Thank  you Shiv. ... View more

If  i create a linux vm with syslog NG point all the ESX hosts to the syslog NG server.  Won't the syslog-ng server get overwhelmed if all  ESX hosts are forwarding there logs to port 1514? ... View more

If  i create a linux vm with syslog NG point all the ESX hosts to the syslog NG server.  Won't the syslog-ng server get overwhelmed if all  ESX hosts are forwarding there logs to port 1514? ... View more

Hi Thanks for the reply       We are using 2 universal forwarders pointing to one Virtual IP address. I was asked by security to add the forwarder link to all hosts. I've had to revert several times.  When i run the following commands i always get a successful reply.  I'm not familiar with syslog-NG would that be installed on the UF or on each host? Can it be the syslog service on the UF is stuck..hung or not responding? nc -zv splunklog.domainname 1514 nc -zv pap-splunklogs01.domainname 1514 nc -zv pap-splunklogs02.domainname 1514 ... View more