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View logs and events with the SolarWinds Platform Log Viewer

This SolarWinds Platform topic applies only to the following products:

Hybrid Cloud Observability EssentialsHybrid Cloud Observability Advanced

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The SolarWinds Platform Log Viewer (LV) provides a singular view into event messages received from nodes monitored by your SolarWinds Platform products. You can access your syslog and trap messages, monitor VMware events, filter and search event logs, integrate SolarWinds Platform alerts, and more. To access the SolarWinds Platform Log Viewer in the SolarWinds Platform Web Console, navigate to Alerts & Activity > Syslogs (or Traps).*

  • Upon installation, the SolarWinds Platform Log Viewer replaces the legacy Syslog and Trap Viewers, existing syslog and traps messages are only available in the database and you cannot access them via user interface.
  • The SolarWinds Platform Log Viewer requires Microsoft SQL Server 2016 SP1 or higher (Azure SQL and Azure Managed Instance are also supported).

Find additional information on SolarWinds Platform Log Viewer features below:

To take advantage of additional event analysis features such as live event streaming, consider upgrading to Log Analyzer. Review the feature comparison here.

*If you are a VMAN user, navigate to My Dashboards > VMware Events in the SolarWinds Platform Web Console to view VMware events.