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Heavy Forwarder License

709_miner
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I have 2 heavy forwarder on-prem and one of the HF says license is expired.  I don't have a LM. I have a hybrid system with the Indexers and 2 Search Head on the cloud (Victoria Stack/ES).  Where do I get the license file for one of the HF? 

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isoutamo
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gcusello
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Hi @709_miner ,

ask the Forwarder License to the Splunk Cloud Support.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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richgalloway
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Submit a support request and ask for a Forwarder license.

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