| Log File | Name | Details |
| /var/log/vmkernel | Vmkernel | Records activities related |
| to the virtual machines and ESX host | ||
| /var/log/vmkwarning | Vmkernel Warnings | A copy of everything marked |
| as a warning or higher severity from vmkernel log. Easier to look through than | ||
| vmkernel log | ||
| /var/log/vmksummary | Vmkernel Summary | Used for avaialability and |
| uptime statistics. Human-readable summary in vmksummary.txt | ||
| /var/log/vmware/hostd.log | Host Agent Log | Contains information on the |
| agent that manages and configures the ESX | ||
| host and its virtual machines | ||
| /var/log/vmware/vpx | VirtualCenter Agent | Contains information on the |
| agent that communicates with VirtualCenter | ||
| /var/log/messages | Service Console | Log from the Linux kernel. |
| Useful for underlying Linux issues. The kernel has no awareness of VMs | ||
| running on the VMkernel | ||
| /var/log/vmware/esxcfg-boot.log | ESX Boot Log | ESX Boot log, logs all ESX |
| boot events | ||
| /var/log/vmware/webAccess | Web Access | Records information on |
| Web-based access to ESX Server | ||
| /var/log/secure | Authentication Log | Contains records of |
| connections that require authentication, such as VMware daemons and actions | ||
| initiated by the xinetd daemon | ||
| /var/log/vmware/esxcfg-firewall.log | ESX Firewall Log | Contains all firewall rule |
| events | ||
| /var/log/vmware/aam | High Availability Log | Contains information |
| related to the High Availability (HA) service | ||
| /var/log/vmware/esxupdate.log | ESX Update Log | Logs all updates completed |
| using the esxupdate tool |