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Determine which indexes.conf changes require restart
Some changes to indexes.conf require that you restart the indexer for the changes to take effect:
- Changing any of these attributes:
rawChunkSizeBytes, minRawFileSyncSecs, syncMeta, maxConcurrentOptimizes, coldToFrozenDir, coldtoFrozenScript - Changing any of these attributes for existing indexes:
repFactor, homePath, coldPath, thawedPath, bloomHomePath, summaryHomePath, tstatsHomePath - Adding or removing a volume
- Enabling or disabling an index with data
- Removing an index
You do not need to restart the indexer if you only make these changes:
- Adding new index stanzas
- Changing any attributes not listed as requiring restart
- Enabling or disabling an index with no data
Last modified on 07 April, 2017
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.6, 6.3.7, 6.3.8, 6.3.9, 6.3.10, 6.3.11, 6.3.12, 6.3.13, 6.3.14, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.4.5, 6.4.6, 6.4.7, 6.4.8, 6.4.9, 6.4.10, 6.4.11
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