5.1

Change the Size of Server Logs
If a server log regenerates multiple times a day, it becomes difficult to determine what causes problems. To
prevent this, you can change the default size of the server log. The default size of the server log is 5MB.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the following folder on the Orchestrator server system.
Option Action
If you installed Orchestrator with the
vCenter Server installer
Go to
install_directory \VMware\Infrastructure\Orchestrator\app-
server\server\vmo\conf.
If you installed the standalone
version of Orchestrator
Go to install_directory \VMware\Orchestrator\app-
server\server\vmo\conf.
2 Open the log4j.xml file in a text editor and locate the following code block:
<appender class="org.jboss.logging.appender.RollingFileAppender" name="FILE">
<errorHandler class="org.jboss.logging.util.OnlyOnceErrorHandler"/>
<param name="File" value="${jboss.server.home.dir}/log/server.log"/>
<param name="Append" value="true"/>
<!-- Rollover at 5MB and allow 4 rollover files -->
<param name="MaxFileSize" value="5120KB"/>
<param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="4"/>
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<!-- The default pattern: Date Priority [Category] Message\n -->
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ} %-5p [%c{1}] %m%n"/>
</layout>
</appender>
3 Change the following lines:
<param name="MaxFileSize" value="5120KB"/>
<param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="4"/>
The MaxFileSize parameter controls the size of the log file, and the MaxBackupIndex parameter controls
the number of files for the rollover.
NOTE Before you save the file, make sure it does not contain typos. If the file contains typos, the logs will
be lost.
The system reads this file dynamically. You do not need to reboot the server.
Export Orchestrator Log Files
Orchestrator provides a workflow that generates a ZIP archive of troubleshooting information containing
configuration, server, wrapper, and installation log files.
Prerequisites
Verify that you created the c:/orchestrator folder at the root of the Orchestrator server system or set write
access rights to another folder in which to store the generated ZIP archive. See “Set Server File System Access
for Workflows and JavaScript,” on page 86.
You must be logged in to the Orchestrator client as a member of the vCO admin group.
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