Introduction to TIBCO LogLogic® Enterprise Virtual Appliance

This guide helps administrators to deploy TIBCO LogLogic® Enterprise Virtual Appliance (LogLogic EVA) or TIBCO LogLogic® Enterprise Virtual Appliance - Container Edition (LogLogic EVA - Container Edition) on virtual, container, and cloud platforms.

LogLogic® EVA and LogLogic® EVA - Container Edition are virtual versions of the TIBCO LogLogic® Log Management Intelligence hardware appliance, and are distributed on the TIBCO eDelivery website.
Note: TIBCO LogLogic® Enterprise Virtual Appliance - Container Edition (LogLogic EVA - Container Edition) is recommended only for proof of concept or small-scale production environments. For large-scale, enterprise-level production environments, TIBCO recommends using TIBCO LogLogic® Enterprise Virtual Appliance (LogLogic EVA).

Characteristics and Limitations

The following table summarizes the characteristics and limitations of LogLogic EVA and LogLogic EVA - Container Edition on different platforms.

Feature VMware KVM Docker (Container Edition) AWS Microsoft Azure
Installing LogLogic LSP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

For installation instructions, see TIBCO LogLogic® Log Source Packages Installation and Upgrade.

Maximum number of devices 100,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16,000
Includes device groups as well as individual log sources that can connect to LogLogic EVA
Raw data retention 10 years 10 years 10 years 10 years 10 years
Maximum local storage 32 TB on EXT4 file systems 500 GB on EXT4 file systems (addition of local storage is not supported) N/A

The local data is stored in the /loglogic directory on the volume associated with /loglogic through the storage driver of the container service.

32 TB on EXT4 file systems 32 TB on EXT4 file systems
Note:
  • When expanding the local storage, you must also increase the memory of the instance, because the fsck utility needs more memory. For every 1 TB of storage, there must be 1 GB of RAM.

    For steps, see Expanding the Local Storage of LogLogic EVA.

  • In case of VMware, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, additional license restrictions might apply. Contact TIBCO Support for more information.
Expanding the external storage By attaching additional virtual SCSI hard drives to the instance Yes N/A By attaching additional virtual SCSI hard drives to the instance By attaching additional data disk drives to the instance
To purchase additional licenses and for steps on how to expand the storage, contact TIBCO Support.
Dynamic memory configurations In LogLogic EVA, memory for all Advanced Feature engines (MySQL, Indexer, and Tomcat) is dynamically allocated. Configurations are applied based on the memory configuration of the virtual hardware. For details, see Dynamic Memory Configurations.
Cloning a LogLogic EVA instance No No N/A No No
Archiving Yes Yes, using NFS Yes Yes Yes, using NFS
Backup and restore Yes Yes, using SCP No Yes Yes
High availability Yes Yes No No No
IPv6 addresses Yes No No No No
Configuring as a Management Station Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Check Point Log Exporter API (LEA) Yes No No Yes Yes

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