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Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Administration Guide

Retrieve logs from an VMware ESXi-based operating system

Use this task to retrieve the logs from a VMware ESXi-based PowerFlex node.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you have access to the following:
  • IP address of the node
  • Password for the root user

About this task

When the OS is started, the ESXi operating system logs are collected in the system-defined folders /var/log and /scratch/log/ on the local drive.

Steps

  1. Log in to the PowerFlex node.
  2. From ESXi, run the scp command to collect the ESXi operating system logs from the following folders on the local drive:
    • /var/log
    • /scratch/log/
    For additional data, see VMware KB article - VMware KB-653: Collecting diagnostic information for VMware ESX/ESXi.

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