Data collection configuration files

Edit ta_vmware_collection.conf on the search head only to enable or disable instance level data and to whitelist or blacklist metric collection. You can find the specification for ta_vmware_collection.conf in Splunk_TA_vmware/bin/ta_vmware/models.py.

See Configure the performance metrics being collected in this manual for an example of modifying the file.

# Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Splunk Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

[default]
#These are all the tasks that should run everywhere
task = hostvmperf, otherperf, hierarchyinv, hostinv, vminv, clusterinv, datastoreinv, rpinv, task, event
#These are the destination indexes for the different data types
perf_index = vmware-perf
inv_index = vmware-inv
taskevent_index = vmware-taskevent
#The following are the collection intervals for particular tasks
hostvmperf_interval = 180
# Setting interval to < 30 min results in missing cluster data
otherperf_interval = 2000 
hierarchyinv_interval = 300
hostinv_interval = 900
vminv_interval = 900
clusterinv_interval = 1800
datastoreinv_interval = 900
rpinv_interval = 900
task_interval = 300
event_interval = 300
#The following are the expiration periods for particular tasks
hostvmperf_expiration = 180
otherperf_expiration = 1900
task_expiration = 3600
event_expiration = 3600
hierarchyinv_expiration = 300
hostinv_expiration = 900
vminv_expiration = 900
clusterinv_expiration = 1800
datastoreinv_expiration = 900
rpinv_expiration = 900
# Default whitelists / blacklists for entities:
# resource pools should be turned off
perf_entity_blacklist = ^ResourcePool$
# Default whitelists / blacklists for metrics:
# for clusters, only clusterServices counter group should be collected
cluster_metric_whitelist = ^p_[^_]*_clusterServices.*

# The following lines should NOT be commented if you want to collect instance level data
# host_instance_whitelist = .*
# vm_instance_whitelist = .*
# rp_instance_whitelist = .*
# cluster_instance_whitelist = .*