Can the app Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Hyper-V monitor the host as well as the VM's?

[jconger · Accepted solution]

Yes. First, you install a forwarder on your Hyper-V host. Then, you copy the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Hyper-V over to the forwarder. The Add-on collects information about the host and the VMs running on the host. Here is a more complete list of what the add-on collects:

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/AddOns/latest/MSHyperV/DataTypes