Monthly Archives: March 2010

ESX 3.5 Logfile Retrieval

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vLogView is a Windows® based application which manages VMware® ESX Server log files.

The product is designed to be installed on an administrators PC, and provides the ability to store, view and search ESX Server log files from multiple ESX Servers, without requiring individual login, navigation and manual file transfer.

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ESX 3.5 Logfile locations

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source http://www.vmwarewolf.com

VMWare ESX Server 3.5

  • Vmkernel – /var/log/vmkernel – records activities related to the virtual machines and ESX server.
  • Vmkernel Warnings – /var/log/vmkwarning – records activities with the virtual machines.
  • Vmkernel Summary – /var/log/vmksummary – Used to determine uptime and availability statistics for ESX Server; human-readable summary found in /var/log/vmksummary.txt
  • ESX Server host agent log – /var/log/vmware/hostd.log – Contains information on the agent that manages and configures the ESX Server host and its virtual machines (Search the file date/time stamps to find the log file it is currently outputting to).
  • Service Console – /var/log/messages – Contain all general log messages used to troubleshoot virtual machines on ESX Server.
  • Web Access – /var/log/vmware/webAccess – Records information on Web-based access to ESX Server.
  • Authentication log – /var/log/secure – Contains records of connections that require authentication, such as VMware daemons and actions initiated by the xinetd daemon.
  • VirtualCenter agent – /var/log/vmware/vpx – Contains information on the agent that communicates with VirtualCenter.
  • Virtual Machines – The same directory as the affected virtual machine’s configuration files; named vmware.log – Contain information when a virtual machine crashes or ends abnormally.

Configure Automatic Updates in a Non–Active Directory Environment

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To setup a WSUS server on a workgroup server, you need to alter the register.

You can find the register keys here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate

AU register settings are in the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU

For more information on keys you can follow the next link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708449(WS.10).aspx

 With the command “wuauclt.exe /detectnow” you can let the WSUS server detect your machine faster.

Send the queued information directly to the wsus server with: “wuauclt /r /reportnow”