Installation and configuration overview for the Splunk Add-on for VMware Metrics Indexes
The Splunk Add-on for VMware Metrics Indexes package is a prerequisite for Splunk Add-on for VMware Metrics, 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 packages. You only have to install this supporting package on the indexer.
Package contents
The Splunk Add-on for VMware Metrics Indexes contains the SA-VMWIndex-inframon package.
Deploy the Splunk Add-on for VMware Metrics Indexes
This table shows the required install location for Splunk Add-on for VMware Metrics Indexes component. Go to Deploy Splunk Add-on for VMware Metrics to see the complete VMware add-on deployment details.
| Component | Search head | Indexer | Data collection node | Data collection scheduler | The operation performed by the package |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA-VMWIndex-inframon | X | Creates indexes that store VMware data. |
Last modified on 21 July, 2021
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Supported Add-ons: released
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