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VMware Syslog Service
The Syslog Service provides support for system logging, network logging, and collecting logs from hosts.
You can use the Syslog Service to redirect and store ESXi messages to a server on the network.
Property Default Value Description
Common Log Level N/A Set the level of information you want
to include in the logs.
n
* - include all log les.
n
info - Only informational log les
are redirected to the remote
machine.
n
notice - Only notices are redirected
to the remote machine. A notice
message indicates a normal but
signicant condition.
n
warn - Only warnings are
redirected to the remote machine.
n
error - Only error messages are
redirected to the remote machine.
n
crit - Only critical log les are
redirected to the remote machine.
n
alert - Only critical log les are
redirected to the remote machine.
n
emerg - Only emergency log les
are redirected to the remote
machine. An emergency message
indicates that the system has
stopped responding and cannot be
used.
Remote Syslog Host N/A The IP address of the host you want to
use for storing ESXi messages and
logs. This is also the IP address of the
remote syslog server on the network
you use to redirect logs and ESXi
messages.
Remote Syslog Port N/A The port number to use for
communication with the machine to
which you want to export log les.
Remote Syslog Protocol N/A The communication protocol that
Syslog uses. Available protocols are
TCP, UDP, and TLS.
VMware vSphere ESXi Dump Collector
The vSphere ESXi Dump Collector service collects core dumps from remote hosts.
Property Default Value Description
Coredump Server UDP Port
(1025-9999)
6500 The default port on which the core
dump server communicates.
Repository max size (1-10 GB) 2 The maximum size of the core dump
repository in gigabytes.
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