Collecting Database Logs

Troubleshooting your VMware Data Services Manager installation may involve generating logs for database VMs.

A database log bundle that you generate aggregates relevant logs on the database VM, enabling faster diagnosis when the service faces an issue.

A database log bundle is a gziped tar file, and has the following file name format:

<YYYY-MM-DD>-<HHMMSS>-dbbundle.tar.gz

Generating a Log Bundle

You generate a database log bundle to review database activities or to diagnose errors in a database.

Procedure

1. Select Databases from the left navigation pane.
   This action displays the Databases view, a table that lists the provisioned databases.
2. Examine the databases listed in the table, identify the database for which you want to generate a log bundle, and navigate to that table row.
3. Click the database Instance Name.
   The database information Summary tab displays.
4. Click the Logs tab.
   This action displays a table that lists generated service log bundles.
5. Click GENERATE LOG in the upper right corner of the view to trigger the generation of a service log bundle.

   VMware Data Services Manager initiates the task, generating an operation of type CLUSTER LOG GENERATION.

6. When the operation completes, the newly generated log bundle is added to the table.
   You can identify the bundle by its Generation Time.