As a service provider, you can monitor the cloud event notifications that VMware Cloud Director Availability generates either by using a syslog server or in VMware Cloud Director by monitoring the VMware Cloud Director Availability events.

For VMware Cloud Director Availability monitoring in the cloud site, the Cloud Service forwards information about significant events by using the following delivery channels:
  • Syslog events
    You can use the syslog protocol to forward the events to a preconfigured syslog server, for example vRealize Log Insight. By default, the syslog events are disabled. To configure them, see Forward Cloud Event Notifications.
  • VMware Cloud Director events
    In VMware Cloud Director portal, as an OrgAdmin user, you can monitor VMware Cloud Director Availability events and also monitor events about user actions for replications owned by the same user. As a SysAdmin user, you can monitor all events, including the events that OrgAdmin users see, with additional event details. By default, the VMware Cloud Director events are enabled.

    Both delivery channels carry the same notification information, that is formatted according to the delivery method. You can use both VMware Cloud Director events and Syslog events at the same time, use either of them, or not use cloud event notifications.

    Based on the generation mechanism, VMware Cloud Director Availability logs the following types of events:
    On-demand events
    User actions generate these events, for example, starting a replication, replication operations, policy changes, and others.
    User-initiated events
    The system generates these events, for example, periodic checks that are generated when a certain criteria is met.
    Table 1. On-Demand Events
    Event Type Log Level Resource ID Description Details
    lsConnectivity ERROR N/A Failed to connect to the vCenter Server Lookup service. A stack trace
    dbConnectivity ERROR N/A Failed to connect to the database. N/A
    ntpConnectivity ERROR N/A Time is not synchronized with the NTP servers. The NTP servers
    managerConnectivity ERROR Manager Service ID Failed to connect to the Manager Service. Stack trace
    vcdConnectivity ERROR N/A Failed to connect to VMware Cloud Director. A stack trace
    tunnelConnectivity ERROR N/A Failed to connect to the local Tunnel Service. A stack trace
    offlineRemoteSites WARN N/A There are offline paired sites. The site names
    offlineLocalReplicators WARN N/A There are offline local Replicator Service instances. Replicator Service IDs
    certExpiration WARN N/A The certificate of the appliance expires in number days. N/A
    adminRemoteAccess WARN N/A The administrative access is allowed from anywhere. N/A
    sshEnabled WARN N/A The SSH access is enabled. N/A
    licenseExpired WARN N/A The license is expired. N/A
    replicationErrors WARN N/A There are number replications with errors. The replications IDs
    rpoViolations WARN N/A There are number replications with an RPO violation more than number minutes. The replications IDs
    Table 2. User-Initiated Events
    Event Type Log Level Resource ID Description Details
    start INFO Replication ID The replication of the vm-name virtual machine started.

    If the replication is a migration, what is the replication direction: cloud to cloud, cloud to on-premises, or on-premises to cloud, and warning messages
    start ERROR N/A The replication of the vm-name virtual machine failed to start.

    If the replication is a migration, what is the replication direction: cloud to cloud, cloud to on-premises, or on-premises to cloud, and a stack trace
    stop INFO Replication ID The replication of the vm-name virtual machine stopped. Warning messages
    sync INFO Replication ID A replication instance is created for the replicated vm-name virtual machine. The latest instance ID
    sync ERROR Replication ID Failed to create a replication instance for the replicated vm-name virtual machine. A stack trace
    failover INFO Replication ID The replicated vm-name virtual machine failed over.

    Recovery information and warning messages
    failover ERROR Replication ID The failover failed for the replicated vm-name virtual machine. A stack trace
    migrate INFO Replication ID The replicated vm-name virtual machine is migrated.

    Recovery information and warning messages
    migrate ERROR Replication ID The migration failed for the replicated vm-name virtual machine. A stack trace
    failoverTest INFO Replication ID The test image is created for the replicated vm-name virtual machine.

    Recovery information and warning messages
    failoverTest ERROR Replication ID The test image creation failed for the replicated vm-name virtual machine. A stack trace
    failoverTestCleanup INFO Replication ID The cleanup of the test image is successful for the replicated vm-name virtual machine. Warning messages
    failoverTestCleanup ERROR Replication ID The cleanup of the test image failed for the replicated vm-name virtual machine. A stack trace
    pause INFO Replication ID The replication synchronization is paused for the replicated vm-name virtual machine. N/A
    pause ERROR Replication ID Failed to pause the replication synchronization for the replicated vm-name virtual machine. A stack trace
    resume INFO Replication ID The replication synchronization is resumed for the replicated vm-name virtual machine. N/A
    resume ERROR Replication ID Failed to resume the replication synchronization for the replicated vm-name virtual machine. A stack trace
    reverse INFO Replication ID The replication is reversed for the replicated vm-name virtual machine.

    Warning messages and the reversed replication ID
    reverse ERROR Replication ID Failed to reverse the replication the replicated vm-name virtual machine. A stack trace
    reconfigure INFO Replication ID The replication configuration is changed for the replicated vm-name virtual machine.

    The new configuration and warning messages
    reconfigure ERROR Replication ID Failed to change the replication configuration for the replicated vm-name virtual machine. A stack trace
    reconfigureDisks INFO Replication ID The replicated disks changed for the replicated vm-name virtual machine.

    The replicated disks and warning messages
    reconfigureDisks ERROR Replication ID Failed to change the replicated disks for the replicated vm-name virtual machine. A stack trace
    pair INFO Site name Paired to the site-name remote site. Warning messages
    pair ERROR Site name Failed to pair to the site-name remote site. A stack trace
    repair INFO Site name Updated the pairing to the site-name remote site. Warning messages
    repair ERROR Site name Failed to update the pairing to the site-name remote site. A stack trace
    unpair INFO Site name Broke the pairing with the site-name remote site. Warning messages
    unpair ERROR Site name Failed to break the pairing with the site-name remote site. A stack trace
    policyChange INFO Replication Policy ID The replication policy is changed. The new policy