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 | I want to upgrade a Splunk device version 3.4.5 build 47883 to version 4.0.11 build 79031. Can I do a direct upgrade... by Jaci Splunk Employee  in Installation 06-15-2010 1 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| | Having trouble getting splunk to start on a Windows 2k8 install. No issues on Linux. by dskillman Splunk Employee in Installation 06-11-2010 1 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| | I try and keep our production Splunk server on the latest maintenance release of Splunk. Also I have removed the "ge... by jgumbley Engager in Installation 06-08-2010 0 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| | Hi, I am trying to start splunk on a server running RH5, and get the belowmessage re: selinux. I have tried adding t... by kmehta Engager in Installation 06-04-2010 1 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| | I have been looking everywhere and i have not found the procedure to execute this tasks. Please help me. Kind Regar... by ocuadra New Member in Installation 06-01-2010 0 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| | I didnt see any documentation on doing an upgrade to 64b. by mcalautti Explorer in Installation 05-27-2010 1 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| | I need to move my Splunk install from one server to another... What's is the procedure to backup the configuration/in... by juank Engager in Installation 05-20-2010 1 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| | I'm looking for a way to create a minimal light forwarder installation. What can I remove from the standard Splunk de... by mzorzi Splunk Employee in Installation 05-12-2010 5 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| | So I have a lab box where I have applied 4.0.11 to my existing 4.0.10 installation. Ran the upgrade using rpm -U and... by dave_duvall Explorer in Installation 05-11-2010 1 2 | 1 | 2 | |
 | I have received a few errors from my Light Forwarders on my main Splunk indexer. "received event for unconfigured/d... by Voltaire Communicator in Installation 05-11-2010 0 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| | On my Unix system: I have installed Splunk to: /opt/splunk/ However, now I'd like to move it to: /opt/splunk/serve... by seanlon11 Path Finder in Installation 05-10-2010 0 2 | 0 | 2 | |
 | We are looking at upgrading to 4.1.x of splunk, which I have the documentation for. However, I've also been asked to ... by mctester Communicator in Installation 05-06-2010 1 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| | Another License questions, If the Enterprise Demo license got converted to Free license, Then purchase enterprise li... by clyde772 Communicator in Installation 05-03-2010 3 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| | tried to install splunk on HP-UX and received following error: /opt/instance/splunk/bin/splunk enable boot-start --a... by jmeissner Splunk Employee in Installation 04-26-2010 1 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| | Hi, We have support for our product, but I do not have enough information about our license. What we are entitled, ... by mctester Communicator in Installation 04-23-2010 1 2 | 1 | 2 | |
 | I just installed 4.1.1 in the probably vain hope that some of the strange errors since 4.1 install would disappear. ... by muebel SplunkTrust  in Installation 04-23-2010 1 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| | I installed 4.1.1 this morning and have been unable to complete the installation or start Splunk. What kind of nasti... by muebel SplunkTrust in Installation 04-21-2010 0 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| | After upgrading from 4.0.x (I don't exactly remember the version) to 4.1 in OS X 10.5.8 I get the following log /Ap... by splunkbox Engager in Installation 04-14-2010 2 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| | Is Splunk 4.1 (indexer & search) still compatible with 3.4.11 forwarders? Is so are there any features in 4.1 that w... by kbecker Communicator in Installation 04-14-2010 2 3 | 2 | 3 | |
 | For example, does Splunk ignore server.conf, distsearch.conf, or any other conf files if they're located in an apps d... by Steve_G_ Splunk Employee in Installation 04-09-2010 2 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| | I just upgraded my install to 4.1 and LDAP auth is no longer working. The failsafe user is all I can use. Previousl... by Alan_Bradley Path Finder in Installation 04-09-2010 5 10 | 5 | 10 | |
| | After upgrading to 4.1 no charts display any timestamps on the y axis if the displayed time range exceeds 24 hours. T... by ftk Motivator in Installation 04-08-2010 0 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| | Under Linux Splunk 4.1, I want to install the PDF Report Server and have downloaded the app file from Splunkbase. Whe... by Ellen Splunk Employee in Installation 04-08-2010 3 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| | I'm in the process of migrating to new hardware for my indexers. The easiest way to do this would be: Setup new ind... by oreoshake Communicator in Installation 04-05-2010 2 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| | I just upgraded from 4.0 to 4.1 and am seeing messages that the indexprocessor was not initialized on startup. How c... by Alan_Bradley Path Finder in Installation 04-05-2010 2 1 | 2 | 1 |
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