Agents no longer ingesting a configured log file after moving the log file directory

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

• the logs were going to a new folder within the configured location directory
  
  
• the agent is configured to monitor the directory with a wildcard
  • Examples:
    directory=D:\Logs\new_test_logs\*
directory=/var/log/new_test_logs/*
    
    
• the new folder contains subfolders

Environment

VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.x

Cause

Sub-directories require additional wildcards in the agent configuration

Resolution

If your sub-directories have their own sub-directories, use the following configuration to monitor all sub-directories

• directory=D:\Logs\new_test_logs\*\*
• directory=/var/log/new_test_logs/*/*

Additional Information

Configure the VMware Aria Operations for Logs Windows Agent / Collect Log Events from a Log File

Configure the VMware Aria Operations for Logs Linux Agent / Collect Log Events from a Log File