Users may find it challenging to monitor or track virtual machine (VM) snapshot operations in vCenter Server logs. Specifically, the VM names are not readily visible in some log entries related to snapshot creation and deletion.
- VMware vCenter Server 7.0 and later
- VMware vSphere environments where snapshot monitoring is required
vCenter Server uses different logging mechanisms for various operations. The vpxd (vCenter Server daemon) logs primarily use VM IDs for referencing virtual machines, which can make it difficult to identify specific VMs in snapshot operation logs. However, the journalctl logs provide more human-readable information, including VM names for snapshot operations.
To effectively monitor snapshot operations with VM names visible, follow these steps:
journalctl -b
- For more information on configuring syslog in vCenter Server, refer to the VMware documentation on Configure Streaming of Events to a Remote Syslog Server