MKguy wrote:
The KB article actually mentions flooding the vmware.log file on the datastore too:
In the vmware.log file for the virtual machine, you see log spew of this error:
GuestRpc: Channel X reinitialized.
Though I have to agree that it seems a bit extreme if this ends up filling your datastores.
Hint: Use the log.keepOld and log.rotateSize VMX-parameters to limit the logging volume to some sensible degree (mentioned in the vSphere Hardening Guide too).
Sounds like a knee jerk reaction.. logs are not filling up.. unless they are so low on disk space a few KB from a VM may push them over the edge. Not sure what "blowing up" datastores means, is it performance related or space only? Maybe the OP ASSUMES (incorrectly) log files creates IOPS and that's what they are looking at.
Either way, logs are not the problem.