Logfiles used in vSphere Storage troubleshooting
Logfiles have long been the norm for providing us with a wealth of information as to what is occurring inside any system. The same holds true with vSphere and ESXi. In fact, vSphere has quite a few logfiles that it uses to report on almost every single event that occurs within our environment. This is the main reason why the first thing that is asked to any customer during a support call is to send the logfile bundle for further analysis. Whether it is the ESXi host, vCenter Server, or the virtual machine itself, each has its own set of logfiles stored in different locations.
ESXi logging
ESXi has a very robust logging system with a number of different logfiles. Each one provides a unique and organized way of logging different events that occur. For instance, shell authentication events go to the auth log, patch and update events will go to the esxupdate log, and so on. The following table shows a full list of all the logs contained in an ESXi...
