https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/what-happens-with-Duplicate-GUID-s/m-p/292031#M88201 <P>hi,</P> <P>I want know what happens if hosts have duplicate GUID's because i my environment , i have 100 forwarders having the same GUID.</P> Thu, 09 Feb 2017 06:00:37 GMT kteng2024 2017-02-09T06:00:37Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/what-happens-with-Duplicate-GUID-s/m-p/292031#M88201 <P>hi,</P> <P>I want know what happens if hosts have duplicate GUID's because i my environment , i have 100 forwarders having the same GUID.</P> Thu, 09 Feb 2017 06:00:37 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/what-happens-with-Duplicate-GUID-s/m-p/292031#M88201 kteng2024 2017-02-09T06:00:37Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/what-happens-with-Duplicate-GUID-s/m-p/292032#M88202 <P>I can't comment on real impact, but I can provide you suggestion to fix it.</P> <P>The GUID is stored in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/instance.cfg, and if you remove this file and restart a new GUID will be created </P> Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:33:49 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/what-happens-with-Duplicate-GUID-s/m-p/292032#M88202 rbal_splunk 2017-02-09T18:33:49Z