Vm log files

Brand Representative for VMware. I have to agree with other folks in this thread and say that some of these are old log files and you should be fine with deleting them to free up some space.

We had a similar issue. WSUS downloads gigabytes of unneeded and often unused updates. We ran it and removed 30 gigs. If you cannot increase the size of your storage and you have large. VSWP files swap files you can shut down this VM or others, and change their memory use and then reserve all of their memory so that the swap space is actually zero.

This will free up disk space and may buy you enough time to add more disks, etc. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question.

Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. I am not familiar at all with doing this through the command prompt. Best Answer. Ghost Chili. Odd that it's so huge.. View this "Best Answer" in the replies below ». Popular Topics in VMware. Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the system power is turned off?

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Microsoft Support tries to collect only the data that's needed for troubleshooting your scenario. This section lists the full set of files that may be collected from your VMs during the troubleshooting process across VM scenarios. Information about Windows VMs will include the files listed below in addition to basic partition data, file system formats, operation system version, and registry key settings that are integral to correct functioning of remote desktop connections.

Information about Linux VMs will include the files listed below in addition to basic partition data, disk space, file system formats, and the Linux distribution name and version.

Because of differences across Linux distributions, it is unlikely that all the files listed below will be present on a single VM. Information about FreeBSD VMs will include the files listed below in addition to basic partition data, file system formats, and the operating system version.

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