Specifications

Basic System Administration
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System Log Files
Inadditiontolistsofeventsandalarms,VMwareInfrastructurecomponentsgenerate
assortedlogs.Theselogscontainadditionalinformationaboutactivitiesinyour
VMwareInfrastructureenvironment.
Thefollowingsectionsdiscusssystemlogfiles:
 “ViewingSystemLogEntries”onpage 100
 “ExternalSystemLogs”onpage 101
 “ConfiguringSyslogonESXServerHosts”onpage 103
 “ExportingDiagnosticData”onpage 104
 “CollectingLogFiles”onpage 105
Viewing System Log Entries
Thefollowingtwoproceduresdescribehowtoaccessandviewsystemlogs.
To view system log entries
1FromtheVIClientconnectedtoeitheraVirtualCenterServeroranESXServer,
displaytheadministrationpanelandviewthesystemlogtab.
2ClicktheAdminbuttoninthenavigationbar.ClicktheSystemLogstab.
3Fromthedrop
‐downlist,choosethelogandentryyouwanttoview.