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Check out Roger's podcast on logging, where a few folks talked about early ideas on the logging challenge and potential solutions - hat's off to Roger for starting the discussion on this big and complex topic. The challenge now, is: how does VMware, partners and vExperts simplify this topic?

To make sure we don't lose some of the fantastic discussions and high quality expertise flying around in emails, over skype, through twitter, and other channels, I have started this focused community with clear objectives of:

1. Say what it is that drives log management - why bother? what do you need to do for basics? who needs to see the data?

2. What logs are important - in VI3 there are many components, from VM down to the underlying storage array.

3. How to collect the logs - this might be sending remote via syslog, or log scraping to issue alerts, and what tools are available?

4. How to analyse the logs - who needs to see what, when and why? <-- quoting Ed Halekty here

5. Creating a roadmap and benchmark to improve the standards of logging out there.

Everyone has a reason for improving log management standards - admins because it just makes life easier, VMware because it enables our customers to solve more of their own challenges and reduces our costs, partners because they have another way to help their customers succeed... the list goes on.

Watch this zone for more developments - and how about getting involved? If you have a logging challenge, or you have a solution, tell us about it here by starting a discussion.

Everyone is welcome to contribute!

Steve