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High Availability And Distributed Search
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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?
Medium2Which component is responsible for distributing configuration bundles to indexers in a cluster?
Easy3Which TWO of the following are necessary to configure a multi-site Indexer Cluster?
Medium4Which TWO of the following are true about the 'splunk apply shcluster-bundle' command?
Hard5In a disaster recovery scenario, which file must be restored to a new Cluster Master to ensure it recognizes the existing indexer peers?
Medium6What is the recommended method to distribute configuration changes across a Search Head Cluster?
Easy7Which THREE of the following are components involved in a distributed search architecture?
Easy8In an Indexer Cluster, what is the primary role of the Cluster Master (CM) regarding bucket management?
Easy9Which THREE of the following are risks if the replication_factor is too low?
Hard10Which TWO of the following are features of the Indexer Cluster Master?
Medium11If an Indexer Cluster is configured with site-based replication, where should the 'site' attribute be defined?
Medium12Which THREE of the following are key components of a disaster recovery plan for Splunk?
Easy13In a multisite cluster, how does the 'site_replication_factor' override the global 'replication_factor'?
Hard14What is the primary function of the 'Cluster Secret' in a Splunk Indexer Cluster?
Easy15Which TWO of the following are valid ways to monitor the status of an Indexer Cluster?
Easy16Which TWO of the following are true about Indexer Discovery?
Hard17If 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?
Hard18When configuring a Search Head Cluster, which of the following is true regarding the 'shcluster_replication_port'?
Medium19Which THREE of the following are common causes for a Search Head Cluster member to lose contact with the captain?
Medium20What is the recommended way to handle an indexer peer that is permanently failing in an Indexer Cluster?
Medium21You 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?
Medium22When a Search Head Cluster is running in a multi-site environment, what configuration ensures search results are optimized?
Medium23Which command is used to check the health of an Indexer Cluster from the Cluster Master CLI?
Easy24A 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?
Hard25You 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?
Medium26You notice that your indexer cluster has 'Streaming' buckets that are not yet searchable. What is the most likely cause?
Hard27You are investigating a search issue where results are inconsistent across SHC members. What is a possible cause?
Hard28Which component in a distributed search environment is responsible for the 'Search Affinity' feature?
Easy29When using a Search Head Cluster, what is the purpose of the 'captain'?
Medium30Which type of bucket is used for the most recent data and is generally searchable?
Easy31Which feature ensures that Search Head Cluster members share knowledge objects like saved searches and reports?
Easy32What happens to a search job if the Search Head Cluster captain goes down during an active search?
Hard33What is the effect of setting 'forwarder_site_failover=true' in the indexer discovery stanza?
Medium34Which THREE of the following are valid states for a bucket in an Indexer Cluster?
Medium35Which THREE of the following are reasons to use Maintenance Mode in an Indexer Cluster?
Hard36Which TWO of the following are prerequisites for a functional Search Head Cluster?
Easy37When using a load balancer in front of a search head cluster, why is session affinity (sticky sessions) recommended?
Hard38You want to perform a rolling restart of an Indexer Cluster without stopping ingestion. What configuration ensures that indexers remain available?
Hard39When configuring search affinity for a multi-site cluster, what is the behavior if no indexers are available in the local site?
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