Hi
I am having a problems with the configure-esxi script.
I have two vCenters, both 5.1.0 Build 947673. One vCenter contains 4 hosts, the other 32 hosts.
The following command worked flawlessly and configured the 4 hosts without error. All 4 hosts are visible in the Log Insight GUI....
configure-esxi -u vimanager -s vmvchomapp05.domain.com.au -t 10.80.9.116
vmlihdp1:~ # configure-esxi -u vimanager -s vmvchomapp05.domain.com.au -q
Password:
Querying remote log settings of hosts on vCenter Server: vmvchomapp05.domain.com.au
NOTE: configure-esxi will work methodically but not quickly. Large inventories
or slow network connections will further slow down execution. Please be patient.
Attempting to connect to vCenter Server vmvchomapp05.domain.com.au
Host: esxhdhsp3.domain.com.au, VMware ESXi 5.1.0, 1021289
Syslog.global.logHost: "10.80.9.116"
Host: esxhdhsp4.domain.com.au, VMware ESXi 5.1.0, 1021289
Syslog.global.logHost: "10.80.9.116"
Host: esxhdhsp10.domain.com.au, VMware ESXi 5.1.0, 838463
Syslog.global.logHost: "10.80.9.116"
Host: esxhdhsp11.domain.com.au, VMware ESXi 5.1.0, 838463
Syslog.global.logHost: "10.80.9.116"
However, against the 2nd and larger vCenter, I receive the following.......
configure-esxi -u vimanager -s vmvchomapp03.domain.com.au -t 10.80.9.116
Password:
Configuring hosts connected to vmvchomapp03.domain.com.au to send logs to 10.80.9.116
NOTE: configure-esxi will work methodically but not quickly. Large inventories
or slow network connections will further slow down execution. Please be patient.
Attempting to connect to vCenter Server vmvchomapp03.domain.com.au
Host: esxbohsp1.domain.com.au, VMware ESXi 5.1.0, 1065491
*** WARNING: VMware ESXi 5.1.0, 1065491 has a known issue where if a remote syslog destination becomes
*** unavailable the host will stop sending remote syslog messages until the syslog server is
*** restarted. Please note that tcp/ssl also experience this behavior.
*** See http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2003127 for more information.
ERROR: Unsupported <syslog> format
Other things I have noted are:
Querying the vCenter or a host for currently configured setting works fine
Makes no difference if there is a syslog host configured on the host or not. Error persists either way.
The format of <syslog> makes no difference, ipaddress, udp://ipaddress:514, hostname all fail
I note that Configuration> Software>Advanced Settings> Syslog> Syslog.global.loghost in the vSphere Client is blank for the successfully configured hosts. I assume this is normal behaviour. /etc/vmsyslog.conf is correclty configured
I have perused the log files at /var/log/loginsight and see nothing that is useful for my troubleshooting.
Any assistance with this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
