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jkcouch
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I am a Splunk newcomer. Not sure if this is a good title but here is the data set (11,000 events, one for each VM):

05/22/2012 08:49:25 GMT hostname Cluster="tempcluster" CpuLimitMhz="-1" CpuReservationMhz="0" CpuSharesLevel="Normal" MemLimitMB="-1" MemReservationMB="0" MemSharesLevel="Normal" NumCpuShares="2000" VCenter="vcenter" VirtualMachineId="VirtualMachine-vm-000" VMHardwareVersion="v7" VMHost="esx001.tmpdmn.com" VMHostModel="ProLiant BL685c G1" VMHostState="Connected" VMHostVersion="VMware ESXi 4.1.0 build-433742" VMName="tmpvmname" VMToolsVersion="8194" VMToolsVersionStatus="guestToolsNeedUpgrade" ScriptRunTime="129821436005339451"

I am wanting the chart to look someting like this:

"VMHostModel" "Host Count" "VM Count"


ProLiant BL685c G1 400 4000

ProLiant BL465c G1 500 5000

ProLiant BL460c G1 200 2000


Here is what I have so far:

source="PS_VM_Config" | dedup VMName date_mday | chart count(VMHostModel) AS "Host Count", count(VMName) As "VM Count" by VMHostModel

But right now it looks like:

"VMHostModel" "Host Count" "VM Count"


ProLiant BL685c G1 4000 4000

ProLiant BL465c G1 5000 5000

ProLiant BL460c G1 2000 2000


Suggestions please! 🙂

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Damien_Dallimor
Ultra Champion

Instead of count, try using dc.

source="PS_VM_Config" | chart dc(VMHost) AS "Host Count", dc(VMName) As "VM Count" by VMHostModel

jkcouch
Explorer

You nailed it. Thank you! That makes a lot of sense actually now that I see it.

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