ESXi Troubleshooting

Find runing VM WWID: vm-support -x 
Restart Management agent = services.sh restart
ESX Version: vmware -v


Checking Logs
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tail -f /var/log/message
cat /var/log/messages | grep -i reservation
ls -tr /var/log/messages* | xargs grep -il reservation
cat /var/log/messages | grep -i power-on
/usr/sbin/vmdumper -l
cat /var/log/messages | grep -i abort
grep -ih scsi /var/log/messages | cut -c 50 | sort | uniq | sort -m
cat /var/log/messages | grep -ih vob
logger [m1]
$ sed -n '/m1/,/m2/p' /var/log/message
head -20 /var/log/message | tail -5 


Fail the volume / rescan
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esxcfg-advcfg -g /VMFS3/FailVolumeOpenIfAPD
esxcfg-advcfg -s 1 /VMFS3/FailVolumeOpenIfAPD
esxcfg-rescan vmhba2


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VMA
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vilogger
vifp
vifptarget
savesession.pl


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Find NIC driver version
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esxcfg-nics -l
ethtool -i vmnic10


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copy a word : double click
copy successive words: double click hold and drag
copy a line : triple click
copy sequence of lines: triple-click and drag
extend selection: middle click
rectangle selection: hold alt


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