topic How to get Windows counter into metrics in Getting Data In https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-get-Windows-counter-into-metrics/m-p/401675#M71504 <P>Hi,<BR /> I'm trying to ingest Windows perf data into Splunk,<BR /> ingestion to event index with the following conf works fine:<BR /> [perfmon://Processor]<BR /> counters = *<BR /> disabled = 0<BR /> interval = 30<BR /> index = myeventindex<BR /> object = Processor<BR /> instances = *<BR /> formatString = %.20g</P> <P>however, it doesn't work if I just change the index to metric index:<BR /> index = mymetricindex</P> <P>I read the doc of metrics index : <A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/7.2.4/Metrics">https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/7.2.4/Metrics</A><BR /> looks I have to have statd/collectd/csv/hec configured in place for metrics ingestion.</P> <P>wonder if it's possible to just use inputs.conf to ingest metrics? or any other workaround to avoid staging layer?</P> <P>Thanks a lot!</P> Mon, 03 Jun 2019 03:08:12 GMT Gong1027 2019-06-03T03:08:12Z How to get Windows counter into metrics https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-get-Windows-counter-into-metrics/m-p/401675#M71504 <P>Hi,<BR /> I'm trying to ingest Windows perf data into Splunk,<BR /> ingestion to event index with the following conf works fine:<BR /> [perfmon://Processor]<BR /> counters = *<BR /> disabled = 0<BR /> interval = 30<BR /> index = myeventindex<BR /> object = Processor<BR /> instances = *<BR /> formatString = %.20g</P> <P>however, it doesn't work if I just change the index to metric index:<BR /> index = mymetricindex</P> <P>I read the doc of metrics index : <A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/7.2.4/Metrics">https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/7.2.4/Metrics</A><BR /> looks I have to have statd/collectd/csv/hec configured in place for metrics ingestion.</P> <P>wonder if it's possible to just use inputs.conf to ingest metrics? or any other workaround to avoid staging layer?</P> <P>Thanks a lot!</P> Mon, 03 Jun 2019 03:08:12 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-get-Windows-counter-into-metrics/m-p/401675#M71504 Gong1027 2019-06-03T03:08:12Z