topic Re: License Violation Automated Alerts in Installation

Is there a way to send an automated alert for various types of licensing violations?

sjwone — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 21:41:16 GMT

Is there a way to send an automated alert for various types of licensing violations. It would be useful to get an automated alert when certain high water marks are reached, i.e. 90% used. And also get alerts with the maximum has been exceeded.

Re: License Violation Automated Alerts

ChrisG — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:49:19 GMT

Yes. If you are using Splunk 6.0, you can set an alert for any of the searches in the License Usage Report View. See Use the License Usage Report View in the Admin Manual. If you are using Splunk 5.x, install the Splunk on Splunk app and you will have access to the same views for your Splunk 5.x installation.

Re: License Violation Automated Alerts

stefanlasiewski — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 20:50:06 GMT

We use Splunk 5. Our license is stored on a license server. Will Splunk on Splunk allow me to view the License Usage and can I configure it to send alerts?

Re: License Violation Automated Alerts

hexx — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:31:16 GMT

When you say "license server", you mean a Splunk instance running as a license master, right?

Re: License Violation Automated Alerts

awurster — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 23:23:43 GMT

i don't like this approach. splunk needs to have alert "channels" or some other sort of groups of issues / alerts etc more easily subscribed to. without it - the tool remains extremely difficult to use out-of-box. doesn't look like major strides in usability are being made in this department.

Re: License Violation Automated Alerts

jlaw — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 22:35:44 GMT

Starting in version 6.2, Splunk Enterprise ships with a few preconfigured alerts (including one for license usage) that you can enable in the distributed management console. Read about Platform alerts in the Admin Manual.

Re: License Violation Automated Alerts

bailmon — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:29:45 GMT

Amen... Seconded !