vCenter: vCenter is a centralized management platform that provides a single console for managing an entire VMware vSphere virtual infrastructure, including multiple ESXi hosts and virtual machines.
To onboard such a source to Axoflow, complete the generic appliance onboarding steps.
Labels
Axoflow automatically adds the following labels to data collected from this source:
| Analytics label | Message field | value |
|---|---|---|
vendor |
meta.vendor |
broadcom |
product |
meta.product |
vcenter |
service |
meta.service.name |
vpxd, vws, stats, cim-diag, sms, vim, cis-license, applmgmt-audit, updatemgr, vmafdd, vmcad, vmdird, vmon, osfsd, wcpxsvc, wcpsvc, mbcs, vmcam, vpostgres, vsphere, vcha, vcenter-server |
You can use the labels as:
- Filter labels on the Analytics page,
- in the Filter By Label field during log tapping.
You can use the message fields
- in Flow Processing steps, for example, in the Query field of Select Messages steps,
- in AQL expressions in the search bars.
Sending data to Splunk
When sending the data collected from this source to Splunk, Axoflow uses the following sourcetype and index settings:
| source | sourcetype | index |
|---|---|---|
vmware:vclog:<service-name> |
vmware:vclog:<service-name> |
infraops |
The service-name in the source and sourcetype is the same as the service label, for example, vmware:vclog:vmon
Sending data to Google SecOps
When sending the data collected from this source to a dynamic Google SecOps destination, Axoflow sets the following log type: VMWARE_VCENTER.
Earlier name/vendor
- VMware vCenter