Splunk® Supported Add-ons

Splunk Add-on for VMware Extractions

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Installation and configuration overview for the Splunk Add-on for VMware Extractions

The Splunk Add-on for VMware Extractions package is a prerequisite for Splunk Add-on for VMware as it contains the search-time extractions for the data collected by the add-on and the extractions required for Splunk App for VMware. The package also contains hydra troubleshooting dashboards to identify issues related to jobs handled by the scheduler and SA-Hydra component. You only have to install this package on search head.

Splunk Add-on for VMware Extractions package contents

The Splunk Add-on for VMware Extractions contains the TA-VMW-FieldExtractions package.

Install the Splunk Add-on for VMware Extractions

Review the table for the required install location for Splunk Add-on for VMware Extractions component. Go to the Installation and configuration overview for the Splunk Add-on for VMware to review the complete VMware add-on deployment details.

Component Search head Indexer Data collection node (DCN) Data collection scheduler (DCS) Operation performed by the package
TA-VMW-FieldExtractions X Defines the extractions for the data collected by the Splunk Add-on for VMware and the extractions used by the Splunk App for VMware.
Last modified on 19 May, 2022
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Supported Add-ons: released


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