Enable and Disable Section Logs in Manager Mode

Enabling logs for section rules records information on packets for all of the rules in a section. Depending on the number of rules in a section, a typical firewall section will generate large amounts of log information and can affect performance.

Logs are stored in the /var/log/dfwpktlogs.log file on ESXi hosts.

Prerequisites

Verify that Manager mode is selected in the NSX Manager user interface. See NSX Manager. If you do not see the Policy and Manager mode buttons, see Configure the User Interface Settings.

Procedure

1. Select Security > Distributed Firewall.
2. Click the General tab for L3 rules or the Ethernet tab for L2 rules.
3. Click the menu icon in the first column of the section and select Enable Logs or Disable Logs.
4. Click Publish.