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• transmit vcenter newspapers (not the vcenter) central syslog server

  Hello

  is there a way to transmit all headlines associated with an external syslog server vcenter? already, my whole army to esxi connect to this syslog server.

  Thank you uxmax

  The title of your son is in contradiction with what you are trying to accomplish. It is not a default path to transmit the vCenter real server logs to syslog server external without writing some logic/scripts to essentially scrap logs and passes them to the wide. If you use the new vCenter Linux Appliance (vSphere 5), you can do it too but not on a Windows system, at least out of the box which is supported. It can be that you had to buy a part 3 for Windows application see if it can extract the application logs.

• Topology change syslog, how to disable messages?

  I have a number of switches BNT/Lenovo (8124, 8052, 8264) and all are connected to our central syslog server. I have quite a few switches in the same vlan, and I get a lot of topology messages of change like this:

  2016 03-11 T 05: 39:01.143556 - 07:00 Mar 11 05:39:07 switch-1 ALERT switch OS : STG 44, changing topology detected

  I don't necessarily need to see this. I would like to delete this message without Gohan other messages such as the STP root bridge changes. Is this possible? These seem to be my options from the side of the switch:

  8052b Journal (config) #logging?
  all all
  BGP BGP
  cfg Configuration
  cfgchg Configuration change notify
  CLI command line interface
  Console Console
  difference of Configuration monitoring difftrak
  dot1x 802. 1 x
  failover failover
  Hyperlinks Hotlinks
  IGMP IGMP-Group
  IGMP-mrouter IGMP mrouter
  applicant applicant IGMP IGMP
  IP Internet protocol address
  IPv6 IPv6
  LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol
  system port link
  LLDP LLDP
  management management
  MLD MLD
  NETCONF NETCONF Configuration Protocol
  Time protocol NTP network
  OpenFlow enable logging of Protocol Openflow
  OSPF, OSPF
  OSPFv3 Ospfv3
  private - vlan, private VLAN
  RMON remote monitoring
  Syslog server server
  SLP Service Location Protocol
  Spanning-tree-group group Spanning tree
  SSH Secure Shell
  System
  Vlag Virtual Link Aggregation
  VLAN, VLAN
  VM Virtual Machine
  VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
  Web Web

  I looked in the CLI guide for "journal of logging", but all I get is the following:

  [None] Journaling log []
  Displays a list of the features for which syslog messages can be generated. You
  can choose to turn on or off specific features (such as VLANs, stg, or ssh).
  or enable/disable syslog on all available functions.
  Control mode: global configuration

  There is no detail on the option does what exactly.

  I know that I probably can filter messages from syslog server-side but I would rather start the level for the switch.

  Thank you.

  Today, there is no way to delete these specific messages.

  They should not be too many and are often very useful to determine the cause of a failure.

  In order to reduce drastically the TCN BPDU is to put all the host ports such as 'edge' or 'portfast '.

  This setting prevent BPDUS and messages production when a host disconnect or connect to the switch.

  Then, only the 'real' TCN is recorded and useful for diagnosis.

  Ciao, Maurizio.

• ASA Syslog via a VPN Tunnel

  Hi all

  I have a little problem concerning ASA and syslogs. I have a tunnel from site to site between a local ASA and ASA distance. Behind the ASA local, I have a central syslog server (which has no ASA as default gateway) which collects messages from all network devices and I want to get messages from the ASA remote as well.

  The tunnel protects traffic between local networks behind each ASA, which includes ASA inside remote interface as well. The problem is that if I specify on the SAA distance my syslog server it does not pass through the VPN tunnel. The ASA remote sees my server syslog as being 'outside' so he's using the external IP address as the source-interface for the syslog message. Which of course does not pass through the tunnel. As much as I know there is no way to configure the interface source for logging under the SAA, that you can do on a normal IOS router.

