topic Re: Why can't we get Windows event logs to our Splunk 4.2.2 instance using a 6.2.1 universal forwarder? in Getting Data In

Why can't we get Windows event logs to our Splunk 4.2.2 instance using a 6.2.1 universal forwarder?

05500 — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 02:43:04 GMT

Our environment
Splunk version 4.2.2
Universal forwarder version 6.2.1

We have already used Splunk from a few years ago, but we can't get windows event logs for Windows 2008 or 2012, so we installed universal forwarder on each windows 2008/2012 with firewall setting.
However we can't still receive any windows event logs.

Is this because of different Splunk versions? or Firewall settings made mistakes?
If you have any advice, please let us know.

Re: Why can't we get Windows event logs to our Splunk 4.2.2 instance using a 6.2.1 universal forwarder?

05500 — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 05:01:40 GMT

What site can we get older universal forwarder?

Re: Why can't we get Windows event logs to our Splunk 4.2.2 instance using a 6.2.1 universal forwarder?

HiroshiSatoh — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 05:26:34 GMT

from here

http://www.splunk.com/page/previous_releases

6.x forwarders (universal/light/heavy) are backwards compatible down to 5.0.x indexers.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.1/Forwarding/Compatibilitybetweenforwardersandindexers

Re: Why can't we get Windows event logs to our Splunk 4.2.2 instance using a 6.2.1 universal forwarder?

05500 — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:55:27 GMT

Thank you for your support.
As you advised, we could transfer syslog data using universal forwarder.