Depending on your role, you can monitor workflows and view activity logs.

Table 1. Monitoring and Log Display Options

Objective

Role

Menu Sequence and Description

Display information about actions that have occurred, such as the action type, date and time of the action, and so on.

IaaS administrator

Display default log information or control display content using column and filter options.

Select Infrastructure > Monitoring > Audit Log.

The audit log provides details about the status of managed virtual machines and activities performed on these machines during reconfiguration. The log includes information about machine provisioning, vCloud Networking and Security, reclamation, and reconfigure actions.

View the status of scheduled and available Distributed Execution Manager and other workflows.

IaaS administrator

Display workflow status and optionally open a specific workflow to display its details.

Select Infrastructure > Monitoring > DEM Status.

View and optionally export log data.

IaaS administrator

Display default log information or control display content using column and filter options.

Select Infrastructure > Monitoring > Log.

View the status and history of executed Distributed Execution Manager and other workflows.

IaaS administrator

Display workflow history and optionally open a specific workflow to display its execution details.

Select Infrastructure > Monitoring > Workflow History.

Display a list of events, including event type, time, user ID, and so on, and optionally display an event details page.

System administrator

View a list of events and their associated attributes, such as run time, event description, tenant name, target type and ID, and other characteristics.

Select Administration > Events > Event Logs.

Monitor the status of your requests and view request details.

Tenant administrator or business group manager

Display the status of requests that you are responsible for or own.

Click Requests.