"ExecReload=/usr/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID" should be part of the shipped rsyslog.service and if vmware only would read the logs they could know
/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@tty2.service.d/dcui_override.conf has wrong permissions BTW
2020-08-12T13:00:01.566324+00:00 vcenter logrotate: Failed to reload syslog.service: Job type reload is not applicable for unit rsyslog.service.
2020-08-13T00:00:03.552688+00:00 vcenter logrotate: Failed to reload syslog.service: Job type reload is not applicable for unit rsyslog.service.
2020-08-12T13:00:01.566435+00:00 vcenter logrotate: error: error running shared postrotate script for '/var/log/lastlog '
2020-08-13T00:00:03.553029+00:00 vcenter logrotate: error: error running shared postrotate script for '/var/log/lastlog '
[root@vcenter:~]$ cat /etc/systemd/system/rsyslog.service.d/reload.conf
[Service]
ExecReload=/usr/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
[root@vcenter:~]$ systemctl status rsyslog
● rsyslog.service - System Logging Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/rsyslog.service.d
└─reload.conf
2020-08-13T10:56:21.404519+00:00 vcenter systemd[1]: Reloading.
2020-08-13T10:56:22.471532+00:00 vcenter systemd[1]: Configuration file /usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@tty2.service.d/dcui_override.conf is marked executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding anyway.
2020-08-13T10:57:16.644834+00:00 vcenter systemd[1]: Reloading System Logging Service.
2020-08-13T10:57:16.686632+00:00 vcenter systemd[1]: Reloaded System Logging Service.
[root@vcenter:~]$ chmod 644 /usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@tty2.service.d/dcui_override.conf
