VMware Cloud Foundation - Design Decision - Communicate with the syslog clients, such as ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T Data Center, using the TCP protocol.
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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.
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Additional Information
Please reference the VMware Cloud Foundation version you are running and if this design decision is applicable to you.