IFAICT
You are required to have metric_timestamp, metric_name and _value... dimensions are optional
sample format: process_object_guid is a dimension
"metric_timestamp","metric_name","_value","process_object_guid"
"1509997011","process.cpu.avg","2563454144","dbd1414b-378e-48bd-9735-bc2bab1e58fa"
"1509997011","process.cpu.min","2563454144","dbd1414b-378e-48bd-9735-bc2bab1e58fa"
"1509997011","process.cpu.max","2563454144","dbd1414b-378e-48bd-9735-bc2bab1e58fa"
"1509997011","process.cpu.last","2563454144","dbd1414b-378e-48bd-9735-bc2bab1e58fa"
"1509997011","process.ram.avg","2563454144","dbd1414b-378e-48bd-9735-bc2bab1e58fa"
"1509997011","process.ram.min","2563454144","dbd1414b-378e-48bd-9735-bc2bab1e58fa"
"1509997011","process.ram.max","2563454144","dbd1414b-378e-48bd-9735-bc2bab1e58fa"
"1509997011","process.ram.last","2563454144","dbd1414b-378e-48bd-9735-bc2bab1e58fa"
"1509997011","process.disk.avg","38750","dbd1414b-378e-48bd-9735-bc2bab1e58fa"
"1509997011","process.disk.min","38750","dbd1414b-378e-48bd-9735-bc2bab1e58fa"
"1509997011","process.disk.max","38750","dbd1414b-378e-48bd-9735-bc2bab1e58fa"
"1509997011","process.disk.last","38750","dbd1414b-378e-48bd-9735-bc2bab1e58fa”
Second part of the question:
On the Universal Forwarder (UF)
inputs.conf
[monitor:///opt/metrics_data]
index = metrics
sourcetype = metrics_csv
On the Indexer
indexes.conf
[metrics]
homePath = $SPLUNK_DB/metrics/db
coldPath = $SPLUNK_DB/metrics/colddb
thawedPath = $SPLUNK_DB/metrics/thaweddb
datatype = metric
maxTotalDataSizeMB = 512000
p.s. I submitted a docs bug for clarity.
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