For more information about the VMware Management Interface, go to www.vmware.com/support/esx2/doc/.
Viewing System Logs and Reports
Viewing System Logs and Reports
Use the System Logs and Availability Report options to view the following log files
and report through the management interface:
- VMkernel warnings and serious system alerts, the data for which is gathered from /var/log/vmkwarning in the service console. For more information, see Viewing VMkernel Warnings.
- VMkernel messages, the data for which is gathered from /var/log/vmkernel in the service console. For more information, see Viewing VMkernel Messages.
- Service Console messages, the data for which is gathered from /var/log/messages in the service console. For more information, see Viewing Service Console Logs.
- The availability report, which contains information and statistics about server uptime and downtime. For more information, see Viewing the Availability Report.
You should periodically check the VMkernel warning and alert messages for out of
memory errors, hardware failures and so on.
To view these log files and the availability report, complete the following steps.
- Make sure you are logged into the management interface as the root user.
- Click Options, then click System Logs.
- Click the appropriate tab for the log file you want to view.