continuous "BrowseDiagnosticMessages" in ESXi Tasks

[ThorstenT]

Hi everyone,

I just installed a fresh ESXi3.5U4 node and added it to an also absolute fresh VIMA. Everything works fine that far, but the moment I enabled vilogger, hell break loose on the ESXi node:

[2009-04-22 04:54:24.318 'TaskManager' 16384 info] Task Created : haTask-ha-host-vim.DiagnosticManager.browse-1321
[2009-04-22 04:54:24.319 'TaskManager' 16384 info] Task Completed : haTask-ha-host-vim.DiagnosticManager.browse-1321

I got log entires like the above about ten times a second. Has anyone an idea how to fix this?

TIA,

Thorsten

Message was edited by: RDellimmagine for better formatting.

[lamw]

I assume you're seeing this on the VI Client connected directly to the ESXi host? This is actually normal when you enabling vilogger on VIMA, it'll periodically poll the host to retrieve the logs. I don't recall off the top of my head if the default poll rate is every 10secs ....

You could take a look at the vilogger config and see what the rate is for your host(s) at:

/etc/vmware/viconfig/vilogpolicy.xml

and

/etc/vmware/viconfig/vilogdefaults.xml

You can always change the log policy when you initially setup the logging by using the updatepolicy param:

[vi-admin@vima viconfig]$ vilogger help
Usage: vilogger <COMMAND>

COMMAND is one of:

        enable          [--server <SERVER>]
                        [--logname <LOGNAME>]
                        [--collectionperiod <PERIOD in seconds: 1 to 3600>]
                        [--numrotation <ROTATION: 1 to 1024>]
                        [--maxfilesize <SIZE in MB: 1 to 1024>]

        disable         [--server <SERVER>]
                        [--logname <LOGNAME>]

        list            [--server <SERVER>]
                        [--logname <LOGNAME>]

        updatepolicy    [--server <SERVER>]
                        [--logname <LOGNAME>]
                        [--collectionperiod <PERIOD in seconds: 1 to 3600>]
                        [--numrotation <ROTATION: 1 to 1024>]
                        [--maxfilesize <SIZE in MB: 1 to 1024>]

        help

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William Lam

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[ThorstenT]

The default poll rate is 10s and that is how I configured it. Yet the log entries don't appear every ten seconds but about ten times per one second. This makes me kind of wonder...

[halcabes · Accepted solution]

vMA 4.0 (see http://communities.vmware.com/message/1233309#1233309) can collect log files from ESXi 3.5 U4 without encountering this issue.

--Harvey

Harvey Alcabes

Product Manager

VMware, Inc.

[ThorstenT]

In that case, I guess I'll wait.

Thanks for your assistance.

Regards,

Thorsten