We’re comfortable to announce that the VMware Cloud Director Availability Content material Pack for VMware Aria Operations for Logs 2.1 is now obtainable.
It helps the newest product variations and is aligned to the extra VMware Cloud Director Availability logs added in them.
Interoperability
This new model of the content material pack helps:
- VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.7 and later
- VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.10 and later
Set up
The content material pack will be downloaded from the VMware Market or straight put in by way of the Market menu in VMware Aria Operations for Logs UI > Content material Packs.
Improve
Should you already run an older model of the content material pack, you possibly can simply improve it to 2.1 by:
- Navigating to the VMware Operations for Logs UI > Content material Packs > Updates. You’ll be notified there’s an replace obtainable, and you’ll carry out it with a single click on.
- Instantly importing the brand new model from the VLCP file downloaded from the VMware Market. It would result in updating the prevailing one.
Log Assortment
There are two methods to gather log info from VMware Cloud Director Availability:
- By setting the Syslog configuration in Occasions and Notifications by way of the Administration Portal [Configuration steps]
- By putting in VMware Aria Operations for Logs brokers on all of the VMware Cloud Director Availability home equipment [Agent installation steps]
With the earlier variations, to make use of the dashboards, queries, and alerts that got here with the content material pack, it was required to take the Syslog method.
Now, with 2.1 and VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.7, each strategies for log assortment will be chosen with no distinction.
Word: Should you configure each on the similar time, this may result in duplicate information in VMware Aria Operations for Logs.
Agent Group Configuration
To use the agent group configuration on the VMware Cloud Director Availability digital equipment, please comply with these steps:
- Navigate to the VMware Aria Operations for Logs UI.
- Go to Administration > Brokers.
- Choose the All Brokers drop-down on the prime of the window.
- Click on the Copy Template button for the suitable VMware – VCDA agent group(s).
- Add the right filters to specify which agent ought to get the configuration.
- Click on Refresh on the prime of the web page.
- Click on Save Agent Group on the backside of the web page.
Focus
As an audit log was unavailable within the filesystem of the VMware Cloud Director Availability home equipment within the earlier releases, the one approach to seize auditing info was by way of Syslog. In VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.7, there’s a new log file that accommodates details about audit occasions comparable to logins, modifications to system settings or replications, and extra. You’ll find out the complete particulars in regards to the audit occasions within the documentation.
That is the way it seems to be within the log browser.
