Identify Logs used to troubleshoot storage issues

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Logs

Located in var/log

Log

The logs you will want to look at for storage issues are likely to be

  • /var/log/vmkeventd.log

VMkernel deamon related log

  • /var/log/vmkernel.log

Generic NMP messages, iSCSI and fibre channel messages, driver, device discovery, storage and networking devices

  • /var/log/vpxa.log

vCenter Server vpxa agent logs, including communication with vCenter Server and the Host Management hostd agent

  • /var/log/hostd.log

Host management service logs, including virtual  machine and host Task and Events, communication with the vSphere Client  and vCenter Server vpxa agent, and SDK connections

  • /var/log/vmkwarning.log

Generic storage messages, like disconnects. A summary of Warning and Alert log messages excerpted from the VMkernel logs.

  • /var/log/storagerm

If SIOC is enabled then all the logs regarding that will be here

  • vCenter logs

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