https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-migrate-complete-splunk-instances-to-new-servers/m-p/386172#M95370 <P>Give this a read</P> <P><A href="https://wiki.splunk.com/Deploy:Migrating_a_Splunk_Install">https://wiki.splunk.com/Deploy:Migrating_a_Splunk_Install</A></P> Mon, 01 Apr 2019 16:00:18 GMT somesoni2 2019-04-01T16:00:18Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-migrate-complete-splunk-instances-to-new-servers/m-p/386171#M95369 <P>Currently, I have the following servers in my splunk environment, due to resource utilization we need to migrate/move splunk to new EXsi Host with high specifications. </P> <P>Current:<BR /> 1 Cluster Master - windows server 2012<BR /> 1 Deployment Server - windows server 2012<BR /> 2 Indexers - windows server 2012<BR /> 2 Search Heads - windows server 2012<BR /> 2 Heavy Forwarders - linux cent OS</P> <P>Please note that IP addresses / hostname will remain the same and splunk version also remains constant, how should we start the migration? what steps are vital to keep in mind.</P> <P>This is what it get to know from previous answers:<BR /> For the application:<BR /> 1 Install Splunk on the new server (possibly the same of the old one);<BR /> 2 stop both the servers;<BR /> 3 copy $SPLUNK_HOME\etc folder from the old server to the new one;<BR /> 4 restart Splunk on the new server.</P> Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:26:18 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-migrate-complete-splunk-instances-to-new-servers/m-p/386171#M95369 hadiamro 2019-04-01T11:26:18Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-migrate-complete-splunk-instances-to-new-servers/m-p/386172#M95370 <P>Give this a read</P> <P><A href="https://wiki.splunk.com/Deploy:Migrating_a_Splunk_Install">https://wiki.splunk.com/Deploy:Migrating_a_Splunk_Install</A></P> Mon, 01 Apr 2019 16:00:18 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-migrate-complete-splunk-instances-to-new-servers/m-p/386172#M95370 somesoni2 2019-04-01T16:00:18Z