https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-many-hours-required-to-upgrade-7-2-1-version-to-latest/m-p/543546#M153960 <P>I tend to measure Splunk upgrade times in minutes rather than hours.&nbsp; Of course, that's the actual upgrade.&nbsp; The prep time is much longer and gets longer for each release behind you are.</P><P>Time is required to read each version of the Release Notes to see what effect that version will have on your environment.&nbsp; Splunk 8 introduces breaking changes for some apps that use Python so it's important to spend time reading the instructions and preparing for that upgrade.</P> Fri, 12 Mar 2021 13:31:22 GMT richgalloway 2021-03-12T13:31:22Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-many-hours-required-to-upgrade-7-2-1-version-to-latest/m-p/543474#M153937 <P>Hi Everyone,</P><P>Can anyone please share your comments, how many hours required to upgrade the Splunk version from 7.2.1 to latest, currently our environment having 4 Splunk AWS instances (IDX1, IDX2, DS, SH).</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 12 Mar 2021 06:17:55 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-many-hours-required-to-upgrade-7-2-1-version-to-latest/m-p/543474#M153937 phanichintha 2021-03-12T06:17:55Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-many-hours-required-to-upgrade-7-2-1-version-to-latest/m-p/543546#M153960 <P>I tend to measure Splunk upgrade times in minutes rather than hours.&nbsp; Of course, that's the actual upgrade.&nbsp; The prep time is much longer and gets longer for each release behind you are.</P><P>Time is required to read each version of the Release Notes to see what effect that version will have on your environment.&nbsp; Splunk 8 introduces breaking changes for some apps that use Python so it's important to spend time reading the instructions and preparing for that upgrade.</P> Fri, 12 Mar 2021 13:31:22 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-many-hours-required-to-upgrade-7-2-1-version-to-latest/m-p/543546#M153960 richgalloway 2021-03-12T13:31:22Z