This article provides information on locating virtual machine log files on an ESXi host.
By default, ESXi hosts store virtual machine-specific logging in the same directory as the virtual machine's configuration files. The default log file name is vmware.log
.
For archival purposes, the log is renamed with a sequential number added to the end, and a new vmware.log
file is created. Archived log files are named vmware-#.log
. The most recent archived version is named vmware-1.log
. When the vmware.log
file is next archived, the existing vmware-1.log
file is renamed vmware-2.log
.
Virtual machine logs can be reconfigured to archive at different intervals, with different names, in different volumes, or when the log reaches a specific size. For more information, see Log rotation and logging options for vmware.log (8182749)
To identify the location of vmware.log files:
For troubleshooting information, see Troubleshooting a virtual machine that has stopped responding (1007819).