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ingersolls
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I have deleted all entries for a remote host with a splunkforwarder (linux). After restarting Splunk the host still shows up under available data sources. How do I get rid of this host which no longer has a forwarder off of my Splunk indexer?

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dearimranz
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Guys, I have the same problem. Any comments?

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