Large vpxd-svcs-access.xxxxx file filling up /storage/log/ partition

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• /storage/log folder is reaching to its full capacity
• You will see vpxd-svcs-access.xxxx files size in GBs which is filling up the /storage/log partition

 

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 7.0.0
VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Resolution

Issue is fixed in VC 7.0.3 P07 and 8.0.0.1 P01

Workaround:

 

1. Modify /var/lib/vmware/vpxd-svcs/config/dataservice.properties

 

#TcServer Access Logging properties

dataservice.access.logging.enabled=true <---- Set to false

dataservice.access.logging.prefix=vpxd-svcs-access-

dataservice.access.logging.suffix=.log

dataservice.access.logging.pattern=%t %a %b %I %s "%{User-Agent}i" %r

dataservice.access.logging.rotatable=true

dataservice.access.logging.maxFiles=50

 

2. Restart vpxd-svcs using below command

 

# service-control --stop vpxd-svcs

# service-control --start vpxd-svcs