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splunkd ERROR

christythomas
Explorer

02-26-2013 10:45:20.539 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 10:45:30.585 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 10:45:40.586 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 10:45:50.601 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 10:46:00.616 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 10:46:10.631 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 10:46:20.647 +0530 FATAL loader - Timed out waiting for config lock; see splunkd_stderr.log for details. Exiting.
02-26-2013 11:36:00.063 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 11:36:10.073 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 11:36:20.083 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 11:36:30.094 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 11:36:40.104 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 11:36:50.114 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 11:37:00.125 +0530 FATAL loader - Timed out waiting for config lock; see splunkd_stderr.log for details. Exiting.
02-26-2013 11:37:32.824 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 11:37:42.834 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 11:37:52.844 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 11:38:02.854 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 11:38:12.865 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 11:38:22.875 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 11:38:32.885 +0530 FATAL loader - Timed out waiting for config lock; see splunkd_stderr.log for details. Exiting.
02-26-2013 17:33:56.058 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 17:34:06.059 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 17:34:16.060 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 17:34:26.061 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 17:34:36.062 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 17:34:46.063 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 17:34:56.064 +0530 FATAL loader - Timed out waiting for config lock; see splunkd_stderr.log for details. Exiting.
02-26-2013 17:35:55.834 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 17:36:05.835 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 17:36:15.836 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 17:36:25.837 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 17:36:35.838 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 17:36:45.839 +0530 WARN loader - Sleep 10 sec, waiting for config lock.
02-26-2013 17:36:55.840 +0530 FATAL loader - Timed out waiting for config lock; see splunkd_stderr.log for details. Exiting.

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christythomas
Explorer

it worked with a server restart

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christythomas
Explorer

not able to find splunkd_stderr.log

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mgaraventa_splu
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

On Windows systems it's normal not to find splunkd_stderr.log, as Windows Services don't have a stderr at all. So this is the most likely reason why you cannot find that log file.

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