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Is there a 6.2.x or later version of the universal forwarder supported for Windows server 2003?

elianageara
New Member

Hi,

I have Splunk 6.2.
I need to know if there is an universal forwarder for Windows server 2003 in 6.2 or later.

Thank you

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acharlieh
Influencer

Per the documentation the 6.2.x universal forwarder is supported on Windows 2003: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.11/Installation/Systemrequirements

This support was removed with Splunk 6.3: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.3.0/ReleaseNotes/Deprecatedfeatures

But don't let that keep you from updating your Splunk servers if need be, as the latest Splunk indexers can receive data from Universal Forwarders 4.3 or higher: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.3/Forwarding/Compatibilitybetweenforwardersandindexe...

inventsekar
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

you can find the Splunk Universal Forwarder here -
https://www.splunk.com/page/previous_releases/universalforwarder

from a previous post on this same topic -
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/173767/splunk-version-for-windows-server-2003-32-bit.html
I would suggest that they install the latest release version of the UF 32 bit 6.1.4.
“This version of Splunk is supported but is not recommended on this platform” - is only applicable to 32bit installs on 64 bit machines I believe; so not relevant in this case.
Please note that you only have about 9 months of support left on those. On July 15th, 2015 support ends on Windows Server 2003

thanks and best regards,
Sekar

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