How to run vmware-vimdump utility on ESX hosts

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

• vmware-vimdump is a diagnostics and troubleshooting tool used on vSphere ESXi hosts which dumps information about objects like VM's, datastore, networks, etc and ESXi configuration. 

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi

Resolution

When running the vmware-vimdump command from the ESXi Shell or an SSH session, direct its output to a file and then examine the file for details.

 

1. Redirect the output of vmware-vimdump to a file.
   For example:
   

   vmware-vimdump -o /tmp/vimdump.txt

   
   
   
2. Review the content of the file with the help of following command:
   

   less /tmp/vimdump.txt

    

   Note: After reviewing the file, the file can be removed:
   

   rm /tmp/vimdump.txt