Excessive multiline dcbd logs received

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

dcbd appname logs coming in from ESXi look to be multiple lines causing issues when forwarding the logs to another team for review.

Environment

VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.x

Cause

dcbd logging in ESXi 7.0 versions prior to update 3l are overly verbose including empty lines that are sent to Aria Operations for Logs as individual events via syslog

Example

2022-03-27T00:40:27.679Z dcbd[#]: [info]     *** Received pre-CEE DCBX Packet on port: vmnic1
2022-03-27T00:40:27.679Z dcbd[#]: [info]
2022-03-27T00:40:27.679Z dcbd[#]: [info]     Src MAC: ##:##:##:##:##:##
2022-03-27T00:40:27.679Z dcbd[#]: [info]     Dest MAC: ##:##:##:##:##:##
2022-03-27T00:40:27.679Z dcbd[#]: [info]
2022-03-27T00:40:27.679Z dcbd[#]: [info]     Port ID TLV:
2022-03-27T00:40:27.679Z dcbd[#]: [info]          ifName:

Resolution

Upgrade ESXi to 7.0 U3l or higher

• VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3l Release Notes

Workaround

• Add a Log Filter Configuration

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