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High Availability And Distributed Search

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1

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?

Medium
2

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

Easy
3

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

Medium
4

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

Hard
5

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

Medium
6

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

Easy
7

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

Easy
8

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

Easy
9

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

Hard
10

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

Medium
11

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

Medium
12

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

Easy
13

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

Hard
14

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

Easy
15

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

Easy
16

Which TWO of the following are true about Indexer Discovery?

Hard
17

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?

Hard
18

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

Medium
19

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

Medium
20

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

Medium
21

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?

Medium
22

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

Medium
23

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

Easy
24

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?

Hard
25

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?

Medium
26

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

Hard
27

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

Hard
28

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

Easy
29

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

Medium
30

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

Easy
31

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

Easy
32

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

Hard
33

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

Medium
34

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

Medium
35

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

Hard
36

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

Easy
37

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

Hard
38

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

Hard
39

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

Hard

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