Enabling trivia logging in VMware Update Manager

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information on enabling trivia (debug) logging for various components in VMware vCenter Update Manager.

Note: Enable trivia logging to further diagnose issues using extensive logging data.

Environment

VMware vCenter Update Manager 4.1.x

Resolution

The vci-integrity.xml, file located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Vmware\Infrastructure\Update Manager\, contains several components, each with its own logging level.

The components for which you may want to enable trivia logging are:

• ConfigurationMgr
• DownloadMgr
• InternalScheduledTasksMgr
• JobDispatcher
• ScheduledTaskMgr
• SessionMgr
• SingleHostRemediateTask
• SingleHostScanTask
• SingleRemediateTask
• UpdateMgr
• VcIntegrity
• VcTaskMonitor
• VciRemediateTask
• VciScanTask

To enable trivia logging for these components in VMware vCenter Update Manager:

1. Open the vci-integrity.xml file using a text editor.
2. Locate the component for which you want to enable trivia logging within the vci-integrity.xml file under the config and log sections.
3. Modify the <level> entry and set it to trivia.
   
   For example:
   
   Change:
   
   <level>verbose</level>
   
   To:
   
   <level>trivia</level>
   
   
4. Restart the VMware vCenter Update Manager service.

To set the number of files and size in MB, set these parameters between the <log> and <component> sections of the vci-integrity.xml file:

<log>
<level>verbose</level>
<maxFileNum>100</maxFileNum>
<name>vmware-vum-server</name>
<sizeInMB>150</sizeInMB>
<components>

Where maxFileNum is the maximum number of files, and sizeInMB is the maximum size.

Note: You must restart the VMware vCenter Update Manager service for the change to take effect.