VMware Cloud Foundation - Design Decision - Communicate with the syslog clients, such as ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T Data Center, using the TCP protocol.

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

Design Decision: Communicate with the syslog clients, such as ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T Data Center, using the TCP protocol.

Resolution

Design Justification: Using the TCP syslog protocol ensures reliability and supports retry mechanisms.

TCP syslog traffic is secure and more consistent with RFC 5424.

Design Implication: 
- TCP has a higher performance overhead compared to UDP.
- You must manually disable the SSL connection requirement in vRealize Log Insight.


This design decision is supported in the following Domains. 
•    Management Domain
•    VI Workload Domain

This design decision is supported on VCF version 4.1 and higher. 

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-5-2-and-earlier/4-5/vcf-design-management-domain-4-5/vcf-design-elements/design-decisions-sddc-manager.html

Additional Information

Please reference the VMware Cloud Foundation version you are running and if this design decision is applicable to you. 

VMware Validated Design (VVD) Bill of Materials