Troubleshooting Md Vcenter Plug-In Issues; Application Server Logs; I Receive An Error When Attempting To Register The Vcenter Plug-In - Dell PowerVault MD3060e Installation And Configuration Manual

Troubleshooting MD vCenter Plug-in
Issues
This section describes how to open and read MD vCenter Plug-in log file, provides answers to some frequently
asked questions, and describes how to resolve some common problems you might encounter with the MD
vCenter Plug-in.

Application Server Logs

All procedures that are performed from the MD vCenter Plug-in are logged to the following file on the
application server:
C:\Program Files\Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Management
Plug-in\jetty\logs\
vCenter2-logx.y.csv
The file is archived every 24 hours and stored for 10 days, after which the file is overwritten. You can open the
file and view it in Notepad, CVSed, or a similar viewer.
NOTE: If the file is locked, you can create a copy of the file with a different name, then open the copied
file.
Figure 46. MD vCenter Plug-in Log view
These additional log files are also maintained in this directory, but these files are generally not in a user-
friendly format:
•
vCenter2debug-x.log.y
•
jetty-service.log
•
<date/time stamp>

I Receive an Error When Attempting to Register the vCenter Plug-in

If you receive an error when attempting to register the MD vCenter Plug-in at installation, check the following:
1
Verify the specified administrator user ID exists and has administrator privileges.
− debug log used by technical support
− Jetty service log used by technical support
− log of IP addresses for all Jetty service requests from clients
.request.log
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