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Non-DC Forwarders not sending WinEventLog:Security events

marksnelling
Communicator

Hi
I'm using Spunk 5.0.2 and the latest versions of the Splunk for Windows app and TA. I have Forwarders installed on a number of Windows Server 2008 R2 machines including a domain controller.
The forwarder on the DC is sending all WinEventLog:* events to the indexer but the forwarders on the other machines are sending everything but the WinEventLog:Security events.

Why aren't my non-DC machines sending the the WinEventLog:Security events?

[default]
evt_dc_name = \\DC01.mydomain
evt_dns_name = 

###### OS Logs ######
[WinEventLog:Application]
disabled = 0
start_from = oldest
current_only = 0
checkpointInterval = 5

[WinEventLog:Security]
disabled = 0
start_from = oldest
current_only = 0
evt_resolve_ad_obj = 1
checkpointInterval = 5

[WinEventLog:System]
disabled = 0
start_from = oldest
current_only = 0
checkpointInterval = 5
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1 Solution

marksnelling
Communicator

This resolved itself with absolutely no help from me. The forwarders just started passing the WinEventLog:Security events on their own.

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marksnelling
Communicator

This resolved itself with absolutely no help from me. The forwarders just started passing the WinEventLog:Security events on their own.

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sowings
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Was there some time delay involved? Did you have to wait minutes, hours, days? I'm seeing the same behavior and was hoping for a hint of how to resolve it. Thanks.

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