On August 31, 2022, the Splunk App for VMware will reach its end of life. After this date, Splunk will no longer maintain or develop this product. The functionality in this app is migrating to a content pack in Data Integrations. Learn about the Content Pack for VMware Dashboards and Reports.
This documentation does not apply to the most recent version of Splunk® App for VMware (Legacy).
For documentation on the most recent version, go to the latest release.
About the Splunk App for VMware
The Splunk App for VMware provides real-time visibility into the health of virtual environments. It leverages the Splunk platform to collect metrics, logs, tasks, events, and topology from hosts, virtual machines, and virtual centers. It identifies performance and capacity bottlenecks from the following sources:
- Storage for data stores, such as SAN or NAS
- Network devices providing the networking backbone of the virtualization environment
- Authentication logs from sources such as Active Directory, LDAP, and so on
- DNS, DHCP, BootP logs
- Operating system and application logs from virtual machines
Supported VMware operating environments
Use the table to identify which operating environment works with each Splunk platform component within the Splunk app for VMware.
| Component | Linux Supported | Windows Supported |
|---|---|---|
| Search Head | X | |
| Indexer | X | X |
| DCN | X | |
| Forwarder (Universal, Heavy, Light) | X | X |
Last modified on 03 October, 2016
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® App for VMware (Legacy): 3.3.1
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