Set log information value

[JimKnopf99]

Hi,

i have edit my syslog.conf to apply a external syslog server. But i know, with esxi4 it was not possible to limit the logfile only for capture error, debug or what else informaion. It is only possible to log anything.

Is it possible to change the logfile informaion in ESXi4.1? In ESX it is possible to change the settings so it can define if i want to only log the debug or error information.

Thanks for any information.

Frank

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[William Lam]

The straight forward answer is no, there are no supported configurations to ESXi's syslog to log specific events/etc.

Here is a blog post that I wrote that may help with this, but again it's most likely unsupported and if you plan on making any changes, be sure to talk to VMware support before doing so - http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2010/06/increase-syslog-count-in-esxi-using.html

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[pchadwic]

Per Lamw, there are no supported options, but I found the following (unsupported) way to change logging levels-

Logging levels for specific processes are stored in

hostd- /etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml

vpxa- /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg

Edit the file, and change the log level from

to the level you want.

none (Disable logging)

error (errors only)

warning (errors and warnings)

information (normal logging)

verbose (verbose)

Restart the services with

services.sh restart hostd

Save the changes with /sbin/auto-backup.sh

These steps stopped my syslog server from choking on the "verbose" logging esxi was spitting out.

now if I could only change the levels remotly, I could add them to the build script.

[Dave_Mishchenko]

The two files you mention are accessible with vifs for both get and put operations.- http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/esx_3i_rcli/vifs.php




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[JimKnopf99]

Thanks all for your hints.

I check the solutions you posted in my lab.

Frank

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