Deprecate usage of _type field

The type field is potentially removed in the future in elasticsearch: elastic/elasticsearch#15613 There is currently no active use of `_type` features in beats. There is use of `type` which often contains the same value as `_type` but is a normal field. `_type` is marked deprecated in 5.3 as it will be potentially be removed in the 6.0 release. For queries and dashboards the `_type` field should not be used anymore. Removal of `_type` on the beats side is probably not going to be a breaking change as it mainly affects the elasticsearch output.
elastic · Jan 19, 2017 · 9778aad · 9778aad
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 ==== Deprecated
 
 *Affecting all Beats*
+- Usage of field _type is deprecated. It should not be used in queries or dashboards. {pull}3409[3409]
 
 *Metricbeat*