  I've found a few documents explaining this Setup on CCO, but they all imply I have extend the list for interesting traffic to access allow remote UDP/514 of the PIX traffic outside my local syslog server interface. This isn't something I want to do what I would get in routing complication in my LAN with a public IP address of the ASA remote.

  Any suggestions? I thought I could use some sort of NAT on the ASA remote so that all traffic for my local network a source the remote PIX is translated on the inside interface, which in theory should pass the package via the tunnel. I did not go so far.

  Any help is appreciated.

  Best regards

  Stefan

  You can define the interface that the ASA will use to send the newspapers "syslog_ip host record.

  Make sure you also do "access management".

  Then the SAA should source the syslogs from inside the interface, which is probably encrypted with the crypto ACL.

  I hope it helps.

  PK

• What is a good set of keywords to use to monitor the syslogs ESXi?

  Hello

  I will put up my 4.1u1 ESXi servers to transfer the logs to a centralized syslog.

  If we want to monitor the syslog for questions, which will have a good value of key words, that we can use?

  Thanks in advance

  "timeout", "failed".

• Kickstart syslog

  I would like to incorporate into my my syslog Server % post script.

  I want that my esx host has the following entry in/etc/syslog.conf:

  . @192.168.1.1

  How I do that? any help would be appreciated!

  Put something like this in your post Script

  1. Connect to the central syslog server

  esxcfg-firewall - o 514, udp, outside, syslog

  echo "" > >/etc/syslog.conf

  echo "# send everything to a central syslog server" > >/etc/syslog.conf

  echo " ".    @192.168.1.1' > >/etc/syslog.conf

  restart the syslog service

• Best method to track usage of the file by the user?

  Hello world

  I currently need to look at a method for monitoring of the activities of the file in my organization and I need a little help to get started on the right track. I had some references point me to app Xcode Instrument via the business model of the file, but I currently have issues seeing any activity from users of the real network. to start, I simply set the target to "All processes" with the hope that it would bring together all activities and newspaper, in which he did for everything except users on the network. On mine, I also found some people who use scripts to dtrace or opensnoop, but I was hoping someone could point to what they think, it's the "best" method to track when a file/folder is accessed and/or modified.

  Also, as a note, we are in a mixed environment and so we only via SMB as our file sharing protocol in the case where it makes a difference. I know that in newspapers of the server application, it does clearly as AFP titles widely as I can only find small amounts of data for SMB in the newspapers (disconnects / reconnects, permissions, etc.). If I need to flesh out the details as well, this isn't a problem, and thank you to you all in advance.

  As with everything, there are a number of ways to accomplish.  Manager of the 'better' is one that works in your environment and that you feel comfortable.

  You can watch the common criteria framework that is built into OS X.  Try checking the man and man audit_control to get an idea of what is possible.  If you enable the service, you will record only login, logout, and authentication.  However, adding to the indicators you can save the file reads, writes, creates and deletes (most other things).  Are you trying to follow everything on local machines or just the server?

  Now, if you do this, you'll generate a lot of logging data.  The most logical way to handle this is to aggregate the log data into a centralized syslog server.  But it of more infrastructure and will pose challenges if you breadwinner and because portable computers that let the environment.

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• ESXi logs

  We have 6 guests to ESXi 4.1 running of USB flash drives in a BladeCenter environment.  I understand now why the zero score have not been created when ESXi was installed and I have now created a scratch for each host on a local data store, but I have a question about newspapers.  I have tried looking myself but found conflicting info so hopefully someone can delete it for me.

  So there in the score of scratch directories var, downloads and newspapers.  The log directory contains messages and messages.0.gz to messages.7.gz.  Two days ago, I created the scratch, and this host has not be restarted since then:

  1. the number of log files will be I end up with?

  2. how much space is needed?

  3. how and when newspapers are cancelled?  They all date today so I think that messages.0.gz is more recent, messages7.gz?

  4. is it possible to configure how work newspapers?

