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  • 1.  Event collector behavior when network is down

    Posted Mon May 04, 2020 11:41 AM
    Hi,
    In a distributed environment, what will happen if you bring down the console 
    and the event processor for maintenance(lets say for 8 hours), will the remote collectors store the events until the connection is back and than push them? or will i lose the events for good?

    Thanks,
    Itzik

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    Itzik Shviro
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  • 2.  RE: Event collector behavior when network is down

    Posted Tue May 05, 2020 01:45 AM
    Hello,
    I think the below link should help

    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS42VS_7.3.0/com.ibm.qradar.doc/c_qradar_adm_store_fwd_ovrvw.html

    T&R

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    Arjun Kumar Network & Security Engineer
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  • 3.  RE: Event collector behavior when network is down

    Posted Tue May 05, 2020 01:53 AM
    Hi arjun,
    Thanks for the reply.
    I have seen this post.
    The question is - what will happen if i do not configutre scheduling? will the events just get droped?

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    Itzik Shviro
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  • 4.  RE: Event collector behavior when network is down

    Posted Tue May 05, 2020 02:05 AM
    Then i believe its a 5GB queue limit which will apply

    https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/qradar-event-and-flow-burst-handling-buffer

    T&R

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    Arjun Kumar Network & Security Engineer
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  • 5.  RE: Event collector behavior when network is down

    Posted Tue May 05, 2020 02:44 AM
    The 5 GB limit is for the license filter spillover queue - this comes into play if the Event Collector is receiving more raw events than it is licensed for.

    There is a separate on-disk queue used when the EC cannot reach the downstream EP, as in the case Itzik described. That queue will basically fill until there is no disk space left - it actually stops at 93% or 95% or something like that, but as opposed to the license spillover it is effectively unbounded. When the EP comes back up, all the events will be sent at that time.

    Cheers
    Colin

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    COLIN HAY
    IBM Security
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  • 6.  RE: Event collector behavior when network is down

    Posted Tue May 05, 2020 02:52 AM
    Thanks a lot.
    Really helpful.

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    Itzik Shviro
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  • 7.  RE: Event collector behavior when network is down

    Posted Tue May 05, 2020 03:05 AM
    Thanks for the update Colin. This type of information is very hard to find on IBM documentation :)

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    Arjun Kumar Network & Security Engineer
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