Deployment Architecture

Are there any working scenario's where license master is at higher version and other splunk enterprise components are in lower version.

nithin204
Explorer

Are there any scenarios's where the license master is on lower end say 6.4.5 and all the splunk instance Search head , indexers , deployment server are on higher end say 6.5.1 and working with out any issues .

As per the document it says that " A license master must always be of equal or later version than its license slaves."

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.3/Admin/Configurealicensemaster .

plz suggest , as we are unable to upgrade the license master .

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jcrabb_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

On the page you referenced, there is a compatibility matrix:

In your specific instance, a 6.4.x LM is only compatible with search peers on the following versions: 5.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x, 6.2.x, 6.3.x, 6.4.x. As your "search peers" are not compatible, it would be advised to upgrade. If you "cannot", we would recommend that you move that role to another instance or stand up a new instance which can be at the same or higher level.

Jacob
Sr. Technical Support Engineer

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splunkreal
Motivator

Hello, always upgraded slaves (test env for instance) and license master / manager after as in production,never had any issue.

* If this helps, please upvote or accept solution 🙂 *
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jcrabb_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

On the page you referenced, there is a compatibility matrix:

In your specific instance, a 6.4.x LM is only compatible with search peers on the following versions: 5.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x, 6.2.x, 6.3.x, 6.4.x. As your "search peers" are not compatible, it would be advised to upgrade. If you "cannot", we would recommend that you move that role to another instance or stand up a new instance which can be at the same or higher level.

Jacob
Sr. Technical Support Engineer
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