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To search and list selected items
1Withthelogyouwanttofilterdisplayed,chooseView>Filteringtorefertothe
filteringoptions.
2Entertextintothedatafield.ClickCleartoemptythedatafield.
External System Logs
VMwaretechnicalsupportmightrequestseveralfilestohelpresolveanyissuesyou
havewiththeproduct.Thissectiondescribesthetypesandlocationsoflogfilesfound
onvariousVI3componentsystems.
Table 5‐12listslogfilesassociatedwithESXServersystems.
NOTEOnWindowssystems,severallogfilesarestoredintheLocalSettingsdirectory,
whichislocatedatC:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Local Settings\.
Thisfolderishiddenbydefault.Toviewitscontents,openMyComputer,chooseTools
>FolderOptions,clicktheViewtab,andchooseShowHiddenFilesandFolders.
Table 5-12. ESX Server System Logs
Component Location
ESXServer2.xServicelog /var/log/vmware/vmware-serverd.log
ESXServer3.xServicelog /var/log/vmware/hostd.log