Learning Splunk - Splunk Licensing – How It Works and How to Investigate Your License Utilization

The video tutorial explains how Splunk licensing works, focusing on data ingestion limits and the role of the license server. It discusses the limitations of pre-6.5 versions, where exceeding license limits could halt searches, and introduces the known force license for flexibility. The tutorial also covers how to investigate license usage through the Splunk interface, analyze data source types, and manage unexpected data bursts. The video concludes with a preview of the next topic on Splunk clustering.

What steps can you take if you find yourself exceeding your Splunk license capacity?

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What is the significance of the license manager in Splunk?

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What types of data typically consume the most logs in a Splunk environment?

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