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Mohamed Sadhiqiin

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One of VM from a host got unexpected shutdown
I am unable to any logs or deatils from VMware

I need to know how to generate logs for detail Root cause analysis for paticular  incedent

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Avatar of Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)🇬🇧

have you checked

1. /var/logs/vmkernel.log
2. virtual machine logs in the VM folder
3. vCenter Server Tasks and Events ?
4. OS Event Logs ?

what were the circumstances, did you notice it shutdown ?

did it fail ?

what is the OS ?

was the OS shutdown expectedly or instructed to shutdown ?
Avatar of Mohamed SadhiqiinMohamed Sadhiqiin

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Thanks andrew I have found the logs

It was there under VMkernal logs

sorry for the late reply
Avatar of Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)🇬🇧

Do the logs state anything as to why your VM got powered off ?
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Avatar of Mohamed SadhiqiinMohamed Sadhiqiin

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Yes in deed  in VMsummary and VMkernal logs

in detailed

unexpected shutdown was happened of lack resource allocation it seems , it just rebooted it self
Avatar of Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)🇬🇧

That should not happen, unless you hardware is not certified, but that would cause a HOST reboot, not a VM reboot.
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