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How to send Windows Perfmon Metrics to a Metrics Index?

shocko
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I'm using Splunk Enterprise 8.2.4 and I would like to start getting my Windows Forwarder Estate (8.2.4) to send it's perform. Initially I thought this would be easy but I was wrong. I though that out of the box that Splunk would allow me collect Windows perfmon data straight to a metrics index.  I think from reading the guide here that the pattern is as follows:

  1. Configure the forwarder inputs stanza as normal i.e. as you would to collect say the CPU metrics to an events index
  2. Point it at a metrics index tagged with a custom sourcetype
  3. Transform/parse the event to metrics format at the indexer when received based on sourcetype

Is this understanding correct and of so does anyone have a bundle of Transforms ready to go (perhaps a TA or app that does this like Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows | Splunkbase )?

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