SPLK-2002 Practice Test 6 — 10 Questions

Question 1

Which path is used to define where Splunk stores the actual indexed data for a specific index?

Accepted Answer

homePath. homePath is the primary location for hot and warm buckets.

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coldPath

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frozenPath

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thawedPath

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Using the CLI command 'splunk show cluster-status'.. You can use the CLI 'show cluster-status' command or the monitoring console UI.

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Checking the license usage logs.

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Reviewing the forwarder logs.

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Running a search on the indexers directly.

Question 3

How can you verify the current health and performance of your indexers using the Monitoring Console?

Accepted Answer

Indexer: Instance dashboard. The 'Indexer: Instance' dashboard provides real-time metrics on throughput, CPU, and disk usage per indexer.

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License usage dashboard

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Deployment Health dashboard

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Search Performance dashboard

Question 4

Which THREE actions occur during the SmartStore bucket lifecycle?

Accepted Answer

Upload bucket to remote storage. SmartStore involves moving buckets to remote storage, caching locally, and evicting local copies.

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Automatic daily re-indexing

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Auto-increase replication factor

Question 5

Which TWO areas should be checked when troubleshooting slow data ingestion?

Accepted Answer

Parsing queue fill percentage. The parsing queue and the output queue are the two most common bottlenecks during ingestion.

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License master usage

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User authentication speed

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Search head memory usage

Question 6

Which TWO tools in the Splunk UI assist in performance troubleshooting?

Accepted Answer

Monitoring Console. The Search Inspector and the Monitoring Console are the standard tools for performance diagnosis.

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Deployment Server

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License Master

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Upload Data Wizard

Question 7

Which component in Splunk is required to be the central point for managing licenses in a clustered environment?

Accepted Answer

The License Master. The License Master (LM) is the central authority for all license entitlements in a cluster.

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The Deployment Server

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The Search Head

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The Cluster Master

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Set 'restart_mode=rolling'.. The rolling restart mechanism automatically manages peer availability, but you should also ensure your forwarders are configured with indexing-side load balancing.

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Disable the indexer peers.

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Stop the Cluster Master first.

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Restart all indexers at once.

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Set 'replication_factor=1'.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Search affinity settings in server.conf.. Configuring 'site' in server.conf on each SHC member allows the cluster to use search affinity to query the nearest indexers.

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Index-level bucket settings.

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Disabling search head replication.

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Site-specific replication factor.

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Increasing the search timeout.

Question 10

What is the primary function of the 'Cluster Master' in an Indexer Cluster?

Accepted Answer

To manage the indexer cluster's configuration and bucket state. The CM coordinates the cluster, including bucket replication, managing peers, and distributing configuration.

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To handle incoming data from universal forwarders

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To serve the Splunk user interface

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To search across all indexers