monitor vmotion - DRS

[VMLost]

is there a log location or someway that I can get an overview/history of what beens vmotioned/DRS?

[Troy_Clavell]

for a quick overview you can check the tasks&events tab or the DRS tab from the cluster level

or you can also look at

/var/log/vmware/hostd.log

[1ppInc]

Not sure if you wanted to make it easier on you going forward, but this is what I did.

I created an Informational Alarm that sends me an email and text message when something is vmotioned by DRS. I was tired of going through the logs to find what and when it was moving servers.

The two trigger event names I put in the definition are: "VM migrated" and "DRS VM migrated". Under action you can just set "once" on Normal->Warning.

[VMLost]

That's a smart move...but what did u set as the Trigger type?

[VMLost]

Sorry - I found the triggers ur talking abt

Thanks for a great tip...

[labdog]

What text would we search for in the log?

I tried the guest name, but I have a lot of "updating current heartbeatStatus:yellow (and green)" messages.

Thanks,

-dog

[PaulSvirin]

You can have a look at DRS monitoring via Powershell here: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/156192

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