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mvanbeck
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Need for vSphere Syslog Collector?

We currently use the free vSphere Syslog Collector to collect the syslogs from our ESXi hosts. We do this so we have historical logs (as you know, the logs on an ESXi host get overwritten fairly quickly) in case we need to troubleshoot something or upload log files to VMware support, . I'm wondering if there currently is or will be functionality within VMware vCenter Log Insight to be able to export the log files for a specific host so that we could just use the logs files from Log Insight if we need to upload files for VMware Support and not have to have the hosts logging to vSphere Syslog Collector in addition to Log Insight.

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sflanders
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Hey Mike - from Log Insight you can run a query on a specific host (i.e. add a constraint where hostname equal <blah>) and then you can export the results (available from the menu drop-down to the right of the Search button). With that said, a support bundle contains more than just ESXi logs. In most cases, VMware support will likely ask for a full support bundle instead of just logs from a particular host. Also, if you are using Log Insight, then there is no real reason to continue using the ESXi syslog dumper tool.

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Hey Mike - from Log Insight you can run a query on a specific host (i.e. add a constraint where hostname equal <blah>) and then you can export the results (available from the menu drop-down to the right of the Search button). With that said, a support bundle contains more than just ESXi logs. In most cases, VMware support will likely ask for a full support bundle instead of just logs from a particular host. Also, if you are using Log Insight, then there is no real reason to continue using the ESXi syslog dumper tool.

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@sflanders,    Can you forward logs from Insight to another syslog tool?

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sflanders
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No, if you want to forward then you should put a syslog aggregator in front of Log Insight.

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ACampbell01
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Thanks....

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sflanders
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Can  you please mark this question as answered?

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