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Before starting your SPLK-3003 exam preparation, it is recommended to review the complete Splunk Core Certified Consultant exam syllabus and carefully go through the exam objectives listed below. Once you understand the exam structure and objectives, you should practice using our free SPLK-3003 questions. We also provide premium SPLK-3003 practice test, fully updated according to the latest exam objectives, to help you accurately assess your preparedness for the actual exam.

Splunk
Vendor
SPLK-3003
Exam Code
85
Total Questions
9
Total Exam Domains

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Splunk SPLK-3003 Exam Objectives

Section 1: 1.0 Deploying Splunk
Weight:
5%
1.1Define Splunk Validated Architectures

1.2Articulate how and why Splunk grows from standalone environment to distributedenvironment with indexer and Search Head clustering

1.3Explain the difference between High Availability and Disaster Recovery and how both canbe addressed in Splunk.
Section 2: 2.0 Monitoring Console
Weight:
8%
2.1Describe which instances are suitable to configure as the Monitoring Console

2.2Articulate how to configure the MC for a single or distributed environment

2.3Examine how the MC uses the server roles and groups

2.4Describe how MC health checks are performed and can be extended.
Section 3: 3.0 Access and Roles
Weight:
8%
3.1Identify authentication methods

3.2Describe LDAP concepts and configuration

3.3List SAML and SSO options

3.4Define roles and articulate how roles are used to secure data
Section 4: 4.0 Data Collection
Weight:
15%
4.1Articulate the different ways data can be ingested by an indexer

4.2Articulate how one Splunk instance communicates with another Splunk instance (S2S)

4.3Describe the types and configuration of data inputs

4.4Describe ways to troubleshoot data inputs
Section 5: 5.0 Indexing
Weight:
14%
5.1List indexing artefacts and locations

5.2Describe event processing and data pipelines

5.3Describe the underlying text parsing and indexing process

5.4List data retention controls
Section 6: 6.0 Search
Weight:
14%
6.1Describe how to use search job inspection, Explain the inner-workings of a search

6.2List the different search types

6.3Describe how to maximize search efficiency

6.4Describe how sub-searches work
Section 7: 7.0 Configuration Management
Weight:
8%
7.1Describe a deployment app

7.2Articulate how a Deployment Server works

7.3Describe deployment system configuration

7.4Articulate how to manage deployment Serve
Section 8: 8.0 Indexer Clustering
Weight:
18%
8.1Describe deployment and component configuration

8.2Describe the life cycle of data using buckets

8.3
Determine failure modes and recovery processes

8.4
Articulate how multi-site clustering works 8.5List migration procedures
Section 9: 9.0 Search Head Clustering
Weight:
10%
9.1Articulate how to manage and deploy a Search Head cluster?

9.2Determine when a Search Head Cluster may be needed and when a Search Head Clusterwould not be recommended?

9.3Describe content management using the Deployer

9.4Describe the role of the cluster members and the Captain?9.5Articulate how Captain election works (RAFT
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