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Source types for the Splunk Add-on for Windows

The Splunk Add-on for Windows provides Common Information Model mappings, the index-time and search-time knowledge for Windows events, metadata, user and group information, collaboration data, and tasks in the following formats

Sourcetype Description CIM Data Models
ActiveDirectory Active Directory related information n/a
DhcpSrvLog Microsoft DHCP Server Log information Network Sessions
Perfmon:CPU & PerfmonMk:CPU CPU usage statistics provided by the Performance Monitor input Application State, Performance
Perfmon:LogicalDisk & PerfmonMk:LogicalDisk Information about logical disks on the system provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode. Performance
Perfmon:Memory & PerfmonMk:Memory Memory statistics provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode Performance
Perfmon:Network & PerfmonMk:Network Network statistics provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode Performance
Perfmon:PhysicalDisk & PerfmonMk:PhysicalDisk Information about physical disks on the system provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode n/a
Perfmon:Process & PerfmonMk:Process Information about process running on the system provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode Application State, Performance, Endpoint
Perfmon:ProcessorInformation & PerfmonMk:ProcessorInformation Statistics related to processor state and performance Application State, Inventory, Endpoint, Performance, Vulnerabilities
Perfmon:System & PerfmonMk:System System Information provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode Application State, Performance
Script:InstalledApps List of installed applications n/a
Script:ListeningPorts List of network ports that listen for traffic Application State, Endpoint
Script:NetworkConfiguration To get local IP configurations n/a
Script:TimesyncConfiguration Information on time synchronization service configuration. n/a
Script:TimesyncStatus Information on time synchronization status. Performance
WindowsUpdateLog Windows Update log file Updates
WinHostMon Windows host monitoring log Inventory, Performance, Endpoint
WinNetMon Network related information n/a
WinPrintMon Windows Printer related changes n/a
WinRegistry Windows Registry changes Change Analysis, Endpoint, Change
WMI:ComputerSystem Computer system information provided by WMI Performance
WMI:CPUTime CPU usage time provided by WMI Application State, Performance
WMI:FreeDiskSpace Free Disk Space provided by WMI Application State, Performance
WMI:InstalledUpdates List of installed updates/packages provided by WMI Updates
WMI:LocalNetwork Network statistics provided by WMI Performance
WMI:LocalPhysicalDisk Physical Disk information provided by WMI n/a
WMI:LogicalDisk Information about logical disks on the system, provided by WMI Performance
WMI:LocalProcesses Information on processes running locally, provided by WMI Application State, Endpoint
WMI:Memory Memory information provided by WMI Application State, Performance
WMI:ScheduledJobs Information on Scheduled Jobs provided by WMI n/a
WMI:Service Information on services running locally, provided by WMI Application State, Endpoint
WMI:Uptime Information on system uptime, provided by WMI Application State, Performance
WMI:UserAccounts Information on configured user accounts, provided by WMI Application State, Inventory
WMI:Version Information on the system version, provided by WMI Application State, Inventory
WMI:WinEventLog:* Windows Event Log data for Application, System and Security - WMI Application State, Authentication, Change Analysis, Performance, Updates, Vulnerabilities, Endpoint, Event Signatures, Change
MSAD:NT6:Health Active Directory health information n/a
MSAD:NT6:SiteInfo Active Directory site information n/a
MSAD:NT6:Replication Active Directory site replication information n/a
MSAD:NT6:Netlogon Active Directory login statistics n/a
MSAD:SubnetAffinity Active Directory Domain Subnet Affinity problem information n/a
WinEventLog & XmlWinEventLog Windows Event Log data for Application, System, Security, DFS Replication, Directory Service, File Replication Service, Key Management Service, DNS Server provided by WinEventLog in XML or standard format. Application State, Authentication, Change Analysis, Performance, Updates, Vulnerabilities, Endpoint, Event Signatures, Change
Perfmon:Processor & PerfmonMk:Processor n/a n/a
Perfmon:Network_Interface & PerfmonMk:Network_Interface Network_Interface statistics provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode n/a
Perfmon:DFS_Replicated_Folders & PerfmonMk:DFS_Replicated_Folders Information about dfs replicated folders on the system provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode. n/a
Perfmon:NTDS & PerfmonMk:NTDS Information about NTDS on the system provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode. n/a
Perfmon:DNS & PerfmonMk:DNS Information about DNS on the system provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode. n/a
MSAD:NT6:DNS-Zone-Information Information about DNS zones n/a
MSAD:NT6:DNS-Health Information about the health of DNS servers Network Resolution (DNS)
MSAD:NT6:DNS DNS server activity statistics n/a
win:bios DNS server activity statistics n/a

In versions 5.0.0 and later of the Splunk add-on for Windows, the source type WinEventLog is subdivided into WinEventLog for Classic channels, and XmlWinEventLog for XML channels. See Source and Sourcetype changes for WinEventLog data

Source types for backward compatibility

The Splunk Add-on for Windows includes the following source types for backward compatibility.

Sourcetype Description CIM Data Models
Perfmon:CPUTime CPU usage statistics provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode. Included for backward compatibility. Performance
Perfmon:FreeDiskSpace Free Disk Space statistics provided by the Performance Monitor input. Included for backward compatibility. Performance
Perfmon:LocalNetwork Free Disk Space statistics provided by the Performance Monitor input. Included for backward compatibility. Performance