Filter wildcard characters cause log forwarding mismatches when using contains operator

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

Manual translation of legacy forwarding rules from the matches operator to the contains operator in version 9.1 causes log forwarding mismatches. Wildcard characters used within the filter configuration prevent logs from matching correctly.

Environment

VCF Operations 9.1.x
Log Management

Cause

The contains operator within the log forwarding filter configuration does not support pattern matching or wildcard characters.

Resolution

Omit the wildcard symbol (*) from the log forwarding filter configuration.

Incorrect filter configuration example:
*example*

Correct filter configuration example:
example