Hallo,
we know it´s not supported officially, but we have some very old Windows 2000 server, that won´t be upgraded before next year, but we need to install Splunk on them. Will the Universal Forwarder work on Windows 2000?
Thank you!
I think there may be a difference between the forwarder and the configuration I have, but I have yet to figure out what it is, so here's what I know...
I installed Splunk 4.2.1 (Enterprise trial, but since then the trial ran out, so I am running the free license now). Go to Manager > Forwarding and receiving > Forwarding defaults, chose not to store local copy of the events (otherwise I guess this would be an indexer as well). Then go to Configure forwarding and add the host you want to send data to.
good luck...
I've tested upto 5.0 works..
Yep 4.2.1 works on Win 2000.
fcorbin, thank you, i guess than Splunk> does not try to force you to install on only supported plattforms like other products (BMC....) do...
I think there may be a difference between the forwarder and the configuration I have, but I have yet to figure out what it is, so here's what I know...
I installed Splunk 4.2.1 (Enterprise trial, but since then the trial ran out, so I am running the free license now). Go to Manager > Forwarding and receiving > Forwarding defaults, chose not to store local copy of the events (otherwise I guess this would be an indexer as well). Then go to Configure forwarding and add the host you want to send data to.
good luck...
Hello, thank you. Did you install the Splunk Forwarder 4.2.1?
I am new to Splunk so there may be things I haven't seen. FWIW, I installed Splunk as an indexer on a Win 2000 server and it worked fine. I later converted that machine to be a forwarder and it still works fine.