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I just installed the splunk vmware app but I cannot run searches or view dashboards.

jreuter_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I just installed the splunk vmware app but I cannot run searches or view dashboards. It does appear that the app is receiving data at this time but I have no ability to search it.

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kserra_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Have you made sure that the "splunk_vmware_admin" has added the "admin" role to its privileges? This is required and is a common reason why this issue occurs on new implementations. Please see below for further documentation of the issue:

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/VMW/latest/Install/Installonyoursearchheadorindexer

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kserra_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Have you made sure that the "splunk_vmware_admin" has added the "admin" role to its privileges? This is required and is a common reason why this issue occurs on new implementations. Please see below for further documentation of the issue:

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/VMW/latest/Install/Installonyoursearchheadorindexer

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