Splunk® Supported Add-ons

Splunk Add-on for VMware Indexes

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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 8.2.x, 9.0.x, 9.1.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 4.2.1 4.2.1 4.0.3
4.0.3 4.0.4 4.2.1 4.2.1 4.0.3
4.0.3 4.0.5 4.2.1 4.2.1 4.0.3
4.0.3 4.0.6 4.2.1 4.2.1 4.0.3
Last modified on 19 January, 2024
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