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

On the 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. From Networking -> Firewall Rules.
2. After enabling, restarted the vmsyslogd service on the host 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.