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uxmax1976
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forward vcenter logs to central syslog server (not the vcenter one)

Hello,

is there a way to forward all vcenter related logs to an external syslog server? all my esxi host are already logging to that syslog server.

thanks uxmax 

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lamw
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The title of your thread contradicts what you're trying to accomplish. There isn't a default way to forward the actual vCenter Server logs to external syslog server without writing some logic/scripts to basically scrap the logs and forward them off. If you're using the new vCenter Linux Appliance (vSphere 5), you can do such but not on a Windows system, at least out of the box that is supported. You may need to purchase a 3rd party application for Windows to see if it can extract the application logs.

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lamw
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If you're running ESXi 4.x, there is a bug in which the vpxa logs on the ESXi host isn't being captured, take a look here for the resolution - http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2010/06/esxi-syslog-caveat.html

If you're running ESXi 5, this issue has been fixed and if you forward your logs to a remote syslog, all the logs will be captured.

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hello,

iam _not_talking about ESXi (i configured all ESXi Hosts properly). as iam posted above i need to forward all vcenter 5 logs to an external syslog server.

thx for your reply

cya uxmax

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lamw
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The title of your thread contradicts what you're trying to accomplish. There isn't a default way to forward the actual vCenter Server logs to external syslog server without writing some logic/scripts to basically scrap the logs and forward them off. If you're using the new vCenter Linux Appliance (vSphere 5), you can do such but not on a Windows system, at least out of the box that is supported. You may need to purchase a 3rd party application for Windows to see if it can extract the application logs.

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uxmax1976
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aha which part of "forwarding vcenter logs to external syslog server" contradict here?

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There isn't a default way to forward the actual vCenter Server logs to external syslog server without writing some logic/scripts to basically scrap the logs and forward them off.

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thank you, i was looking for exactly that info.

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hennish
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So vCenter Server on Windows is not and will never be PCI DSS compliant? I'm currently looking into how to get compliant in that particular area.

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