This is reference article for VMware ESXi 5.x logs, their locations and use-cases.
Log File Location |
Description |
Troubleshooting |
/var/log/auth.log |
ESXi Shell authentication success and failure |
Security |
/var/log/dhclient.log |
DHCP client service, including discovery, address lease requests and renewals |
Networking |
/var/log/esxupdate.log |
ESXi patch and update installation logs |
Updates, Security |
/var/log/hostd.log |
Host management service logs, including virtual machine and host Task and Events, communication with the vSphere Client and vCenter Server vpxa agent, and SDK connections. |
vCenter, Events, Security, Networking |
/var/log/shell.log |
ESXi Shell usage logs, including enable/disable and every command entered |
Security |
/var/log/sysboot.log |
Early VMkernel startup and module loading |
Host |
/var/log/syslog.log |
Management service initialization, watchdogs, scheduled tasks and DCUI use |
Host Profiles, Security, Networking |
/var/log/usb.log |
USB device arbitration events, such as discovery and pass-through to virtual machines |
USB, Security |
/var/log/vobd.log |
VMkernel Observation events |
Performance, Firewall, Security, Storage, Network |
/var/log/vmkernel.log |
Core VMkernel logs, including device discovery, storage and networking device and driver events, and virtual machine startup |
Security, Storage, Network, Performance |
/var/log/vmkwarning.log |
A summary of Warning and Alert log messages excerpted from the VMkernel logs |
Security, Network, Performance, Storage |
/var/log/vmksummary.log |
A summary of ESXi host startup and shutdown, and an hourly heartbeat with uptime, number of virtual machines running, and service resource consumption |
Network, Performance |
/var/log/vpxa.log |
vCenter Server vpxa agent logs, including communication with vCenter Server and the Host Management hostd agent. |
Virtual Center Agent, Comm path errors to hostd |
/var/log/fdm.log |
vSphere High Availability logs. |
HA Events |
vmware.log |
Located in the same directory as a vmx file for a VM. This log file records information specific to a running instance of a virtual machine, such as startup configuration, operations, and shutdown of the virtual machine. |
VM |
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