vRanger 7.7.1 - User Guide

About event monitoring configurations

About event monitoring configurations

The configurations for event monitoring are done by way of the configuration file for the Quest vRanger Service, Vizioncore.vRanger.Service.exe.config. This file is located in the vRanger installation directory. The default is C:\Program Files\Quest\vRanger.

 

CAUTION: Change only the values listed in the following topics unless directed otherwise by Quest Support.

•	Opening the configuration file

•	Configuring replication monitoring

•	Configuring virtual appliance (VA) monitoring

•	Configuring datastore monitoring

•	Restarting the Quest vRanger Service

Opening the configuration file

Opening the configuration file

Complete the steps in the following procedure to open the configuration file.

To open the configuration file:

1	Open the Vizioncore.vRanger.Service.exe.config file with your text editor of choice.

2	Make the required changes carefully, using the following information as guidance.

▪	Configuring replication monitoring

▪	Configuring virtual appliance (VA) monitoring

▪	Configuring datastore monitoring

▪	Restarting the Quest vRanger Service

 

NOTE: Not all text editors include line numbers. If you do not see the referenced line numbers in your text editor, this absence is not an indication of a problem.

Configuring replication monitoring

Configuring replication monitoring

Replication monitoring logs replication task failures to the Windows® event log with the Event ID of 10001. The log also includes the error message and information about the task such as source VM, target host, and vCenter.

To configure replication monitoring:

1	In the Vizioncore.vRanger.Service.exe.config file, scroll to line 162 or search for Replication FailureWriteEventLog.

2	Change the value “false” to “true”, ensuring the quotation marks remain.

3	Save the file and exit.

Continue to the next topic to make additional changes.

Configuring virtual appliance (VA) monitoring

Configuring virtual appliance (VA) monitoring

When enabled, at the specified interval, the vRanger VA monitor goes through all the configured VAs and checks to make sure that their power is turned on. The vRanger VA monitor also verifies that vRanger is able to connect to the VAs using the specified IP addresses and credentials.

To configure VA monitoring:

1	In the Vizioncore.vRanger.Service.exe.config file, find the lines corresponding to the preferred setting:

▪	VirtualApplianceMonitoringEnabled: line 204.

Set this value to “true” to enable monitoring of the VA.

▪	VirtualApplianceMonitoringEventLogFailureLogMax: line 207.

This setting is the maximum number of times that a particular VA failure can be logged to the Event log before a success. Change the value of “7” to the preferred value, ensuring the quotation marks remain.

This setting is intended to limit the number of messages in your event viewer. A refresher message appears periodically based on the next value.

▪	VirtualApplianceMonitorSecondaryIntervalInHours

This value determines how often the refresher message occurs for a failed VA check after the FailureLogMax value has been reached. The default is 6, which indicates that it logs an event every six hours.

▪	VirtualAppliancesConnectionCheckIntervalInMinutes

This setting determines how often vRanger checks the connection to configured VAs. The default is 5, which indicates that it checks the connection every five minutes.

2	Save and exit the file.

Continue to the next topic to make additional changes.