Viewing Integrity VM Host and VM Logs

You can view the events logged by Integrity VM pertaining to the VM Host and all guests by selecting ViewIntegrity VM log for VM Host... from the VM Manager menu bar. This gives the same display that the hpvmstatus -e command would give when used at the Integrity VM CLI. The VM Host event log records all changes to configurations of the VM Host and to virtual machines on the VM Host, including information about commands issued and error messages.

You can view the events logged by Integrity VM pertaining to a selected virtual machine by selecting ViewIntegrity VM log for VM... from the VM Manager menu bar (if you are in a VM Host or Vswitch Properties view, a virtual machine must be selected). This gives the same display that the hpvmstatus -e -P vm-name command would give when used at the Integrity VM CLI (where vm-name is the name of the virtual machine). The event log records all changes to configurations of the virtual machine and information about commands issued and error messages.




	NOTE: With VM Manager running under HP SMH, to view the Integrity VM logs using either of these View menu items, you must be logged into HP SMH with either Operator or Administrator privileges. For more information, see the HP SMH documentation, available from the following website (click the Support and Documents link): http://www.hp.com/go/smh

Some reasons that you might want to view either log include the following:

To confirm a change that you made to a running virtual machine. This is especially useful when the VM Manager does not immediately display the changed data, such as modification of memory or the number of virtual CPUs for a running virtual machine. In such circumstances, VM Manager does not display the new data until the virtual machine is shut down or restarted.
To review an error message that resulted from an Integrity VM command run by VM Manager, or to view the actual command line that was run. VM Manager displays, or allows you to view this information, at the time of the action. This view allows you to review the information at a later time without having to access a log manually from the VM Host.
To view commands, logged information, and error messages obtained directly from the Integrity VM CLI and that might not have been recorded by VM Manager.
To view other information logged on the VM Host, such as the status of the virtual machine subsystem startup sequence (this information includes whether the virtual machine starts automatically when the Integrity VM Host starts or remains in the Off state until manually started).

Viewing Integrity VM Host and VM Logs

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