Collecting performance data for ESXi hosts using the vSphere Client
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Collecting performance data for ESXi hosts using the vSphere Client

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Article ID: 326275

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi VMware vSphere ESXi 5.x - View VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0 VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information on collecting performance data for ESXi 5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x


Resolution

To collect performance snapshots using the vSphere Flex Client (Flash-based) or the vSphere HTML5 Client in vSphere 6.5/6.7/7.x/8.x.

  1. Open the vSphere Client to login to vCenter Server
  2. Open the "Hosts and Clusters" View
  3. Search the ESXi in the inventory, for which you want to collect performance snapshots, and right-click on it to open the context menu
  4. In the context menu, click on "Export System Logs..."
  5. In the wizard being shown, enable the option "Gather performance data", but do not alter any of the settings in the list on top of the window
  6. Depending on your requirements, you can either change the duration and interval values, or you can just keep the default settings
  7. To finish the the export, click on "Export logs"

 

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