Can I manually upload VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager logs to log insight in order to analyze them?

[vaibhavkohli]

I want to analyze VMware CBM logs using loginsight.Should I setup a syslog server or manually upload the logs to log insight server and if it can be done what is the procedure for the same?

[sflanders]

Log Insight is a syslog server and accepts ingestion over the syslog protocol. You would need to configure your CBM systems to forward events to Log Insight. Have a look at this thread: How to set a syslog for vCenter Chargeback?.

[vaibhavkohli]

Thanks for the reply.

Syslog server will be helpful to analyze the logs generated by Chargeback during runtime.

But  how can I upload the old logs and analyze them in LogInsight.

[sflanders · Accepted solution]

Log Insight can handle any messages sent over the syslog protocol. Technically, this means Log Insight is focused on runtime logs. With that said, you could configure a syslog agent to monitor a directory or file of CRB logs and have it forward them to Log Insight for analysis. Have a look at this post: Syslog Agents on Linux - SFlanders.net

[sflanders]

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