vCD Log Files

Here is a list of inportant log files in vCD and a brief description. The can be found at /opt/vmware/cloud-director/logs

• yyyy-mm-dd.request.log - This shows all the HTTP requests that have come from the user interface or the API. Very useful to run tail -f on this file to see where connections for users are going to.
• cell.log - shows information for when the vCD cell is starting up. You can use tail -f on this file to watch the vCD cell start up, you will see the % progress. The cell can be started using command service vmware-vcd start, and stopped using command service vmware-vcd stop.
• vcloud-container-debug.log - Debug level messages
• vcloud-container-info.log - Information, warning and error messages for this vCD cell
• vmware-vcd-watchdog.log - Brief message showing the last time the cell was started
• diagnostics.log - Empty unless diagnostics logging is enabled in the local logging configuration

Unable to create routed organisation network

I've just had an issue at a customer when they were unable to create any Routed Organization Networks.

Direct and Internal only networks were created fine.

The error that was shown in vCD referred to vShield Manager, and error 401, unauthorized.

I'm unsure what caused the issue, although there were issues with the environment as the ESX boot LUNs had been disconnected.

It appeared that the credentials for vCD to authenticate to the vShield Manager have in someway been corrupted.

So, I connected to vCD, selected the properties of the the vCenter server from the Manage & monitor tab, and re-entered the administrator credentails for vShield Manager.