? Make sure this is in format [Datastorename]/foldername

For example : [datastore1] /systemlogs

[phil435]

That fixed my issue. I thought this referenced the scratch location in esxi5. Did this change?

[vijayrana968 · Accepted solution]

Please refer to below KB, this applies to ESXI/vCenter 5.0/5.5 to 6.0 and 6.5

System logs are stored on non-persistent storage (2032823) | VMware KB

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[Howiedog]

Wrong answer.

I don;t have DELL or EMC or Poweredge....lets try again.

Why does this NOT work in v6.0.0. Just updated one of 4 hosts and cannot config persistent storage.

FUCK!

[AjayChanana]

Hi,

Could you please share the syntax  you have used ?

[vijayrana968]

This could be different issue, someone will mark answer if his/her query resolved

What is the exact error you are seeing, is it same ? Please upload logs if possible.