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Location of vCenter Server log files (1021804)

Last Updated: 9/28/2022Categories: InformationalTotal Views: 165022Language:
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Learn how VMware Skyline Advisor and Skyline Health Diagnostics work together to provide proactive intelligence and self-service log analysis.

Use Skyline Advisor to avoid issues before they occur across VCF, vSphere, vSAN, NSX, vROps & Horizon. Skyline Findings are based on top KBs, VMSAs/CVEs and design best practices.

Use Skyline Health Diagnostics to root cause vSphere & vSAN logs when an issue occurs. Skyline Health Diagnostic Findings are based on top KBs and VMSA/CVEs. You can use the Skyline Health Diagnostics tool in online or offline mode.

If you require additional help from technical support, please use Skyline Advisor to initiate a Log Assist to reduce time to upload logs. TSEs can also initiate logs to reduce effort.

Purpose

This article provides the default location of the vCenter Server logs.

Resolution

The vCenter Server logs are placed in a different directory on disk depending on vCenter Server version and the deployed platform: C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\logs

vCenter Server 6.x and higher versions on Windows server: C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\Logs\<Service Name>

vCenter Server Appliance 6.x: /var/log/vmware/<Service Name>

vCenter Server Appliance 6.x flash: /var/log/vmware/vsphere-client

vCenter Server Appliance 6.x HTML5:/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui

vCenter Server Appliance 7.0.x: /var/log/vmware/<Service Name>

vCenter Server logs are grouped by component and purpose:

vpxd.log: The main vCenter Server log, consisting of all vSphere Client and WebServices connections, internal tasks and events, and communication with the vCenter Server Agent (vpxa) on managed ESXi  hosts.

vpxd-profiler.log, profiler.log, and scoreboard.log: Profiled metrics for operations performed in vCenter Server. Used by the VPX Operational Dashboard (VOD) accessible at https://VCHostnameOrIPAddress/vod/index.html.

vpxd-alert.log: Non-fatal information logged about the vpxd process. (No longer present in 6.7/7.0.)

cim-diag.log and vws.log: Common Information Model monitoring information, including communication between vCenter Server and managed hosts' CIM interface.

drmdump\: Actions proposed and taken by VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), grouped by the DRS-enabled cluster managed by vCenter Server. These logs are compressed.

ls.log: Health reports for the Licensing Services extension, connectivity logs to vCenter Server.

vimtool.log: Dump of string used during the installation of vCenter Server with hashed information for DNS, username and output for JDBC creation.

stats.log: Provides information about the historical performance data collection from the ESXi hosts

sms.log: Health reports for the Storage Monitoring Service extension, connectivity logs to vCenter Server

eam.log: Health reports for the ESXi Agent Monitor extension, connectivity logs to vCenter Server.

catalina.date.log and localhost.date.log: Connectivity information and status of the VMware Webmanagement Services.

jointool.log: Health status of the VMwareVCMSDS service and individual ADAM database objects, internal tasks and events, and replication logs between linked-mode vCenter Servers.

Additional log files:

manager.date.log

host-manager.date.log

Note: As each log grows, it is rotated over a series of numbered component-nnn.log files. On some platforms, the rotated logs are compressed.

vCenter Server logs can be viewed from:

The vSphere Client connected to vCenter Server 6.0 and 6.5:

Click Home > Administration > System Logs.

Related Information

For related information, see the main article in this series, Location of log files for VMware products (1021806).

For translated versions of this article, see:

Español: Ubicación de los archivos de registro de vCenter Server (2035796)

Português: Localização dos arquivos de log do vCenter Server (2037283)

日本語: vCenter Server ログ ファイルの場所 (2078751)

简体中文: vCenter Server 日志文件的位置 (2075135)

Deutsch: Speicherort von vCenter Server-Protokolldateien (2146868)

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