Where is vmkernel log file

The kernel has no awareness of VMs running on the VMkernel. ESX Boot Log. Web Access. Authentication Log. Contains records of connections that require authentication, such as VMware daemons and actions initiated by the xinetd daemon. ESX Firewall Log. Contains all firewall rule events. High Availability Log. Contains information related to the High Availability HA service.

ESX Update Log. Host management service logs, including virtual machine and host Task and Events, communication with the vSphere Client and vCenter Server vpxa agent, and SDK connections.

Core VMkernel logs, including device discovery, storage and networking device and driver events, and virtual machine startup. A summary of ESXi host startup and shutdown, and an hourly heartbeat with uptime, number of virtual machines running, and service resource consumption.

Located in the same directory as a vmx file for a VM. A summary of warnings and alert log messages excerpted from the VMkernel logs. VMware vSphere High Availability logs, produced by the fdm service.

ESXi 5. Cluster level object manager CLOM logs. Object storage file system OSFS logs. These logs are part of the vSAN feature. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Published by Pavanas Blog. Published January 14, January 14, Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.

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