SAI version 1.3.x is not compatible with the Splunk Add-on for Windows

By default, version 1.3.x of the Splunk App for Infrastructure (SAI) is not compatible with the Splunk Add-on for Windows. If you are using the Splunk Add-on for Windows and SAI version 1.3.x in the same Splunk Enterprise deployment, you must modify the universal forwarder's inputs.conf file on each Windows host and props.conf for each instance of the Splunk Add-on for Infrastructure you are running.

Prerequisites

• Access and permission to modify files in the $SPLUNK_HOME directory on each Windows host.
• Access and permission to modify files in the $SPLUNK_HOME directory on each Splunk Enterprise instance running the Splunk Add-on for Infrastructure.

Steps

Follow these steps to modify props, transforms, sourcetypes, and target indexes to use the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows and Splunk App for Infrastructure version 1.3.x in the same Splunk Enterprise deployment.

1. On each system running a Splunk Enterprise instance that contains the Splunk Add-on for Infrastructure, go to the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/splunk_ta_infrastructure/local directory.
2. Open props.conf with a text editor.
3. Replace all content in the file with the following:

   # This is for backward compatible with previous collectd version
   [em_metrics]
   TRANSFORMS-hostoverride=metrics-hostoverride
   ADD_EXTRA_TIME_FIELDS = false
   
   [aws:cloudwatch]
   TRANSFORMS-hostoverride=ebs-hostoverride, elb-hostoverride, ec2-hostoverride
   
   [em_indexed_alerts]
   SHOULD_LINEMERGE = False
   
   # For Windows Metrics
   [PerfmonMetrics:CPU]
   TRANSFORMS-_value_for_perfmon_metrics_store = value_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-metric_name_for_perfmon_metrics_store = metric_name_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-object_for_perfmon_metrics_store = object_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-instance_for_perfmon_metrics_store = instance_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-collection_for_perfmon_metrics_store = collection_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   EVAL-metric_type = "gauge"
   SEDCMD-remove-whitespace = s/ /_/g s/\s/ /g
   
   [PerfmonMetrics:Memory]
   TRANSFORMS-_value_for_perfmon_metrics_store = value_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-metric_name_for_perfmon_metrics_store = metric_name_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-object_for_perfmon_metrics_store = object_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-instance_for_perfmon_metrics_store = instance_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-collection_for_perfmon_metrics_store = collection_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   EVAL-metric_type = "gauge"
   SEDCMD-remove-whitespace = s/ /_/g s/\s/ /g
   
   [PerfmonMetrics:PhysicalDisk]
   TRANSFORMS-_value_for_perfmon_metrics_store = value_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-metric_name_for_perfmon_metrics_store = metric_name_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-object_for_perfmon_metrics_store = object_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-instance_for_perfmon_metrics_store = instance_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-collection_for_perfmon_metrics_store = collection_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   EVAL-metric_type = "gauge"
   SEDCMD-remove-whitespace = s/ /_/g s/\s/ /g
   
   [PerfmonMetrics:LogicallDisk]
   TRANSFORMS-_value_for_perfmon_metrics_store = value_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-metric_name_for_perfmon_metrics_store = metric_name_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-object_for_perfmon_metrics_store = object_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-instance_for_perfmon_metrics_store = instance_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-collection_for_perfmon_metrics_store = collection_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   EVAL-metric_type = "gauge"
   SEDCMD-remove-whitespace = s/ /_/g s/\s/ /g
   
   [PerfmonMetrics:Network]
   TRANSFORMS-_value_for_perfmon_metrics_store = value_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-metric_name_for_perfmon_metrics_store = metric_name_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-object_for_perfmon_metrics_store = object_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-instance_for_perfmon_metrics_store = instance_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-collection_for_perfmon_metrics_store = collection_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   EVAL-metric_type = "gauge"
   SEDCMD-remove-whitespace = s/ /_/g s/\s/ /g
   
   [PerfmonMetrics:System]
   TRANSFORMS-_value_for_perfmon_metrics_store = value_thefor_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-metric_name_for_perfmon_metrics_store = metric_name_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-object_for_perfmon_metrics_store = object_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-instance_for_perfmon_metrics_store = instance_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-collection_for_perfmon_metrics_store = collection_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   EVAL-metric_type = "gauge"
   SEDCMD-remove-whitespace = s/ /_/g s/\s/ /g
   
