Using DiagnosticManager
The vSphere API provides access to the DiagnosticManager, the service interface for obtaining information from the log files and for generating diagnostic bundles. The logs are populated based on configuration settings, such as info, trivia, and so on.
The DiagnosticManager is a managed object that works service-wide, rather than on a per-session basis. The DiagnosticManager has no properties, but provides operations for these tasks:
- Obtaining information about the logs and how they have been defined.
- Generating a diagnostic bundle that can be sent to VMware support for analysis.
DiagnosticManager Managed Object and Associated Data Objects shows a UML class diagram for DiagnosticManager, which is available on ESXi and vCenter Server systems.
As shown in DiagnosticManager Managed Object and Associated Data Objects, DiagnosticManager supports these methods:
- BrowseDiagnosticLog
- GenerateLogBundleTask
- QueryDescriptions
The DiagnosticManagerLogDescriptor.creator property contains the creator of the log, which is the system or subsystem that controls a specific log.
The creator value is populated from the DiagnosticManagerLogCreator enumeration. The following table lists all string values currently available from the DiagnosticManagerLogCreator enumeration that can populate the creator property of the DiagnosticManagerLogDescriptor data object.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| hostd | Host daemon |
| install | Installation |
| recordLog | System record log |
| serverd | Host server agent |
| vpxa | vCenter agent |
| vpxClient | vSphere Client |
| vpxd | vCenter service |
| Creator | File Name | Format | Info.label | Info.summary | Key | Mime Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hostd | /var/log/vmware/hostd.log | plain | ESX Log | ESX log in plain format | hostd | text/plain |
| hostd | /var/log/messages | plain | ESX Log | ESX log in plain format | messages | text/plain |
| hostd | /var/log/vmkernel | plain | ESX Log | ESX log in plain format | vmkernel | text/plain |
| hostd | /var/log/vmksummary.txt | plain | ESX Log | ESX log in plain format | vmksummary | text/plain |
| hostd | /var/log/vmkwarning | plain | ESX Log | ESX log in plain format | vmkwarning | text/plain |
| vpxa | /var/log/vmware/vpx/vpxa.log | plain | vCenter Agent Log | vCenter agent log in plain format | vpxa | text/plain |