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No Coredump vmware
hey guys, i had to reformat my local datastores, now i see this message in my esx:
No coredump target has been configured. Host core dumps cannot be saved.
System logs on host are stored on non-peristent storage.
How do i fix?
No coredump target has been configured. Host core dumps cannot be saved.
System logs on host are stored on non-peristent storage.
How do i fix?
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Cobra25
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this needs to be changed to reflect the datastore name and folder.
ASKER
what exactly would be the syntax for that?
it's in my EE Article, did you read it.
ASKER
It seems like i can to manually create a folder first for this?
yes, you can create a folder.
it's best to label it, and make sure that folder is not the root of a datastore, especially if ESXi 6.0.
it's best to label it, and make sure that folder is not the root of a datastore, especially if ESXi 6.0.
ASKER
how do i create it?
what do you want to create?
ASKER
Create a folder to put the core dump in?
coredumps use a storage device, syslogs and logs can use a folder on a storage datastore, you've got two error messages, coredumps and persistant storage.
okay, this VMware KB Article describes the process in great detail
using the
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=2004299
okay, this VMware KB Article describes the process in great detail
using the
esxcli system coredump
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=2004299
ASKER
Thanks! will give it a shot.
i have this for the logDir: [] /scratch/log
not sure for logHost, i have no syslog