Cloud Proxy not reporting to Aria for Logs

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

Cloud Proxy not forwarding syslog messages from ESXi host to Aria Operations for Logs

Environment

Aria Operations: 8.18

Cause

From host client, syslog rule on ports 514 and 1514 was disabled.

Resolution

Resolution:

1. From host client, enable syslog rule on ports 514 and 1514.
2. After enabling, restarted the vmsyslogd service using below command.
   esxcli system syslog reload
3. Once above steps performed, login to  Aria Operations for Logs --> Management --> Click on Hosts
4. Verify the host reporting to the Aria Operations for Logs.