A script exited abnormally with exit status: 3

[TheBravoSierra]

A search head has the following error message:

Health Check: msg="A script exited abnormally with exit status: 3" input="./opt/splunk/etc/apps/SA-Utils/bin/data_migrator.py" stanza="default"

I am not sure which direction to take. We just upgraded to Splunk version 8.0.8, remaining on ES app version 6.0.1. The upgrade to the new Splunk version is when it began.

[TheBravoSierra · Accepted solution]

We were unable to diagnose the issue. Appears to be related to our current version of ES. Disabled notification until ES is upgraded, then we'll re-evaluate. 

[manjunathmeti]

It is an issue with the python script. You need to troubleshoot python script /opt/splunk/etc/apps/SA-Utils/bin/data_migrator.py. Check if it is failing while reading default stanza in a configuration file. Check the code where you are exiting code with status code 3.
If it was running in previous Splunk versions < 8.0, the issue might be related to python3

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