Now that you know about the new RBAC feature available in Log Insight 2.5, I would like to walk you through an example on how…
Log Insight 2.5: Role-Based Access Control
Log Insight has always been able to handle all the events within your environment, but now that it has Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) you can…
ESXi Remote Syslog – It's All or Nothing
I frequently get questions around how to forward only certain log files from ESXi or how to collect a log file that is missing. I…
Log Insight: Testing Integrated Load Balancer Failover
I received a question recently on how to test if the Integrated Load Balancer (ILB) master goes down that another node actually takes over the VIP…
Log Insight: li_rexec
One of the great things about Log Insight is that you do not need a CLI to use it. If you do decide to use…
Log Insight 2.5: Hosts Overview Table
As you start logging more and more of your environment to Log Insight, it becomes important to understand what devices have been seen. The two…
How to Bring a Down vR Ops Adapter Object Up
I ran into an issue with my vRealize Operations (vR Ops) 6.0 instance recently. I had integrated Log Insight (LI) 2.5 with it and was…
3 Reasons Why You Should Integrate Log Insight with vRealize Operations
In my last post, I demonstrated how easy it is to integrate Log Insight (LI) with vRealize Operations (vR Ops). In this post, I will…
How to Integrate Log Insight with vRealize Operations
I realized I have never covered vRealize Operations (vR Ops) integration for Log Insight (LI)! This integration is extremely powerful and worth digging into in…
Log Insight Agent: Detecting Directories and Files
The Log Insight agent can be configured to monitor log files within specific directories. It is important to understand how and when the agent detects…