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A log file is being ingested into Splunk, and a few events have no date stamp. How would Splunk first try to determine the missing date of the events?

A.

Splunk will take the date of a previous event within the log file.

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A.

Splunk will take the date of a previous event within the log file.

B.

Splunk will use the current system time of the Indexer for the date.

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B.

Splunk will use the current system time of the Indexer for the date.

C.

Splunk will use the date of when the file monitor was created.

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C.

Splunk will use the date of when the file monitor was created.

D.

Splunk will take the date from the file modification time.

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D.

Splunk will take the date from the file modification time.

Suggested answer: D

Explanation:

When events lack a timestamp, Splunk defaults to using the file modification time, which is accessible metadata for parsing time information if no timestamp is present in the log entry. [Reference: Splunk Docs on timestamp recognition]

asked 13/11/2024
Zuzana Combs
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