Cluster manager troubleshooting

Darkvader — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:59:50 GMT

Search peer appprd09 has the following message: The current bundle directory contains a large lookup file that might cause bundle replication fail. The path to the directory is /opt/splunk/var/run/xyz.bundle

Search peer appprd09 has the following message: Splunk has found 1 orphaned searches owned by 1 unique disabled users.

Greetings all,

I received the above messages in the cluster manager. How do I identify what that bundle consists of, the orphaned search best troubleshooting steps and is there a troubleshooting doc/video I can use to learn more?

Re: Cluster manager troubleshooting

kknairr — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:36:56 GMT

@Darkvader These two issues are most common in many Splunk deployments and will address them separately.

For the first one, bundle replication may fail warning - usually caused by large lookup files (often CSVs) included in the search head bundle. This issue is documented in the Splunk knowledge base and refer it for solution.

Solution: Distributed Bundle Replication Manager: The current bundle directory contains a large lookup file that might cause bundle replication fail | Splunk

Secondly, for Orphaned Searches messages indicates there are active scheduled searches which are owned by disabled or deleted user accounts, may be a user who left the organization. The recommended resolution is to reassign ownership to an active account or disable the search if it is no longer needed.

Refer: Manage orphaned knowledge objects | Splunk Enterprise (last updated 2025-07-04T01:22:43.095Z)

Solution: Orphaned Scheduled Searches, Reports, and Alerts are missing. | Splunk

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