You can view the context of a log event and browse the log events that arrived before and after it.

If you want to know more about the status of your environment before and after an event, you can check the surrounding events.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are logged in to the VMware Aria Operations for Logs web user interface as a user associated with the User role, or a role that has the relevant permissions. For more information, see Create and Modify Roles in Administering VMware Aria Operations for Logs. 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

  1. In the Explore Logs page, locate the event in the list.
  2. At the left of the event row, click "" and select View Event In Context.
  3. (Optional) Scroll up or down to the edge of the window to load more events.
  4. (Optional) Click the purple timestamp to scroll back to the highlighted message.
  5. (Optional) To add filters, click Add filter at the top, or click a field inside the highlighted event.
  6. (Optional) Add or remove specific event types by pointing to an event and clicking "".