Duration
5 days
Outline
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Describe a deployment plan
1.2 Define the deployment process
2.0 Project Requirements
2.1 Identify critical information about environment, volume, users, and
requirements
2.2 Apply checklists and resources to aid in collecting requirements
3.0 Infrastructure Planning: Index Design
3.1 Understand design and size indexes
3.2 Estimate non-smart store related storage requirements
3.3 Identify relevant apps
4.0 Infrastructure Planning: Resource Planning
4.1 List sizing considerations
4.2 Identify disk storage requirements
4.3 Define hardware requirements for various Splunk components
4.4 Describe ES considerations for sizing and topology
4.5 Describe ITSI considerations for sizing and topology
4.6 Describe security, privacy, and integrity measures
5.0 Clustering Overview
5.1 Identify non-smart store related storage and disk usage requirements
5.2 Identify search head clustering requirements
6.0 Forwarder and Deployment Best Practices
6.1 Identify best practices for forwarder tier design
6.2 Understand configuration management for all Splunk components, using
Splunk deployment tools
7.0 Performance Monitoring and Tuning
7.1 Use limits.conf to improve performance
7.2 Use indexes.conf to manage bucket size
7.3 Tune props.conf
7.4 Improve search performance
8.0 Splunk Troubleshooting Methods and Tools
8.1 Splunk diagnostic resources and tools
9.0 Clarifying the Problem
9.1 Identify Splunk’s internal log files
9.2 Identify Splunk’s internal indexes
10.0 Licensing and Crash Problems
10.1 License issues
10.2 Crash issues
11.0 Configuration Problems
11.1 Input issues
12.0 Search Problems
12.1 Search issues
12.2 Job inspector
13.0 Deployment Problems
13.1 Forwarding issues
13.2 Deployment server issues
14.0 Large-scale Splunk Deployment Overview
14.1 Identify Splunk server roles in clusters
14.2 License Master configuration in a clustered environment
15.0 Single-site Indexer Cluster
15.1 Splunk single-site indexer cluster configuration
16.0 Multisite Indexer Cluster
16.1 Splunk multisite indexer cluster overview
16.2 Multisite indexer cluster configuration
16.3 Cluster migration and upgrade considerations
17.0 Indexer Cluster Management and Administration
17.1 Indexer cluster storage utilization options
17.2 Peer offline and decommission
17.3 Master app bundles
17.4 Monitoring Console for indexer cluster environment
18.0 Search Head Cluster
18.1 Splunk search head cluster overview
18.2 Search head cluster configuration
19.0 Search Head Cluster Management and Administration
19.1 Search head cluster deployer
19.2 Captaincy transfer
19.3 Search head member addition and decommissioning
20.0 KV Store Collection and Lookup Management
20.1 KV Store collection in Splunk clusters
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.