Oracle VM Server – Log Files

Why You Need Log Files?

Log files are keys to resolving problems in any IT system, why?! You are unable to troubleshooting without having log files.

Any enterprise system must have logging system and logging is very important to IT administrators.

Log location is very important for IT administrators even very importantly.

Oracle VM Server log files locations are listed in the following table:

Log File Directory Description
xend.log /var/log/xen/ Contains a log of all the actions of the Oracle VM Server daemon. Actions are normal or error conditions. This log contains the same information as output using the xm log command.
xend-debug.log /var/log/xen/ Contains more detailed logs of the actions of the Oracle VM Server daemon.
xen-hotplug.log /var/log/xen/ Contains a log of hotplug events. Hotplug events are logged if a device or network script does not start up or become available.
qemu-dm.pid.log /var/log/xen/ Contains a log for each hardware virtualized guest. This log is created by the quemu-dm process. Use the ps command to find the pid (process identifier) and replace this in the file name.
ovs-agent.log /var/log/ Contains a log for Oracle VM Agent.
osc.log /var/log/ Contains a log for Oracle VM Storage Connect plug-ins.
ovm-consoled.log /var/log/ Contains a log for the Oracle VM virtual machine console.
ovmwatch.log /var/log/ Contains a log for the Oracle VM watch daemon.

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