- Install the ESXi Dump Collector from the vCenter installation media
- Configure ESXi Dump Collector (link)
- Log into the host using SSH/Putty
- esxcli system coredump network get
- esxcli system coredump network set –interface-name vmk0 –server-ipv4 <ip address> –server-port 6500
- esxcli system coredump network set –enable true
- esxcli system coredump network get
- Force a linux kernel panic on the ESXi host (link)
- Log into the host using SSH/Putty
- Run vsish -e set /reliability/crashMe/Panic 1
- Navigate to the ESXi Dump Collector server, and validate that the “zdump” file is created. The default path is here: %PROGRAMDATA%\VMware\VMware ESXi Dump Collector\Data
- Copy the zdump file from the above directory to an ESXi host using WinSCP/FastSCP/etc
- Extract the zdump file (link)
- Run esxcfg-dumppart -L <zdump filename>
- View the contents of the extracted file (filename: vmkernel-log.1):
- The “vmkernel-log.1” file will contain specific information on why the host experienced a kernel panic. You can also use this link as a reference point for the error codes shown in the above log file
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