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vCenter: Clearing out unwanted files. Can I remove these files?

I'm reacting to a /storage/log nearing 95% alert on our production vCenter server.

I'm in the /storage/log/vmware/vpostgres folder and this folder is showing as the biggest consumption of disk space. Am I able to remove the backup and log files in this folder or should I just walk away and leave this folder alone?

Here's the folder listing:

root@MyVC01 [ /storage/log/vmware/vpostgres ]# ls -l
total 14370708
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users         0 Sep  8 15:30 pg_archiver.log-0.stderr
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users         0 Apr  5 14:10 pg_archiver.log-0.stderr.1-2022050406.backup
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:20 pg_archiver.log-0.stderr.1.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:10 pg_archiver.log-0.stderr.2.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:00 pg_archiver.log-0.stderr.3.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 14:50 pg_archiver.log-0.stderr.4.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users         0 Sep  8 15:30 pg_archiver.log-0.stdout
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users         0 Apr  5 14:10 pg_archiver.log-0.stdout.1-2022051521.backup
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:20 pg_archiver.log-0.stdout.1.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:10 pg_archiver.log-0.stdout.2.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:00 pg_archiver.log-0.stdout.3.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 14:50 pg_archiver.log-0.stdout.4.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users         0 Sep  8 15:30 pg_archiver.log-1.stderr
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users         0 Apr  5 14:10 pg_archiver.log-1.stderr.1-2022051521.backup
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:20 pg_archiver.log-1.stderr.1.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:10 pg_archiver.log-1.stderr.2.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:00 pg_archiver.log-1.stderr.3.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 14:50 pg_archiver.log-1.stderr.4.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users         0 Sep  8 15:30 pg_archiver.log-1.stdout
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users         0 Apr  5 14:10 pg_archiver.log-1.stdout.1-2022051521.backup
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:20 pg_archiver.log-1.stdout.1.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:10 pg_archiver.log-1.stdout.2.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:00 pg_archiver.log-1.stdout.3.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 14:50 pg_archiver.log-1.stdout.4.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users         0 Sep  8 15:30 pg_archiver.log-2.stderr
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:20 pg_archiver.log-2.stderr.1.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:10 pg_archiver.log-2.stderr.2.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:00 pg_archiver.log-2.stderr.3.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 14:50 pg_archiver.log-2.stderr.4.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users         0 Sep  8 15:30 pg_archiver.log-2.stdout
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:20 pg_archiver.log-2.stdout.1.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:10 pg_archiver.log-2.stdout.2.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:00 pg_archiver.log-2.stdout.3.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 14:50 pg_archiver.log-2.stdout.4.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users         0 Sep  8 15:30 pg_archiver.log-3.stderr
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:20 pg_archiver.log-3.stderr.1.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:10 pg_archiver.log-3.stderr.2.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:00 pg_archiver.log-3.stderr.3.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 14:50 pg_archiver.log-3.stderr.4.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users         0 Sep  8 15:30 pg_archiver.log-3.stdout
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:20 pg_archiver.log-3.stdout.1.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:10 pg_archiver.log-3.stdout.2.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 15:00 pg_archiver.log-3.stdout.3.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        20 Sep  8 14:50 pg_archiver.log-3.stdout.4.gz
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users  10412671 Sep 12 11:50 pg_archiver.log.stderr
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users         0 Apr  5 14:10 pg_archiver.log.stderr.1-2022050909.backup
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users   6217572 Jul 27 12:00 pg_archiver.log.stderr.1-2022072712.backup
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users   6242559 Jul 27 19:00 pg_archiver.log.stderr.1-2022072719.backup
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users   6276869 Jul 28 04:00 pg_archiver.log.stderr.1-2022072804.backup
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users   6298036 Jul 28 10:00 pg_archiver.log.stderr.1-2022072810.backup
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users   6308709 Jul 28 13:00 pg_archiver.log.stderr.1-2022072813.backup
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users   6315918 Jul 28 15:00 pg_archiver.log.stderr.1-2022072815.backup
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users   6319567 Jul 28 16:00 pg_archiver.log.stderr.1-2022072816.backup
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-rw------- 1 vpostgres users   8029149 Aug 17 10:00 pg_archiver.log.stderr.1-2022081710.backup
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-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 865553191 Aug 18 10:00 postgresql-17.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 853456279 Aug 19 10:00 postgresql-18.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 857051136 Aug 20 10:00 postgresql-19.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 290791424 Aug 21 10:00 postgresql-20.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users  95694848 Aug 22 10:00 postgresql-21.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 652624482 Aug 23 10:00 postgresql-22.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 857502666 Aug 24 10:00 postgresql-23.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 859878950 Aug 25 10:00 postgresql-24.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 855585913 Aug 26 10:00 postgresql-25.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 851939210 Aug 27 10:00 postgresql-26.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 844110410 Aug 28 10:00 postgresql-27.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 855634333 Aug 29 10:00 postgresql-28.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 844857295 Aug 30 10:00 postgresql-29.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 821948131 Aug 31 10:00 postgresql-30.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 830409784 Sep  1 10:00 postgresql-31.log
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users      4096 Jun  2 04:18 serverlog-0.stderr
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        41 May  4 15:27 serverlog-0.stdout
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users       444 May  4 15:24 serverlog-1.stderr
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        41 May  4 15:24 serverlog-1.stdout
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users      8192 May  4 10:00 serverlog-2.stderr
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        41 Oct 12  2021 serverlog-2.stdout
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users       445 Oct 12  2021 serverlog-3.stderr
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        42 Oct 12  2021 serverlog-3.stdout
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users       442 Jun 22  2021 serverlog-4.stderr
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        41 Jun 22  2021 serverlog-4.stdout
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users      4096 Sep  8 11:29 serverlog.stderr
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users        41 Jun 17 18:38 serverlog.stdout
root@MyVC01 [ /storage/log/vmware/vpostgres ]# rm cd ..

 

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pmichelli
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The only logs I would ever clean manually are the ones found in the /storage partition. If you have Skyline Health enabled, it will start to complain once this volume hits 70% full.  Here are 2 one liners you can use to safely delete these files.  I do this once every 2-3 months

 

find /storage/log/vmware/ -mtime +1 -type f -name "localhost_access*" | while read file; do rm "$file" ; done
find /storage/log/vmware/ -mtime +1 -type f -name "catalina*log" | while read file; do rm "$file" ; done

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pmichelli
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The only logs I would ever clean manually are the ones found in the /storage partition. If you have Skyline Health enabled, it will start to complain once this volume hits 70% full.  Here are 2 one liners you can use to safely delete these files.  I do this once every 2-3 months

 

find /storage/log/vmware/ -mtime +1 -type f -name "localhost_access*" | while read file; do rm "$file" ; done
find /storage/log/vmware/ -mtime +1 -type f -name "catalina*log" | while read file; do rm "$file" ; done