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Splunk Add-on for VMware ESXi Logs

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Source types for the Splunk Add-on for VMware ESXi logs

The Splunk Add-on for VMware ESXi logs collects data from the following sources via Syslog.

Type of data Source Source type Collection method
ESXi logs 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:ImageConfigManager File monitoring
vmware:esxlog:Rhttpproxy File monitoring
vmware:esxlog:storageRM File monitoring
vmware:esxlog:root File monitoring
vmware:esxlog:sfcb-hhrc File monitoring
Last modified on 21 July, 2021
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