Logs are not redirected to scratch partition after hardware or software iSCSI is enabled on ESXi with elxiscsi Emulex driver

Products

• VMware

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Logs are not saved in scratch partition after hardware or software iSCSI is enabled on ESXi with elxiscsi Emulex driver
• Scratch partition stops working after hardware or software iSCSI is enabled on ESXi with elxiscsi Emulex driver

Cause

• When specific versions of elxiscsi Emulex driver are installed or is part of ESXi, then, enabling the hardware or software iSCSI stops redirection logs to scratch partition. This causes loss of log data across reboots.

Resolution

• This is not a VMware issue.  Latest Emulex elxiscsi-11.2.1197.17 is recommended to resolve this issue.
• Partner recommendation from Dell EMC : VMware vSphere 6.5.x on Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Release Notes