High Availability And Distributed Search

In an Indexer Cluster, what is the primary role of the Cluster Master (CM) regarding bucket management?

If an Indexer Cluster has a replication_factor of 3 and search_factor of 2, how many searchable copies of a bucket are maintained across the cluster?

A customer is experiencing 'Search peer [peer-name] is not responding' errors during indexer maintenance. Which configuration parameter in server.conf should be tuned to prevent search failures during rolling restarts?

Which component in a distributed search environment is responsible for the 'Search Affinity' feature?

When using a Search Head Cluster, what is the purpose of the 'captain'?

What happens to a search job if the Search Head Cluster captain goes down during an active search?

You need to migrate a single-site Indexer Cluster to a multi-site configuration. What is the first step you must perform before modifying the server.conf on the Cluster Master?

You are designing a multi-site Indexer Cluster with two sites. To ensure search availability during a site failure, which configuration is mandatory in the site_replication_factor stanza of server.conf?

When configuring a Search Head Cluster, which of the following is true regarding the 'shcluster_replication_port'?

You notice that your indexer cluster has 'Streaming' buckets that are not yet searchable. What is the most likely cause?

Which command is used to check the health of an Indexer Cluster from the Cluster Master CLI?

In a disaster recovery scenario, which file must be restored to a new Cluster Master to ensure it recognizes the existing indexer peers?

When configuring search affinity for a multi-site cluster, what is the behavior if no indexers are available in the local site?

What is the recommended method to distribute configuration changes across a Search Head Cluster?

What is the recommended way to handle an indexer peer that is permanently failing in an Indexer Cluster?

Which feature ensures that Search Head Cluster members share knowledge objects like saved searches and reports?

You want to perform a rolling restart of an Indexer Cluster without stopping ingestion. What configuration ensures that indexers remain available?

When adding a new indexer to an existing Indexer Cluster, what is the best practice to ensure the indexer is ready before it starts receiving data?

Which type of bucket is used for the most recent data and is generally searchable?

In a multisite cluster, how does the 'site_replication_factor' override the global 'replication_factor'?

Which component is responsible for distributing configuration bundles to indexers in a cluster?

What is the effect of setting 'forwarder_site_failover=true' in the indexer discovery stanza?

If an Indexer Cluster is configured with site-based replication, where should the 'site' attribute be defined?

Which THREE of the following are valid states for a bucket in an Indexer Cluster?

When using a load balancer in front of a search head cluster, why is session affinity (sticky sessions) recommended?

What is the primary function of the 'Cluster Secret' in a Splunk Indexer Cluster?

When a Search Head Cluster is running in a multi-site environment, what configuration ensures search results are optimized?

Which TWO of the following are prerequisites for a functional Search Head Cluster?

You are investigating a search issue where results are inconsistent across SHC members. What is a possible cause?

Which THREE of the following are components involved in a distributed search architecture?

Which TWO of the following are true about the 'splunk apply shcluster-bundle' command?

Which TWO of the following are features of the Indexer Cluster Master?

Which TWO of the following are valid ways to monitor the status of an Indexer Cluster?

Which TWO of the following are true about Indexer Discovery?

Which THREE of the following are common causes for a Search Head Cluster member to lose contact with the captain?

Which THREE of the following are reasons to use Maintenance Mode in an Indexer Cluster?

Which TWO of the following are necessary to configure a multi-site Indexer Cluster?

Which THREE of the following are key components of a disaster recovery plan for Splunk?

Which THREE of the following are risks if the replication_factor is too low?