Wireshark-users: [Wireshark-users] VM Switches
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From: Bill Baltas <wbaltas@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:33:00 -0700 (PDT)
We have not figured out how to span a port on a vm switch.  I don't believe it's possible.  To get around this, we have installed Wireshark on the virtual servers in the VMware environment.  When a packet capture is needed, we run Wireshark on the server.

Good Luck
Bill Baltas

> Hi,
>
> We have a VM server that uses vm switches for communication between the
> VM?s. Can WireShark or tshark monitor communication on a VM switch
> between the different servers that reside on the same physical host? So
> application server on VM1 on host A talks to Database on VM2 on host A
> through a VM switch. We?d like to have WireShark monitor this communication.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> *Al Aghili***
>