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Virtual Logmanager

Introduction

Logmanager is currently available as both a hardware solution and as a virtual machine. The currently supported virtual machine types are VMWare ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V. These virtual machines have been designed to run on-prem in your datacenter.

Overview

There are two different filetypes that are available. The first is an OVA file, which can be imported directly into VMWare ESXi, and the other is a VHDX disk, which is a virtual hard drive for Hyper-V.

With the OVA file, all configuration options such as memory and vCPUs have been preset. When working with the VHDX file, you will need to set these separately as this is a limitation of Hyper-V.

Requirements

OS Requirements

  • VMWare: ESXi version 7.0 or higher
  • Microsoft Windows Hyper-V: Server 2012 R2 or higher

Hardware Requirements

Virtual Logmanager:
Size EPS CPU Specifications RAM Storage
S 1000 4 vCPU with at least 1600 points single core in PassMark 32GB 4 TB HDD type (at least 200 IOPS)
M 2000 8 vCPU with at least 1700 points single core in PassMark or 6 vCPU with at least 1900 points single core in PassMark 64GB 12 TB HDD type (at least 300 IOPS)
L 5000 16 vCPU with at least 1900 points single core in PassMark 64GB 40 TB HDD type (at least 700 IOPS)
XL 10000 32 vCPU with at least 2700 points single core in PassMark 128GB 3 TB SSD - type storage (at least 10k IOPS) + 120 TB HDD - type storage (at least 700 IOPS)

Additional disks

It is necessary to add an extra disk for Virtual Logmanager and for Virtual Logmanager vm. The additional disk is used for data storage/cache.

In either case, additional drives can be added successively as needed to increase the cache/storage. Removing or shrinking an already initialized drive is not supported, so do not start with an unnecessarily large one.

Also take care not to exceed the overall storage size given for particular size of Logmanager according to the Hardware requirements table.

Getting Virtual Logmanager and Virtual Logmanager vm

The installation files for VMWare and Hyper-V are available from your partner, or contact us using our website.

Deployment to VMware

The VMWare version of the virtual Logmanager is provided in OVA format, which can be imported into either ESXi or vSphere. Virtual Logmanager is pre-configured by default. The number of virtual CPUs can be changed according to the EPS you need to process. The size of the virtual drive for system drive cannot be changed.

The OVA packages contain all of the settings required to start the virtual Logamanager.

You can also use video guide here: https://youtu.be/zOZTWmoLOqU?si=r1aPN5gvE8P6_dG3

  1. Use Deploy OVF Template action
    Use Deploy OVF Template action

    Use Deploy OVF Template action

  2. Select your downloaded OVA file and click NEXT button
    Select your downloaded OVA file

    Select your downloaded OVA file

  3. Put the name and folder for your VM, click NEXT button
    Put the name and folder for your VM

    Put the name and folder for your VM

  4. Select compute resource and click NEXT button
    Select compute resource

    Select compute resource

  5. Review details and click NEXT button
    Review details

    Review details

  6. Read and accept license agreement, click NEXT button
    Read and accept license agreement

    Read and accept license agreement

  7. Select storage, click NEXT button
    Select storage

    Select storage

  8. Select your network, click NEXT button
    Select your network

    Select your network

  9. Review setup and click FINISH button.
    Review setup

    Review setup

  10. After your VM is created, edit HW settings and adjust the number of CPUs and RAM according to desired EPS according to the Hardware Requirements table.
    edit HW settings

    edit HW settings

  11. Add an extra hard disk for storing data. Choose the size of the drive according to your license.
    Add an extra hard disk

    Add an extra hard disk

  12. Run the VM
    Run the VM

    Run the VM

Deployment to Hyper-V

This section defines the single steps and follow-up operations for deploying and launching Logmanager vm in Hyper-V, including linking to Logmanager in the main location.

You can use video guide here: https://youtu.be/zOZTWmoLOqU?si=r1aPN5gvE8P6_dG3

  1. Copy the Logmanager .vhdx disks to the desired storage space on the Hyper-V server.
  2. Connect to the server and run the Hyper-V Manager console.
  3. In the left panel, right click the server and select New/Virtual Machine
    Create a new virtual machine

    Create a new virtual machine

  4. Change the virtual machine’s (VM) storage location by selecting Store the virtual machine in a different location. By default, VM is saved to: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V
    Specify Name and Location

    Specify Name and Location

  5. On the Specify Generation screen, select Generation 2 option.
    Select generation

    Select generation

  6. In the Assign Memory tab, enter the virtual machine memory size. Please assign memory according to Hardware Requirements. Minimum amount of RAM is 16GB.
    Assign memory

    Assign memory

  7. On the Configure Networking screen, select a virtual switch through which the VM will communicate over the network.
    Select network

    Select network

  8. In the next step Connect Virtual Hard Disk, select Use an existing virtual hard disk and enter the path to the .vhdx file, where the virtual machine disk is located. Continue with the Next button.
    Select generation

    Select generation

  9. On the Summary screen, check the specified VM parameters and confirm with the Finish button.
    Check parameters

    Check parameters

    With this step, the new Logmanager virtual machine has been created. Do not start the VM yet, and follow additional steps.
  10. Right-click the newly created machine and select Settings,In the Settings for … window, select IDE Controller 0 and press the Add button. Select Fixed sized for optimal performance and press Next
    Add a new disk

    Add a newdisk

  11. Type the path to the secondary virtual disk file and press Next button.
    Path to the new disk

    Path to the new disk

  12. Set the disk size according to your license. Review disk setup and press Finish button.
    Finish disk setup

    Finish disk setup

  13. In the Security section uncheck Enable Secure Boot option
    Disable Secure Boot

    Disable Secure Boot

  14. Start the virtual machine
    Start the virtual machine

    Start the virtual machine

Configuring Virtual Logmanager

Once the VM is running, open the virtual console from your hypervisor and log in to the text console with the default credentials:

CLI

CLI

Username: admin
Password: admin
You will perform initial network configuration from the limited Logmanager CLI. For more commands, see the official CLI documentation.

Configuring an IP address

Virtual Logmanager uses static IP addresses. Before you start, decide on the network information you want to use, for example:

IP address: 192.168.1.29
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1

Then follow the steps below on the VM text console.

Step 1: Add the new static IP

Command syntax:

set ip ip_address network vlan

Example:

set ip 192.168.1.29 255.255.255.0 default_vlan

Step 2: Delete the default route

Command syntax:

delete route target netmask gw

Example:

delete route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1

Step 3: Add the new route

Command syntax:

set route target netmask gw

Example:

set route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1

Step 4: Delete the default IP

Command syntax:

delete ip ip_address network vlan

Example (removing the old default address):

delete ip 192.168.0.20 255.255.255.0 default_vlan

Login to the Web UI

After you configure the static IP address and default route, you can access the Logmanager web interface from your browser:

https://YOUR-IP-ADDRESS/

Log in with your administrative credentials and continue with the standard product configuration.

Login

Login

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