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Wrong host license usage report / squash_threshold

splunkreal
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Hello, if you have license usage error when running a query on license logs, it can be based on Splunk server.conf setup.

* If this helps, please upvote or accept solution if it solved *
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splunkreal
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squash_threshold = <positive integer>

 

* Periodically the indexer must report to license manager

  the data indexed broken down by source, sourcetype, host, and index. If

  the number of distinct (source, sourcetype, host, index) tuples grows over

  the 'squash_threshold', the (host, source) values are squashed and only a

  breakdown by (sourcetype, index) is reported. This is to prevent explosions in

  memory + license_usage.log lines.

* This is an advanced setting. Set it only after consulting a Splunk

  Support engineer.

* This needs to be set on license peers as well as the license

  manager.

* Default: 2000

* If this helps, please upvote or accept solution if it solved *

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splunkreal
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squash_threshold = <positive integer>

 

* Periodically the indexer must report to license manager

  the data indexed broken down by source, sourcetype, host, and index. If

  the number of distinct (source, sourcetype, host, index) tuples grows over

  the 'squash_threshold', the (host, source) values are squashed and only a

  breakdown by (sourcetype, index) is reported. This is to prevent explosions in

  memory + license_usage.log lines.

* This is an advanced setting. Set it only after consulting a Splunk

  Support engineer.

* This needs to be set on license peers as well as the license

  manager.

* Default: 2000

* If this helps, please upvote or accept solution if it solved *
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