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Overflow /opt/splunk/var/spool/splunk directory

vryzhko
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Hello,

We have overflow /opt/splunk/var/spool/splunk directory. It contains stash.new files from 2014 year to today. Splunk doesn't clean their itself.
We used script fill_summary_index.py for clean stash.new files but it didn't take desired result. Files in this directory don't clean.
I don't can find appropriate method for cleaning these files.

Can we to remove manually these files from folder?

Please help!

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evelenke
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evelenke
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Try this solution https://answers.splunk.com/answers/294682/the-splunk-homevarspoolsplunk-directory-is-filling.html

In my case this removes all stash_new filews from the folder.

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