Splunk Enterprise

Why is our deployer is getting Snapshot creation errors?

jamesoconnell
Path Finder

Our deployer instance is getting the following error:

Snapshots are supposed to be created every 60 seconds, but at least 94142 seconds have passed since last successful snapshot creation.

And the time since the last successful snapshot creation keeps increasing.

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jbfrimpong
New Member

Hello, is there any update on how to resolve this error?  On version 9.0.4 and still experiencing the same.  Thank you.

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nyc_jason
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I didnt see the error posted, but long file paths over 255 characters may cause snapshot creation failures, as the OS may not be able to write them.

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