Red banner message in GUI (below) regarding sentinel.txt file lock is preventing updates from the GUI.
Error fixing dangling data: Failed to lock /mnt/search_head_pool/etc/apps/sentinel.txt with return code 1: Success
I do not presently have access to the logs of the system (Splunk 4.2.2 101277 on RHEL).
- Can sentinel.txt and sentinel.txt.lock safely be deleted?
- Are there known causes/resolutions for this error?
- What is the scope/impact of this state?