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How do I add additional performance counters to the Splunk UF Collector?

MTravisVolker
Explorer

We are attempting to add Microsoft RAS Total counters from PerfMon to the Splunk UF collector. We updated the local/inputs.conf as follows.
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These counters are available on the host but they aren't being collected by Splunk.

jgibby
Explorer

I found this useful:

Specify valid regular expressions to capture multiple performance monitor objects

instead of asterisk, you'd have to use dot-asterisk or be explicit with the object, example:

object = RAS Total

also:
If you set the useEnglishOnly attribute to true, you cannot use wildcards or regular expressions for...

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