The Summary tab of the ESXi 5.x host reports the warning: System logging not Configured on host

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• After upgrading from ESXi 4.x to 5.x, the Summary tab of the host reports the warning
• You see the warning:
  
  System logging not Configured on host <hostname>

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5
VMware vCenter Server 5.1.x
VMware vCenter Server 5.5.x
VMware vCenter Server 5.0.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0

Cause

This issue occurs when the default logging location is not configured in the ESXi host.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, configure the default logging location in the ESXi host.

To configure the default logging location in the ESXi host:

1. Navigate to Configuration > Software > Advanced Settings > Syslog > Global.
2. Set the type of the Syslog.global.logDir parameter to []/scratch/log. In this case, the logs reside on the local disk.
   
   Note: If you want to send the logs to a different datastore, set the type of the Syslog.global.logDir parameter to the complete path where you want to store the log files. For example, [Datastore1]/logs. The location of the datastore should be unique to each ESXi host.
   
   Do not specify the same log directory to multiple hosts, doing so may result in a crash or kernel panic.

Additional Information

For information on recommended disk space, see the Providing Sufficient Space for System Logging section of vSphere Installation and Setup Guide.

Installing the HA Agent fails on all hosts, except one
A guia Summary do host do ESXi 5.0 exibe o aviso: Logon do sistema não configurado no host <hostname>
La pestaña Summary del host ESXi 5.0 informa la siguiente advertencia: System logging not Configured on host <hostname>
ESXi 5.x 主机的“摘要”选项卡报告以下警告：未在主机 <主机名> 上配置系统日志记录
ESXi 5.0 ホストのサマリ タブに次の警告が報告される： System logging not Configured on host <hostname>