VMware : System logs are stored on non-persistent storage

I recently reinstalled my VMware servers using USB sticks. After the first reboot I noticed an yellow warning. When highlighting the different servers I noticed the “System logs are stored on non-persistent storage” warning.

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This is how you can fix that :

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Select a persistent (SAN?) storage that you can use and go to Browse Datastore.

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Create a new folder

 

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Give it a name.. 🙂

 

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After that go to advanced settings bij the configuration tab of your ESX server.

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Go to the Syslog tab.

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Give the name of the datastore between brackets and the name of the folder you just created. Hit ok and you notice that the warning is gone :

 

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