SPLK-3003 Exam Dumps

Explanation: The Splunk Validated Architectures (SVAs) are proven reference architectures for stable, efficient and repeatable Splunk deployments. They offer topology options that consider a wide array of organizational requirements, so the customer can easily understand and find a topology that is right for their needs. The SVAs also provide design principles and best practices to help the customer build an environment that is easier to maintain and troubleshoot. The SVAs are available on the Splunk website1 and can be customized using the Interactive Splunk Validated Architecture (iSVA) tool2. The other options are incorrect because they do not provide the customer with a reliable and tailored resource to help them design their new architecture. Option A is too vague and does not point the customer to a specific document or section. Option B is irrelevant and does not address the customer’s architectural needs. Option C is unreliable and does not guarantee that the customer will find a suitable solution for their requirements.

Explanation: The user who is assigned to the operations role only will have access to search the operations, network, _internal, and _audit indexes. This is because the srchIndexesAllowed setting of authorize.conf specifies the indexes that a role can search, but it does not restrict the indexes that a role inherits from other roles. The operations role inherits the user role, which by default can search the _internal and _audit indexes. The operations role also inherits the security role, which can search the network index. Therefore, the user who belongs to the operations role can search all these indexes, in addition to the operations index that is specified for the operations role. Therefore, the correct answer is A. operations, network, _internal, _audit.

Explanation: The indexer cluster is classed as ‘Indexing Ready’ when it has enough indexers to meet the replication factor. In this case, the replication factor is 2, which means that each bucket of data must have two copies across the indexers. Therefore, the cluster is ready to ingest new data after Step 6, when Indexer 2 joins the cluster and replicates the data from Indexer 1. Indexer 3 is not required for the cluster to be indexing ready, although it can provide additional redundancy and search performance.

Explanation: The best practice for ingesting data from a network device that transmits logs directly with UDP or TCP over SSL is to use a syslog server to aggregate the data to files and use a heavy forwarder to read and transmit the data to the indexing tier. This method has several advantages, such as:

• It reduces the load on the network device by sending the data to a dedicated syslog server.
• It provides a reliable and secure transport of data by using TCP over SSL between the syslog server and the heavy forwarder.
• It allows the heavy forwarder to parse and enrich the data before sending it to the indexing tier.
• It preserves the original timestamp and host information of the data by using the syslog-ng or Splunk Connect for Syslog solutions.

Explanation: The SHC will function as expected as the minimum required number of nodes for a SHC is 3. This is because the SHC uses a quorum-based algorithm to determine the cluster state and elect the captain. A quorum is a majority of cluster members that can communicate with each other. As long as a quorum exists, the cluster can continue to operate normally and serve search requests. If a network outage occurs between the two data centers, each data center will have three SHC members, but only one of them will have a quorum. The data center with the quorum will elect a new captain if the previous one was in the other data center, and the other data center will lose its cluster status and stop serving searches until the network communication is restored.
The other options are incorrect because they do not reflect what happens when a network outage occurs between two data centers with a SHC. Option A is incorrect because the SHC deployer will not become the new captain, as it is not part of the SHC and does not participate in cluster activities. Option B is incorrect because the SHC will not stop all scheduled search activity, as it will still run scheduled searches on the data center with the quorum. Option D is incorrect because the SHC captain will not fall back to previous active captain in the remaining site, as it will be elected by the quorum based on several factors, such as load, availability, and priority.

Explanation: This is because the bucket freezing process in a clustered indexer is controlled by the cluster master, which ensures that all copies of the bucket are frozen at the same time. This way, the cluster master can maintain the consistency and availability of the data across the cluster, and avoid any conflicts or errors due to mismatched bucket states.
The other options are incorrect because they do not reflect what happens when a bucket rolls from cold to frozen on a clustered indexer. Option A is incorrect because all replicated copies will not be rolled to frozen, while original copies will remain. This would violate the replication factor and search factor settings of the cluster, and cause data loss or unavailability.
Option B is incorrect because replicated copies of the bucket will not remain on all other indexers, and the cluster master will not assign a new primary bucket. This would create duplicate and outdated data in the cluster, and cause search inefficiency or inconsistency. Option D is incorrect because nothing will not happen, and replicated copies of the bucket will not remain on all other indexers until a local retention rule causes it to roll. This would create different retention policies for different copies of the same bucket, and cause data fragmentation or corruption.