The tail command displays last 10 lines of a file and with the –f (follow) parameter you can see the data appended to it. So, if you want to see what is going on in the vmkernel of your ESX host:
- Login to you ESX host
- Type: #tail –f /var/log/vmkernel
- Watch for new events to appear
- If you want to terminate the process, press CTRL + C
Nice & simple 🙂
Cheers!
– Marek.Z
tail -f very useful command while troubleshooting the host.
It certainly is 😉