As I covered in the past, Log can be licensed per OSI or CPU. If you are using OSI licensing for ESXi then you may…
Log Insight 4.0: vSphere Datastore ID to Name Aliasing
The Log Insight team takes customer experience seriously. As you know, there is a public community where you can submit and vote for features requests.…
Log Insight: ESXi Importer Manifest
In my last post, I explained how to convert Log Insight agent groups into importer manifests. This option works great if you have an agent…
Synology: Home Lab Architecture
In my home lab, I use Synology for my shared storage solution. In this post, I would like to talk about what Synology devices I…
Creating a Bootable USB from ISO with UNetbootin
I cannot remember the last time I burned a CD or DVD. I can remember the last time I attempted to create a bootable USB device…
vSphere 6.0 Syslog Gotchas
If you are upgrading or have upgraded to vSphere 6.0, you should be aware of a couple syslog gotchas. These will be especially important if…
Log Insight 2.5: RBAC Configuration Example
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…
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…
Handy vSphere Queries in Log Insight
In case you missed it, William Lam recently put up a couple of excellent posts on how to configure some important vCenter Server alarms. As it turns…
ESXi syslog – A general system error occurred: Internal error
A long time ago, I talked about an internal error message I received on ESXi. The workaround was to reboot the ESXi host, which is…