Splunk failed to fetch the element from the server: error

[jonm1010]

Whenever I attempt to add a remote event log collection I am given this error:
"Splunk failed to fetch the element from the server: error"
Any ideas on what might be causing this?

Thanks

[sdaniels]

Take a look at this link below. It may give you the details to track this down since the error message has changed from when the below was answered.

http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/495/while-setting-up-a-windows-eventlog-collection-input-why-d...

[sdaniels]

You would have a forwarder installed on each server or pull it remotely via WMI.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/Windowseventlogsremote

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/Windowseventlogslocal

[jonm1010]

Does splunk need to be installed on each machine I want to capture the logs from?