Setup After Installing Ft Control Software; Log Server - NEC Express5800/R320g-E4 Installation Manual

Chapter 1 Installing Operating System
1.10

Setup after installing ft control software

Log Server

VMware ESXi 5.0 or later version does not include a service console. Therefore, this model achieves the syslog
reporting by forwarding the logs generated by ESXi to the log server on which NEC ESMPRO Agent is installed.
To set-up the log server, the below case exists.
 Use ftSys Management Appliance as the log server
 Use any server other than ftSys Management Appliance as the log server
To use ftSys Management Appliance as the log server, no additional steps are required after following the steps
in Chapter 1 (1.10.2 Installing Additional Packages
server) and Chapter 2 (1.1 NEC ESMPRO Agent)) of this document, because the log server will be automatically
configured and forwarding the logs generated by the ESXi becomes available.
The case of using ftSys Management Appliance as the Log Server.
(ftSys Management Appliance)
Forward ESXi logs
The case of using other Linux server as the Log Server.
ftSys Management Appliance
Note To use any server other than ftSys Management Appliance as the log server, need to
prepare a Linux server separately. After completing procedure of this Chapter1, see
Chapter 3 (1. Steps for Configuring the Separate Log Server) of this manual for how to
configure the Linux server.
syslog report
Log Server
VM
NEC
ESMPRO
Agent
OS
VM VM
VM
OS OS
OS
VMware ESXi
ft Server
Note If the log server is restarted alone, the log generated during restart is not transferred to log
server.
Express5800/R320g-E4, R320g-M4 Installation Guide (VMware)
– When ftSys Management Appliance is set as the log
Management PC
VM VM
OS OS
VMware ESXi
ft Server
syslog report
Management PC
Forward ESXi logs NEC ESMPRO Agent
Linux OS
LAN
Log Server
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