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kurtwest
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Virtual Center Tasks and Events

I can see in VC when events occur and who initiated them, but how can I see what was done exactly. My specific question is with the event ReconfigureVirtual Machine. I see when and who did something, but is there a way to tell what was done? More memory, add a nic and so on.

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esiebert7625
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VC does not provide that detail, there are several logs on the ESX hosts that you can check and should provide this detail, I think the vmware.log is probably the file it is in...

o Vmkernel - /var/log/vmkernel – records activities related to the virtual machines and ESX server

o ESX Server host agent log - /var/log/vmware/hostd.log - Contains information on the agent that manages and configures the ESX Server host and its virtual machines (Search the file date/time stamps to find the log file it is currently outputting to.)

o VirtualCenter agent - /var/log/vmware/vpx - Contains information on the agent that communicates with VirtualCenter

o Virtual Machines - The same directory as the affected virtual machine’s configuration files; named vmware.log - Contain information when a virtual machine crashes or ends abnormally

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esiebert7625
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VC does not provide that detail, there are several logs on the ESX hosts that you can check and should provide this detail, I think the vmware.log is probably the file it is in...

o Vmkernel - /var/log/vmkernel – records activities related to the virtual machines and ESX server

o ESX Server host agent log - /var/log/vmware/hostd.log - Contains information on the agent that manages and configures the ESX Server host and its virtual machines (Search the file date/time stamps to find the log file it is currently outputting to.)

o VirtualCenter agent - /var/log/vmware/vpx - Contains information on the agent that communicates with VirtualCenter

o Virtual Machines - The same directory as the affected virtual machine’s configuration files; named vmware.log - Contain information when a virtual machine crashes or ends abnormally

Fyi…if you find this post helpful, please award points using the Helpful/Correct buttons.

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Thanks, Eric

Visit my website: http://vmware-land.com

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