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/vlcm/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 |
