Specifications

Basic System Administration
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Table 5‐13listslogfilesassociatedwiththeVIClientmachine.
VIClientAgentlog /var/log/vmware/vpx/vpxa.log
VirtualMachineKernelCorefile /root/vmkernel-core.<date>
and
/root/vmkernel-log.<date>
Thesefilesarepresentafteryourebootyourmachine.
Sysloglog /var/log/messages
ServiceConsoleAvailability
report
/var/log/vmkernel
VMkernelMessages /var/log/vmkernel
VMkernelAlertsandAvailability
report
/var/log/vmkernel
VMkernelWarning /var/log/vmkwarning
VirtualMachinelogfile vmware.loginthesamedirectoryasthe.vmxfileforthe
virtualmachine
Virtual
MachineConfiguration
file
<virtual_machine_name>/<virtual_machine_name>.
vmx locatedonadatastoreassociatedwiththemanaged
host.UsedthevirtualmachinesummarypageintheVI
Clienttodeterminethedatastoreonwhichthisfileis
located.
Table 5-13. VI Client System Logs
Component Location
VIClient
Installationlog
TempdirectoryontheVIClientmachine.
Example:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Local
Settings\Temp\vmmsi.log
VIClient
Servicelog
\vpxdirectoryinthetempdirectoryontheVIClientmachine.
Example:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Local
Settings\Temp\vpx\viclient-x.log
x(=0, 1, ... 9)
Table 5-12. ESX Server System Logs (Continued)
Component Location