vRealize Log Management Drop filter Log

vRealize Log Insight collects, imports, and analyzes logs to provide answers to problems related to systems, services, and applications, and derive important insights.


Log drop or Log Processing Rule -> If you want to filter unused log and drop from storing in vRealize Log Insight. You can configure Log filtering .


Steps to enable Log filtering 


Login to vRealize Log Insight


Log Management -> Log Filtering -> New Configuration 


Give the Name for new Rule -> Drop Filter -> select the condition to filter the log



vROPS Custom Dashboard for Tracking VM Growth Over X Days

 

Custom Dashboard for Tracking VM Growth


Creating a view which shows the change over a time frame

Create a new view, and provide a name

Select “list” for presentation


Click Next


  • Under Subjects, select under vCenter Adapter > Virtual Machine






I clicked 4 times on Virtual Machine Used, to add 4 Data type Metric and then rename

the Metric label

Disk Used (Current)

This metric stays the same, showing the current disk usage of the VM.

I just altered the metric label.


Disk Used (10 days ago)

This metric is the same as the above, however I edit the configuration under transformation

selecting the

“expression option”.

For the expression formula I simply choose first.


This configuration will show the metric that has first been recorded in this view.

How do we ensure this shows the data from 3 days ago? Or 7 or 14 or 21, or

whatever you want?

We use Time Settings Tab to control this,

which is discussed further on.



  • Change (GB)

This metric gives us the change between todays value and the value as of 3 days ago

(or whatever time frame you set)

Again, we are doing something similar as above by using the expression formula feature.

The math is simple = Current (metric recorded) minus First (metric recorded).



  • Change (%)
    This last metric will use a slightly more advanced settings and calculations
  • to give us the percentage of change.
    I set the sort order to Descending, to show the largest value’s first.
    This will mean my view will show the VMs with the largest data growth
  • over X days first.

  • Once again, I use a transformation expression to work out the percentage.
    Current value minus the First recorded value.
    Divide the output by the first value and multiple by 100 to give me.
  • the change in a percentage.
    I then also set some metric coloring. So,
  • if the percentage change is 30% or higher,
  • it will show as red.





Output of recently created view





Create Symptom Definition & Alert in vROPS

 A Symptom Definition allows the administrator to describe a situation that is NOT normal within a given environment. vROPs come pre-configured with many symptom definitions that are set to values which are a good starting point for “most” environments.


Create Symptom Definition & Alert if Snapshot is older than 60 Days


Login to vROPS console

Under Configuration -> Alert -> Symptom Definitions





Click Add





Select Base object, Symptom type 







Now create Alert definition


Under Configure -> Alert -> Add -> Give Alert Definitions Name









Base Object Type-> Drop down vCenter -> Virtual Machine



Click Next




Select Symptoms


In filter Type Symptom Name that you have already created and want to integrate with Alert Definition –:  Drag and drop in Symptoms/Conditions





Next


Recommendation -> Select the recommendation 





Next -> Select Policies


Click Create


vROPS Create Custom Symptom, Alert Definition and Notification Step by Step

 

How to created Symptom, Alert Definition and Notification Step by Step


Create and edit Alert definitions using a combination of symptoms and recommendations that identify problem areas in your environment and generate alerts on which you act to remediate the issues.

Create and edit descriptions of situations which are NOT normal within your environment. Use these symptoms in your Alert definitions.

Create and edit remediation options that you provide to your users to resolve the problems that the generated alert indicates.


Steps to create Symptoms in vROPS….

Login to vROPS 

Click Alerts under Configure



Click on Symptom Definitions



Click Add




Click Add



In Base Object Type -: Type Virtual Machine


In Symptom Type:- Select Properties



Expend Summary


Select vSphere Tag -> Drag and drop




Save


Filter with symptom Name -: “Virtual Machine without Tag”



2. How to create Alert Definition

Now create Alert Definition



Click Next



Select Symptoms -> Filter  -> Type Newly created Symptoms “Virtual Machine Without Tag”


Drag and Drop Symptom 



Click Next and assign Recommendation -> In my case I am not assigning recommendation



Click Next



Select Policies



Click Create 


Now all done 


Click Alert -> under the troubleshooting tower and see all triggered alerts.




vROPS Custom Dashboard based on vSphere tags Step by step

 Steps to create Custom Dashboard using VM Tags

Login to vROPS

Expend Visualize -> Dashboards





Click Create under Dashboards





Give Dashboard Name “VMs without Dashboard”


Drag object list from Widgets




Select any object from list and click on Edit Widget








Type Object list Name


Select Self Provider radio button




Click Output Filter




Select Object Types -> Expend -> Virtual Machines




Note-: Or Under Input Data -> Select Objects Radio button


Click + sign




Select Object Types -> Expend -> Virtual Machines




Select all Computers and click Ok








Click Advanced




Drop down Select the Object type that matches all of the following criteria: Type Virtual Machine






Or 




Click Save


Using this blog you can create different-different Dashboard to generate reports either using specific Tag or multiple Tag or without Tag VMs.


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