Displaying event logs for a single host
About this task
To display
the events, perform the following steps:
Steps
To access the Monitor tab, and open the System Event Log subtab, perform either of the following steps:
Option Description From OMIVV Perform the following steps in this option: - In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, in the Navigator pane, click Hosts.
- In the Objects tab, double-click a specific host for which you want to view SEL log.
From the Home page In the Home page, click Hosts and Clusters. In the Monitor tab, select .
The recent system log entries provide the 10 most recent system event log entries.To update the System Event Log, perform a global refresh.
To limit (filter) the number of event log entries, choose one of the following options:
- In the search filter text box, to dynamically filter the log entries, enter a text string.
- To clear the filter text box, click X and all the event log entries are displayed.
To clear all event log entries, click Clear Log.
A message is displayed stating that all log entries are deleted after they are cleared and you can select one of the following options:
- To agree to clear log entries, click Clear Log.
- To cancel, click Cancel.
To export the event log to a .CSV file, click
.
To browse to the location and save the system event log, click Save.