Esxi

The logs of a VMware ESXi host are not all that important, but out of curiosity I configured forwarding to a syslog server, and these are my notes Configuration steps This forwarding setup is meant for those who already have a syslog server prepared and can log in to VMware ESXi as root Configuring the syslog host Log in as an administrator in the VMware web interface Click Manage in the left column of the dashboard On the System tab in the right column, click Advanced settings Type syslog into the search box and apply the filter Select “Syslog.global.logHost” and click “Edit option” Specify the forwarding method and the syslog server to forward to as the new value, and save it Copy "udp://192.168.1.1:514" For multiple entries, "udp://192.168.1.1:514,tcp://192.168.1.2:1514" 7. Click Refresh [Read More]

On VMware ESXi, I tried to back up a guest OS inside the ESXi server to OVF from a client. VMware OVF Toolを利用してESXi 6.7からVMをエクスポート - redj’s blog (in Japanese) I used that detailed article as a reference. (Thanks) When I stopped the guest OS and tried the backup, an error occurred Copy # ofvtool vi://[username]:[password]@[ESXi IP or FQDN]/[inventory name] [output OVF name].ovf Error: Fault cause: vim.fault.InvalidState With backups on the older Vsphere you had to switch to maintenance mode, and the cause was that I had done exactly that. [Read More]