Redirect VMware ESXi Host Logs

Redirect-VMHostLogs.ps1

$hosts = '*'
$datastore_name = 'NS-VMFS-01'
$datastore = Get-Datastore -Name $datastore_name | Select-Object -First 1
$log_dir = '[{0}] Logs' -f $datastore.Name
$scratch_location = '{0}/Logs' -f $datastore.ExtensionData.Info.Url -replace 'ds://'

foreach ($h in (Get-VMHost $hosts | Sort-Object -Property Name)) {
    Write-Host "$($h.Name): Redirecting log files ..."
    $result = Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $h -Name Syslog.global.logDir | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value "$log_dir/$h" -Confirm:$false
    Write-Host "New syslog location: $($result.Value)"
    $result = Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $h -Name ScratchConfig.ConfiguredScratchLocation | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value "$scratch_location/$h" -Confirm:$false
    Write-Host "New scratch location: $($result.Value)`n"
}