VMware Event Log

VMware Event Log returns an aggregate view of vCenter managed logging. You can determine which categories of event messages to collect when you enable Virtual Monitoring event listeners for each vCenter server device.

Each log message record contains the following data columns:

Date. Date and time for the event message. (Relative to the time configured for the hypervisor.)
Device. Device hostname, IP address, or custom label. This is the device where the event occurred.
DataCenter. Name of the data center if event is specific to a data center.
Host. Name of the host if event is specific to a host.
VirtualMachine. Name of the virtual machine if event is specific to a virtual machine.
User. VMWare user name associated with the event (applicable when event is the result of user action).

Fetch and filter log data

Choose device. Choose one or more host devices.

Choose time constraints. Choose specific windows for log data, or choose Last Polled for the latest.

Filter and reduce by row and by column. Select rows based on specific column values, remove columns, and remove noise and chaff from the table.

Note: VMware Event Log only returns log messages for hosts that have the appropriate Virtual Monitoring listeners and event collection enabled. For more details, see Enable Virtual Monitoring Event Listeners.

Tip: Date-time stamp for VMware Event Log log messages are relative to time settings configured for the vCenter/hypervisor.

Email, export, and save as PDF

VMware Event Log event data can be exported, reused, and distributed.

Email. Email log data.
PDF. Save grid and chart views as PDF.
Export. Export VMware Event Log data and leverage outside of WhatsUp Gold.

Control	Purpose
Device	Browse and choose a single device.
Device Group	Choose an existing group of one or more devices. You can also create custom or dynamic groups.

Control	Purpose
Date Range	Choose or define an overall date range.
Business hours	Focus on specific days of the week and periods within each day. Reveal trends that are sensitive to business hours, time zones, and other periodic attributes in the observed data.

Control	Purpose
Sort.	Sort column in ascending or descending order.
Columns.	Pick the columns you want to view. Click a check box to display the column. Clear the check box to hide it.
Group by this field.	Group table into collapsible rows wherever the current column contains identical data ("field") values.
Filters.	Provide a keyword and use wildcards to view only rows that contain the keyword for the selected column or view. Most column and log view filters provide the following wildcard matching: Match either zero characters or any one character ('?'). Example: `198.51.100.2?` (Matches tokens with IP address ending with 2, or 20-29.) Match either zero, any one, or many characters (*''*). Example:* `Stop` (Matches log strings containing Stop, Stopped, Stopping*, and so on.)

VMware Event Log

Fetch and filter log data

Choose time constraints for data view

Filter tables rows and hide and select columns

Email, export, and save as PDF