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Universal forwarder- which is the host name?

human96
Communicator

It is set to select the host value as the file name.

The name of the file that UF was reading will be changed in the middle of the file.

Which of the following is your host name?

(1) The one before the change  (2) The one after the change

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi

I suppose that it was the name which has defined when it start the reading. But probably you could change it later on if needed on props.conf & transforms.conf in HF/IDX side? This needs some additional definitions on those conf files.

r. Ismo

 

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