Question 1

What is the Splunk PS recommendation when using the deployment server and building deployment apps?

Options :

A : Carefully design smaller apps with specific configuration that can be reused.

B : Only deploy Splunk PS base configurations via the deployment server.

C : Use $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local configurations on forwarders and only deploy TAs via the deployment server.

D : Carefully design bigger apps containing multiple configs.

Answer: B

Question 2

When setting up a multisite search head and indexer cluster, which nodes are required to declare site membership?

Options :

A : Search head cluster members, deployer, indexers, cluster master

B : Search head cluster members, deployment server, deployer, indexers, cluster master

C : All splunk nodes, including forwarders, must declare site membership

D : Search head cluster members, indexers, cluster master

Answer: D

Question 3

A customer has a number of inefficient regex replacement transforms being applied. When under heavy load the indexers are struggling to maintain the expected indexing rate. In a worst case scenario, which queue(s) would be expected to fill up?

Options :

A : Typing, merging, parsing, input

B : Parsing

C : Typing

D : Indexing, typing, merging, parsing, input

Answer: B

Question 4

A customer has a multisite cluster (two sites, each site in its own data center) and users experiencing a

slow response when searches are run on search heads located in either site. The Search Job Inspector

shows the delay is being caused by search heads on either site waiting for results to be returned by

indexers on the opposing site. The network team has confirmed that there is limited bandwidth available

between the two data centers, which are in different geographic locations.

Which of the following would be the least expensive and easiest way to improve search performance?

Options :

A : Configure site_search_factor to ensure a searchable copy exists in the local site for each search head.

B : Move all indexers and search heads in one of the data centers into the same site.

C : Install a network pipe with more bandwidth between the two data centers.

D : Set the site setting on each indexer in the server.conf clustering stanza to be the same for all indexers regardless of site.

Answer: A

Question 5

Which of the following server.conf stanzas indicates the Indexer Discovery feature has not been fully

configured (restart pending) on the Master Node?

Options :

A :

B :

C :

D :

Answer: C