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Known issues
This topic lists known issues that are specific to the universal forwarder.
Date filed | Issue number | Description |
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2018-09-25 | SPL-160531, SPL-156698 | splunk-netmon consumes additional 2GB memory every day on Universal Forwarder |
2018-04-10 | SPL-153251 | Universal Forwarder txz package cannot be installed on FreeBSD 11.1 Workaround: 1. Use pkg install instead of pkg add OR
2. Install package by untarring tgz file to /opt/splunkforwarder |
2015-04-14 | SPL-99687, SPL-129637 | Splunk universal forwarder is 7-10 days behind recent Windows Security and system log events. Workaround: To mitigate this, edit the following stanza in inputs.conf: [WinEventLog://Security] evt_resolve_ad_obj = 0. |
2015-04-07 | SPL-99316 | Universal Forwarders stop sending data repeatedly throughout the day Workaround: In limits.conf, try changing file_tracking_db_threshold_mb in the [inputproc] stanza to a lower value. |
2014-08-05 | SPL-88396 | After configuring a client name for a deployment client, the name is not shown in the Forwarder Management UI Workaround: Create a server class, where you can see the client name, and use that group when you add data. |
2013-09-18 | SPL-74427, SPL-74448 | The Splunk universal forwarder installer for Solaris 10 does not add the splunk user when you attempt to install it using the pkgadd command. This results in the script generating lots of errors. Workaround: To work around this issue, create a splunk user on your system before attempting to run the installer. |
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Universal Forwarder: 7.2.0
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