You can create a group of agents that are configured with the same parameters.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to the VMware Aria Operations for Logs web user interface as a Super Admin user, or a user associated with a role that has the relevant permissions. See Create and Modify Roles for more information. The URL format of the web user interface is https://operations-for-logs-host, where operations-for-logs-host is the IP address or host name of the VMware Aria Operations for Logs virtual appliance.
Procedure
- Expand the main menu and navigate to Management > Agents.
- In the All Agents menu, Open the drop-down menu in the agent name field next to the Refresh button and click New Group.
- Provide a unique name and a description for the agent group and click New Group.
The agent group is created and appears in the
All Agents list, but is not saved.
- Specify one or more filters for the agent group. To create a filter, specify a field name, an operator, and a value.
Filters can contain wildcards, such as * and ?. For example, you can select the OS filter
contains
and specify the value
windows
to identify all your Windows agents for configuration.
- Choose one of the following fields to filter on:
- IP address
- hostname
- version
- OS
- Select an operator from the drop-down menu and specify a value.
Operator |
Description |
matches |
Finds strings that match the specified string and wildcard specification, where * means zero or more characters and ? means any single character. Prefix and postfix globbing is supported. For example, *test* matches strings such as test123 or my-test-run. |
does not match |
Excludes strings that match the specified string and wildcard specification, where * means zero or more characters and ? means any single character. Prefix and postfix globbing is supported. For example, test* filters out test123, but does not exclude mytest123. %test* does not filters out test123, but does exclude xtest123 |
starts with |
Finds strings that start with the specified character string. For example, test finds test123 or test, but not my-test123. |
does not start with |
Excludes strings that start with the specified character string. For example, test filters out test123, but not my-test123. |
- Specify the agent configuration values in the Agent Configuration area and click Save New Group.
Results
The agent configuration is applied after the next polling interval.