Note: These notes are for ESX server, not confirmed for GSX... There are four options you can use to change virtual machine logging and log rotation behaviors: logging log.rotateSize log.keepOld log.fileName logging Logging ON or OFF: logging="false" logging="true" log.rotateSize By default, the virtual machine log file (vmware.log) is rotated as a result of the virtual machine's Power On or Power Off operation. To configure log rotation based on file size, include the following option in the .vmx file of the virtual machine: log.rotateSize=The following example specifies the vmware.log file to be rotated when its size reaches 100 kilobytes: log.rotateSize=100000 log.keepOld By default, ESX Server 3.0 keeps six rotations of the vmware.log file (vmware.log, vmware-1.log, vmware-2.log...). To change the level of rotation, use the log.keepOld option. The following example specifies the level of rotation to be 10: log.keepOld=10 log.fileName To specify an alternative location or filename for virtual machine logging, use the log.fileName option. The following example specifies "myVMlog" as the new file for logs instead of the default "vmware.log": log.fileName="myVMlog" The next example directs logs to be written to an alternate directory called "myVM" in a different VMFS volume, "vol1": log.fileName="/vmfs/volumes/vol1/myVM/myVM.log"