This post takes a look at some of the monitoring and alerting options available for VxRail administrators, including native, on-premises, and off-premises Software as a Service options.
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Configure VxRail Manager syslog for vRealize Log Insight
This is a short post to explain how to configure syslog forwarding from VxRail Manager to vRealize Log Insight.
Continue readingUsing VxRail with VCF and vRealize Suite
This is a short post highlighting how some of the vRealize Suite products interact with VxRail, how they connect, and what kind of information is provided by each specific to the VxRail itself.
Continue readingDeploying VCF on VxRail – Understanding What does What
Published Aug 19th 2019
This post is a result of me wanting to understand the various install-tools, steps, and processes involved in deploying VCF on VxRail.
Continue readingExpanding Log Insight on VxRail for High Availability
Published 11th July 2019
A standard VxRail deployment provides the ability to deploy a VMware vRealize Log Insight appliance in Standalone Mode. In order to provide high availability for this Log Insight instance, the single vRLI appliance should be expanded to a 3-node vRLI cluster.
Continue readingForward Avamar Proxy log files to Log Insight
This post covers how to configure integration between Avamar Proxy Servers and VMware Log Insight.
Continue readingForward Avamar log files to VMware Log Insight
This post covers how to forward the log files for DellEMC Avamar Server to VMware Log Insight.
Continue readingUsing VVD on VxRail as CMP-only
VMware Validated Design (VVD) VxRail for the Software Defined DataCenter (SDDC) is a prescriptive architecture whose value customers easily recognize and appreciate, but in some cases may also need to deviate-from based on their own requirements. One such use case is where existing VxBlock customers want to leverage VVD on VxRail but also want to retain their existing infrastructure.
Continue readingvRO Content Pack for vRealize Log Insight
Among the many Content Packs available for Log Insight on the VMware Marketplace is the latest vRO Content Pack. This is a quick overview of the vRealize Orchestrator Content Pack for vRealize Log Insight.
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