Query Time between Two Events
Is there the ability in Log Insight 3.0 to query the time difference between two events?
View ArticleCan a friendly name be used in graphs rather than unique identifier?
I am creating graphs to monitor events and the best graph I can create shows the objects queried as their unique identifier numbers. I'd like the graph to display using friendly names for those unique...
View ArticleNot able to collect vCenter alarms/tasks/events
Hi I have a Log Insight 3.0 and vCenter Server 5.5 U2b environment set-up. I created a clone of Read-Only and added the following...
View ArticleCannot integrate Log Insight 3.0 (VRLI) and Operations Manager 6.2 (vROps)
Hello I am rolling out a new dev environment and am using the latest version of VRLI and VROPS (3.0 and 6.2). When I try to integrate in vRealize Log Insight Administration -> vRealize Operations,...
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LogInsight and vCenter with 2 Worker Nodes -- nothing logged
HelloI have configured vSphere integration and it's successfully sending data to Log Insight. When I add 2 Worker Nodes data stops flowing and "Last Received Event" in "Hosts" keeps going up. I tried...
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Log Insight integration with 3rd Party SIEMs
Has anyone set up Log Insight to integrate with a third party SIEM like QRadar so that your events from VMware go first to Log Insight then get forwarded to your SIEM? Any caveats with this?
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Log Insight service takes 50% of CPU
Hello, Is there any reason why the Log Insight service (liwinsvc) would always use at least 50% of the CPU? The machine is a VM (2 vCPU, 4Gb RAM), Windows 2008 R2, SharePoint 2010 and Log Insight agent...
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Log Insight Design
Hi, I'm about to deploy log insight for a customer across two datacentres and looking to see if what I am suggesting is supported and looks right: The customer has one vCenter managing about 10 hosts...
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Log Insight (v3.0.1) Linux Agent install on VCSA v6??
Documentation has conflicting information as to whether or not to install the Log Insight Linux Agent on a version 6U1 vCenter Appliance. Within Log Insight v3.0.1 the following statement indicates the...
View ArticleUpgrade path for LI cluster to 3.3 has conflicting information
In the release notes it is stated that using the Load Balancer IP Address is not supported for Upgrading from 3.0 to 3.3. It must be done from the master node's FQDN.VMware vRealize Log Insight 3.3...
View Articlerhttproxy logging level change
Hi everyone, I've been trialing out LI for our centralized logging and have seen a real benefit on how we can use data to inform our decisions. As I've been working through our vcenter logging...
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Log Insight 3.3's Log Insight Agent's Default Destination Hostname
Log Insight 3.3's Log Insight Agent's Default Destination Hostname gets set to "lol.eng.vmware.com" for me. On 3.0 it used to default to LOGINSIGHT. Is this intended? I find it a hassle as I now have...
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AD Integration Ports
Hi It says in the LI 3.3 releasenotes that: "Ports 389 TCP and UDP, 636 TCP, 3268 TCP, 3269 TCP, and 88 TCP and UDP need to be open from all nodes within a cluster for Active Directory integration." I...
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Log Insight 3.3 Agent Configuration
Hi Let's say I copy the Linux Content Pack Template to a new One called "Test" and add some filelog-locations. I then save the configuration for a group of hosts. Should these new elements from the...
View ArticleLog Insight 3.3 shows multiple host entries consuming licenses - can I clean...
Hi all, So I installed Log Insight 3.3 for vCenter and it helped me configure log forwarding. Everything works well except two things: Duplicate hosts (see below) consuming all my OSI licenses. Anyone...
View ArticleNew to Log Insight - Please advise
Good day, I am trying to figure out how to download Log Insight for vCenter Server (vs normal Log Insight). Are they the same download, or separate? Any help would be appreciated!
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Insight for vCenter Licensing Question
I have been evaluating Log Insights and recently upgraded from 3.0 to 3.3. Based on what I'm reading, I should be able to use my vCenter license to activate the installation. However, when I attempted...
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Email Alerts - Subject Field
When sending email alerts from log Insight , the following information is automatically added to the start of the Subject Field - [Log Insight] 3 new events found for alert: Followed by my the Name of...
View ArticleFile Handling of the Windows Agent
Hello, I have at the moment a Problem with the File Handling of the Windows Agent. My Situation is:I have a specific FileContent of the File is not appended, the first Line is overwritten Example:File...
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Log Insight - Admin needs "manage alerts" capabilities
Admin user logins to LogInsightThere is an error icon: The errors (on click) show up in popup windowProblem 1: When this popup window is closed – there is no way to find these errors in UI. Not so...
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