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Forums: SplunkAdministration: 4.x Forwarders Compatible with 3.4.5 Server?

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posted by: nmatatal  |  posts
date: October 13, 2009
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We will be upgrading our server this weekend and I had a little free time and was hoping to get a head start on upgrading our forwarders. Will 4.x forwarders be compatible with a 3.4.5 server?

I know the 3.4.5 forwarders work with a 4.x server but we are looking for the opposite

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posted by: araitz  |  posts
date: October 13, 2009
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I wouldn't advise it, and in fact I'm pretty sure it won't work.

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posted by: starkeyk  |  posts
date: October 15, 2009
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Documentation I have read in the 4.0.4 admin guide says specifically that is DOESN'T... with that said it may have been something they put in there to CYA, but u never know...

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posted by: araitz  |  posts
date: October 15, 2009
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The forwarder architecture, specifically the heartbeat, has been changed.