topic Logging levels in VMware vSphere™ Discussions https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Logging-levels/m-p/2260997#M27697 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;">The logging on all of my v6.5 hosts is the default, and in the advanced settings <SPAN style="font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-family: MetropolisRegular; color: #000000;">config.HostAgent.log.level </SPAN><SPAN style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-family: MetropolisRegular; color: #000000;">shows the level is info.&nbsp; great!&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></P><P></P><P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"><SPAN style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-family: MetropolisRegular; color: #000000;">However, in our syslog application the folks who support it are showing me "verbose" entries, and they are complaining about the amount of them and their usefulness in the system. </SPAN></P><P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"></P><P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"><SPAN style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-family: MetropolisRegular; color: #000000;">Why, if the logging level is set to info are we flooded with "verbose" logs and what can be done about it?&nbsp; </SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Oct 2019 18:06:25 GMT kwg66 2019-10-30T18:06:25Z Logging levels https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Logging-levels/m-p/2260997#M27697 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;">The logging on all of my v6.5 hosts is the default, and in the advanced settings <SPAN style="font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-family: MetropolisRegular; color: #000000;">config.HostAgent.log.level </SPAN><SPAN style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-family: MetropolisRegular; color: #000000;">shows the level is info.&nbsp; great!&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></P><P></P><P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"><SPAN style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-family: MetropolisRegular; color: #000000;">However, in our syslog application the folks who support it are showing me "verbose" entries, and they are complaining about the amount of them and their usefulness in the system. </SPAN></P><P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"></P><P style="margin: 2px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; color: #666666;"><SPAN style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-family: MetropolisRegular; color: #000000;">Why, if the logging level is set to info are we flooded with "verbose" logs and what can be done about it?&nbsp; </SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Oct 2019 18:06:25 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Logging-levels/m-p/2260997#M27697 kwg66 2019-10-30T18:06:25Z Re: Logging levels https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Logging-levels/m-p/2260998#M27698 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Also, within the VMware KB, I see the following for which I am completely confused:</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: MetropolisRegular;">Note</SPAN><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: MetropolisRegular;">: To individually set the logging level for system components such as auth, vmkernel, hostd etc., you may select the </SPAN><SPAN style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: MetropolisRegular;">loggers</SPAN><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: MetropolisRegular;"> under </SPAN><SPAN style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: MetropolisRegular;">syslog</SPAN><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: MetropolisRegular;"> from vSphere client GUI and set to desired value.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: MetropolisRegular;">Where is this I can't seem to find this anywhere??&nbsp; </SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Oct 2019 18:40:46 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Logging-levels/m-p/2260998#M27698 kwg66 2019-10-30T18:40:46Z