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VxRail Manager, push events/alerts to external monitoring system, external syslog server
We have a VxRail platform that we are using BMC Patrol to monitor the vCenter appliance. We are pushing all ESXi host syslogs and vCenter syslogs to an external syslog server that then feeds SPLUNK.
I am looking for documentation that tells me how I might be able to push the critical and error events logged by the VxRail Manager appliance and viewable in the VxRail Manager GUI to a central monitoring system.
Also looking for how to configure VxRail Manager to push its syslogs to an external syslog server.
Any pointers greatly appreciated
Thanks, Jim
ColinGallagher
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December 16th, 2016 08:00
Jim:
Most key alerts are pushed out through vSphere/vCenter - are there specific alerts you are looking for?
Colin
ltpolaris
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December 16th, 2016 09:00
I don't know what specific alerts we would be looking for.. As we have not seen them all I am sure.
All of our infrastructure is monitored with a combination of BMC Patrol, Logic Monitor, and all syslogs are pushed to a Balabit syslog-ng server, which then pushes all syslog data out to the SPLUNK cloud.
I would like to be able to tie VxRail Manager into this mix. The team that monitors the infrastructure do not log into the individual element managers on a daily basis to see if there are issues going on. We need to get the VXRail events/alerts and syslogs out to tools that they are paying attention to.
ltpolaris
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December 30th, 2016 08:00
Is there no further guidance on this topic?? How do I best get help with this? Support ticket??
chris_laffey
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January 5th, 2017 11:00
Jim,
Please refer to KB article 493889: VxRail: Best practice to set up external logging server for VxRail 4.0.1
Thanks,
Chris
ltpolaris
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January 5th, 2017 14:00
We are getting warmer.. That article describes how to validate that your external syslog server is working..
I need the detailed instructions for how to execute Step # 2 in the KB article
I have searched within the EMC support site, and I am coming up empty
Thanks, Jim
jdekoning
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June 12th, 2017 05:00
Did you ever get this sorted? We need SNMP traps, mail or nagios. Even some PowerCLI scripts to monitor for critical events would be helpful.