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This article provides the default location of the vCenter Server logs.
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-uivCenter 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.loghost-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.
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