1-Day Instructor-Led Training
Training provided by a Splunk Authorised Learning Partner
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
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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:
- What is Splunk? (Retired)
- Intro to Splunk
- Search Under the Hood
- Scheduling Reports & Alerts
- Visualizations
- Leveraging Lookups and Subsearches (LLS)
- Intro to Knowledge Objects
- Creating Knowledge Objects (CKO)
- Creating Field Extractions (CFE)
- Enriching Data with Lookups (EDL)
- Data Models (SDM)
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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