check ESX logs after unexpected outage

[VCPGuru]

Dear all

One of our esx hosts had an unexpected outage...which logs do you check after this?

to see that everything is fine on your ESX?

Greetings

Simon

[Dynamax]

you can try /var/log/vmkernel or /var/log/vmware/hostd.log

Through the VI client file, export diagnostic data for the host

[joshp]

When you say "unexpected outage" do you mean a PSOD? If so you will want to check out the vmkernel coredumps. If you mean the host powered down/off in a way that would not be considered graceful you should check the normal logs:

/var/log/vmkwarning, /var/log/vmkernel, /var/log/messages, /var/log/vmware/hostd.log.

Or just collect log-bundles from vCenter or run vm-support command from the Service Console and browse through the logs inside the archive.

VCP 3, 4

www.vstable.com

[AndreTheGiant]

See also:

http://www.petri.co.il/5-critical-vmware-esx-cli-network-commands.htm

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/48643

And if you have an active SnS consider also to use VMware support.

Andre