Deployment Architecture

Add and use a new index without restarting Splunk

Krishna_R
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Is it possible to create a new index and start using without restarting server, so that other users will see no impact?

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gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

No. The indexer in 4.1.x (and below) must be restarted for a new index to be added.

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