PowerEdge: How to generate a vSphere Tanzu Diagnostic Support Bundle and Log Locations

The vSphere Tanzu support bundle includes the following files:

• vCenter Server support bundle (vc-support)
• Support bundle for each control plane VM
• kube_instance_detail.txt file

Generating a vSphere Tanzu Support Bundle

1. Log in to the vSphere HTML5 client
2. Click Workload Management

3. On the Workload Management page, click Clusters
4. Select the radial dial next to the cluster that you are needing logs from
5. Click Export Logs

6. Choose where you would like them saved on your workstation and click OK

Log Locations Helpful for Troubleshooting vSphere Tanzu Issues

vCenter: 

/var/log/vmware/wcp/wcpsvc.log

Main vSphere Tanzu service log

Interfaces with the control plane VMs

/var/log/vmware/wcp/nsxd.log

Nsxd service used to interface with NSX-T Data Center

/var/log/vmware/content-library/cls.log

Content Library Service

Used with Harbor and Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) cluster deployments

ESXi:

/var/log/spherelet.log

Spherelet component log (logs API transactions from Kubernetes)

/var/log/hostd.log

ESXi hostd component log

Control Plane: 

/var/log/vmware-imc/configure-wcp.log

Initial configuration of the control plane VM

/var/log/vmware-imc/toolsDeployPkg.log

Customization of the control plane VM

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