How to access VM logs from my system?

Question

Hey Guys,

I want to access Azure VM logs from my desktop or laptop. Is it Possible to access VM logs from any system? If possible then how? Please Help?

Thanks

Sudesh

Answer 1

Hi,
As the question is very general one, I will try to answer in a very general way. You can:

• Use Run command functionality to execute for example PowerShell commands (windows) or terminal commands (linux) to get logs
• You can RDP or SSH to your VM to and use whatever is available as tools on the machines to list logs
• You can use Azure Monitor Log Analytics (additional charge) to collect and store logs in Log Analytics via agent and view them via Kusto query language.

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Answer 2

Hey,

Straight from the VM website:

The VM Logs displays the actions related to the Guest machines.

Procedure

To access the VM logs, right-click on a Guest machine in the left pane, and then select one of these menu options-

View VM's log file list: Displays the list of log files for the selected Guest. To view an individual log, select the file name in the Select a File list. The log details are displayed in the File Contents pane.
View VM's vmware.log: Displays the event log for the selected Guest.
View VM's vmx: Displays the virtual machine configuration file for the selected Guest.

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