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VMCommando
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‎09-15-2011 08:38 AM

vMA 5.0 Logging?

Hi,

I have setup an esxi 5.0 environment and deployed the linux vcentre appliance as well as the new vma 5.0 appliance. Aside from some password/timezone glitches etc everything seems to be fine.

Because the blades I am testing with use ESXi USB keys, they cannot log locally -- so I would like to use the vma for this... however vilogger gives me "command not found" when executing from within the VMA. Has this changed in version 5? I can find no documentation explaining this.

Thanks

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vmroyale
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‎09-15-2011 09:07 AM

Hello and welcome to the forums.

Yes, vilogger has been removed in vMA 5. The vCenter Server Virtual Appliance has a syslog collector that you could use.

Good Luck!

Brian Atkinson | vExpert | VMTN Moderator | Author of "VCP5-DCV VMware Certified Professional-Data Center Virtualization on vSphere 5.5 Study Guide: VCP-550" | @vmroyale | http://vmroyale.com
VMCommando
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‎09-15-2011 09:15 AM

Is there any documentation for configuring the syslog server on the VMa for esxi hosts?

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lamw
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‎09-15-2011 09:15 AM

As mentioned, vilogger has been depercated, but you still have a few alternatives. Take a look at this blog article for both a Windows or Linux solution - http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2011/07/free-linux-windows-syslog-alternatives.html

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vmroyale
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‎09-15-2011 09:17 AM

There is some info in kb 2003248.

Brian Atkinson | vExpert | VMTN Moderator | Author of "VCP5-DCV VMware Certified Professional-Data Center Virtualization on vSphere 5.5 Study Guide: VCP-550" | @vmroyale | http://vmroyale.com
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satish_lx
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‎01-03-2012 07:17 AM

Why VMWare doing **do** **undo** thing in each and every version. Why they are not consistent.

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Geoff_Rose
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‎07-18-2012 06:33 AM

@satish.lx I completely agree! Is there any reason why it was removed?

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