Troubleshooting Splunk Enterprise (SP‑TSE)

Course 2720

  • Duration: 1 day
  • Language: English
  • Level: Intermediate

This 9-hour course is designed for Splunk administrators. It covers topics and techniques for troubleshooting a standard Splunk distributed deployment using the tools available with Splunk Enterprise.

This lab-oriented class is designed to help you gain troubleshooting experience before attending more advanced courses. You will debug a distributed Splunk Enterprise environment using the live system.

This course does not cover the issues surrounding Splunk Cloud, Splunk Clusters, or Splunk premium apps.

Splunk Troubleshooting Delivery Methods

  • In-Person

  • Online

  • Upskill your whole team by bringing Private Team Training to your facility.

Splunk Troubleshooting Course Information

Key Features

This course is part of the following Certifications:

You Will Learn How To

  • Understand the Splunk Support Model and its resources
  • Identify the best practices for troubleshooting Splunk Enterprise
  • List ways to gather useful Splunk diagnostic information
  • Use Splunk diagnostic tools
  • Identify common Splunk technical issues and solve them

Prerequisites

To be successful, students should have a solid understanding of the following modules:

  • Splunk Fundamentals 1 (Retired)
  • Splunk Fundamentals 2 (Retired)

Or the following single-subject modules:

Students should also have completed the following modules:

Who Should Attend

Splunk administrators.

Splunk Troubleshooting Course Outline

Module 1 – Splunk Troubleshooting Methods and Tools

  • Describe the Splunk Troubleshooting Approach
  • List Splunk Diagnostic Resources and Tools
  • Create and Splunk a Diag
  • Use RapidDiag

Module 2 – Indexing Problems

  • Discover Splunk Deployment Topology and its Server Roles
  • Identify Where to Check the Index-Time Pipeline Status
  • Use the metrics.log to Clarify the Index-Time Problem

Module 3 – Input Configuration Problems

  • Data Input Issues
  • Troubleshooting Inputs with the Monitoring Console

Module 4 – Input Configuration Problems

  • Deployment Server Issues
  • Forwarding and Receiving Issues

Module 4 – Indexer Cluster Management Administration

  • Peer Offline and Decommission
  • Master App Bundles
  • Indexer Cluster Storage Utilization Options
  • Site Mapping
  • Monitoring Console for Indexer Cluster Environment

Module 5 – License, Upgrade, and User Management Problems

  • Installation Issues
  • Upgrade Considerations
  • Splunk Licensing Issues
  • Splunk Roles and User Management Issues

Module 6 – Search Head Management Problems

  • Troubleshoot Distributed Search Issues
  • Identify Job Scheduling Problems
  • Learn to Diagnose Crashing Problems
  • Describe How to Prioritize Resources for Critical Splunk Processes

Module 7 – KV Store Collection and Lookup Management

  • Identify the Types of Search Problems
  • Isolate and Troubleshoot Search Problems

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