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How does Splunk work with Virtual Center (vSphere 4)

dcroteau
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Does splunk (or how does splunk) work with Virtual Center (vSphere 4)? Since VI center is “logging” information from the individual ESX servers – is there a way to get that info into splunk?

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dcroteau
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The answer is this – VC doesn’t scale, so we directly collect the metrics and logging information from the hosts themselves, via the vMA. ( or logs can be collected natively by having your ESX send information over syslog to Splunk).

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gavind
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+1. Thanks a lot for the detailed information. This information cannot be found elsewhere.

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dcroteau
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The answer is this – VC doesn’t scale, so we directly collect the metrics and logging information from the hosts themselves, via the vMA. ( or logs can be collected natively by having your ESX send information over syslog to Splunk).

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