disk Log vcenter is full

[JosePerez99]

Hello everyone, I have the problem that my vCenter, on the Log disk, is at 98%, could someone help me how to solve and lower this percentage please.

 

 

[aritri]

Hi, a good start is this KB article:

Troubleshooting vCenter Appliance /storage/log directory is 80% or more full (vmware.com)

 

[Andre Nordhuus]

Yes agree with JOsePerez99. Go to these directories
/storage/log/vmware/sso/tomcat/
/storage/log/vmware/eam/web/
/storage/log/vmware/lookupsvc/tomcat/

Then delete the catalina log files.

If you still are low on space the delete also these files

cd /var/log/vmware/vmware-sps
ls -lha sps-access*log
rm sps-access*log

[pmichelli]

Here are commands to do this in one shot.

find /storage/log/vmware/ -mtime +1 -type f -name "localhost_access*" | while read file; do rm "$file" ; done
find /storage/log/vmware/ -mtime +1 -type f -name "catalina*log" | while read file; do rm "$file" ; done

[pcgeek2009]

I actually ran into this while trying to upgrade my home lab last night. I used this article to clear the logs:

https://www.jeffreykusters.nl/2021/10/14/vcenter-server-update-failed/

root@vcenter [ /var/log/vmware/applmgmt ]# cd /storage/log/vmware/sso/tomcat/
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/sso/tomcat ]# ls -lha catalina*log
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/sso/tomcat ]# rm catalina*log
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/sso/tomcat ]# ls -lha localhost_access*
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/sso/tomcat ]# rm localhost_access*
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/sso/tomcat ]# cd /storage/log/vmware/eam/web/
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/eam/web ]# ls -lha catalina*log
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/eam/web ]# rm catalina*log
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/sso/web ]# ls -lha localhost_access*
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/eam/web ]# rm localhost_access*
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/eam/web ]# cd /storage/log/vmware/lookupsvc/tomcat/
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/lookupsvc/tomcat ]# ls -lha catalina*log
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/lookupsvc/tomcat ]# rm catalina*log
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/lookupsvc/tomcat ]# ls -lha localhost_access*
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/lookupsvc/tomcat ]# rm localhost_access*
root@vcenter [ /storage/log/vmware/lookupsvc/tomcat ]# cd /var/log/vmware/vmware-sps
root@vcenter [ /var/log/vmware/vmware-sps ]# ls -lha sps-access*log
root@vcenter [ /var/log/vmware/vmware-sps ]# rm sps-access*log