Specifications

VMware, Inc. 23
Preface
A!problem!in!the!VMkernel!normally!causes!the!machine!to!display!an!error!screen!
for!a!period!of!time!and!then!reboot.!If!you!specified!a!VMware!core!dump!
partition!when!you!configured!your!machine,!the!VMkernel!also!generates!a!core!
dump!and!error!log.!More!serious!problems!in!the!VMkernel
!can!freeze!the!
machine!without!an!error!screen!or!core!dump.
When!you!report!problems!directly!to!VMware,!describe!the!steps!you!took!in!the!
period!before!this!failure.!Include!this!information!in!your!support!request,!along!
with!the!contents!of!/var/log/messages!from!the!service!console.!Also!include!
the!core!dump
!and!error!log,!if!any.!You!can!find!these!in!files!named!
vmkernel-core.<date>!and!vmkernel-log.<date>!in!the!/root!directory!after!
you!reboot!your!machine.