Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Practice Test

When do Splunk license violations occur?

1. After 5 warnings on an Enterprise license in a rolling 30-day period

2. After 10 total violations within a single month

3. Upon exceeding the daily data limit for the first time

4. When indexing data on a non-licensed server

The correct answer is: After 5 warnings on an Enterprise license in a rolling 30-day period

License violations in Splunk occur after the system has issued five warnings in a rolling 30-day period for an Enterprise license. This threshold is in place to allow users to understand their data usage patterns and the necessity to manage their indexing volume accordingly. Once the license threshold is exceeded five times within this timeframe, Splunk will consider this a violation, and the system may enter a restricted mode, which can affect indexing and search functionalities. Other options suggest different conditions that do not align with Splunk's actual licensing policies. For example, a total number of violations in a month (option two) does not reflect the warning system in place; rather, it is the rolling count of warnings that matters. Indexing data above the daily data limit for the first time (the third option) is also not sufficient on its own to constitute a violation; repeated offenses result in warnings first. Lastly, indexing data on a non-licensed server (the final option) refers to operational compliance rather than the specific count of violations; this situation would have separate consequences under licensing agreements but would not trigger the violation warning cycle as stated. Thus, the correct choice suitably describes the mechanism by which Splunk tracks and responds to excess data indexing in terms of warning thresholds leading to license