topic Re: many splunkd.exe btool server list processes running on windows server in Splunk Dev

many splunkd.exe btool server list processes running on windows server

las — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 11:45:42 GMT

Hi.

I have a small sandbox server, where I installed Splunk 6.5.2, and a test installation of ITSI (4 vCPU).
When I look at the processes I see many, not counted, "bin\splunkd.exe btool server list", and similarly bin\btool server list" processes, I'm taking hundreds of processes.

This causes high CPU and memory usage.

Can this behaviour be a result of the low CPU count, or do any of you have seen something similar?

Kind regards

Re: many splunkd.exe btool server list processes running on windows server

woodcock — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:17:58 GMT

Have you installed a modular input app that aggregates btool output that would keep running the command?

Re: many splunkd.exe btool server list processes running on windows server

las — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:27:47 GMT

Not that I know of, ITSI might have done it, but I fail to see the reason why.
There are only two apps installed ITSI that spawns some subapps, and Machine learning Toolkit.

Re: many splunkd.exe btool server list processes running on windows server

las — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 17:26:12 GMT

I have raised the question with support, and they are working on it.

Re: many splunkd.exe btool server list processes running on windows server

woodcock — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 18:21:57 GMT

Be sure to post the conclusion here!

Re: many splunkd.exe btool server list processes running on windows server

FarrellJ — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:56:27 GMT

I am see this same activity would like some feed back on how to tract down what is spinning the btool to run

Re: many splunkd.exe btool server list processes running on windows server

las — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 06:31:50 GMT

I raised an issue with Splunk Support, and after some investigation we found that it was a corrupt DLL in windows that preventet Splunk from starting some processes. I am in the process of getting a new server, and move the installation to that.

Re: many splunkd.exe btool server list processes running on windows server

woodcock — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 06:36:30 GMT

Wow, hard-core! Be sure to click Accept.