Indexed data status upon Splunk Enterprise version upgrade

[sanjubaba]

Does our old indexed data gets erased upon upgrading Splunk Enterprise version or does it remain safe?

[prishah]

Ideally, there should be no data loss while upgrading indexers. However, do consider taking backups before upgrading the indexers as a best practice. So if there are any sudden failures, your data still can be restored from the backup.  

Please refer to https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.6/Indexer/Backupindexeddata for more information. 

[richgalloway · Accepted solution]

Upgrading Splunk has no effect on your indexed data.