Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Practice Test

What is a consequence of exceeding the daily license quota in a Splunk pool?

1. Your license will be revoked

2. An alert will be triggered

3. You will lose access to certain features

4. Data will not be indexed

The correct answer is: An alert will be triggered

Exceeding the daily license quota in a Splunk environment primarily results in data not being indexed. This means that once the limit set by your license is reached, any additional incoming data will be dropped and not processed by Splunk. While alerts may be configured for various events, the specific outcome of surpassing the daily license limit leads directly to the halting of data indexing instead of triggering an alert. Alerts are generally used for monitoring system health or specific conditions but are not directly related to licensing issues. It’s also significant to note that revocation of a license or losing access to certain features typically requires repeated or extended licensing violations and isn't an immediate consequence of just exceeding the daily quota. Therefore, the primary outcome of exceeding your daily license limit in Splunk is that the system will stop indexing further data until the next quota period begins.