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I've installed Splunk on windows, and I see splunk-wmi.exe and splunk-regmon.exe programs. What are these? Can I turn them off? Installed Splunk on Windows machine and in the task manager I see these two processes running by default. How can I ... by elusive Splunk Employee in Getting Data In 03-13-2010 2 2	2	2
When should I use a FIFO for an input? I notice there is support for fifo's as inputs. Are there any benefits to using a fifo or is it just support for thos... by Erik_Swan Splunk Employee in Monitoring Splunk 03-13-2010 1 2	1	2
Any way to reduce the storage footprint of a Windows LWF in 4.0? I've reduced the log retention timeout so that the disk footprint doesn't grow. Is there any way to remove anything ... by dskillman Splunk Employee in Deployment Architecture 03-13-2010 2 2	2	2
How can I find out what events get sent to the nullQueue when I try to filter events on a forwarder? Hi I am trying to filter events on a LightWeightForwarder, but they don't get dropped. Is there a way to debug this?... by chris Motivator in Getting Data In 03-12-2010 1 4	1	4
"The specified search is too large." Can somebody help me figure out what "too large" is? A query to count tag=pci entries by eventtype (and happens to be part of the application): tag=pci \| stats count by ... by Nate_Schmoll Engager in Knowledge Management 03-12-2010 4 5	4	5
How do I set the default PAGE, instead of just the default app? I've followed the instructions on http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/4.0.9/Developer/DefaultApp to set the defa... by oreoshake Communicator in Monitoring Splunk 03-10-2010 6 2	6	2
Timestamp logic/config on forwarder or indexer? I looked at the report for timestamping errors and found a fair amount of errors. I’ve been following the Splunk blo... by oreoshake Communicator in Monitoring Splunk 03-10-2010 0 5	0	5
Can Splunk decode data at index time? If I have a field value that is URL encoded then base-64 encoded, is it possible to have Splunk decode this field bef... by hulahoop Splunk Employee in Getting Data In 03-10-2010 3 7	3	7
What is the difference between a lightforwarder and a regular forwarder? Apart from the fact that a lightforwarder does not have a web UI, what are the main differences between the 2 apps? by Mick Splunk Employee in Getting Data In 03-09-2010 0 2	0	2
Data from forwarder arrives at the indexer but does not get indexed Hi I have set up a light weight forwarder that appears to be getting data to the indexer. But I can't search for an... by chris Motivator in Getting Data In 03-05-2010 2 2	2	2
What time format do I use when setting srchTimeWin (in authorize.conf)? I'm trying to configure a search Time Window for my Splunk roles. I've read the documentation but can't find instruc... by the_wolverine Champion in Installation 03-05-2010 1 1	1	1
ERROR SavedSplunker - No record for that user Seeing this error in splunkd.log on a splunk indexer when running a saved search. What does it mean? by Jaci Splunk Employee in Monitoring Splunk 03-01-2010 2 1	2	1
AD is only returning 1000 entries. How do I get around this? I'm trying to configure LDAP auth for Splunk. I'm running into an issue where AD is only giving me 1000 entries and ... by the_wolverine Champion in Security 02-27-2010 2 2	2	2
Estimating storage requirements on a windows server In the installation manual it shows how once you have indexed some data by using the "du -shc hot_v*/rawdata" command... by Scott Engager in Installation 02-23-2010 1 1	1	1
Can I replicate a subset of the data to a non-Splunk destination? I need to do the following on my forwarder: Forward all data received and gathered by the forwarder to Splunk indexe... by Alan_Bradley Path Finder in Getting Data In 02-23-2010 1 1	1	1
retrying a scripted input after a failure [I heard this question on an internal mailing list, but it seemed generally relevant so asking it here too] I have a... by Justin_Grant Contributor in Getting Data In 02-22-2010 1 2	1	2
Is it possible to tell LINE_BREAKER to stop eating my angle bracket? The use of LINE_BREAKER is a bit cryptic to me... ok, a lot. But I think I've managed to figure out how to break my ... by hulahoop Splunk Employee in Getting Data In 02-10-2010 0 6	0	6
How to direct certain sourcetypes into a non-default index When I've created a new index. how can I direct certain sourcetypes to be indexed in that new index, rather than into... by Alan_Bradley Path Finder in Security 02-10-2010 0 1	0	1
How do I group lines into a single event at index-time? What I'm trying to do: at index time, create a multiline event based on a unique ID. In the data sample below, I nee... by hulahoop Splunk Employee in Getting Data In 02-08-2010 2 6	2	6
What are the default sourcetypes and how are they determined? Sometimes Splunk sets the sourcetype on an incoming file as breakable_text or too_small. What determines these sourc... by Yancy Path Finder in Getting Data In 01-29-2010 1 1	1	1
monitoring hundreds of metrics and/or configuration items: how to do efficiently? I'm trying to use Splunk to monitor both runtime metrics and configuration state of a server application like JBoss o... by Justin_Grant Contributor in Getting Data In 01-27-2010 2 4	2	4
Remove annoying restart messaging I don't want to restart splunk right now, but the UI is giving my and my users an annoying message saying I need to r... by benstraw Splunk Employee in Deployment Architecture 01-27-2010 2 2	2	2
performance characteristics of dedup command I'm thinking about using the DEDUP commend to solve the following problem: I have an event with an ID field and I'd l... by Justin_Grant Contributor in Monitoring Splunk 01-22-2010 2 1	2	1
Can I monitor Windows Registry with Splunk? Are there ways in Splunk to monitor and index any activity on Windows Registry? by Ledio_Ago Splunk Employee in Getting Data In 01-20-2010 2 1	2	1
What sort of hardware should I use for my splunk install? I will have 100GB coming in per day, with an expectation of 20 concurrent users at any given time, with probably arou... by jrodman Splunk Employee in Monitoring Splunk 01-20-2010 2 1	2	1