https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Migrating-database-from-windows-2003-to-Linux/m-p/89728#M18619 <P>Guys,<BR /> I currently run splunk on a Windows box. Is it possible for me to move the database from Windows to Linux (CentOS) so that I can preserve my existing logs during the migration?</P> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:06:25 GMT Nik 2011-04-27T14:06:25Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Migrating-database-from-windows-2003-to-Linux/m-p/89728#M18619 <P>Guys,<BR /> I currently run splunk on a Windows box. Is it possible for me to move the database from Windows to Linux (CentOS) so that I can preserve my existing logs during the migration?</P> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:06:25 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Migrating-database-from-windows-2003-to-Linux/m-p/89728#M18619 Nik 2011-04-27T14:06:25Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Migrating-database-from-windows-2003-to-Linux/m-p/89729#M18620 <P>Yes it's possible. Use this tutorial <A href="http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/Admin/Moveanindex">Move the index database</A></P> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:33:01 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Migrating-database-from-windows-2003-to-Linux/m-p/89729#M18620 zpavic 2011-04-27T14:33:01Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Migrating-database-from-windows-2003-to-Linux/m-p/89730#M18621 <P>The referenced article talks about how to migrate from Windows to Windows or *nix to *nix. I just want to confirm that the instructions for Windows to *nix or *nix to Windows can be adapted because there are no instructions for migrating from Windows to Linux as the OP has requested.</P> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:43:31 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Migrating-database-from-windows-2003-to-Linux/m-p/89730#M18621 the_wolverine 2012-01-29T12:43:31Z