Installation and configuration overview for the Splunk Add-on for VMware Indexes

The Splunk Add-on for VMware Indexes package is a prerequisite for Splunk Add-on for VMware, Splunk Add-on for VMware ESXi Logs, and Splunk Add-on for vCenter Logs as it contains the definition of indexes for the data collected by these add-ons. This package needs to be installed on the indexer location only.

Splunk Add-on for VMware Indexes package contents

The Splunk Add-on for VMware Indexes contains the SA-VMWIndex package.

Install the Splunk Add-on for VMware Indexes

Review the table for the required install location for Splunk Add-on for VMware Indexes 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
SA-VMWIndex		X			Creates indexes that store VMware data.