Configure performance data collection
This topic discusses how to improve the performance of the vCenter server when you notice performance issues during data collection.
You can limit the processing (reduce the memory and cpu load) on the vCenter server during data collection, when you see performance issues with your vCenter server. How performance data is collected in the Splunk App for VMware is specified in the file ta_vmware_collection.conf
. The parameter perf_format_type
is set to one of two modes:
- csv mode - In csv mode, the response (from the ESXi host) when collecting performance data is parsed by vCenter. Performance data is collected by the Splunk App for VMware, from vCenter, by default, using csv mode.
- normal mode - In normal mode, the response (from the ESXi host) when collecting performance data is parsed by the data collection nodes. This reduces the load on vCenter.
To change modes, edit a local version of etc/apps/Splunk_TA_vmware/default/ta_vmware_collection.conf
and change the value of perf_format_type
to normal
. The processing of performance data is now done on the data collection node.
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® App for VMware (Legacy): 3.0.2, 3.1
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