Workload misconfigurations

VMware Virtual Machine with misconfigured VM log file

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Description

A VMware virtual machine is a software-based emulation of a physical computer. VMware log files are essential records that capture detailed information about events and diagnostic data generated by different components within the VMware infrastructure. it is recommend to limiting the maximum size of each log file to 1 MB and maintaining a maximum of 10 log files, to ensure more frequent creation of new log files and restrict the total size of logging data.