https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Reuse-Splunk-Instance/m-p/412669#M14777 <P>Don't do it. The SHC manual explicitly says each cluster member must be a freshly installed instance of Splunk. Re-installing is much easier than cleanup would be, anyway.</P> Tue, 11 Jun 2019 13:49:30 GMT richgalloway 2019-06-11T13:49:30Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Reuse-Splunk-Instance/m-p/412668#M14776 <P>Hi,<BR /> In a distributed system, We have multiple Splunk Instances(License Master, Search Head and Master Node) which are not in use now.<BR /> I am now looking to reuse those instances to create a SH cluster.<BR /> Is there any way to cleanup (not reinstalling) a Splunk Instance and re-assigning it a new role.</P> Tue, 11 Jun 2019 10:49:21 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Reuse-Splunk-Instance/m-p/412668#M14776 dustymehul 2019-06-11T10:49:21Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Reuse-Splunk-Instance/m-p/412669#M14777 <P>Don't do it. The SHC manual explicitly says each cluster member must be a freshly installed instance of Splunk. Re-installing is much easier than cleanup would be, anyway.</P> Tue, 11 Jun 2019 13:49:30 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Reuse-Splunk-Instance/m-p/412669#M14777 richgalloway 2019-06-11T13:49:30Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Reuse-Splunk-Instance/m-p/412670#M14778 <P>I'd be interested in understanding your reasons for preferring to reuse/cleanup rather than just install a new instance.</P> Tue, 11 Jun 2019 19:10:20 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Reuse-Splunk-Instance/m-p/412670#M14778 Steve_G_ 2019-06-11T19:10:20Z