  Three newspapers of ESXi, the only one I can find is messages.  In http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1021801 it is said there should be logs in/var/log/vmware, but this directory does not exist.

  Thanks for the help.

  The best solution for newspapers and logging is establishing a central syslog server and point all your ESXi hosts to send logs on that. There are many choices of the standard syslog server or syslog-ng, rsyslog on all Linux distributions for syslog servers available for Windows. The best part of syslog server is that you can, depending on the version, configure log warning and filtering. Worth to be implemented. http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1016621

• How to display /etc/resolv.conf and other files from the remote host to the vMA host ESX4i

  Hi all;

  I'm new at VMAs, I put it in place and adds 5 Server esxi 4 and I can list the fines using vifp lists broadcast and works, very well but my problem is I want to interrogate the remote servers for this vMA host for example I need to check the contents of these files

  cat /etc/resolv.conf

  cat/etc/sysconfig/clock

  tail/var/log/vmkernel

  Discovered the following

  esxcfg-firewall - q and esxcfg-vswif - l

  Can someone please help me on how to run these commands or another way on how to get this information above hosts and ESXi 4. I checked the forum, but I don't see anything similair nature! now, either I'm stupid full because it's as simple as drinking water and so no one asked or I am just lucky to ask the right question, so be it, I appreciate your time and effort

  Thanks in advance

  Esxlinux

  So its worth your time through the vMA documentation to understand how to manage your hosts and it's main use case. The operations that you are trying to accomplish cannot be done using vMA... at least in the way that you are hoping for.

  See my vMA article and some of the getting started guides.

  cat /etc/resolv.conf

  You will want to use esxcfg-dns to list the configured DNS servers

  cat/etc/sysconfig/clock

  This file does not yet exist on ESXi, if you try to set the time on ESXi host, you should use NTP and it is also important to note that single ESXi uses UTC and no other options are available.

  tail/var/log/vmkernel

  If you need to display the host logs, consider using vi logger on vMA OR configure syslog on your host to send to the centralized syslog server

  Regarding the last two commands, they do not apply to an ESXi host and therefore these commands are not available.

  There are certainly differences between ESX and ESXi, understand the differences and orders to ask for certain pieces of information is very important. vMA can help with this, but you must understand the use case of vMA and what tools are at your disposal. The best way to start is to take a look at the documentation, to jump it and try to jump in, will just be confusing.

  Good luck

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• Newspapers of ESX

  Hi all

  I have read the VMware Security Hardening documentation and they said, you have to control all your ESX logs regularly. Now, I want to configure all ESX newspapers came to a central syslog server.

  What newspapers is important (only 'mistake' and 'warnings' newspapers)? Who are check you? Are there some best practices?

  Hello

  I would add every newspaper in this list actually, more precisely once talk via syslog, which is that you can redirect. Also, configuration SUDO to use syslog and you will have a better set of elements.

  All the mentioned log files actually use syslog so you're safe here.

  Best regards
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• How can I get a GNU linux serve to injest syslog data?

  We try to put up Splunk, on a GNU server, with rsyslog.   Splunk does not see the data, and I'm reasonably sure that it's because we are not configured correctly with the demon rsyslog.   I find anywhere a file that contains data for the switch.

  I implemented the switch with an ip of VLAN1 to 10.10.10.20 10.10.10.1, with a default gateway, which is the IP address of the GNU server.  I have both logging and traps set to send to 10.10.10.20, and I connect to the buffer at level 6.  The switch can ping the server and vice versa. There are no firewalls or other devices.

  What should I do to the file rsyslog.conf?  and I need to create a subdirectory of logging?

  Please explain in detail, making it more useful things.

  Thank you.

