The Events tab presents system-generated events over the time period selected for the pool.

System events apply to the context in which you are viewing them. For instance, when viewing events for a pool, only events that are relevant to that pool are displayed.



The following fields are available in this screen:

Field

Description

Search

The search field enables you to filter the events using whole words contained within the individual events.

Refresh

Clicking on refresh updates the events displayed for the currently selected time.

Include Internal

By default, several events are not shown here as they tend to be noisy and less relevant for general purpose. Enable this option to troubleshoot for esoteric issues.

Include System Events

System generated configuration events are displayed by default. To exclude system generated configuration events, deselect the Include System Events check box.

Number

The total number of events being displayed. The date/time range of those events appears beneath the search field on the left.

Clear Selected

If filters have been added to the Search field, clicking the Clear Selected (X) icon on the right side of the search bar will remove those filters. Each active search filter will also contain an X that you can click to remove the specific filter.

Histogram

The histogram shows the number of events over the period of time selected. The X-axis is time, while the Y-axis is the number of events during that bar’s period of time.

  • Hovering the mouse pointer over a Histogram bar displays the number of entries represented by that bar, or period of time.

  • Click and drag inside the histogram to refine the date/time period which further filters the events shown. When drilling in on the time in the histogram, zoom to the selected link appears above the histogram. This expands the drilled in time to expand to the width of the histogram and also changes the displaying pull-down menu to custom. To return to the previously selected time period, use the displaying pull-down menu.
The table at the bottom of the Events tab displays the events that matched the current time window and any potential filters.

Field

Description

Timestamp

Date and time the event occurred. Highlighting a section of the histogram provides further filtering of events within a smaller time window.

Event Type

This may be one of the following:

  • System — System events are generated by NSX Advanced Load Balancer to indicate a potential issue or create an informational record, such as VS_Down.

  • Configuration — Configuration events track changes to the NSX Advanced Load Balancer configuration. These changes may be made by an administrator (through the CLI, API, or GUI), or by automated policies.

Resource Name

Name of the object related to the event, such as the pool, virtual service, Service Engine, or Controller.

Event Code

A short event definition, such as Config_Action or Server_Down.

Description

A complete event definition. For configuration events, the description will also show the user that made the change.

Expand/Contract

Clicking the plus (+) or minus sign (-) for an event log either expands or contracts that event log. Clicking the + and – icons in the table header expands and collapses all entries in this tab.
For configuration events, expanding the event displays a different comparison between the previous and new configurations.

  • New fields will appear highlighted in green in the new configuration.

  • Removed fields will appear highlighted in red.

  • Changed fields will show highlighted in yellow.