https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-I-have-different-versions-of-Splunk-Enterprise-in-a/m-p/438230#M76419 <P>Compatibility between peer nodes and search heads<BR /> Starting with 6.3, the peer nodes and search heads can run different versions from each other.</P> <P><STRONG>The search heads must run the same or a later version from the peer nodes.</STRONG></P> <P>Search head clusters participating in an indexer cluster have the same compatibility requirements as individual search heads. For information on other search head cluster version requirements, see "System requirements and other deployment considerations for search head clusters" in the Distributed Search manual.</P> <P>More details here</P> <P><A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.1/Indexer/Systemrequirements#Splunk_Enterprise_version_compatibility">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.1/Indexer/Systemrequirements#Splunk_Enterprise_version_compatibility</A></P> Fri, 13 Jul 2018 20:14:05 GMT pradeepkumarg 2018-07-13T20:14:05Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-I-have-different-versions-of-Splunk-Enterprise-in-a/m-p/438228#M76417 <P>Can I have different versions of Splunk Enterprise within the same Splunk distributed environment? i.e. could I have a non-clustered search head on 7.0.1 with another non-clustered search head on 7.1 and my clustered indexers on 7.0.1?</P> Fri, 13 Jul 2018 20:04:52 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-I-have-different-versions-of-Splunk-Enterprise-in-a/m-p/438228#M76417 dyeo 2018-07-13T20:04:52Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-I-have-different-versions-of-Splunk-Enterprise-in-a/m-p/438229#M76418 <P>I wanted to upgrade our version of Enterprise Security to 5.1 which requires 7.1, but we have other Splunk apps on other search heads that aren't officially supported on 7.1 yet.</P> Fri, 13 Jul 2018 20:09:30 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-I-have-different-versions-of-Splunk-Enterprise-in-a/m-p/438229#M76418 dyeo 2018-07-13T20:09:30Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-I-have-different-versions-of-Splunk-Enterprise-in-a/m-p/438230#M76419 <P>Compatibility between peer nodes and search heads<BR /> Starting with 6.3, the peer nodes and search heads can run different versions from each other.</P> <P><STRONG>The search heads must run the same or a later version from the peer nodes.</STRONG></P> <P>Search head clusters participating in an indexer cluster have the same compatibility requirements as individual search heads. For information on other search head cluster version requirements, see "System requirements and other deployment considerations for search head clusters" in the Distributed Search manual.</P> <P>More details here</P> <P><A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.1/Indexer/Systemrequirements#Splunk_Enterprise_version_compatibility">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.1/Indexer/Systemrequirements#Splunk_Enterprise_version_compatibility</A></P> Fri, 13 Jul 2018 20:14:05 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-I-have-different-versions-of-Splunk-Enterprise-in-a/m-p/438230#M76419 pradeepkumarg 2018-07-13T20:14:05Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-I-have-different-versions-of-Splunk-Enterprise-in-a/m-p/438231#M76420 <BLOCKQUOTE> <P><STRONG>Compatibility between peer nodes and search heads</STRONG><BR /> Starting with 6.3, the peer nodes and search heads can run different versions from each other. The search heads must run the same or a later version from the peer nodes. Search head clusters participating in an indexer cluster have the same compatibility requirements as individual search heads. For information on other search head cluster version requirements, see "System requirements and other deployment considerations for search head clusters" in the Distributed Search manual.</P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.1/Indexer/Systemrequirements">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.1/Indexer/Systemrequirements</A></P> <P>While not necessarily recommended i would say you are in the clear.</P> Fri, 13 Jul 2018 20:32:41 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-I-have-different-versions-of-Splunk-Enterprise-in-a/m-p/438231#M76420 CarsonZa 2018-07-13T20:32:41Z