log identification & configruation

1. vCenter server log

• location: C:\Documentation and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMwae VirtualCenter\logs
• major logs: vpxd, and vpxd-profilers; log files rotate with only two um-comppressed log files; recreated when vpxd.exe restart or reach size limit (5MB by default for vpxd-number.log)
• log option from vSphere client: Adminstration->vCenter Server Settings->logging options
• Export (download) vCenter Server log from vSphere client: Administration->vCenter Server Settings->Export logs (with the option to export the all/selected hosts log file too)
• Generate vCenter Server log bundle (extended if needed) from vCenter server

2. ESX host log

• location: /var/log, /var/log/vmware
• major logs: vmkerenl, vmkwarning, messages; vpxa.log, hostd.log (logrotate configs log rotation)
• host logs could be export from vSphere as described above
• vm-support
• /etc/sysconfig/syslog; /etc/logrotate.conf
• /etc/syslog.conf

3. ESXi host log

• location: /var/log, /var/log/vmware
• major logs: messages; vpxa.log, hostd.log (log rotation)
• host logs could be export from vSphere as described above
• /etc/syslog.conf  (vSphere client on ESXi host has optiont to set remote host from Advanced Settings)
• host log could also be view from DCUI
• vm-support or wget https://host/cgi-bin/vm-support.cgi