Using the Log
Settings
Use the OVF Tool’s log options if you are
not seeing the results you expect. The log options allow you to see the
operations of the OVF Tool, and send the results to the console or to a file.
Two of the most commonly used options are:
--X:logFile
and
--X:logLevel
.
- Use the--X:logFile=<filename>option to log the completeovftoolsession to a file
- Use the--X:logLevel=<level>option to control the verbosity of the logs
For example, you can use a command similar to this
to write the log in a file called
ovftool-log.txt
:
>
ovftool
--X:logFile=ovftool-log.txt --X:logLevel=verbose LAMP.ovf
vi://localhost/Datacenter/host/Cluster
The following table lists all of the log options.
Log Option
| Use option to:
|
--X:logFile=< filename >
| Log internal events to a
specified log file.
|
--X:logLevel=< level >
| Log level. Valid values
are:
none ,
quiet ,
panic ,
error ,
warning ,
info ,
verbose , and
trivia ).
|
--X:logToConsole
| Log internal events to
console
|
--X:logTransferHeaderData
| Add transfer header data
to the log. Use with care. Default value is
false |
The OVF Tool includes 22 other debug options, that
you can set to retrieve specific data. You can see all of the debug options and
their definitions by running
ovftool --help debug
.