Consider these best practices for self-monitoring dashboards, examining the syslog, and enabling alerts.

  • Activate Self Service Monitoring Dashboards to help troubleshoot VMware Aria Operations

    The Self-Monitoring dashboards are activated by default and can be found under the VMware Aria Operations group.

  • Examine syslog when something goes wrong with VMware Aria Operations

    Viewing syslog will provide additional information to help diagnose potential issues with the cluster.

  • Send syslog to VMware Aria Operations for Logs, if integrated

    Sending syslog messages to VMware Aria Operations for Logs will allow for faster message viewing and easier identification.

  • Activate alerts for VMware Aria Operations

    Enabling alerts will provide immediate notification of issues with the cluster.