NEW QUESTION 1
What is the minimum reference server specification for a Splunk indexer?

• A. 12 CPU cores, 12GB RAM, 800 IOPS
• B. 16 CPU cores, 16GB RAM, 800 IOPS
• C. 24 CPU cores, 16GB RAM, 1200 IOPS
• D. 28 CPU cores, 32GB RAM, 1200 IOPS

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 2
When Splunk is installed, where are the internal indexes
stored by default?

• A. SPLUNK_HOME/bin
• B. SPLUNK_HOME/var/lib
• C. SPLUNK_HOME/var/run
• D. SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 3
A customer has installed a 500GB Enterprise license. They also purchased and installed a 300GB, no enforcement license on the same license master. How much data can the customer ingest before search
is locked out?

• A. 300G
• B. After this limit, search is locked ou
• C. B.500G
• D. After this limit, search is locked out.
• E. 800G
• F. After this limit, search is locked out.
• G. Search is not locked ou
• H. Violations are still recorded.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 4
Stakeholders have identified high availability for searchable data as their top priority.
Which of the following best addresses this requirement?

• A. Increasing the search factor in the cluster.
• B. Increasing the replication factor in the cluster.
• C. Increasing the number of search heads in the cluster.
• D. Increasing the number of CPUs on the indexers in the cluster.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 5
In the deployment planning process, when should a person identify who gets to see network data?

• A. Deployment schedule
• B. Topology diagramming
• C. Data source inventory
• D. Data policy definition

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 6
Which of the following describe migration from single-site to multisite index replication?

• A. A master node is required at each site.
• B. Multisite policies apply to new data only.
• C. Single-site buckets instantly receive the multisite policies.
• D. Multisite total values should not exceed any single-site factors.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 7
Which of the following should be included in a deployment plan?

• A. Business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
• B. Current logging details and data source inventory.
• C. Current and future topology diagrams of the IT environment.
• D. A comprehensive list of stakeholders, either direct or indirect.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 8
When should multiple search pipelines be enabled?

• A. Only if disk IOPS is at 800 or better.
• B. Only if there are fewer than twelve concurrent users.
• C. Only if running Splunk Enterprise version 6.6 or later.
• D. Only if CPU and memory resources are significantly under-utilized.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 9
Which of the following is a way to exclude search artifacts when creating a diag?

• A. SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk diag --exclude
• B. SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk diag --debug --refresh
• C. SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk diag --disable=dispatch
• D. SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk diag --filter-searchstrings

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 10
When Splunk indexes data in a non clustered environment, what kind of files does it create by default?

• A. Index and .tsidx files.
• B. Rawdata and index files.
• C. Compressed and .tsidx files.
• D. Compressed and meta data files.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 11
What is the default log size for Splunk internal logs?

• A. 10MB
• B. 20 MB
• C. 25MB
• D. 30MB

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 12
Which two sections can be expanded using the Search Job Inspector?

• A. Execution costs.
• B. Saved search history.
• C. Search job properties.
• D. Optimization suggestions.

Answer: BC

NEW QUESTION 13
Which of the following commands is used to clear the KV store?

• A. splunk clean kvstore
• B. splunk clear kvstore
• C. splunk delete kvstore
• D. splunk reinitialize kvstore

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 14
A Splunk architect has inherited the Splunk deployment at Buttercup Games and end users are complaining that the events are inconsistently formatted for a web sourcetype. Further investigation reveals that not all web logs flow through the same infrastructure: some of the data goes through heavy forwarders and some of the forwarders are managed by another department. Which of the following items might be the cause for this issue?

• A. The search head may have different configurations than the indexers.
• B. The data inputs are not properly configured across all the forwarders.
• C. The indexers may have different configurations than the heavy forwarders.
• D. The forwarders managed by the other department are an older version than the rest.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 15
A new Splunk customer is using syslog to collect data from their network devices on port 514. What is the best practice for ingesting this data into Splunk?

• A. Configure syslog to send the data to multiple Splunk indexers.
• B. Use a Splunk indexer to collect a network input on port 514 directly.
• C. Use a Splunk forwarder to collect the input on port 514 and forward the data.
• D. Configure syslog to write logs and use a Splunk forwarder to collect the logs.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 16
Before users can use a KV store, an admin must create a collection. Where is a collection is defined?

• A. kvstore.conf
• B. collection.conf
• C. collections.conf
• D. kvcollections.conf

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 17
Which Splunk internal index contains licenserelated events?

• A. _audit
• B. _license
• C. _internal
• D. _introspection

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 18
In search head clustering, which of the following methods can you use to transfer captaincy to a different member? (Select all that apply.)

• A. Use the Monitoring Console.
• B. Use the Search Head Clustering settings menu from Splunk Web on any member.
• C. Run the splunk transfer shcluster-captain command from the current captain.
• D. Run the splunk transfer shcluster-captain command from the member you would like to become the captain.

Answer: BD

NEW QUESTION 19
Which of the following is a best practice to maximize indexing performance?

• A. Use automatic sourcetyping.
• B. Use the Splunk default settings.
• C. Not use pre-trained source types.
• D. Minimize configuration generality.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 20
Search dashboards in the Monitoring Console indicate that the distributed deployment is approaching its capacity. Which of the following options will provide the most search performance improvement?

• A. Replace the indexer storage to solid state drives (SSD).
• B. Add more search heads and redistribute users based on the search type.
• C. Look for slow searches and reschedule them to run during an off-peak time.
• D. Add more search peers and make sure forwarders distribute data evenly across all indexers.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 21
When converting from a single-site to a multi-site cluster, what happens to existing single-site clustered buckets?

• A. They will continue to replicate within the origin site and age out based on existing policies.
• B. They will maintain replication as required according to the single-site policies, but never age out.
• C. They will be replicated across all peers in the multi-site cluster and age out based on existing policies.
• D. They will stop replicating within the single-site and remain on the indexer they reside on and age out according to existing policies.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 22
A customer plans to ingest 600 GB of data per day into Splunk. They will have six concurrent users, and they also want high data availability and high search performance. The customer is concerned about cost and wants to spend the minimum amount on the hardware for Splunk. How many indexers are recommended for this deployment?

• A. Two indexers not in a cluster, assuming users run many long searches.
• B. Three indexers not in a cluster, assuming a long data retention period.
• C. Two indexers clustered, assuming high availability is the greatest priority.
• D. Two indexers clustered, assuming a high volume of saved/scheduled searches.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 23
Which of the following are client filters available in serverclass.conf? (Select all that apply.)

• A. DNS name.
• B. IP address.
• C. Splunk server role.
• D. Platform (machine type).

Answer: AB

NEW QUESTION 24
Which of the following artifacts are included in a Splunk diag file? (Select all that apply.)

• A. OS settings.
• B. Internal logs.
• C. Customer data.
• D. Configuration files.

Answer: BD

NEW QUESTION 25
Which of the following statements describe licensing in a clustered Splunk deployment? (Select all that apply.)

• A. Free licenses do not support clustering.
• B. Replicated data does not count against licensing.
• C. Each cluster member requires its own clustering license.
• D. Cluster members must share the same license pool and license master.

Answer: BD

NEW QUESTION 26
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