Specifications

Administration Guide
130 VMware, Inc.
Viewing a Log of a Virtual Machine’s Events
A!log!of!the!15!most!recent!virtual!machine!events!is!available.!Click!the!Users!and!
Events!tab.!
Figure 3-10. Users and Events tab: Events
The!Events!list!displays!a!log!of!the!most!recent!actions!or!events!recorded!in!the!virtual!
machine,!such!as!the!questions!VMware!ESX!Server!asks,!errors!and!other!events!like!
the
!powering!on!or!off!of!the!virtual!machine.!The!events!appear!in!reverse!
chronological!order.
The!event!log!draws!its!data!from!the!log!file!for!the!virtual!machineʹs!configuration!file!
stored,!by!default,!in!the!virtual!machineʹs!directory,!<homedir>/vmware/<guestOS>.
When!you!perform!an!action!within!the!management!interface
!that!prompts!the!virtual!
machine!to!generate!a!message!for!your!response!before!it!can!proceed,!a!waiting!for!
input!message!appears!in!the!Display!Name!column.!When!you!click!that!link,!a!popup!
window!appears,!prompting!you!for!a!response.!After!you!provide!your! answer,!the!
popup!window!closes.