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New vmkerrcode Utility Displays VMkernel Errors

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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

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

VMK_NO_VLAN_SUPPORT 	195887163 	0xbad003b 	EOPNOTSUPP 	VLan is not supported in vmkernel

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KB Article: 1000084
Updated: Aug 14, 2009

Products:
VMware ESX
Product Versions:
VMware ESX 3.0.x

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