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We see the following -
02-09-2017 21:12:49.973 -0600 INFO TailingProcessor - Parsing configuration stanza: monitor://E:\logs\sessiondelete\*_DELETESCRIPT.log.
And -
02-09-2017 21:12:49.973 -0600 INFO TailingProcessor - Adding watch on path: E:\logs\sessiondelete.
But they don't reach the indexers. Any ideas?
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From - http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Data/Specifyinputpathswithwildcards
Caution: In Windows, you cannot currently use a wildcard at the root level. For example, this does not work:
[monitor://E:...\foo\*.log]
Splunk Enterprise logs an error and fails to index the desired files.
This is a known issue, described in the Known Issues topic of the Release Notes. Look there for details on all known issues.
This might have been fixed in later versions, I'm not sure.
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From - http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Data/Specifyinputpathswithwildcards
Caution: In Windows, you cannot currently use a wildcard at the root level. For example, this does not work:
[monitor://E:...\foo\*.log]
Splunk Enterprise logs an error and fails to index the desired files.
This is a known issue, described in the Known Issues topic of the Release Notes. Look there for details on all known issues.
This might have been fixed in later versions, I'm not sure.
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Gorgeous - it worked now. Please convert the comment to an answer so I can accept it...
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Glad it helped..
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Very much appreciated!!!
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Windows doesn't play well with wild cards on the monitor path. Try using whiteliest and blacklist instead to wild card your file names.
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Seriously? do you have any docs about it, by any chance?
I see the following at Specify input paths with wildcards
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follow the steps from the below url, http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.2/Troubleshooting/Cantfinddata .
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Great link - the only thing that I don't know is whether the forwarder can access this Windows folder ...
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Sysinternals tool Process Explorer can easily find out if your UF has that file open.
Open Process Explorer, click the binoculars, search for E:\whatever in there. If the UF has the file open, it'll be listed.
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Check for error like access denied on the splunkd.log on the forwarder (for that file).
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The only references to DELETESCRIPT in splunkd.log are the two at the beginning of this thread...
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The forwarder should be sending _internal data to Indexers, do you at least see that (to confirm that outputs.conf is configured correctly, check index=_internal host=yourForwarder ). Also, restart your forwarder and check the splunkd.log for errors and warning, you may catch something relevant.
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