'User [email protected] logged in as VMware-client/6.5.0' events on ESXi host

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• On the vSphere Client, when we navigate to ESXi -> Monitor -> Events tab, we see the below recurring event:
  User [email protected] logged in as VMware-client/6.5.0

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 7.x
VMware vCenter Server 8.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x

Cause

• From /var/run/log/hostd.log, for each event, we see a vSAN network refreshment task:
  
  YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ info hostd[2101655] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=#####] Accepted password for user dcui from 127.0.0.1
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ warning hostd[2101655] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc opID=#####] Refresh function is not configured.User data can't be added to scheduler.User name: dcui
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ info hostd[2101655] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=#####] Event 1082 : User [email protected] logged in as VMware-client/6.5.0
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ info hostd[2100121] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.TaskManager opID=##### user=dcui:vsanmgmtd] Task Created : haTask-ha-host-vim.host.NetworkSystem.refresh-######
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ info hostd[2101171] [Originator@6876 sub=Hostsvc.NetworkProvider opID=##### user=dcui:vsanmgmtd] Refreshing the entire network configuration...
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ info hostd[2100123] [Originator@6876 sub=Internalsvc.HostsvcManager opID=###### user=dcui:vsanmgmtd] Start refresh VSAN datastore in Hostd


• A local ESXi system service (vsanmgmtd here) logs into hostd using the dcui user.
• After the login, vsanmgmtd triggers a network refresh task (vim.host.NetworkSystem.refresh).

Resolution

• The logged events are informational and can be safely ignored.