Specifications

Administration Guide
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! Service!Console!messages,!the!data!for!which!is!gathered!from!
/var/log/messages!in!the!service!console.!See!“Viewing!Service!Console!Logs”!
on!page 212.
! The!availability!report,!which!contains!information!and!statistics!about!server!
uptime!and!downtime.!See!“Viewing!the!Availability!Report”!on!page 213.
Periodically!check!the!VMkernel!warning!and!alert!messages!for!out‐of‐memory!errors,!
hardware!failures,!and!so!on.
To view system log files and the availability report
1Make!sure!you!are!logged!into!the!management!interface!as!the!root!user.
2Click
!Options,!and!click!System!Logs.
3Click!the!appropriate!tab!for!the!log!file!you!want!to!view.
Viewing VMkernel Warnings
To!view!VMkernel!warnings!and!serious!system!alerts,!click!the!VMkernel!Warnings!
tab.
Figure 6-12. VMkernel Warnings tab
This!information!is!useful!if!you!are!experiencing!problems!with!ESX!Server!or!your!
virtual!machines.!If!your!log!contains!any!alerts,!check!the!VMware!Knowledge!Base!at!
http://kb.vmware.com!or!contact!your!VMware!support!representative.!