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. 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 a 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.