We have a small satellite deployment of 40+ servers, that have a dedicated HF doubling as a Deployment Server running on Linux. Equal mix of Windows and Linux. 24h ago discovered that a few of the Windows servers were now reporting that they no longer had the Windows_TA installed, but instead were running the Linux_TA. Checking the UF hosts directly, they in fact were running the Windows_TA even though the DS was reporting they were running the Linux_TA?? After a day of trying to figure out how (validated filters, tested, removed and readded all Server Classes, and Apps), it continued. Noticed throughout the day a few more were now reporting this "mix-up", and again validated those reporting Linux_TA were running Windows_TA. As a final drastic measure, removed Splunk from the host (the HF/DS, not the UF's), reinstalled from scratch, and created the environment new. Made sure the UF's were not running any of the distributed apps/ta's. Built new Apps, Server Class. The UF's started phoning home, and once again, the Windows servers were reporting the Linux_TA, but running the Windows_TA
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