"Error setting advanced options on the host" when applying ESXi host profile

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0

Issue/Introduction

On vCenter server, when applying ESXi host profile gives an error: "Error setting advanced options on the host."

When applying ESXi host profile, you might notice below entries in host logs:

"Failed to set Syslog configuration: Cannot set the audit record storage directory while audit record storage is enabled (in use)"

 

/var/run/log/hostd.log

-vim.option.OptionManager.updateValues-921
yyyy-mm-ddThh-mm-ssZ In(166) Hostd[2099717]: [Originator@6876 sub=Hostsvc.SyslogConfigProvider opID=<Op-ID> sid=52436b03 user=vpxuser] Set called with key'Syslog.global.auditRecord.storageDirectory', value '"[] /scratch/auditlog"'
yyyy-mm-ddThh-mm-ssZ Er(163) Hostd[2099717]: [Originator@6876 sub=Hostsvc.SyslogConfigProvider opID=<Op-ID> sid=52436b03 user=vpxuser] Failed to set global syslog configuration : Cannot set the audit record storage directory while audit record storage is enabled (in use).
yyyy-mm-ddThh-mm-ssZ In(166) Hostd[2099717]: [Originator@6876 sub=AdapterServer opID=<Op-ID> sid=52436b03 user=vpxuser] AdapterServer caught exception; <<52436b03-6363-3cd1-226b-25dc81760122, <TCP '127.0.0.1 : 8307'>, <TCP '127.0.0.1 : 55517'>>, ha-adv-options, vim.option.OptionManager.updateValues, <vim.version.v8_0_3_0, internal, 8.0.3.0>, [N11HostdCommon1
8VmomiAdapterServer19ActivationResponderE:0x000000337be032d8]>, N5Vmomi5Fault11SystemError9ExceptionE(Fault cause: vmodl.fault.SystemError
yyyy-mm-ddThh-mm-ssZ In(166) Hostd[2099689]: --> )
yyyy-mm-ddThh-mm-ssZ In(166) Hostd[2099689]: --> 

 

/var/run/log/vpxa.log 

-vim.option.OptionManager.updateValues-921
yyyy-mm-ddThh-mm-ssZ In(166) Hostd[2099717]: [Originator@6876 sub=Hostsvc.SyslogConfigProvider opID=<Op-ID> sid=52436b03 user=vpxuser] Set called with key 'Syslog.global.auditRecord.storageDirectory', value '"[] /scratch/auditlog"'
yyyy-mm-ddThh-mm-ssZ Er(163) Hostd[2099717]: [Originator@6876 sub=Hostsvc.SyslogConfigProvider opID=<Op-ID> user=vpxuser] Failed to set global syslog configuration : Cannot set the audit record storage directory while audit record storage is enabled (in use).
yyyy-mm-ddThh-mm-ssZ In(166) Hostd[2099717]: [Originator@6876 sub=AdapterServer opID=<Op-ID> sid=52436b03 user=vpxuser] AdapterServer caught exception; <<52436b03-6363-3cd1-226b-25dc81760122, <TCP '127.0.0.1 : 8307'>, <TCP '127.0.0.1 : 55517'>>, ha-adv-options, vim.option.OptionManager.updateValues, <vim.version.v8_0_3_0, internal, 8.0.3.0>, [N11HostdCommon1
8VmomiAdapterServer19ActivationResponderE:0x000000337be032d8]>, N5Vmomi5Fault11SystemError9ExceptionE(Fault cause: vmodl.fault.SystemError
yyyy-mm-ddThh-mm-ssZ In(166) Hostd[2099689]: --> )
yyyy-mm-ddThh-mm-ssZ In(166) Hostd[2099689]: --> 

Resolution

• Login to the vCenter Server UI -> Policies and Profiles -> Host Profiles
• Edit the host profile and uncheck these settings syslog.global.auditRecord.storagecapacity and Syslog.global.audirrecord.storageDirectory and Save the profile.

• Then try applying the profile again on ESXi host