A search head cluster has three members. A scheduled search is assigned to member B. Member B is temporarily overloaded and takes longer than usual to complete the search. What happens to the scheduled search?

The captain detects the delay and reassigns the search to another member.

The search is terminated by the captain to prevent resource exhaustion.

The search continues to run on member B until it completes, even if it takes longer than the scheduled interval.

The search is skipped for this interval and will run at the next scheduled time.

A search head cluster has three members: A, B, and C. The captain is member A. Member A is experiencing a hardware issue that causes it to restart every few minutes. What is the impact on the cluster?

The cluster will automatically disable member A to prevent further disruptions.

The cluster will repeatedly elect new captains, causing instability and potential search failures.

The cluster will promote member B to captain and ignore member A until it is stable.

The cluster will continue to operate normally because the captain role is not critical.

A search head cluster has three members. A user runs a search that is assigned to member A. During execution, member A becomes unresponsive. The user's search is still running. What happens to the search results?

The search fails and the user must manually rerun it.

The captain reassigns the search to another member and the user sees results seamlessly.

The search continues on member A once it recovers, and results are delivered late.

The search results are retrieved from the indexer tier, which caches the partial results.

Which of the following is a duty of the captain in a Splunk search head cluster?

Storing the cluster's configuration

Executing all scheduled searches

Managing the cluster's membership list

Providing the only interface for users to run searches

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16application · medium
A search head cluster has three members. A scheduled search is assigned to member B. Member B is temporarily overloaded and takes longer than usual to complete the search. What happens to the scheduled search?
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17expert · hard
A search head cluster has three members: A, B, and C. The captain is member A. Member A is experiencing a hardware issue that causes it to restart every few minutes. What is the impact on the cluster?
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18application · medium
A search head cluster has three members. A user runs a search that is assigned to member A. During execution, member A becomes unresponsive. The user's search is still running. What happens to the search results?
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19foundation · easy
Which of the following is a duty of the captain in a Splunk search head cluster?
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20foundation · easy
What do cluster members send to the captain to help maintain cluster health?
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