A Splunk admin needs to collect CPU and memory usage data from Windows servers for performance analysis. Which Windows input type should be used?

Windows performance monitor input

What type of data is collected by a Windows performance monitor input?

Performance counters and instances

A Splunk admin is configuring a Windows event log input for a server that hosts multiple applications. The admin wants to ensure that events from different applications are easily distinguishable in searches. What should the admin configure?

Set the source type to WinEventLog:Application and use the EventCode field in searches

Create separate inputs for each application's event log and assign a unique source type to each

Use a Windows performance monitor input with application counters

Use a single input for the Application log and set the host to the application name

When configuring a Windows input in Splunk, what is the purpose of specifying a source type?

To identify the host that generated the data

To tell Splunk how to parse and format the incoming data

To specify the file path to monitor

Which of the following is a typical use case for a Windows registry input?

Monitoring file changes in a directory

Monitoring changes to startup programs

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A Splunk admin needs to collect CPU and memory usage data from Windows servers for performance analysis. Which Windows input type should be used?
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A Splunk admin is configuring a Windows event log input for a server that hosts multiple applications. The admin wants to ensure that events from different applications are easily distinguishable in searches. What should the admin configure?
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When configuring a Windows input in Splunk, what is the purpose of specifying a source type?
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Which of the following is a typical use case for a Windows registry input?
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