Splunkd not responding

[jitsinha]

frequently getting this error message

**2014-10-15 09:57:35,404 ERROR  [543e7d315a7fcd98073fd0] decorators:389 - Splunkd daemon is not responding: ('The read operation timed out',)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/apps/splunk01/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 375, in handle_exceptions
    return fn(self, *a, **kw)
  File "", line 1, in 
  File "/apps/splunk01/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 430, in apply_cache_headers
response = fn(self, *a, **kw)
  File "/apps/splunk01/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/controllers/account.py", line 229, in login
sessionKey = splunk.auth.getSessionKey(username, password, hostPath=self.splunkd_urlhost)
  File "/apps/splunk01/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/auth.py", line 28, in getSessionKey
serverResponse, serverContent = rest.simpleRequest(uri, postargs=args)
  File "/apps/splunk01/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/rest/__init__.py", line 443, in simpleRequest
raise splunk.SplunkdConnectionException, str(e)
SplunkdConnectionException: Splunkd daemon is not responding: ('The read operation timed out',)**

Anybody got any suggestion???

[bmunson_splunk]

This is a time that I would recommend opening a support case. They will most likely ask for a "diag" file that they can analyze for issues. Something we can't do on a forum.

Get your company's nominated person to Email support@splunk.com