HCI Common Log Description (VT,VS and VN)
Common Log categories and descriptions are listed as below:
VT Directory
| Directory | Description |
|---|---|
| /sf/log/ | Logs will be retained for less than a month, with logs older than four days being compressed.![]() |
| cd /sf/log/today OR cd /sf/log/19 | Review the log for today’s date. |
| vi ./sfvt_vtpdaemon.log OR vi ./sfvt_vtpdaemon.log +36809 | Filtered out the keyword in Error Status logs. (PS: if the Error Status is too longer, may filtered out the Directory and line id. ![]() |
/sfvt_vtpdaemon.log is the directory of log occurred error.
36809 is the error line ocurred.
VS Directory
| Directory | Description |
|---|---|
| /sf/log/today/vs | VS main log directory. |
| /sf/log/today/vs/log/glusterfs | Related the storage services’ listing. Example: The important log: glusterd_glusterfs.log |
| /sf/log/today/vs/log/glusterfs/bricks | Related the disk bricks log and listing. |
| /sf/log/today/vs/scripts | VS scripts logs. |
VN Directory
| Module | Directory | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sdn Log | /sf/log/{date}/sfvt_sdnagentd.log | The log for the 17th is located at /sf/log/17/sfvt_sdnagentd.log. Logs older than three days will be compressed into a tar file, and only logs from the past month are retained. |
| /sf/log/{date}/sfvt_sdnctrld.log | The SDN controller services’ log contains information related to virtual network findings. | |
| dp Log | Before 5.8.5 version: /sf/log/{date}/sfvt_dataplane.fw.log After 5.8.5 version: /sf/log/sdn/dataplane.fw.out | Will transmit based on the log file size. The transmitted log file will have a timespan added to the filename. Different log versions will be distinguished directory accordingly. |
| /sf/log/sdn/networkd.out | The network services log will include monitoring records of interface up and down events. | |
| /sf/log/sdn/monitord.out | The Monitord service log records the North Research monitoring process. If a process is killed, a corresponding log entry will be generated. This makes it convenient to analyze other processes running outside the core when a process is terminated. |

