How to upgrade Splunk Enterprise from 6.x to 8.x?

[Pallothusriniva]

Hi Splunk,

Currently we are using Splunk v6.6.3 in our environment, So is there any possible to upgrade version from 6.6.3 to 8.x. If not what is procedure to follow to upgrade to Splunk v8.x

Kindly given me some suggestion on this.

[SanjayReddy]

Hi @Pallothusriniva 

you can not directly upgarde from 6.x to 8.x

you need to upgrade to 7.x then to 8.x

please refer to following link

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.5/Installation/AboutupgradingREADTHISFIRST 

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/VersionCompatibility/current/Matrix/Compatibilitybetweenforwar... 

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.5/Installation/UpgradeyourdistributedSplunkEnterpri...