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New vmkerrcode Utility Displays VMkernel Errors
Details
With releases of ESX Server software version 3.0.2 and higher, the new vmkerrcode utility allows you to display a table of all VMkernel errors, a brief description, and the corresponding error codes in both decimal and hexidecimal format.
Solution
The utility was added in ESX Server 3.0.2.
To list all of the vmk error codes with details, issue the command:
vmkerrcode -l
To use vmkerrcode to list details for an individual error code, use the command
vmkerrcode <errror code>
Where <error code> is either the hexadecimal(hex) or decimal value for the error code of interest. The utility will list the name, decimal, hexadecimal, text error output and description for that vmk error code.
For example, issuing the command:
vmkerrcode 195887163
Returns the following output:
VMK_ReturnStatus table for VMware ESX Server
Name Dec Hex errno equiv Description
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VMK_NO_VLAN_SUPPORT 195887163 0xbad003b EOPNOTSUPP VLan is not supported in vmkernel
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- KB Article: 1000084
- Updated: Aug 14, 2009
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VMware ESX - Product Versions:
VMware ESX 3.0.x

