Mastering vSphere 6.5 – ESXi Logs
April 8, 2018Troubleshooting VCSA Partition getting full
November 20, 2018Mastering vSphere 6.5 – vCenter Logs
In our previous post we discussed about the ESXi logs. Here we would be discussing about the vCenter Logs. The below list is the log structure of VCSA 6.5.
To know more about vCenter Log location, visit KB 1021804
| Logs | Service |
|---|---|
| /var/log/applmgmt | |
| backupRestoreAPI.log | VMware Appliance Management Service |
| dcui.log | |
| detwist.log | |
| firewall-reload.log | |
| front-desk.log | |
| monsvc.log | |
| multiserve.log | |
| progress.log | |
| server.log | |
| StatsMonitor.log | |
| tasks.log | |
| vami.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/applmgmt-audit | |
| applmgmt-audit-syslog.log | VMware Appliance Management Service |
| /var/log/vmware/cis-license | |
| license.log | VMware License Service |
| license-perf.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/cloudvm | |
| cloudvm-ram-size.log | CloudVM Services |
| install-parameter.log | |
| service-config.log | |
| service-control.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/cm | |
| ciscli.log | VMware Component Manager |
| cm.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/content-library | |
| cls.log | Content Library Service |
| cls-post-install.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/eam | |
| eam.log | VMware ESX Agent Manager |
| install.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/perfcharts | |
| stats.log | VMware Performance Charts |
| /var/log/vmware/psc-client | |
| psc-client.log | VMware Platform Services Controller Client |
| tcserver.pid | |
| /var/log/vmware/rbd | |
| autodeploy-register.log | VMware vSphere Auto Deploy Waiter |
| rbd-syslog.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/rhttpproxy | |
| rhttpproxy.log | VMware HTTP Reverse Proxy |
| /var/log/vmware/rsyslogd | |
| rsyslogd-syslog.log | vSphere Syslog Collector |
| /var/log/vmware/sca | |
| sca.log | VMware Service Control Agent |
| /var/log/vmware/sso | |
| lookupServer.log | VMware Lookup Service |
| vmware-identity-sts.log | Secure Token Server (STS) and VMware Identity Management Service |
| ssoAdminServer.log | |
| vmware-sts-idmd.log | |
| websso.log | |
| vmware-sts-idmd-perf.log | |
| openidconnect.log | Single Sign ON |
| vmware-identity-sts-perf.log | |
| vmware-rest-afd.log | |
| vmware-rest-idm-http.log | |
| vmware-rest-idm.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/sso/utils | |
| vmware-stsd.log | Secure Token Server (STS) |
| /var/log/vmware/syslog | |
| syslog.log | vSphere Syslog Collector |
| /var/log/vmware/vapi/endpoint | |
| endpoint.log | VMware vAPI Endpoint |
| vcentershim.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/vcha | |
| vcha.log | vCenter High Availability |
| /var/log/vmware/vmafd | |
| vdcpromo.log | VMware Endpoint Certificate Store (VECS) |
| vmafdd.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/vmafdd | |
| vmafdd-syslog.log | Authentication Framework (vmafdd) |
| /var/log/vmware/vmcad | |
| vmcad-syslog.log | VMWare Certificate Authority (VMCA) |
| /var/log/vmware/vmcam | |
| vmcamd.log | vSphere Authentication Proxy |
| /var/log/vmware/vmdir | |
| vdcsetupldu.log | VMware Directory Service |
| vmafdvmdirclient.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/vmdird | |
| vmdird-syslog.log | VMware Directory Service daemon |
| /var/log/vmware/vmdnsd | |
| vmdnsd-syslog.log | VMware Domain Name Service |
| /var/log/vmware/vmon | |
| event-publisher.log | VMware Service Lifecycle Manager |
| vmon-syslog.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/vmware-sps | |
| sps.log | VMware vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service |
| /var/log/vmware/vmware-updatemgr | |
| updatemgr-utility.log | VMware vSphere Update Manager |
| vmware-vci-vciInstallUtils-log4cpp.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/vpostgres | |
| pg_controldata_pre_start.txt | vFabric Postgres database service |
| postgresql-01.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/vpxd | |
| vpxd-alert.log | VMware vCenter Server |
| vpxd.log | |
| vpxd-profiler.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/vpxd-svcs | |
| authz-event.log | VPXD Service |
| startup-error.log | |
| vpxd-svcs.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/vsan-health | |
| vmware-vsan-health-service.log | VMware vSAN Health Service |
| /var/log/vmware/vsm | |
| vsm.log | VMware vService Manager |
| /var/log/vmware/vsphere-client/logs | |
| changelog.log | VMware vSphere Web Client |
| dataservice.log | |
| eventlog.log | |
| opId.log | |
| osgi.log | |
| performanceAudit.log | |
| plugin-medic.log | |
| threadmonitor.log | |
| vsphere-client-rpm.log | |
| vsphere_client_virgo.log | |
| vspheremessaging.log | |
| /var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs | |
| changelog.log | Vmware vSphere HTML5 Client |
| dataservice.log | |
| eventlog.log | |
| opId.log | |
| osgi.log | |
| performanceAudit.log | |
| plugin-medic.log | |
| threadmonitor.log | |
| vsphere_client_virgo.log | |
| vspheremessaging.log | |
| vsphere-ui-rpm.log | |
| /var/log/restore | |
| restore.log | Configuration Restore Logs |
| /var/log/firstboot | Firstboot logs |
Let me know if I had missed out any logs by dropping an comment in the comment session.
Also see: Mastering vSphere 6.5 – ESXi Logs
2 Comments
Very helpful list. Thank you. You’ve left off /var/log/vmware/sso/websso.log, which logs about vcenter web client logins. With which I’m currently doing battle…
Thank you! Very nice!