User Manual

Generating logs
Messages generated by the VAAI Plug-in are placed in the VMware kernel log.
• ESX : /var/log/vmkernel
• ESXi: /var/log/messages
If a run time warning condition occurs, the VAAI plug-in includes an IMPACT and/or ACTION
statement to clarify the severity of the event.
Available command line switches
The VAAI plug-in accommodates a number of logging use cases via command line switches. The
VAAI plug-in self-documents the usage of these switches via the following command:
vmkload_mod -s hp-vaaip-p2000
vmkload_mod module information
input file: /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/hp_vaaip_p2000
License: VMware
Version: 1.0.30, Built on: Jun 10 2011
Required name-spaces:
com.vmware.vmkapi@v1_1_0_0
Parameters:
showFncName: int
To show function names instead of MsgID<showFncName=(0-1)>
testLog: int
Test Log to print Sample Log Message<testLog=(0–1)>
logLevel: int
Log Level to print Log Message<testLog=(0–1)>
The following table defines the switches:
Table 15 Command line switches
testLog value
showFncName
valuelogLevel valueSupported VAAI Plug-in Logging Use Cases
000View only the default level of log messages.
100View complete example listing of all supported log messages.
001View the VAAI capabilities detected for each HP MSA storage volume.
002View the SCSI CDB and SCSI sense and status responses.
003View in internal plug-in function entry and exit trace.
01–Include in the log messages the actual plug-in internal functional name.
Possible log messages
The following table lists all possible log messages. If there are multiple entries in a Log ID, there
are multiple possibilities of that Log ID to occur.
NOTE:
• Some values in the table are tokenized. For explanations, see the Token legend following the
table.
• Conditional values are placed in angle brackets < >.
• Log Level is the level user must use to enable logging. A value of zero means logging always
enabled.
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