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https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.0/ReleaseNotes/FixDatetimexml2020

I noticed this app didn't have the restart flag, should we be adding this in order to restart all our universal forwarders?

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Solution

Restarting is not necessary.

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As mentioned in the document, you do not need the restart of the Splunk services once the patch is done.

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.0/ReleaseNotes/FixDatetimexml2020#Download_and_depl...

Solution

Restarting is not necessary.

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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.

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