How to validate the Custom Attributes creation and deletion from logs.

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Information on validating the Custom Attributes creation and deletion from logs.

After creating or deleting a custom attributes, changes seems to get reverted.

Environment

VMware vSphere 6.x
VMware vSphere 7.x
VMware vSphere 8.x

Resolution

Logs for creating a custom attribute:

journalctl:

MONTH XX XX:XX:XX VC_FQDN vpxd[8180]: Event [2594170] [1-1] [XXXX-XX-XXT08:59:39.460023Z] [vim.event.CustomFieldDefAddedEvent] [info] [VSPHERE.LOCAL\Administrator] [] [2594170] [Created new custom field definition testcustom]

vpxd.log:

XXXX-XX-XXT08:59:39.456Z info vpxd[09425] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=mha6c811-58707-auto-19as-h5:70007458-40] [VpxLRO] -- BEGIN lro-2521830 -- CustomFieldsManager -- vim.CustomFieldsManager.addFieldDefinition -- 5268dd6f-b60b-8bfc-e758-1238d229192e(52a0faee-55fb-199f-9f22-593304b29cf4)
XXXX-XX-XXT08:59:39.460Z info vpxd[09425] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=mha6c811-58707-auto-19as-h5:70007458-40] [VpxLRO] -- FINISH lro-2521830

Logs for deleting a custom attribute:

journalctl:

MONTH XX XX:XX:XX VC_FQDN vpxd[8180]: Event [2594196] [1-1] [XXXX-XX-XXT09:02:26.294317Z] [vim.event.CustomFieldDefRemovedEvent] [info] [VSPHERE.LOCAL\Administrator] [] [2594196] [Removed field definition testcustom]

vpxd.log:

XXXX-XX-XXT09:02:26.294Z info vpxd[09432] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=mha6c811-58759-auto-19c8-h5:70007470-f8] [VpxLRO] -- BEGIN lro-2522117 -- CustomFieldsManager -- vim.CustomFieldsManager.removeFieldDefinition -- 5268dd6f-b60b-8bfc-e758-1238d229192e(52a0faee-55fb-199f-9f22-593304b29cf4)
XXXX-XX-XXT09:02:26.299Z info vpxd[09432] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=mha6c811-58759-auto-19c8-h5:70007470-f8] [VpxLRO] -- FINISH lro-2522117