Splunk Enterprise Security

What is considered a full back up of Search Head?

pfabrizi
Path Finder

I am reading the upgrade instructions for ES 5.0. It indicates to take a full backup of the search head. Is that just copying /opt/splunk to a backup location?

Thanks!

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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Yes. The data lives on the indexers (with the exception of a summary index) and all your knowledge objects live on the search head. So you can simply take a backup of /opt/splunk and you will have a complete backup of all your knowledge objects which consist of saved searches, dashboards, extractions, lookups, etc..

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/VMW/3.4.1/User/KnowledgeObjects

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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Yes. The data lives on the indexers (with the exception of a summary index) and all your knowledge objects live on the search head. So you can simply take a backup of /opt/splunk and you will have a complete backup of all your knowledge objects which consist of saved searches, dashboards, extractions, lookups, etc..

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/VMW/3.4.1/User/KnowledgeObjects

pfabrizi
Path Finder

Thank You!

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adonio
Ultra Champion

that will do

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