Before you use vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager to deploy vRealize Log Insight, verify that your environment fulfills the requirements for this deployment.

Verify that your environment satisfies the following prerequisites for deploying vRealize Log Insight.

Prerequisite

Value

Storage

  • Virtual disk provisioning: Thin

  • Required initial storage per node: 510 GB

  • Required initial cluster storage for archiving: 400 GB

  • Verify the following NFS datastore requirements:

    • Create an NFS share of 400 GB and export it as /sfo01vrli01_archive

    • Verify that the NFS server supports NFS v3.

    • Verify that the NFS partition allows read and write operations for guest accounts. 

    • Verify that the mount does not require authentication.

    • Verify that the NFS share is directly accessible to vRealize Log Insight.

    • If using a Windows NFS server, allow unmapped user UNIX access (by UID/GID).

Software Features

  • Verify that the vCenter Server instances are operational.

  • Verify that the vSphere cluster has DRS and HA enabled.

  • Verify that the NSX Manager is operational.

  • Verify that vRealize Operations Manager is operational.

  • Verify that the application virtual networks are available.

  • Verify that the Postman application is installed.

  • Verify that vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager is operational and data collection from the Management vCenter Server instance has run successfully.

  • Verify that static IP addresses and FQDNs for the application virtual networks are available for the vRealize Log Insight deployment. See Host Names and IP Addresses for vRealize Suite 2019 and Workspace ONE Access.

License

Verify that you have obtained a vRealize Suite or vCloud Suite license with a quantity that fulfills the requirements of this design.

Workspace ONE Access

  • Verify that required Active Directory users are synchronized to the region-specific Workspace ONE Access. See Active Directory User Accounts.

  • Verify that required Active Directory security groups are synchronized to the region-specific Workspace ONE Access. See Active Directory Groups.

Active Directory

Verify that you have a parent and child Active Directory domain controllers configured with the role-specific SDDC users and groups for the rainpole.local domain.

Certificate Authority

Verify that you have a validate SSL certificate. You can generate the certificate using the CertGenVVD utility. See Certificate Generation Utility for VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center 6.x (78246).

Email account

Provide an email account to send vRealize Log Insight notifications.