Introduction
VMware vRealize Log lnsight provides heterogeneous and highly scalable log management with intuitive, actionable dashboards, sophisticated analytics, and broad third-party extensibility. vRealize Log Insight provides deep operational visibility and faster troubleshooting across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
Installation overview
vRealize Log Insight can be deployed in various configurations to support environments of various sizes. As with vRealize Automation, these configurations generally align with the deployment size of the Dell EMC Ready Stack. Provision resources for vRealize Log Insight components from the vCenter system that contains the server, network, and storage resources in the platform management cluster.
The vRealize Log Insight deployment process includes the following steps:
- Install the vRealize Automation appliance.
- Install the vRealize Automation components based on one of the following deployment types:
- Single node
- Cluster
- Cluster with forwarders
Log ingestion rate correlated to events per second generally drives vRealize Log Insight sizing, and VM template sizing ranges from extra small (for demo purposes only) to large.
All Ready Stack configuration sizes provide sufficient resources to support all vRealize Log Insight deployment types.
- Integrate Log Insight with vRealize Operations Manager.
- Install the following Dell EMC Content Packs for vRealize Log Insight:
For detailed installation and deployment information, see the following resources:
