What is the primary role of a search peer in a distributed search environment?

To manage the configuration of other peers in the distributed search group

To receive search queries from users and display the final results

To index data locally and execute search sub-queries on that data

To forward data from forwarders to the search head

A Splunk admin has a search head and several indexers. The admin wants to ensure that the search head can find all the indexers. The admin has already added the indexers as search peers. What is the next step to verify that the search head can communicate with all peers?

Run the 'splunk list search-peers' command on the search head.

Verify that the indexers have the same apps installed as the search head.

Check the indexers' splunkd.log for incoming connections.

Restart the search head to apply the peer configuration.

In a distributed search, what does the search head do after it receives a search query from a user?

It stores the query in an index for later execution

It forwards the query to the deployment server for processing

It executes the query locally and then sends the results to the peers

It sends the query to all search peers and waits for their results

When a search peer receives a sub-query from a search head, what does it do with the results?

It displays the results directly to the user

It returns the results to the search head

It forwards the results to the deployment server

It stores the results in its local index

In Splunk Web, where would an administrator add search peers to a search head to create a distributed search group?

Settings > Distributed search > Search peers

Settings > Server controls > Search peers

Settings > Indexes > Search peers

Settings > Forwarders > Search peers

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A Splunk admin has a search head and several indexers. The admin wants to ensure that the search head can find all the indexers. The admin has already added the indexers as search peers. What is the next step to verify that the search head can communicate with all peers?
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In a distributed search, what does the search head do after it receives a search query from a user?
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In Splunk Web, where would an administrator add search peers to a search head to create a distributed search group?
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