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Logs to delete in Windows VCenter server ?

Hi People,

Can anyone please suggest me which log files I can delete in the below directory from Windows VCenter 5.1 U1:

C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\SSOServer\logs
C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\tomcat\logs
C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs
C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Update Manager\Logs

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I need to clear up some disk space in physical server before upgrading it to VCenter 5.5 U3e.

Thanks,

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Albert Widjaja

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Ok, can I empty them all ?

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Albert Widjaja

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Great, I was afraid to kill my VCenter server if I empty those directory.

Is there any way to see which log settings to turn off perhaps ?

I have set the logging in vSphere console to just 1 I guess that only applies to the SQL database.

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Albert Widjaja

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Yes,

I have just increased the vRAM into 12 GB for this VM.

The Windows VM size for the C:\ is 40 GB and it is now 9 GB free.

D:\ is 40 GB free

Why VCenter appliance ?
I don't like it. I prefer Windows since I can still use my Windows VSphere client.

gheist

Windows vsphere client works just fine with VCA6

CEHJ

Please tell me what this has to do with Java ...

Albert Widjaja

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Because Vmware VCenter is running on Apache Tomcat.

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

vSphere Client (is now deprecated, and retired) and later versions of vSphere will no longer work with vSphere Client.

Also it was announced at VMworld 2015, in Barcelona, that vCenter Server for Windows, is now going to be depreciated, in favour of the Appliance, and later only the appliance will exist.

So get used to Web Client and Linux Appliance.

Anyway, this is all going off topic, I believe your question has been answered.

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