ITSI entity discovery searches

As of ITSI version 4.9.0 , you can no longer use the integration with the Splunk App for Infrastructure (SAI) to import entities from SAI to ITSI. However, your SAI entities can still be discovered as native entities in ITSI.

(ITSI) includes saved searches that are enabled by default to discover your infrastructure entities.

You can find the complete list of saved searches under the [ITSI Import Objects] stanza in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/itsi/default/savedsearches.conf. To avoid performance issues caused by excessive search executions, you can disable the entity discovery searches for entities that you're not using to collecting data.

Saved search	Data sources	Entity type	Data integration method
ITSI Import Objects - AWS Cloudwatch EBS	AWS Cloudwatch EBS metrics	N/A	Splunk Add-on for AWS
ITSI Import Objects - AWS Cloudwatch EC2	AWS Cloudwatch EC2 metrics	N/A	Splunk Add-on for AWS
ITSI Import Objects - AWS Cloudwatch ELB	AWS Cloudwatch ELB metrics	N/A	Splunk Add-on for AWS
ITSI Import Objects - Kubernetes Node	Kubernetes Node metrics Kubernetes Node metadata	Kubernetes Node	Splunk Connect for Kubernetes
ITSI Import Objects - Kubernetes Pod	Kubernetes Pod metrics Kubernetes Pod metadata	Kubernetes Pod	Splunk Connect for Kubernetes
ITSI Import Objects - OS	System metrics	*nix	Unix and Linux Integration - Collectd
ITSI Import Objects - Perfmon	System metrics	Windows	Perfmon on Splunk Universal Forwarder
ITSI Import Objects - TA *Nix	System metrics	Unix/Linux Add-on	Unix and Linux Integration - Splunk Add-on for Unix and Linux
ITSI Import Objects - VMWare Cluster	VMware Cluster metrics	VMware Cluster	VMware
ITSI Import Objects - VMware Datastore	VMware Datastore metrics VMware VM/ESXI Datastore metrics	VMware Datastore	VMware
ITSI Import Objects - VMware Host	VMware ESXi metrics VMware ESXi Host VMware	VMware ESXi Host	VMware
ITSI Import Objects - VMware VM	VMware VM metrics	VMware VM	VMware
ITSI Import Objects - VMware vCenter	VMware vCenter metrics	VMware vCenter	VMware

Prerequisites

Update search macros

Include the index that you are sending data to as part of the itsi_im_metrics_indexes macro to use the entity discovery saved searches shipped with ITSI. If you are using your own custom saved search, update the macro to include the index that you are sending data to.

You can do this by updating your HEC token configuration to point to the correct ITSI indexes. For more information about updating your HEC tokens, see see Configure the HTTP Event Collector to collect entity integration data in ITSI.

Indexed data

You have to have already indexed data you want to associate with entities.

Disable entity discovery searches

You can disable the searches for entity types that are not collecting data in your environment.

To disable the searches, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Settings > Searches, Reports, and Alerts.
2. Filter on ITSI Import Objects to display the entity discovery saved searches. The saved searches are enabled by default.

   Filtering to Owner: Nobody on this page causes the searches to not display. Ensure you filter to Owner: All.

3. Enable the saved searches by clicking Edit > Disable. For best performance, only enable the searches for the entity types you want to use.

After the searches run, your entities display on the Infrastructure Overview page, where you can track the entity's status and investigate vital metrics. For more information, see About the Infrastructure Overview in ITSI.