As you should know, the vSphere fat client (Windows-based) is going away. As such, you should be using the vSphere web client whenever possible. Unfortunately,…
Log Insight: Virtual Disk Size on Virtual Appliance
I have received some questions in regards to the virtual disk size on the Log Insight virtual appliance that I wanted to address. If you…
Log Insight: Enabling TLS for SMTP
If you configure SMTP on Log Insight with the STARTTLS option and send a test email you will receive the following error message: unable to…
Switching to the PVSCSI Controller
I recently was doing some performance tests and wanted to try out the VMware paravirtual SCSI controller (PVSCSI). The VM I was testing was running…
Automating the Configuration of Log Insight
Now that you know how to automate the deployment of Log Insight, you are probably wondering how to automate the configuration of Log Insight. Automating the…
Automating the Deployment of Log Insight
Log Insight ships as a virtual appliance. Given its single packaging model, automated deployment is easy thanks to the freely available OVF Tool. OVF Tool…
Log Insight: vSphere Integration
One of the great features of Log Insight is its tight integration with other VMware products. One of these integrations is with vSphere. I have…
Log Insight: Port Requirements
If you are in a secure environment where port requirements need to known, you may wonder what the port requirements are for Log Insight. While…
Top vBlog 2014 Voting Open!
As I am sure you heard, over the weekend voting for the Top vBlog 2014 opened! For those not familiar, the Top vBlog is a…
vCAC remote logging
I have been spending a lot of time working with vCAC logs files as of late and what I realized is that vCAC is made…