How to upgrade a deployment server from Splunk 6.2.1 to 6.4.0 on Unix?
Could someone provide the detailed steps to upgrade a deployment server to the latest version (6.4) which is running on a Unix server? The current version which I am using is 6.2.1 which uses forwarder...
View Articleupgrade a pooled search head cluster to 6.3.3
I have a working 6.2.2 pooled search head cluster that I need to upgrade to 6.3.3 so I can then migrate to a search head cluster. I have done this upgrade several other times with no issues but now it...
View ArticleHow to upgrade 15 Solaris hosts from Splunk 4.1.3 to 6.4.0 universal forwarders?
As unix support staff drafted to be an inexperienced Splunk support staffer, I hope I can appeal to someone who knows what they are doing. I've been tasked with updating about 15 Solaris hosts to the...
View ArticleAfter upgrading Splunk from 6.3.3 to 6.4.0, why does Splunk not start with...
After upgrading Splunk Enterprise from 6.3.3 to 6.4.0, I see this message: [root@splunk bin]# $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk start --accept-license --answer-yes This appears to be an upgrade of Splunk....
View ArticleAfter 6.4 upgrade every server erroring with: ERROR AuditTrailManager...
Since upgrading the search heads and indexers to v 6.4 (forwarders are still v6.3) the indexers are now logging in splunkd.log the following: 04-07-2016 11:11:15.221 +1000 ERROR AuditTrailManager -...
View ArticleWhy am I unable to successfully upgrade from Splunk 6.2 to 6.4 on Linux with...
I'm trying to upgrade from 6.2 to 6.4 on a linux server and hitting some pain points. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong here? **Attempt 1** 1) I backed up my `Splunk_Home` folder (Known as...
View ArticleUpgrading Splunk Enterprise Security fails on enabling / disabling add-ons -...
Hi All, I am just posting a solution to an issue I have had with two upgrades for Splunk Enterprise Security. First issue was when upgrading From 3.3 -> 4.0 and now 4.0 -> 4.1. **Linux Example:**...
View ArticleAfter upgrading the Website Monitoring app from 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, why am I...
Before environment: - Windows Server 2008 R2 - Splunk 6.4 - Website Monitoring 1.4.0 I can access the "Settings >> Data Inputs >> Website Availability Check". After upgrading to 1.5.0, I...
View ArticleCan't start Splunk Light after upgrade to 6.4 and getting an error that a...
Hello, I am running Splunk Light (free version) on Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty). I was previously running Splunk version 6.2 and today downloaded the .deb installer for Splunk version 6.4. After using dpkg to...
View ArticleAfter upgrade to splunk-6.4.0-f2c836328108. Receiving Error Message:...
After upgrading to Splunk 6.4.0, I cannot start the splunk service. Between the last 2 updates, the only thing that I have done is added our SSL wildcard cert which was working fine. Is there something...
View ArticleUpgrading my Splunk Enterprise 6.2.x to 6.3.x did not upgrade the expiration...
I upgraded my instances as per https://answers.splunk.com/answers/395886/for-splunk-enterprise-splunk-light-and-hunk-pre-63.html#answer-403312 , however, my default SSL certs ca.pem and cacert.pem are...
View ArticleShould we upgrade our universal forwarders from 4.3 to 6.4? Why?
Hi, Can you please tell me if there is any valuable reason to upgrade forwarders from 4.3 to new versions (6.x)? We have just upgraded the indexer to 6.4. I know the minimum version for the forwarders...
View ArticleCan the Splunk Light Cloud service be upgraded to a Splunk Enterprise/Cloud...
Can the Splunk Light Cloud service be upgraded to full Enterprise service without having to migrate the environment and data to a new environment?
View ArticleThis browser is not supported by Splunk after upgrade to 6.4.1 -- any and all...
This browser is not supported by Splunk after upgrade to 6.4.1 -- any and all browsers, Chrome, IE, you name it? To be specific, Chrome is at Version 50.0.2661.102 m and that error still pops up? The...
View ArticleAfter upgrade to Splunk 6.4, why does splunkd not start on Windows with...
After I upgraded Splunk to version 6.4 on Windows, splunkd service doesn't start and I see the following error in log file: ERROR SQLitePersistentStorageImpl - Error opening database unable to open...
View ArticleCan I upgrade a search head cluster by a rolling upgrade?
Hello Community, I want to upgrade an indexer cluster and a search head cluster from 6.3.3 to 6.3.4. From Splunk docs, I could understand that I can upgrade an indexer cluster by a rolling upgrade....
View ArticleUpgrading Splunk from 6.2. to 6.4 on Windows, why does it hang on "Please...
I'm currently trying to upgrade from 6.2 to 6.4 on Windows and ran into an issue. I ran the MSI file and most of the Splunk files have today's timestamp on it which indicates it was updated, but it's...
View ArticleWhere can I find what has been introduced in Splunk 6.4.1 that is different...
Should be possible to know what has been introduced by Splunk 6.4.1 from Splunk 6.4
View ArticleWhy are admin settings not accessible after upgrading the search head cluster...
Hidden admin settings are not accessible after upgrading the search head cluster environment to 6.4.1. As a admin user, I am not seeing admin related settings (Server Settings, Servers Controls,...
View ArticleUnable to access .bucketManifest files on Windows. Why can't we change the...
We are running Splunk on Windows 2012 with 'service accounts' (sa_splunkd_idx1) . Executing an update (indexer) from 6.1.x to 6.4.1, we are trying to make sure that the permissions are OK for the...
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