From time to time we all need to look at logs, whether its a failed operation or to trace who did what when. In VMware Cloud Foundation there are many different logs, each one serving a different purpose. Its not always clear which log you should look at for each operation so here is a useful reference table.

Log Type	VM Location	log Location
BringUp	Cloud Builder	JSON Generator – /opt/vmware/sddc-support/cloud_admin_tools/logs/JsonGenerator.log Platform Audit – /opt/vmware/sddc-support/cloud_admin_tools/logs/PlatformAudit.log
Bringup – /var/log/vmware/vcf/bringup/vcf-bringup-debug.log
Licensing	SDDC Manager	/var/log/vmware/vcf/operationsmanager/operationsmanager.log
Network Pool	SDDC Manager	/var/log/vmware/vcf/commonsvcs/vcf-commonsvcs.log
Host Commission/Decommission	SDDC Manager	/var/log/vmware/vcf/operationsmanager/operationsmanager.log
VI (WLD domain)	SDDC Manager	/var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/domainmanager.log
vRLI	SDDC Manager	/var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/domainmanager.log
/var/log/vmware/vcf/commonsvcs/vcf-commonsvcs.log
vROPS	SDDC Manager	/var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/domainmanager.log
/var/log/vmware/vcf/commonsvcs/vcf-commonsvcs.log
vRA	SDDC Manager	/var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/domainmanager.log
/var/log/vmware/vcf/commonsvcs/vcf-commonsvcs.log
vRSLCM	SDDC Manager	/var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/domainmanager.log
/var/log/vmware/vcf/commonsvcs/vcf-commonsvcs.log
Upgrade: /var/log/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm.log
vRSLCM	/var/log/vrlcm/vmware_vrlcm.log
LCM	SDDC Manager	/var/log/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm.log
API Login	SDDC Manager	/var/log/vmware/vcf/commonsvcs/vcf-commonsvcs.log
SoS	SDDC Manager	/var/log/vmware/vcf/sddc-support/vcf-sos-svcs.log
Certificate Operations	SDDC Manager	/var/log/vmware/vcf/operationsmanager/operationsmanager.log