VMware VCP-410 Exam
o ESX/ESXi System Logs
Component Location
ESX Server 2.x Service log /var/log/vmware/vmware-serverd.log
ESX Server 3.x or ESX Service log /var/log/vmware/hostd.log
vSphere Client Agent log /var/log/vmware/vpx/vpxa.log
Virtual Machine Kernel Core file /root/vmkernel-core. and /root/vmkernel-log. present after rebooting 640 802 Dumps
Syslog log /var/log/messages
Service Console Availability report /var/log/vmkernel
VMkernel Messages /var/log/vmkernel
VMkernel Alerts & Availability report /var/log/vmkernel
VMkernel Warning /var/log/vmkwarning
Virtual Machine log file The same directory as the .vmx file for the VM.
o vSphere Client System Logs
Component Location
vSphere Client Installation log Temp directory on the vSphere Client machine. e.g.: C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp\vmmsi.log
vSphere Client Service log \vpx directory in the Application Data directory on the vSphere Client machine. e.g.:
C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data \vpx\viclientx.
log x(=0, 1, … 9)
o VMware Server System Logs
Component Operating System Location
VM Console log Windows Temp directory e.g.: C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings
\Temp\vmware–.log 640-802
Linux Temp directory e.g.: /tmp/vmware-/ui-.log
VM log Windows & Linux vmware.log Located in the same directory as the VM .vmx file.
VM Event log Windows C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Virtual Infrastructure\
vmserverdRoot\eventlog\vent- .vmx.log
Linux /var/log/vmware/event-.vmx.log
VM Conf file Windows .vmx Located in the folder where VMs are stored.
Linux .vmx Located in the folder where VMs are stored.
o All ESX/ESXi hosts run a syslog service (syslogd).
o ESXi hosts can use the vSphere Client or the vSphere CLI command vicfg-syslog
o Cannot use the vSphere Client or vicfg-syslog to configure syslog behavior for an ESX host. To configure syslog for an ESX host, you must
edit the /etc/syslog.conf file.
o Libraries – Central repositories for VM provisioning media e.g. VM templates, ISO images, floppy images, VMDK files, guest customization files.
o Guided Consolidation ports
Port Protocol Service Description MS Windows
135 TCP/UDP Loc-srv/epmap Microsoft DCE Locator service (End-point Mapper). DHCP, DNS & WINS Server
137 TCP/UDP Netbios-ns NetBIOS names service. WINS & DNS Server
138 TCP/UDP Netbios-dgm NetBIOS datagram
139 TCP/UDP Netbios-ssn NetBIOS Session Windows File and Printer sharing.
445 TCP/UDP DNS DNS Direct Hosting port. Active Directory
o Guided Consolidation can be installed together with vCenter Server, or can be installed on a separate host. For best performance, install
Guided Consolidation on a separate host. It includes the following services:
o vCenter Collector Service – Discovers domains and systems within domains. Collects performance data on those systems.
o vCenter Provider Service – Helper service to the Collector Service. Communicates with target systems and passes the data back. 640 802 braindumps
o vCenter Guided Consolidation – Coordinates all communication among Guided Consolidation components.
o You can analyze up to 100 systems simultaneously.
o The following formula is used to resize converted disks:
o amount of space used on physical disk * 1.25 = resultant virtual disk size
o Virtual disks are set to a size of 4GB or larger.
o Disconnecting a managed host does not remove it from vCenter Server; it temporarily suspends all monitoring activities performed by vCenter
Server.
o Deploying an OVF template is similar to deploying a VM from a template. However, you can deploy an OVF template from any local file system
accessible from the vSphere Client machine, or from a remote web server.
o OVF advantages:
o OVF files are compressed, allowing for faster downloads.
