Logs are not redirected to scratch partition after hardware or software iSCSI is enabled on ESXi with elxiscsi Emulex driver
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Article ID: 344738
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VMware vSphere ESXi
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.