Recently, one of our bloggers, “E1” Rahabok let me know about a great blog from one of our Log Insight users, Manny Sidhu. Here as an excerpt and a link to the full text:
I have recently had the good fortune of working on a large scale deployment of VMware’s vRealize Log Insight 2.5. The project included the design, deployment and some administration of the product. I thought I’d blog about my experience given the paucity of blog posts pertaining to the design and deployment of Log Insight. For brevity, I’ll hereafter call the product – LI.
First off, kudos to VMware on continuing the development of this software (after its acquisition) – an awesome piece of code! Highlights:
- Makes troubleshooting LOTS easier. Problem host? Search for it in Interactive Analytics, choose the search time period, look at logs, fix problem.
- No need to generate log bundles, VMware GSS webex in, run through the problem with you, look at Log Insight, troubleshoot, problem solved. Well, sometimes not so straightforward, but you get my drift.
- A variety of Content Packs allow you to look through the logs of say your Vblocks or your storage arrays and narrow down to potential causes of problems.
- Email alerting to warn you of potential issues if something’s happening over and over in a certain time period.
- Centralized logging for everything from your hosts and vCenter Servers to your arrays and network devices.
- A slick and very responsive interface.
Need I say more?! I highly recommend people download a trial, throw it on their labs at work or home and see the log ingestion magic for yourself.
Interested in Log Insight, try Lab 1401 below.
