https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/enabling-forwarder-in-manager-breaks-splunkd-how-to-fix/m-p/71388#M14522 <P>The universal forwarder is a separate executable; you do not enable it from full Spunk.</P> <P>Please refer to: </P> <P><A href="http://answers.splunk.com/questions/13233/how-do-i-enable-the-universal-forwarder" rel="nofollow">http://answers.splunk.com/questions/13233/how-do-i-enable-the-universal-forwarder</A></P> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:15:14 GMT Steve_G_ 2011-03-31T07:15:14Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/enabling-forwarder-in-manager-breaks-splunkd-how-to-fix/m-p/71387#M14521 <P>I installed Splunk on Win2k8 R2 and enabled the universal forwarder. Then splunkd would NOT function properly.</P> <P>Should I install the universal forwarder into the Splunk server per se??</P> <P>The only way I will be able to use Splunk is to NOT enable the universal forwarder...</P> <P>We are only monitoring a few servers, so we've started with Enterprise and will later change to Free.</P> <P>Thank you, Tom</P> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:59:19 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/enabling-forwarder-in-manager-breaks-splunkd-how-to-fix/m-p/71387#M14521 tlyczko 2011-03-31T03:59:19Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/enabling-forwarder-in-manager-breaks-splunkd-how-to-fix/m-p/71388#M14522 <P>The universal forwarder is a separate executable; you do not enable it from full Spunk.</P> <P>Please refer to: </P> <P><A href="http://answers.splunk.com/questions/13233/how-do-i-enable-the-universal-forwarder" rel="nofollow">http://answers.splunk.com/questions/13233/how-do-i-enable-the-universal-forwarder</A></P> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:15:14 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/enabling-forwarder-in-manager-breaks-splunkd-how-to-fix/m-p/71388#M14522 Steve_G_ 2011-03-31T07:15:14Z