Setting up serial logging for Linux/UNIX virtual machines
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This article provides steps to set up serial logging for Linux/UNIX virtual machines. Serial Logging helps to capture and redirect boot errors to a virtual serial port file for troubleshooting purposes.
You may want to set up serial logging if the kernel panic errors during the virtual machine boot process scroll too fast and you are unable to capture the errors.
After a boot failure, power on the virtual machine, log in to the host that manages the virtual machine, and navigate to the home directory. You should see a file named SerialOutput, which is the new Serial Logging log.