Automation

I am in the process of build ESXi 5.0, and use a lot of PowerCLI to configure the host.

I have used to setup a reote syslog server

Set-VMHostSysLogServer -SysLogServer $SySLog -VMHost "$hostname"

$esxcli= Get-EsxCli

$esxcli.system.syslog.reload()

to apply a new remote syslog server, but I also need to set the following.

but I also need to configure the following.

make the syslog's appear in the Dir equal to the servername. This seems to be a 'True/False' option.

syslog.global.logDirUnique

make a local copy of the syslogs also on a vmfs datastore.

Syslog.global.logDir

can the $esxcli.system. contruct be used to apply these configurations

Afaik, you can use the Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration cmdlet to change those settings.

doh, teach me to look to the simple methds first. Thanks

Hi ,

following works good for my esxi 5.0 hosts:

Get-VMHost myhost1.local | Get-VMHostFirewallException | where-object {$_.Name -eq  "syslog"} | Set-VMHostFirewallException -Enabled:$true

Get-VMHost myhost1.local | Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -Name Syslog.global.logDirUnique -Value $true

Get-VMHost myhost1.local | Set-VMHostSysLogServer -SysLogServer 10.x.x.x -SysLogServerPort 514

Regards,

Kopp

This thread has been incredibly helpful. Here I was trying to muck around in the ash shell doing stuff with the firewall when PowerCLI already had these cmdlets!!!

PowerCLI is a gift from heaven for vSphere admins :heart: