Specifications

Basic System Administration
106 VMware, Inc.
To collect ESX Server VMkernel files
 IftheVMkernelfails,normallyanerrormessageappearsforaperiodoftimeand
thenthevirtualmachinereboots.
 IfyouspecifiedaVMwarecoredumppartitionwhenyouconfiguredyourvirtual
machine,theVMkernelalsogeneratesacoredumpanderrorlog.
MoreseriousproblemsintheVMkernelcanfreezethemachinewithoutanerror
messageorcoredump.
To collect ESX Server log files using the Service Console
Runthefollowingscriptontheserviceconsole:
/usr/bin/vm-support
Thisscript
collectsandpackagesallrelevantESXServer3systemand
configurationinformationandESXServerlogfiles.Thisinformationcanbeused
toanalyzetheproblemyouareencountering.
Theresultingfilehasthefollowingformat:
esx-<date>-<unique-xnumber>.tgz