What does the warning message mean in forwarder management ?

[sunrise]

Hi Splunkers,
I met the warning message in forwarder management which said "One or more apps are initializing download. Please refresh later to see the accurate status of these downloads".

Later I refreshed browser, but it was appeared again.
And I also restart splunk, but it was same.
What does this message mean ?
How is it not displayed ?

Thank you for your help.

[Un10Mar01]

this is production testing.

[cald4]

Also happened to me; clearing /opt/splunk/etc/system/local/serverclass.conf and then running "splunk reload deploy-server" worked to get rid of the warning on the forwarder management web page. I'm running x86_64 v6.2.1 build 245427
I was just getting started, only had 2 server classes. I assume I'll be seeing this again.

[jameshgibson]

I managed to clear this message by deleting all the serverclasses and then re-adding them. This removed the messages and got the apps downloading again.

My guess is SPlunk gets confused as to what has changed on the forwarder(s) and isn't logging the error back correctly.

[echalex]

I'm afraid this solution doesn't really fit most users. At least for me, with 500+ forwarders and some 100+ server classes.

[jonathan_cooper]

I am in version 6.1 and seeing this issue also.

[aelliott]

I am having this issue as well, in 6.0.3

[wbfoxii]

I am seeing this now in version 6.0.3.

[sunrise]

I don't know why this happened. But in Splunk V6.0.1, that doesn't happen.

[mikelanghorst]

I still have it in 6.0.1, although all classes show ok

[israelgutierrez]

Also you can check Reload the Deployment server

/opt/splunk/bin/./splunk reload deploy-server

[rgaleone1]

sunrise - Have you attempted to restart the splunkforwarder to which the apps are being downloaded?

[nurtdi]

I have the same issue in Splunk v.6.0.3, "splunk reload deploy-server" and "splunk restart" did not help. As for suggestion: "Have you attempted to restart the splunkforwarder to which the apps are being downloaded?" - there is no easy way to find which forwarder is doing it...

[mikelanghorst]

I'm seeing this as well, even though all classes/apps show as successful.