Data collection planning and requirements for Splunk Add-on for VMware Indexes

Review these requirements before you deploy Splunk Add-on for VMware Indexes.

Splunk platform version requirements

• For Splunk Enterprise system requirements: see System Requirements in the Splunk Enterprise Installation Manual.
• If you are managing on-premises forwarders to get data into Splunk Cloud, see System Requirements in the Splunk Enterprise Installation Manual, which includes information about forwarders.

Current add-on version	Supported versions of Splunk Enterprise
4.0.3	9.1.x, 9.2.x, 9.3.x

VMware indexes

These VMware indexes are created and packaged in Splunk Add-on for VMware Indexes.

Index	Description
vmware-perf	Stores performance data collected from a vCenter Server in the events form.
vmware-inv	Stores inventory data from a vCenter Server.
vmware-taskevent	Stores task and event data from a vCenter Server.
vmware-vclog	Stores vCenter Server log data.
vmware-esxihost	Stores ESXi host log data.

Add-on version compatibility

Splunk Add-on for VMware Indexes version	Compatible Splunk Add-on for VMware version	Compatible Splunk Add-on for VMware ESXi Logs version	Compatible Splunk Add-on for vCenter Logs version	Compatible Splunk Add-on for VMware Extractions version
4.0.3	4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.1.0	4.2.1	4.2.1	4.0.3