Source types for the Splunk Add-on for VMware

The Splunk Add-on for VMware collects data from the following sources via:

• Modular input plus stdout
• Syslog
• File monitoring

For information about common information model configurations, see Common information model data model acceleration configurations.

Data source name	Source type	Event type	Collection method
VMInv:Datastore	vmware:inv:datastore	vmware_inventory
		vmware_inv_datastore
		vmware_perf_storage
		vmware_performance	API
VMInv:VirtualMachine	vmware:inv:vm	vmware_inventory
		vmware_inv_tools
		vmware_inv_snapshot
		vmware_inv_network
		vmware_inv_storage
		vmware_virtualmachine	API
VMInv:ClusterComputeResource	vmware:inv:clustercomputeresource		API
VMInv:ResourcePool	vmware:inv:resourcepool		API
VMInv:HostSystem	vmware:inv:hostsystem	vmware_inventory
		vmware_inv_cpu
		vmware_inv_mem
		vmware_hostsystem
		vmware_inv_os	API
VMInv:Hierarchy	vmware:inv:hierarchy		API
VMPerf:VirtualMachine	vmware:perf:sys	vmware_performance
vmware_perf_os
vmware_perf_uptime
vmware_perf_time_sync		API
VMPerf:VirtualMachine	vmware:perf:virtualDisk		API
VMPerf:VirtualMachine	vmware:perf:disk	vmware_perf_storage	API
VMPerf:VirtualMachine	vmware:perf:power		API
VMPerf:VirtualMachine	vmware:perf:mem	vmware_perf_mem	API
VMPerf:VirtualMachine	vmware:perf:rescpu		API
VMPerf:VirtualMachine	vmware:perf:cpu	vmware_perf_cpu	API
VMPerf:VirtualMachine	vmware:perf:datastore		API
VMPerf:VirtualMachine	vmware:perf:net	vmware_perf_network	API
VMPerf:HostSystem	vmware:perf:hbr		API
VMPerf:HostSystem	vmware:perf:disk	vmware_perf_storage	API
VMPerf:HostSystem	vmware:perf:datastore		API
VMPerf:HostSystem	vmware:perf:net	vmware_perf_network	API
VMPerf:HostSystem	vmware:perf:storageAdapter		API
VMPerf:HostSystem	vmware:perf:sys	vmware_performance
		vmware_perf_os
		vmware_perf_uptime
		vmware_perf_time_sync	API
VMPerf:HostSystem	vmware:perf:rescpu		API
VMPerf:HostSystem	vmware:perf:power		API
VMPerf:HostSystem	vmware:perf:mem	vmware_perf_mem	API
VMPerf:HostSystem	vmware:perf:storagePath		API
VMPerf:HostSystem	vmware:perf:cpu	vmware_perf_cpu	API
VMPerf:HostSystem	vmware:perf:vflashModule		API
VMPerf:ClusterComputeResource	vmware:perf:cpu
	vmware:perf:clusterServices		API
Username:XYZ	vmware:events	vmware_alert	API
Username:XYZ	vmware:tasks		API
.../vpxd.log	vmware:vclog:vpxd		File Monitoring
.../vpxd-profiler.log	vmware:vclog:vpxd-profiler		File Monitoring
.../vpxd-alert.log	vmware:vclog:vpxd-alert		File Monitoring
.../vmware/	vmware:vclog		File Monitoring
.../cim-diag,log	vmware:vclog:cim-diag		File Monitoring
vmware:esxilog:source::tcp:1514	vmware:esxlog:Hostd		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:vmkernel		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:Vpxa		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:Fdm		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:hostd-probe		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:syslog		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:crond		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:smartd		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:sfcb-CIMXML-Processor		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxilog:sfcb-vmware		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:heartbeat		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:vobd		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:vmkwarning		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:shell		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:vmauthd		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:sshd		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:cimslp		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:slpd		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:ImageConfigManager		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:Rhttpproxy		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:storageRM		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:root		File Monitoring
	vmware:esxlog:sfcb-hhrc		File Monitoring