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Logging GSX Server Events on Windows

GSX Server sends information about events that occur in the application to the Event Viewer on Windows hosts. Each event has a unique identifier to assist you in tracking various events with automation tools.

The types of events that are sent to the Event Viewer include:

Any changes to a virtual machine's power state. When a virtual machine is powered on or off, suspended or resumed, an entry is logged in the Event Viewer.

The addition or removal of virtual machines from the inventory.

The deletion of a virtual machine from the GSX Server system.

Any messages and warnings generated by GSX Server and the responses to these messages and warnings. Whenever GSX Server generates a message or a warning prompt to which the user must respond, the message or warning and the user's response are logged in the Event Viewer. A message or a warning is any dialog box that GSX Server generates in the application that is not a hint.

To access the Event Viewer, choose Start > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer. Select the Application log to view GSX Server events.

You can modify the information that gets logged for a particular machine or for all virtual machines. The two options you can modify include:

eventlog.win.message=FALSE — this setting prevents the logging of all dialog box and message events that appear in GSX Server.

eventlog.win.register=FALSE — this setting prevents the logging of power state change events and logging of when a virtual machine is added to or removed from the inventory.

To modify what gets logged for a virtual machine, add either or both of the options to the virtual machine's configuration (.vmx) file.

To modify what gets logged for all virtual machines on a host, add either or both of the options to the GSX Server config.ini file, located by default in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware GSX Server.

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