   We are trying to set up Splunk, on a GNU server, running with rsyslog. Splunk doesn't see the data, and I'm reasonably sure it is because we are not set up correctly with the rsyslog daemon. I can't find a file anywhere that has the data from the switch. I set up the switch with a VLAN1 ip of 10.10.10.1, with a default-gateway of 10.10.10.20, which is the IP address of the GNU server. I have both logging and traps set to send to 10.10.10.20, and I'm logging to the buffer at level 6. The switch can ping the server, and vice versa; there is no firewall or other devices. What do I need to do to the rsyslog.conf file? and do I need to create a logging subdirectory? Please explain in detail, that would make things more helpful. Thanks.

  Hello

  Check out the link on syslog configuration on the server below.

  http://tecadmin.NET/Setup-centralized-logging-server-using-rsyslogd/#

  It could be that useful...

  -GI

  Rate if this can help...

• esxcli system syslog reload

  I have a certain ESXi servers. I'm just getting started with logging centralized using Splunk. I did a lot of research on this issue; If you make any change to syslog configuration values OR if there is AN interruption in the communication between hosts and the syslog, syslog service server must be reloaded on every ESXi host.

  My question; is there a way to better/easier for me to restart the service syslog throughout my ESXi hosts, then enable SSH on each host, SSHing to each host and by running the command esxcli system syslog reload?

  There must be a better way.

  Thank you all!

  Deploy the vMA. The vMA then connects to the vCenter server and can make these requests to the hosts. You can create a quick script to restart the syslog daemon.

  You ssh in vMA but it usess a separate talk to your hosts and vcenter Protocol. Here is the link download and documentation.

  http://www.VMware.com/support/developer/Vima/

• How to send the autdit log to syslog?

  Hi all

  11.2.0.1

  AIX 6.1

  Our auditor TI wants to save our audit of the log files of the operating system, which can be protected by the root, so that - dba oracle (sys) can not touch it. Then the auditor wanted to send it to our server on another central audit trail machine.

  I found this link in google:

  https://sites.Google.com/site/splunkfororacleaudittrails/documentation/HOWTO/howtoenableoracleauditviasyslog

  http://underdarkonsole.blogspot.com/2011/10/send-Oracle-11g-audit-log-to-syslog.html

  The 3rd party software such as kiwis and Splunk mentioned link. Is it necessary to send the audit log to syslog?

  Thank you very much

  zxy

  You do not write.  Oracle sends audit messages to the syslog facility.  It is the syslog daemon which is writing.

  Hemant K Collette

• Scripting Syslog

  Hi all

  I'm trying to script syslog configuration.  Does anyone know of a good script to add a syslog server?  I can't use powershell, because this environment the ESX servers are configured before anything else.  This would be set up on a generic installation of ESX, so nothing would have been done with the logging.  If anyone has any ideas, or knows a good resource for study on syslog configuration, I would be very grateful.  In addition, I can not add new virtual machines or anything like that, and I need it to run from the service console. I thought initially using the perl command to make changes in the syslog file, but I didn't know exactly what needs to be changed. I use ESX 4.0 update 1 if it changes anything.

  Thank you very much for the help.

  Nick

  This tutorial should help - http://beyondvm.com/tutorial-esx-4-0-syslog-configuration/, you can create a simple script that can be part of your startup like a post configuration script.

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• What is the difference between the more late-ash-nexus-5-l and latest-mozilla-central-nexus-5-l?

  I use Firefox OS 2.2 on 5 Nexus.
  I like later unstable version.

  I can't understand difference bewteen two past Rome.
  That means 'ash '?

  https://FTP.Mozilla.org/pub/B2G/nightly/latest-ash-nexus-5-l/
  https://FTP.Mozilla.org/pub/B2G/nightly/latest-Mozilla-Central-nexus-5-l/

  Hi, Sangyong!

  • "Ash" is one of the experimental branches. It can be used for many things and testing of fixes of bugs or new features.
  • 'Mozilla Central' is where all the latest production source code is stored, and whence «nocturnal» compilations

  If you want to learn more on this topic, have a look at this topic mozillaZine Forums.