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dmeyner22
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Enthusiast

Log file for Purple screen

My ESXi5.5 host crashed the other day and I'm trying to locate the dump file so I can view why the server crashed.  I can't seem to find the location of the dump file, does anyone know where the dump file is located?

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msripada
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Virtuoso

Generally the coredump files are saved in var/core on the ESXi host. If you have dedicated coredump location, it will be located on the coredump location.

Thanks,

MS

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RajeevVCP4
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Expert

Please refer this KB

Extracting the log file after an ESX or ESXi host fails with a purple screen error (1006796) | VMwar...

Rajeev Chauhan
VCIX-DCV6.5/VSAN/VXRAIL
Please mark help full or correct if my answer is use full for you
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