   [PerfmonMetrics:Process]
   TRANSFORMS-_value_for_perfmon_metrics_store = value_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-metric_name_for_perfmon_metrics_store = metric_name_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-object_for_perfmon_metrics_store = object_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-instance_for_perfmon_metrics_store = instance_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   TRANSFORMS-collection_for_perfmon_metrics_store = collection_for_perfmon_metrics_store
   EVAL-metric_type = "gauge"
   SEDCMD-remove-whitespace = s/ /_/g s/\s/ /g
   
   [em_metrics_udp]
   TRANSFORMS-hostoverride = udp-metrics-hostoverride
   TRANSFORMS-run-dims-extraction = extract_dims
   SHOULD_LINEMERGE = false
   LINE_BREAKER = (\}\})
   

4. When you are done, save your changes and close the file.
5. On each Windows host that is sending data to the Splunk App for Infrastructure with a universal forwarder, go to the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local directory.
6. Open inputs.conf with a text editor.
7. For each perfmon stanza, change the sourcetype value fromPerfmon:<metric> to PerfmonMetrics:<metric>. If an input does not specify a sourcetype, add one:

   sourcetype = PerfmonMetrics:<metric>
   

8. For each perfmon stanza, change the index value to em_metrics. If you use a custom metrics index, include that instead.
9. Here is an example inputs.conf file:

   [perfmon://CPU Load]
   counters = % C1 Time;% C2 Time;% Idle Time;% Processor Time;% User Time;% Privileged Time;% Reserved Time;% Interrupt Time
   instances = *
   interval = 30
   sourcetype = PerfmonMetrics:CPU
   object = Processor
   index = em_metrics
   _meta =  os::"Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard" os_version::6.3.9600 entity_type::Windows_Host
   
   [perfmon://Physical Disk]
   counters = % Disk Read Time;% Disk Write Time
   instances = *
   interval = 30
   sourcetype = PerfmonMetrics:PhysicalDisk
   object = PhysicalDisk
   index = em_metrics
   _meta =  os::"Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard" os_version::6.3.9600 entity_type::Windows_Host
   
   [perfmon://Network Interface]
   counters = Bytes Received/sec;Bytes Sent/sec;Packets Received/sec;Packets Sent/sec;Packets Received Errors;Packets Outbound Errors
   instances = *
   interval = 30
   sourcetype = PerfmonMetrics:Network
   object = Network Interface
   index = em_metrics
   _meta =  os::"Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard" os_version::6.3.9600 entity_type::Windows_Host
   
   [perfmon://Available Memory]
   counters = Cache Bytes;% Committed Bytes In Use;Page Reads/sec;Pages Input/sec;Pages Output/sec;Committed Bytes;Available Bytes
   interval = 30
   sourcetype = PerfmonMetrics:Memory
   object = Memory
   index = em_metrics
   _meta =  os::"Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard" os_version::6.3.9600 entity_type::Windows_Host
   
   [perfmon://System]
   counters = Processor Queue Length;Threads
   instances = *
   interval = 30
   sourcetype = PerfmonMetrics:System
   object = System
   index = em_metrics
   _meta =  os::"Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard" os_version::6.3.9600 entity_type::Windows_Host
   
   [perfmon://Process]
   counters = % Processor Time;% User Time;% Privileged Time
   instances = *
   interval = 30
   sourcetype = PerfmonMetrics:Process
   object = Process
   index = em_metrics
   _meta =  os::"Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard" os_version::6.3.9600 entity_type::Windows_Host
   
   [perfmon://Free Disk Space]
   counters = Free Megabytes;% Free Space
   instances = *
   interval = 30
   sourcetype = PerfmonMetrics:LogicalDisk
   object = LogicalDisk
   index = em_metrics
   _meta =  os::"Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard" os_version::6.3.9600 entity_type::Windows_Host
   

10. When you are done, save your changes and close the file.
11. Restart the universal forwarder on each Windows host and each Splunk Enterprise instance running the Splunk App for Infrastructure:

    $ cd $SPLUNK_HOME/bin
    $ ./splunk restart