
To proceed the EULA must be scrolled down to the bottom then click Accept then Next:Įnter a name for the Log Insight VM and a folder location. When you download the appliance it will be a OVA file: Go to File -> Deploy OVF Template:īrowse to the location of the OVA file. I will be using the thick client to deploy Log Insight but you could use the web client. Check out VMware Blog – Log Insight for vCenter FAQ for additional information about this release. If you have vCenter Server 5.x a license key can be obtained from the Log Insight download page then select Read More. Basically vRealize Log Insight gives you structure for your unstructured logs!Īn important announcement with 3.3 release is all users with a supported vCenter Server 6.0 license are entitled to a 25-OSI pack of Log Insight! Log Insight will accept the license key of vCenter 6.0 Standard, Enterprise or Enterprise Plus.

Normally your vCenter/host logs are collected but you never get use out of them, now with Log Insight it gives you a visual way to see any issues that could be happening behind the scenes. It provides real time log monitoring of your vSphere environment and can even integrate with vRealize Operations Manager.


In this post I will be deploying VMware vRealize Log Insight version 3.3 appliance in my home lab. Log Insight is part of the vRealize suite of VMware management products.
