ESX 4 syslog format

[gary1012]

Does anyone know the standard format for ESX(i) syslog files when shipped to a remote syslog server? I'm being told that my current syslogs are not in Common Event Format therefore cannot be used by the enterprise syslog aggregator.

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[Texiwill]

Hello,

The ESX/ESXi syslog format is the same as most Linux systems....

Mon Day Time Host daemon/kernel: message

daemon/kernel may or may not contain the process id.

The same as all the other VMware and Linux logfiles.

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