VMWare ESX Log Level einstellen
Change the LogLevel on ESX Server
Why
Wen es nervt, das der ESX Server zu viele Infos in die Logfiles schreibt, die meistens vom hostd Prozess kommen, kann hier nachlesen, wie man den Log Level heruntersetzt.
Logfiles
The following are the configuration files for hostd and vpxa
/etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml /etc/vmware/vpxa.cfg /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg
Log Level
The level of logging can be changed to these listed levels for either hostd or vpxa:
none (Disable logging) error (Errors only) warning (Errors and warnings) info (Normal logging) verbose (Verbose) trivia (Extended verbose)
Hostd LogLevel
For hostd, find the "level" entry under the "log" area and enter the keyword for the level of logging desired.
<log> <directory>/var/log/vmware/</directory> <name>hostd</name> <outputToConsole>false</outputToConsole> <level>verbose</level> </log>
VXPA LogLevel
For vpxa, find the "log" area and insert an entry like the following specifying the log level desired if an entry has not been added at an earlier time; otherwise modify the entry as above. There is not a default entry currently in the installed version.
<level>trivia</level>
Logfile Size
The amount of data collected can be controlled by specifying the number of log files to keep and the size (in bytes) of those files. These entries can be added to either the hostd or vpxa configuration files in the "log" area, Modify the variables to desired magnitudes.
<maxFileNum>15</maxFileNum> <maxFileSize>10485760</maxFileSize>
Restart Services
ESX
Once the hostd configuration file has been modified, restart the hostd service with
service mgmt-vmware restart
or if the vpxa configuration file was modified, restart the vpxa service with
service vmware-vpxa restart
ESXi
You can restart the Management Service from the ESXi Console.