topic Re: Splunk DS & HF upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1 in Splunk Enterprise

Splunk DS & HF upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1

tv00638481 — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:09:14 GMT

Hi,

I’m newly upgrading the platform. Need help

we have a splunk cloud instance upgrade 9.1.however are in due to upgrade Deployment Server and Heavy forwarders followed by UF’s.

could your please anyone kindly let me know the stepwise process to upgrade the deployment server from 9.0.5 to 9.1 and similarly for Heavy Forwarder .

which are rpm packages to choose for both DS and HF ‘s.

Re: Splunk DS & HF upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1

deepakc — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:47:52 GMT

Hi

Follow all the steps and plan your upgrade from the below link, there many steps and processes to follow.

Most important always Read the README for the version you upgrading.

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.0.1/Installation/HowtoupgradeSplunk

Re: Splunk DS & HF upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1

SanjayReddy — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 08:46:04 GMT

Hi @tv00638481

following post help to understand stpes need to followed befroe upgrade.

https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/What-s-the-order-of-operations-for-upgrading-Splunk-Enterprise/td-p/408003

in this case
you need to upgrade first deploymentserver then HF and UF.

compatbility between Splunk cloud and forwaders

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/9.1.2312/Service/SplunkCloudservice#Supported_forwarder_versions

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Regards,
Sanjay Reddy

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