Chapter 6. Performing Basic Troubleshooting

This chapter covers the following subjects:

Performing Basic Troubleshooting for ESXi Hosts

Performing Basic vSphere Network Troubleshooting

Performing Basic vSphere Storage Troubleshooting

Performing Basic Troubleshooting for HA/DRS Clusters and vMotion/Storage vMotion

Troubleshooting is a process of isolating the components of a system from each other to systematically determine what works. That’s right, I said “what works” and not “what doesn’t work.” If you can determine what does work in a system and how “far” it does work, then you can determine the point at which it begins to not work.

Just as with any other product or service, many things can go wrong with vSphere if they are not configured ...

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