Objective 17.2
Enterprise Certified ArchitectPeer offline and decommission
Objective 17.2 sits in Indexer Cluster Management and Administration, which carries 7% 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
Shown solved, with the whole explanation open: this is what every question here carries.
One peer left your cluster after an operator ran the offline command, and another simply crashed last week. How can a peer node go down?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
A planned removal and a crash leave the cluster in the same state, so the remedial machinery is the same either way. Knowing that means a decommission needs no special handling.
Why C
Splunk states that a peer node can go down either intentionally, by invoking the CLI offline command, or unintentionally, for example by a server crashing.
Source
Splunk Docs: What happens when a peer node goes down, checked August 2026A peer node can go down either intentionally (by invoking the CLI offline command, as described in Take a peer offline ) or unintentionally (for example, by a server crashing).
Now you: objective 17.2 questions
No account needed. The explanation opens when you answer.
Sample question 1 of 3
After a peer goes down, the manager coordinates remedial work to recreate a full complement of bucket copies. What is that process called?
Sample question 2 of 3
You need the current picture of every bucket copy in your cluster. What does the manager keep track of about those copies?
Sample question 3 of 3
The manager reports your cluster as complete once bucket fixing has finished. What does the complete state mean for each bucket?
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Read the sources
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