vCenter Log Browser

The vCenter Log Browser is a quick and easy way to look at vCenter server logs.

You can browse the following log data:

• Main vCenter diagnostic logs (vpxd).
• Storage management service logs (sms logs).
• vCenter web services logs (vws/tomcat/stat/cim-diag).

For this dashboard to work correctly, you must have vclog data set up to forward to the Splunk App for VMware. See Configure Splunk Add-on for VMware Metrics to collect vCenter Server log data in the Splunk Add-on for VMWare Metrics manual for detailed instructions.

Use the drop-down lists on the dashboard to filter your search results. The drop-down lists are explain in the table below.

Field	Description
Time range	The time range over which events are reported.
vCenter	A list of vCenter servers from which you are collecting syslog data. The default value is All.
Look for	Enter the term that you want to specifically search for in the logs.
Level	A logging level. This can be DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, or FATAL. The default is ERROR.

The following source types must be present for the data to populate the panels:

Panel	Source type
vpxd	vmware:vclog:vpxd
sms	vmware:vclog:sms
vws/tomcat/stat/cim-diag	vmware:vclog:vws or vmware:vclog:stats or vmware:vclog:cim-diag or vmware:vclog:vim-tomcat-shared or vmware:vclog:tomcat