ESXi
Fast packet interpretation on ESXi using pktcap-uw and named pipes
As a vSphere admin you are sometimes tasked with investigating network issues. You don’t always have VM access so you need to diagnose at the ESXi level. Now as some of you may know quickly gaining insight in VM network traffic by capturing it on the ESXi level is a rather complex task. The tool at your disposal for capturing VM traffic is called pktcap-uw and one of it’s biggest shortcomings is that it doesn’t interpret the packets.
