How to determine if a VMware VM is shutted down / rebooted / powered of / reset from the Web Console by examining the output of vmware.log file?

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Issue

  • VMware virtual machine shutted down or rebooted unexpectedly
  • There are no messages indicating shutdown or reboot initiated manually
  • How to determine if a VMware VM is shutted down / rebooted / powered of / reset from the Web Console by examining the output of vmware.log file?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • VMware ESXi

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