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Unable to start Splunk universal forwarder on AIX Server

kiranpanchavat1
Path Finder

We are trying to Install the universal forwarder version 8.0.9 but unable to start splunk on this server due the following errors. Please find the below screenshot 

$ cd /splunk/splunkforwarder/bin
$ ./splunk start --accept-license

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Went in the shared article, but it ended with no solution. 

Unable to start Splunk universal forwarder on AIX ... - Splunk Community 

 

Kindly advise us 

 

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kiranpanchavat1
Path Finder

Can anyone help us on this ?

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
Hi
Those messages means that UF package has compiled towards different (usually newer) AIX version and new it cannot find the correct symbols on your AIX version. Have you checked that you have correct versions which are supported (AIX and Splunk)?
r. Ismo
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