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How to remove missing forwarder error in splunk 6.4

Utkarsh_Singh
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how to remove the missing forwarders error. What troubleshooting is required in such cases.
I have checked the status, they are up. What else can be done.

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493669
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Hi @Utkarsh_Singh,
To remove a forwarder entirely from the DMC dashboards, click rebuild forwarder assets in Distributed Management Console > Settings > Forwarder Monitoring Setup.
refer http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.0/DMC/Configureforwardermonitoring#Rebuild_the_forwa...
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/447096/how-to-remove-missing-forwarders-from-the-distribu.html

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493669
Super Champion

Hi @Utkarsh_Singh,
To remove a forwarder entirely from the DMC dashboards, click rebuild forwarder assets in Distributed Management Console > Settings > Forwarder Monitoring Setup.
refer http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.0/DMC/Configureforwardermonitoring#Rebuild_the_forwa...
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/447096/how-to-remove-missing-forwarders-from-the-distribu.html

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