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Why is Spunk search with index not working?

tcsec2user
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Spunk search with index not working only "index=_configtracker" index is working

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @tcsec2user,

check if your searches are working with other _* indexes (as e.g. _internal.

Then check if you're in violation, in this case only searches on _* indexes are running, the others are blocked, but indexing continues to normally work.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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tcsec2user
Explorer

i have tried with same index="_sl1index" and index="_*sl1index" but its not working

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tcsec2user
Explorer

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tcsec2user
Explorer

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @tcsec2user,

are you sure that those indexes are existent and active?

see at [Settings -- Indexes]

Anyway, the index name is strange because _* is a notatiopn for Splunk internal indexes, but I don't know this index that seems to be a custom index.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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tcsec2user
Explorer

How to enable the blocked indexs

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

hi @tcsec2user,

If there's no Violation, indexes cannot be blocked, only enabled or disabled and you can enable or disable an index in [Settings -- indexes] or in the indexes.conf file.

If you're speaking of blocked indexes for the License Violation, the only way is to ask to Splunk Support an unblock code.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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