topic Upgrade from 6.5 to last version in Getting Data In

Upgrade from 6.5 to last version

supportsantnet — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:23:05 GMT

Hello,

We are using Splunk Enterprise 6.5 and we want to upgrade to the last version.

What is the best way to do this ?

Thanks

gcusello — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:56:15 GMT

to upgrade Splunk from 6.5 to 8.x you have to do many steps and pass through an intermediate version of Splunk https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.6/Installation/HowtoupgradeSplunk:

upgrade Splunk to an intermediate version (e.g. 7.1.x) (for more infos see at https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.6/Installation/HowtoupgradeSplunk );
install the app Splunk Platform Upgrade Readiness App ( https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/4698/ ) and check the status of your apps;
upgrade Splunk to the latest version (today 8.0.6) following instructions at https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.6/Installation/UpgradeonUNIX ;
upgrade Apps;
upgrade Python to 3 following instructions at https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.2/Installation/PlanPython3 .

Ciao.
Giuseppe

supportsantnet — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 08:36:15 GMT

Thanks for theses details.

Kind regards

gcusello — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 09:21:08 GMT

good for your.

If this answer solves your need, please, accept it for the other people of Community.

Ciao and happy splunking.

Giuseppe

P.S.: Karma Points are appreciated 😉

isoutamo — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:38:53 GMT

If you have distributed environment then here is upgrade order of nodes. You should(/must) follow it to avoid additional issues!
https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/What-s-the-order-of-operations-for-upgrading-Splunk-Enterprise/td-p/408003
r. Ismo