ESX and ESXi logfile locations

Location of ESX log files

You can see ESX logs:

• From the Service Console
• From the vSphere Client connected directly to the ESX host (click Home > Administration > System Logs)
• From the VMware Infrastructure Client connected directly to the ESX host (click Administration > System Logs)

The vmkernel logs (which log everything related to the kernel/core of the ESX) are located at /var/log/vmkernel

The vmkwarning logs (which log warnings from the vmkernel) are located at /var/log/vmkwarning

The vmksummary logs (which provide a summary of system activities such as uptime, downtime, reasons for downtime) are located at /var/log/vmksummary

The hostd log (which is the log of the ESX management service of the ESX) are located at /var/log/vmware/hostd.log

The messages log (which log activity on the Service Console operating system) is located at /var/log/messages

The VirtualCenter Agent log is located at /var/log/vmware/vmware/vpx/vpxa.log

The Automatic Availability Manager (AAM) logs are located at /var/log/vmware/aam/vmware_<hostname>-xxx.log

The SW iSCSI logs are located at /var/log/vmkiscsid.log

The System boot log is located at /var/log/boot-logs/sysboot.log

Location of ESXi log files

The VMkernel, vmkwarning, and hostd logs are located at /var/log/messages

The Host Management service (hostd = Host daemon) log is located at /var/log/vmware/hostd.log

The VirtualCenter Agent log is located at /var/log/vmware/vmware/vpx/vpxa.log

The System boot log is located at /var/log/sysboot.log

The Automatic Availability Manager (AAM) logs are located at /var/log/vmware/aam/vmware_<hostname>-xxx.log

Cluster warning for ESXi Shell for the Host has been enabled

In vSphere 5, you can enable both Remote SSH and the ESXi Shell for management of hosts from the vSphere Client and from the Direct Console User Interface.

 

These messages are shown as a proactive security measure that ensure that administrators are aware that remote access has been enabled for the server.

 

Disabling Remote SSH and ESXi Shell removes the messages from the host.

 

To disable these warnings: 

1. Select the ESXi host from the Inventory.
2. Select Advanced Settings from the Software menu.
3. Navigate to UserVars > UserVars.SuppressShellWarning.
4. Set the value from 0 to 1.
5. Click OK.

To disable these warnings using esxcli:

1. Connect to the ESXi host through SSH using root credentials.
2. Run this command: 
   esxcli system settings advanced set -o /UserVars/SuppressShellWarning -i 1

To enable these warnings using esxcli:

1. Connect to the ESXi host through SSH using root credentials.
2. Run this command: 
   esxcli system settings advanced set -o /UserVars/SuppressShellWarning -i 0

TSM Resettare le statistiche del recovery log

Se il reporter continua ad evidenziare l'errore "The max recovery log utilization is too high." nonostante sia stato eseguito un DB BACKUP allora probabilmente dovete resettare il counter dell'utilizzo del recovery log con il seguente comando:

Visualizzare lo stato del recovery log:
q log f=d

Resettare il counter:
reset logmaxutil



Visualizzare lo stato del recovery log:
q log f=d