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Is splunk is running as i am getting Warning messages while starting splunk in AIX server?

rashokciet
New Member

"./splunk start

Splunk> See your world. Maybe wish you hadn't.

Checking prerequisites...
WARNING: Data segment size limit (ulimit -d) is set low (134217728 bytes) Splunk may not work.
You may want to run "ulimit -d unlimited" before starting splunk.
WARNING: Resident memory size limit (ulimit -m) is set low (33554432 bytes) Splunk may not work.
You may want to run "ulimit -m unlimited" before starting splunk.
WARNING: File size limit (ulimit -f) is set low (1073741312 bytes) Splunk may not work.
You may want to run "ulimit -f unlimited" before starting splunk.
Checking http port [8000]: open
Checking mgmt port [8089]: open
Checking configuration... Done.
Checking critical directories... Done
Checking indexes...
Validated: _audit _blocksignature _internal _introspection _thefishbucket history main summary
Done
Checking filesystem compatibility... Done
Checking conf files for problems...
Done
All preliminary checks passed.

Starting splunk server daemon (splunkd)...
Done

Starting splunkweb... Done"

The above warning messages i get when i try to start splunk in AIX server.Has the splunk service started?

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

It has started, but is worried about seemingly low ulimit values. To see if splunk is still running see this command's output:

$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk status

Side note: If this is a full Splunk instance (Search Head, Indexer, ...) and not just a forwarder then do seriously consider running it on Linux rather than AIX.

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rashokciet
New Member

Thanks Martin for the reply!!
I got the below after running /splunk status

"/splunk/bin# ./splunk status
splunkd 23855388 was not running.
Removing stale pid file... done.
splunkweb is running (PID: 17105070)."

So i am confused.But when i give ps cmd I am seeing as below.

17105070 1 0 20:52:44 - 0:11 python -O /cots/2.0/splunk/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/root.py start

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