vRealize Log Insight 2.0

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VMware vCenter Log Insight delivers powerful log management and high performance search for faster troubleshooting across heterogenous environments.
In the first section we troubleshoot a storage performance problem.

[Click the search box - below the graph]

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[Hit any key to type 'scsi latency' or click again to auto-fill text]

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[Hit any key to type 'scsi latency']

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[Click the search button - blue with magnifying glass]

Please wait...

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There is no need to learn a proprietary query language; simply start typing to get results. Search query and results auto-populate.

[Click the search box]

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[Hit any key to type or click again to auto-fill text]

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[Hit any key to type]

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[Click 'deteriorated']

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[Click the search button]

Please wait...

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By adding 'deteriorated' we can easily narrow down search to specified/relevant results.

[Click Count, then click Average]

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[Click Apply]

Please wait...

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Easily modify visualizations to show maximum latency over time.

[Click Average, then click Maximum]

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[Click Apply]

Please wait...

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Adding filters enables us to easily refine search criteria to specified thresholds and constraints.

[Click Add Filter]

Please wait...

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[Click 'text']

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[Hit any key to type, or click the text box to auto-fill]

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[Hit any key to type]

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[Click 'vmw_esxi_scsi_latency...']

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[Click '=' and then click '>']

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[Click 'Separate multiple values with commas']

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[Hit any key to type, or click again to auto-fill text]

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[Hit any key to type]

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[Click the search button]

Please wait...

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Log Insight provides several new charts and visualizations for dashboards & interactive analytics.
This provides deeper insights into cloud operations.

[Click Chart Type Automatic]

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[Click Column]

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Easily save visualizations and queries to a custom dashboard.

[Click Add to Dashboard]

Please wait...

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We can specify which dashboard we prefer, customize the chart name, and add any descriptive notes.

[Click Add]

Please wait...

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Some chart types such as bubble chart require the setting 'non-time series'

[Click 'over time' then click 'Non-time series']

Please wait...

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Bubble chart also requires 2 'group by' fields to be selected

[Click appname]

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[Click hostname]

Please wait...

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[Click Apply]

Please wait...

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[Click Chart type Column]

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[Click Bubble]

Please wait...

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[Click Add to Dashboard]

Please wait...

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[Click Add]

Please wait...

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Easily remove filters by clicking 'X' to left of existing query.

[Click the 'X' by vmw_esxi_scsi_latency]

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[Click the search box]

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[Hit any key or click again to clear text]

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[Click the Search button]

Please wait...

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The next query searches for invalid logon attempts and demonstrates new Machine Learning/ Intelligent Grouping functionality.

[Click the search box]

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[Hit any key to type, or click again to auto-fill text]

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[Hit any key to type]

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[Click the search button]

Please wait...

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Machine Learning in Log Insight groups similar message schemas and identifies patterns, allows us to quickly narrow search results to relevant data.
This enables IT to reduce time-to-resolution and be more responsive to business.

[Click the Event Types tab]

Please wait...

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Clicking the gear icon shows actions we can perform on the selected event grouping.

[Click the gear icon on the left side]

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[Click 'Events Not Like This']

Please wait...

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We can quickly remove event types not relevant to our search.

[Click the gear icon on the left side]

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[Click 'View Time Series Chart']

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[Click the scroll bar down]

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Note
[Click the scroll bar up]

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Next we explore new dashboard filtering, widget linking, and other new visualization options.

[Click Dashboards]

Please wait...

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Using wildcards in search or filter criteria is a powerful way to narrow down an area of focus.

[Click the text box by 'hostname contains']

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[Hit any key to type or click again to auto-fill text]

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[Hit any key to type]

Please wait...

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Widgets are interactive, we can select an item of interest in the widget to launch a context menu.
Widget linking is a powerful new visualization feature in Log Insight to allow us to launch in-context to another related dashboard.

[In the upper right chart, click the first blue column]

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[Click Other Dashboard, then click 'Storage - SCSI Latency/Errors']

Please wait...

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[Click the scroll bar down]

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We can launch in context directly to the Interactive Analytics page using this widget view.

[Click the magnifier icon in the chart on the right]

Please wait...

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All related queries/filters from widget have carried over and are now displayed In Interactive Analytics Page.

[Click the Events tab]

Please wait...

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Events tab shows all events in list mode. Scroll down to view individual log messages.

[Click the scroll bar down]

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[Click the scroll bar up]

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[Click Interactive Analytics]

Please wait...

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Log Insight delivers 6X faster query performance than our leading competitor.
There is a 30% improvement in unstrucuctured data ingestion.

[Click the settings icon - upper right corner, then click Administration]

Please wait...

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We've improved scalability up to 6 nodes & 2TB live searchable data *per node*

[Click Cluster]

Please wait...

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We can easily view and manage worker nodes from this view. Not necessary to launch a separate management UI.

[Click vCenter Operations Manager]

Please wait...

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Integration with vCenter Operations Manager enables alerts to surface in vC Ops as well as launch in context capability.

[Click Agents]

Please wait...

Windows Agents can also be managed from this view by clicking the Agent page.

Summary: Machine learning, high performance search, and powerful new visualizations delivers faster troubleshooting and enterprise-wide visibility across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.

[End of demo]

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