https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Backoff-setting-of-universal-forwarder/m-p/94295#M19619 <P>Hi!</P> <P>I would like to ask question for the backoff setting with universal forwarder.</P> <P>According to the document , if useACK option is set blocks can be resend if<BR /> a network failure occurs.</P> <P><A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Forwarding/Protectagainstlossofin-flightdata">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Forwarding/Protectagainstlossofin-flightdata</A></P> <P>However, in the ouputs.conf , useACK option is not required if you want to confiure the backoff<BR /> setting.</P> <P>Is a backoff setting default function for the forwarder?</P> <P>Thanks,<BR /> Yu</P> Fri, 11 Oct 2013 10:23:18 GMT yuwtennis 2013-10-11T10:23:18Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Backoff-setting-of-universal-forwarder/m-p/94295#M19619 <P>Hi!</P> <P>I would like to ask question for the backoff setting with universal forwarder.</P> <P>According to the document , if useACK option is set blocks can be resend if<BR /> a network failure occurs.</P> <P><A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Forwarding/Protectagainstlossofin-flightdata">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Forwarding/Protectagainstlossofin-flightdata</A></P> <P>However, in the ouputs.conf , useACK option is not required if you want to confiure the backoff<BR /> setting.</P> <P>Is a backoff setting default function for the forwarder?</P> <P>Thanks,<BR /> Yu</P> Fri, 11 Oct 2013 10:23:18 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Backoff-setting-of-universal-forwarder/m-p/94295#M19619 yuwtennis 2013-10-11T10:23:18Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Backoff-setting-of-universal-forwarder/m-p/94296#M19620 <P>I would configure this setting to true and following the backoff setting in the outputs.conf.spec file:</P> <P><A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Admin/Outputsconf">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Admin/Outputsconf</A></P> Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:18:24 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Backoff-setting-of-universal-forwarder/m-p/94296#M19620 MHibbin 2013-10-11T12:18:24Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Backoff-setting-of-universal-forwarder/m-p/94297#M19621 <P>Hi!</P> <P>Is both setting required?</P> <P>Thanks.</P> Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:24:24 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Backoff-setting-of-universal-forwarder/m-p/94297#M19621 yuwtennis 2013-10-11T12:24:24Z