Category: VxRack SDDC

Where Are My VMware Cloud Foundation Logs?

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 TypeVM Locationlog Location
BringUpCloud 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

BringupSDDC Manager/var/log/vmware/vcf/bringup/vcf-bringup-debug.log
LicensingSDDC Manager/var/log/vmware/vcf/operationsmanager/operationsmanager.log
Network PoolSDDC Manager/var/log/vmware/vcf/commonsvcs/vcf-commonsvcs.log
Host Commission/DecommissionSDDC Manager/var/log/vmware/vcf/operationsmanager/operationsmanager.log
VI (WLD domain)SDDC Manager/var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/domainmanager.log
vRLISDDC Manager/var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/domainmanager.log
vROPSSDDC Manager/var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/domainmanager.log
vRASDDC Manager/var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/domainmanager.log
vRSLCM DeploymentSDDC Manager/var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager/domainmanager.log
vRSLCM OperationsvRSLCM/var/log/vrlcm/vmware_vrlcm.log
LCMSDDC Manager/var/log/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm.log
API LoginSDDC Manager/var/log/vmware/vcf/commonsvcs/vcf-commonsvcs.log
SoSSDDC Manager/var/log/vmware/vcf/sddc-support/vcf-sos-svcs.log
Certificate OperationsSDDC Manager/var/log/vmware/vcf/operationsmanager/operationsmanager.log

NSX IPSec VPN between datacenters (multi site/region)

I’m doing some lab work with my team at the moment and we were gifted some hardware to do some multi region validation. Both systems (a VxRack SDDC & a VxRail) are in 2 separate datacenters, and both are using private IP addressing that is not routable between datacenters. As part of the validation we need both systems to be able to communicate with each other, however we dont control the inter lab switching to put in place the necessary routes to enable this. Rather than go through a change control process with the keepers of that gate we decided to get creative and have some fun (and hopefully learn something!) by setting up an NSX IPSec VPN between the labs.

Disclaimer: There are many better ways to do this for a permanent lab setup (i.e. BGP to the core with routes) but this was done on borrowed kit that was never initially designed with inter lab routing as a requirement, with no direct control on the inter lab switches, and we would also like to put it back the way we found it so dont want to make sweeping architectural changes!

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