After you implement the Site Protection and Disaster Recovery for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution, collect log data in a central place from the components that are newly-added to your VMware Cloud Foundation environment.

For validated logging solutions, see the VMware Validated Solutions landing page.

If your environment is running VMware Aria Operations for Logs, you can connect VMware Aria Operations for Logs to each Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication instance by using a log agent on each appliance.

You configure the VMware Aria Operations for Logs agent on Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication.

Table 1. VMware Aria Operations for Logs Logging Source and Type for Site Protection and Disaster Recovery

Logging Source

Logging Type

Site Recovery Manager

Agent

vSphere Replication

Agent
Table 2. Design Decisions on Logging Sources for VMware Aria Operations for Logs with Site Protection and Disaster Recovery

Decision ID

Design Decision

Design Justification

Design Implication

SPR-SRM-LOG-001

When using Site Recovery Manager, install and configure the VMware Aria Operations for Logs agent on the Site Recovery Manager appliance.

Simplifies configuration of log sources in the SDDC that are packaged with the VMware Aria Operations for Logs agent.

You must configure the VMware Aria Operations for Logs agent to forward logs to the VMware Aria Operations for Logs VIP.

SPR-SRM-LOG-002

Configure the VMware Aria Operations for Logs agent to transmit logs from the Site Recovery Manager instance to the adjacent VMware Aria Operations for Logs in the VMware Cloud Foundation instance using the VMware Aria Operations for Logs ingestion API, cfapi, on port 9000.

Ensures the transmission of logs from the Site Recovery Manager instance to the adjacent VMware Aria Operations for Logs by using the Ingestion API.

This configuration is unencrypted. To ensure that the transmission of logs from the Site Recovery Manager instance is encrypted using TSL, you must update the configuration on the Site Recovery Manager instance to send logs to VMware Aria Operations for Logs by using the ingestion API, cfapi, on port 9543 by editing the agent configuration (/etc/liagent.ini).

SPR-SRM-LOG-003

When using vSphere Replication, install and configure the VMware Aria Operations for Logs agent on the vSphere Replication appliance.

The VMware Aria Operations for Logs agent is required to collect and transfer logs to the VMware Aria Operations for Logs instances.

You must configure the VMware Aria Operations for Logs agent to forward logs to the VMware Aria Operations for Logs VIP.

SPR-SRM-LOG-004

Configure the VMware Aria Operations for Logs agent to transmit logs from the vSphere Replication instance to the adjacent VMware Aria Operations for Logs in the VMware Cloud Foundation instance using the VMware Aria Operations for Logs ingestion API, cfapi, on port 9000.

Ensures the transmission of logs from the vSphere Replication instance to the adjacent VMware Aria Operations for Logs by using the Ingestion API.

This configuration is unencrypted. To ensure that the transmission of logs from the vSphere Replication instance is encrypted using TSL, you must update the configuration on the vSphere Replication instance to send logs to VMware Aria Operations for Logs by using the ingestion API, cfapi, on port 9543 by editing the agent configuration (/etc/liagent.ini).

SPR-SRM-LOG-005

Configure a dedicated Photon OS agent group and assign the Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication FQDNs.

  • Provides a standardized configuration to all VMware Aria Operations for Logs agents in each of the groups.

  • Defines the VMware Aria Operations for Logs agent configuration for log collection and parsing in the context of the SDDC components, such as specific log directories, files, and formats.

Adds minimal load to VMware Aria Operations for Logs.