https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-it-possible-for-the-cluster-master-to-have-a-different-OS/m-p/202897#M40114 <P>Please re-read <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Indexer/Systemrequirements">this</A>, which states that:</P> <P>For example, to deploy a cluster consisting of three peers, one master, and one search head, you need five Splunk Enterprise instances running on five machines connected by a high-speed network. All instances must be at the same Splunk Enterprise version level (for example, 5.0.3). <STRONG>And all machines must be running the same operating system.</STRONG></P> <P>So yes, the cluster master is included in this requirement. Why would you chose a different OS?<BR /> The likely drawback is that you are running an unsupported configuration if chose to deploy differently.<BR /> Hope this helps!</P> Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:09:11 GMT s2_splunk 2015-10-30T00:09:11Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-it-possible-for-the-cluster-master-to-have-a-different-OS/m-p/202896#M40113 <P>My Splunk environment has two indexers running on VMs with Linux OS, and I want to create an indexer cluster. My third VM is a Windows machine, and I want to use this VM as a cluster master for the indexer cluster. I have read the documentation (<A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Indexer/Systemrequirements">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Indexer/Systemrequirements</A>), and I am aware that all nodes should run the same OS, but is it possible to have a cluster master running a different OS than the indexer cluster itself? If yes, what are the potential drawbacks?</P> <P>Any help would be appreciated. </P> Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:45:27 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-it-possible-for-the-cluster-master-to-have-a-different-OS/m-p/202896#M40113 Julieda 2015-10-29T10:45:27Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-it-possible-for-the-cluster-master-to-have-a-different-OS/m-p/202897#M40114 <P>Please re-read <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Indexer/Systemrequirements">this</A>, which states that:</P> <P>For example, to deploy a cluster consisting of three peers, one master, and one search head, you need five Splunk Enterprise instances running on five machines connected by a high-speed network. All instances must be at the same Splunk Enterprise version level (for example, 5.0.3). <STRONG>And all machines must be running the same operating system.</STRONG></P> <P>So yes, the cluster master is included in this requirement. Why would you chose a different OS?<BR /> The likely drawback is that you are running an unsupported configuration if chose to deploy differently.<BR /> Hope this helps!</P> Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:09:11 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-it-possible-for-the-cluster-master-to-have-a-different-OS/m-p/202897#M40114 s2_splunk 2015-10-30T00:09:11Z