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How to pull log vsphere logs using pyvmomi ?

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#521 opened on Oct 27, 2018

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Description

Can someone please give an example on how to pull the vsphere logs using pyvmomi api.

Below are the logs are I am trying to pull.

C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Temp\vminst.log or vim-vic-msi.log

C:\Users\user_name\Local Settings\AppData\Local\VMware\vpx\viclient-x.log

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Check the pyvmomi documentation for log retrieval and write a sample script that collects the specified log files using the API.
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