Enabling vMotion and Fault tolerance logging

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps to enable vMotion and Fault tolerance logging for an ESXi/ESX host.

Environment

• VMware vSphere ESXi
• VMware vCenter Server

Resolution

To enable vMotion and/or Fault tolerance logging using the vSphere Web Client:

1. Log into vCenter using the vSphere Web Client.
2. Select the ESXi host from the inventory in the Hosts and Clusters view.
3. In the right-hand panel, select Configure, then select Networking > VMkernel adapters
4. Select the VMkernel port to be used for vMotion and Fault Tolerance and click the Edit... icon:

       

1. If no VMkernel adapter created for this purpose, See the document mentioned here to create a VMkernel Adapter: Create a VMkernel Adapter on a vSphere Standard Switch
2. Under Enabled Services, select the Fault Tolerance Logging check box. Check the vMotion Traffic box as well, unless that is already configured on this or another VMkernel port. Click OK, steps to enable services on a VMkernel Adapter are mentioned here: Edit a VMkernel Adapter Configuration
3. Perform these steps on all other hosts as needed in the cluster.

 

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