This article provides the default location of the VMware vSphere Web Client service log files in vSphere 5.x.

For vSphere Web Client 6.0, see Location of VMware vCenter Server 6.0 log files (2110014).

For vSphere 5.0, all the logs for the vSphere Web Client service are located at:

• Windows: C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere Web Client\DMServer\serviceability\
• Linux: /usr/lib/vmware-vsphere-client/server/serviceability/
  

For vSphere 5.1, all the logs for the vSphere Web Client service are located at:

• Windows: C:\ProgramData\VMware\vSphere Web Client\serviceability\
• Linux: /var/log/vmware/vsphere-client/serviceability/

For vSphere 5.5, all the logs for the vSphere Web Client service are located at:

• Windows: C:\ProgramData\VMware\vSphere Web Client\serviceability\
• Linux: /var/log/vmware/vsphere-client/

vSphere Web Client logs are grouped by component and purpose:

• logs\vsphere_client_virgo.log - The main vSphere Web Client log, consisting of all communication between underlying Flex endpoint connections, internal tasks and events
• logs\access\localhost_access_log. date.txt – Individual HTTP requests from the Web browser
• logs\virgo-server\log.log - Information about plug-in bundle communication
• eventlogs/eventlog.log – Time stamps of startup and shutdown of the vSphere Web Client service
• Additional log files:
  
  
  • C:\ProgramData\VMware\vSphere Web Client\Logs\vim-ngc-install.log – Consists of information about the installation of the vSphere Web Client including computer name, Operating System revision, the date of installation and the number of revisions that have been installed/upgraded on the system
  • C:\ProgramData\VMware\vSphere Web Client\Logs\wrapper.log – Provides information about the state of the Java runtime environment.