https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/How-do-I-re-run-the-Migration-process/m-p/19138#M329 <P></P><P><BR /> Create an empty file $SPLUNK_HOME/ftr and restart Splunk. This will validate your configuration files and eventually creates the required one if they are not there yet, as described in this answer:</P> <P><A href="http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/32434/how-to-change-hostname-of-a-universal-forwarder-on-vmsxendesktop-agent">http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/32434/how-to-change-hostname-of-a-universal-forwarder-on-vmsxendesktop-agent</A></P> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:02:50 GMT mzorzi 2011-11-18T13:02:50Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/How-do-I-re-run-the-Migration-process/m-p/19137#M328 <P></P><P><BR /> I've copied my configuration files from Splunk 4.1 to my new Splunk 4.2 and now I would need to run the Migration process even if it is not an update, in order to validate my configuration files. How can I do that?</P> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:00:34 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/How-do-I-re-run-the-Migration-process/m-p/19137#M328 mzorzi 2011-11-18T13:00:34Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/How-do-I-re-run-the-Migration-process/m-p/19138#M329 <P></P><P><BR /> Create an empty file $SPLUNK_HOME/ftr and restart Splunk. This will validate your configuration files and eventually creates the required one if they are not there yet, as described in this answer:</P> <P><A href="http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/32434/how-to-change-hostname-of-a-universal-forwarder-on-vmsxendesktop-agent">http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/32434/how-to-change-hostname-of-a-universal-forwarder-on-vmsxendesktop-agent</A></P> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:02:50 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/How-do-I-re-run-the-Migration-process/m-p/19138#M329 mzorzi 2011-11-18T13:02:50Z