https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-data-inputs-to-forward-files-from-storage/m-p/117721#M24482 <P>Define "the storage". How do you access that data?</P> Sat, 15 Nov 2014 11:42:15 GMT martin_mueller 2014-11-15T11:42:15Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-data-inputs-to-forward-files-from-storage/m-p/117720#M24481 <P>Hi, i want to forward files from the storage instead of from the local drives, what would be the solution? thks</P> Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:36:41 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-data-inputs-to-forward-files-from-storage/m-p/117720#M24481 newbiesplunk 2014-11-14T01:36:41Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-data-inputs-to-forward-files-from-storage/m-p/117721#M24482 <P>Define "the storage". How do you access that data?</P> Sat, 15 Nov 2014 11:42:15 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-data-inputs-to-forward-files-from-storage/m-p/117721#M24482 martin_mueller 2014-11-15T11:42:15Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-data-inputs-to-forward-files-from-storage/m-p/117722#M24483 <P>I think you want the <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/Monitorfilesanddirectories">Monitor Files and Directories</A> section of the Getting Data In manual. How you access a file, whether it's local or remote, is a matter of your operating system, and architectural preference. You might also want to look at deploying a forwarder (on that remote target).</P> Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:48:35 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-data-inputs-to-forward-files-from-storage/m-p/117722#M24483 halr9000 2014-11-17T21:48:35Z