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Enabling Debug Mode in your GSX Server and Workstation Virtual Machines
Details
How and why do I enable debug mode for my virtual machine in
VMware Workstation or VMware GSX Server?
Solution
At times, you may be asked by VMware Technical Support to
provide the output of a DEBUG log file, which provides our support
team with much more information than that found in a standard log
file. This is most often requested by VMware Technical Support, and
is usually only requested when there is a crash without an apparent
root cause.
To enable debug mode for a virtual machine created with
Workstation 4.5, 5.0, or GSX Server 3.1:
Power off the virtual machine.
Choose VM > Settings > Options > Advanced.
Select Run with debugging information.
Save the settings and power on the virtual machine.
If you are using Workstation 4.0, the menu path is Edit > Virtual Machine Settings > Options >
Advanced.
Important: Enabling debug mode will result in decreased
performance when compared to a virtual machine running with regular
logging. Unless instructed to do so by the VMware support team,
please do not enable debug mode for your virtual machine.
Keywords
942; debugging
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