controlling the level of syslog logging level

[Itzikr]

With ESXi, after configuring syslog using vMA, when I open a local session directly on the ESXi host(using “unsupported” mode), the only option that appears in the /etc/syslog.conf file is:

loghost=syslog_server_ip

I can’t find an option to define the minimum logging level, like in ESX server “classic” (local6.notice and local6.warning), in ESXi everything is logged as “local4.info” including any errors.

Itzik

[lamw]

afaik, that is correct. It's either on/off and it'll allow you to log the following files:

e.g.

hostd.log  hostd.log.1  messages.log  messages.log.1  vmkernel.log  vmkernel.log.1  vmksummary.txt  vmkwarning.log  vmkwarning.log.1  vpxa.log  vpxa.log.1

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[DSTAVERT]

The best option is to use a syslog server with filtering capabilities. Syslog-ng works well and can be installed on vMA.