Objective 16.3
Enterprise Certified ArchitectCluster migration and upgrade considerations
Objective 16.3 sits in Multisite Indexer Cluster, which carries 5% of the Enterprise Certified Architect exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Splunk page it rests on.
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A worked example
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An administrator asks how similar multisite is to single-site. What does Splunk say?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
Most of what an administrator already knows carries over, which keeps the migration a matter of configuration rather than relearning. The differences are contained and documented.
Why B
Splunk states that multisite clusters are similar in most respects to basic, single-site clusters, with some differences in configuration and behavior.
Source
Splunk Docs: About indexer clusters and index replication, checked August 2026You can specify the number of copies of data on each site. Multisite clusters are similar in most respects to basic, single-site clusters, with some differences in configuration and behavior.
Now you: objective 16.3 questions
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Sample question 1 of 2
An analyst asks what site awareness lets a cluster span. What does Splunk say?
Sample question 2 of 2
A team lead asks what a valid state means in a multisite cluster. What does Splunk say?
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Read the sources
These are the official pages the questions above cite. Reading them is studying the objective from the primary source, which is what the explanations point you toward anyway.