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

Before you deploy the Splunk Add-on for VMware Metrics Indexes review these requirements.

Splunk platform version requirements

For Splunk Enterprise system requirements, go to System requirements for use of Splunk Enterprise on-premises in the Splunk Enterprise Installation Manual.
If you're managing on-premises forwarders to get data into Splunk Cloud, go to System requirements for use of Splunk Enterprise on-premises, which includes information about forwarders.

Current add-on version	Supported versions of Splunk Enterprise
4.2.1	8.2.x 9.0.x 9.1.x

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

Index	Description
vmware-perf-metrics	Stores metrics data from a vCenter server.
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-esxilog	Stores ESXi host log data.

Splunk Add-on for VMware Metrics Indexes version	Compatible Splunk Add-on for VMware Metrics version	Compatible Splunk Add-on for VMware ESXi Logs version	Compatible Splunk Add-on for vCenter Logs version
4.2.1	4.2.1	4.2.1	4.2.1
4.2.1	4.2.4	4.2.1	4.2.1