Log Insight 3.0: Content Pack Enhancements
As mentioned in my last post, Log Insight 3.0 features agent groups. Agent groups are powerful, because they allow server-side configuration management of agent configuration.…
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Log Insight: Server vs. Forwarder
Based on some recent Log Insight conversations, I realized there is some confusion around what the difference is between a Log Insight server and a…
vRealize Hyperic: Deployment and Configuration Part 1/2
I recently had the opportunity to play with vRealize Hyperic and thought I would put together some tips based on my experiences. This was my first…
Log Insight: Ingestion API versus Syslog Protocol Part 1/2
As you know, Log Insight introduced an ingestion API with the 2.0 release. This ingestion API can be used by anyone, but is leveraged by…
Log Insight 2.5: Backup and Recovery Part 2/3
In my first post about Log Insight 2.5 backup and recovery, I talked about deployment types, backup considerations and architecture of the different Log Insight…
Log Insight 2.5: Backup and Recovery Part 1/3
A question that comes up from time-to-time is how do you backup and restore Log Insight? I would like to cover backup and recovery over…
Log Insight 2.0 Configuration Minimums
In addition to configuration maximums, it is important to understand configuration minimums. Again, most of this information is in the official documentation, but is not…
Log Insight Configuration Maximums
I have received many requests for Log Insight configuration maximums. While most of the relevant information is available in the official documentation, there is no…
Log Insight 2.0 Beta Released!
Less than three months since the announcement of Log Insight 1.5 GA and VMware has announced Log Insight 2.0 Beta. With the beta comes a…
Generating Syslog Configurations with syslogify
As of late, I have needed to generate syslog configurations to monitors log files multiple times. A great example would be generating the syslog configurations…