Splunk Admin Scenario-Based Questions and Answers (2025)
Scenario-Based Splunk Admin Questions and Answers 1. Scenario: High Disk Usage on Indexer Node Q: Your Splunk indexer is consuming disk rapidly. How would you troubleshoot and resolve this? A: 1. Check index sizes: Use: 2. | dbinspect index=* or du -sh /opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk/* 3. Review index retention settings: Check indexes.conf for maxTotalDataSizeMB and frozenTimePeriodInSecs . 4. Archive or delete old data: Use coldToFrozenDir to move data to external storage. Configure cold and frozen paths to reduce disk usage. 5. Implement data lifecycle policies: Reduce retention or filter logs at ingestion time with props and transforms. 2. Scenario: Forwarders Not Sending Data Q: A group of Universal Forwarders suddenly stopped sending d...