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VMware Server Administration Guide
94 VMware, Inc.
Logging VMware Server Events on Windows
VMware!Server!sends!information!about!events!that!occur!in!the!application!to!the!
Event!Viewer!on!Windows!hosts.!Each!event!has!a!unique!identifier!to!assist!you!in!
tracking!various!events!with!automation!tools.
The!types!of!events!that!are!sent!to!the!Event!Viewer!include:
! Any!changes!to!a!virtual!machine’s!power!state.!When!a!virtual!machine!is!
powered!on!or!off,!suspended!or!resumed,!an!entry!is!logged!in!the!Event!Viewer.
! The!addition!or!removal!of!virtual!machines!from!the!inventory.
! The!deletion!of!a!virtual!machine!from!the!VMware!Server!system.
! Any!messages!and!warnings!generated!by!VMware!Server!and!the!responses!to!
these!messages!and!warnings.!Whenever!VMware!Server!generates!a!message!or!a!
warning!prompt!to!which!the!user!must!respond,!the!message!or!warning!and!the!
users!response!are!logged!in!the!Event!Viewer.!A!message!or!a!warning
!is!any!
dialog!box!that!VMware!Server!generates!in!the!application!that!is!not!a!hint.
To log VMware Server events on Windows
1To!access!the!Event!Viewer,!choose!Start!>!Administrative!Tools!>!Event!Viewer.
2 Select!the!Application!log!to!view!VMware!Server!events.
3Modify!the!information!that!gets!logged!for!a!particular!machine!or!for!all!
virtual!
machines.!
The!two!options!you!can!modify!include: