https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/how-to-kill-defunct-pid-without-rebooting-the-server/m-p/370931#M12774 <P>Splunkd instance is not running bcz of multiple defunct pid are created, even we are killing the PIDs splunk is not working.Please help me out how to kill and start splunk.</P> Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:34:37 GMT raghu_vedic 2018-01-03T14:34:37Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/how-to-kill-defunct-pid-without-rebooting-the-server/m-p/370931#M12774 <P>Splunkd instance is not running bcz of multiple defunct pid are created, even we are killing the PIDs splunk is not working.Please help me out how to kill and start splunk.</P> Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:34:37 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/how-to-kill-defunct-pid-without-rebooting-the-server/m-p/370931#M12774 raghu_vedic 2018-01-03T14:34:37Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/how-to-kill-defunct-pid-without-rebooting-the-server/m-p/370932#M12775 <P>Here is the documentation for starting/stopping Splunk.</P> <P><A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/StartSplunk">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/StartSplunk</A></P> Wed, 03 Jan 2018 20:19:00 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/how-to-kill-defunct-pid-without-rebooting-the-server/m-p/370932#M12775 lguinn2 2018-01-03T20:19:00Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/how-to-kill-defunct-pid-without-rebooting-the-server/m-p/370933#M12776 <P>Hi raghu_vedic,<BR /> Facing the same problem, can you please provide the solution or work around you did to overcome this issue.</P> Mon, 17 Feb 2020 23:34:39 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/how-to-kill-defunct-pid-without-rebooting-the-server/m-p/370933#M12776 splunkuseradmin 2020-02-17T23:34:39Z