| Event | Non-ESXi Server (Gateway, StandAlone, and DirectAgent) | ESXi (Indirect Agent) |
|---|---|---|
| SysLog or email | Immediately after the LSA service is started. This includes new installations as well as restart of LSA services. | User should login at least once to the ESXi server after the Gateway service starts. |
| Syslog location | On Windows: Event viewer. On Linux: /var/log/messages |
Events are logged in Gateway server's syslog location. |
| Differentiating syslog | No special attribute is added as part of the event description. | A corresponding server ID is added as part of event description, which helps the user to identify any particular event that belongs to a particular ESXi server. |
| LSA boot events | Boot events are handled for local controllers. | Boot events are not handled for ESXi controllers. |
| Time sync | Handled | Not handled |
| Alert configuration | Follows config-current.json |
Follows Gateway's alert configuration. |
| SMTP server communication | LSA server communicates with SMTP server for email communication. | Instead of ESXi, Gateway server communicates with SMTP server for email communication. |