19.4. Host Log Files

Log File	Description
/var/log/messages	The log file used by `libvirt`. Use `journalctl` to view the log. You must be a member of the adm, systemd-journal, or wheel groups to view the log.
/var/log/vdsm/spm-lock.log	Log file detailing the host’s ability to obtain a lease on the Storage Pool Manager role. The log details when the host has acquired, released, renewed, or failed to renew the lease.
/var/log/vdsm/vdsm.log	Log file for VDSM, the Manager’s agent on the host(s).
*/tmp/ovirt-host-deploy-Date.log*	A host deployment log that is copied to the Manager as `/var/log/ovirt-engine/host-deploy/ovirt-Date-Host-Correlation_ID`.log after the host has been successfully deployed.
*/var/log/vdsm/import/import-UUID-Date.log*	Log file detailing virtual machine imports from a KVM host, a VMWare provider, or a RHEL 5 Xen host, including import failure information. UUID is the UUID of the virtual machine that was imported and Date is the date and time that the import began.
/var/log/vdsm/supervdsm.log	Logs VDSM tasks that were executed with superuser permissions.
/var/log/vdsm/upgrade.log	VDSM uses this log file during host upgrades to log configuration changes.
/var/log/vdsm/mom.log	Logs the activities of the VDSM’s memory overcommitment manager.