KNOWLEDGE

• Identify location of VirtualCenter related log files
  Read all about log files (also the ones created during install) here: http://www.vmwarewolf.com/
  • VMware Virtual Center Server
    The logfiles for VMware vCenter can be found in the directory:

  %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs

  on the vCenter server. There are a couple of files in this directory. The Profiler and Scoreboard are Apache related montoring tools listing processes and time required to complete them. The vpxd-#.log files are the actual vCenter Server log files. The log files rotate. A new file is created / overwritten when the service starts or when the file reaches 5 MB in size.
  • FLEXnet Licensing server
    The FLEXnet Licensing logs on the server it is installed on, usually the vCenter server, in the file:

  C:\WINDOWS\Temp\lmgrd.log

  • VMware vCenter Client
    Logging for the vCenter Client is done in the file:

  C:\Users\Matthijs\AppData\Local\VMware\vpx

  This is in my profile using Vista. The logfiles are, like on the vCenter server, followed by a number for log file rotation.
• Describe options for customizing VirtualCenter log behavior
  You can change the vCenter logging detail via the vCenter Client (described below). There are several logging details you can choose from, starting with none up to Trivia. This last option logs just about anything. 
• Describe options for customizing VI Client log behavior
  You can change some settings like the number of log files in the settingsfile on the client. Read below where to find the file..
• Explain default log file characteristics
  All log files hold at least the data-time and logging information part. Change is variable depending on the log file level.
• Understand log file collection methods
  You can look trough the log files manually or use 3th party tools to collect and analyse the logfiles.

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