Generated vm-support file is more than 10GB

Products

• VMware vSAN

Issue/Introduction

Generated vm-support file is more than 10GB.

Environment

VMware vSAN

Cause

The number of files to be rotated for vsantraces is configured to be a large number.

# esxcli vsan trace get
:::
   VSAN Traces Directory: /vsantraces
   Number Of Files To Rotate: 512       ###<- 8 is the default value
   Maximum Trace File Size: 45 MB
:::

Resolution

Reduce the number of files to be rotated for vsantraces to default size 8 using "esxcli vsan trace set -f 8" command.