A few months back, I blogged about Log Insight GET configuration APIs. At the time, my goal was to provide a set of BASH functions…
Log Insight 4.0 Announced!
This morning, before the VMworld Barcelona General Session, Log Insight 4.0 was announced on the VMware Management blog! Sign up to be notified when the…
My VMworld EMEA 2016 Schedule
VMworld is coming up and I thought I would share my schedule! Sunday Pre-beer Party vRockstar Monday CMBU Party, 18.30 to 20.00 Nutanix Barcelona Night,…
Log Insight 3.6: Event Type User Alert
Log Insight has always featured user alerts. In Log Insight 3.6, a new threshold has been introduced: When a new event type is seen. Read…
Log Insight 3.6: Agent Common Configuration
The Log Insight agent is extremely powerful — for more information see this post — and recommended whether you are using the Log Insight server…
Log Insight 3.6: vSphere Content Pack
Like every release of Log Insight, the vSphere content pack — the only product content pack bundled out of the box — has been updated. Read…
Log Insight 3.6: Content Pack Upgrade Instructions
Log Insight content packs have always included setup instructions, but they have not included upgrade instructions. In Log Insight 3.6, upgrade instructions are now also…
VMware Products with the Log Insight Agent
I recently got back from VMworld US 2016 and one of the top asked questions was: Which VMware products come pre-installed with the Log Insight agent?…
Log Insight: Syslog Event Forwarder Prefix
The event forwarder feature of Log Insight is powerful for a variety of reasons (several covered in this post). When it comes to event forwarding…
Log Insight 3.6: Syslog Event Forwarder Tags
Log Insight has featured event forwarding since version 2.5. One thing missing was the ability to apply tags (i.e. metadata) to events forwarded over the…