Purpose
This article provides information about the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs\profiler-*.log file and C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs\scoreboard-*.log file of the VirtualCenter Server. Note: The Windows path for these files can also be %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs.
Resolution
These files are used with the VPX Operational Dashboard (VOD) and can be important in diagnosing VirtualCenter problems. There are 4 files in total: profiler-0.log profiler-1.log scoreboard-0.log scoreboard-1.log When an individual file reaches 200MB it rolls over to the next file. These files cannot be relocated to another directory. The combined total size of these files never exceeds 800 MB.
Related Information
You can access the VPX Operational Dashboard (VOD) via https://VC_hostname/vod/index.html.Note: The full path to the vpxd.cfg file in Windows 2008 is %ALLUSERPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter.For more information on vCenter Server logging, see Increasing vCenter Server and ESX logging levels (1004795).Increasing VMware vCenter Server and VMware ESX/ESXi logging levels
