I really could have done with this information when i had An error occurred during configuration of the HA Agent on the host rather than having to trawl through loads of discussions on the VMware Communities.
There are now two really useful documents which can be found at the VIOPS website, one is called ESX 3 Server Log Map and the other is VirtualCentre 2 Logs. These documents contain all the information you need to know about VMware ESX 3.* and vCenter 2.* log files and their locations.
HyperVisor Logs
Management Logs
Console OS (COS) Logs
More in-depth details about each logfile is available in the VIOPS documentation.
Eric Gray from the VCritical Blog has also pointed me to a great presentation that he presented at VMworld 2006. Its titled vCenter 2 Diagnostics and contains lots of in-depth information and tips about Log collecting and ways to anaylize them.
You can download the presntation here or from the VMworld Website.
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Nice summary. You may also be interested in the VMworld 2006 session that I delivered on VC diagnostics: http://www.vmworld.com/docs/DOC-1892
Thanks Eric, i've updated my post and added in your presentation, i'm pretty sure im going to be using that information at some point in the future.
Are you presenting at VMworld this year? I'm hoping to try and get over, it will be my first VMworld.
Simon
I might be presenting this year... only time will tell. :-)