After you upgrade to Dell EMC PowerFlex Add-on and App, you must be aware that historical data is not removed from the Splunk database and newly collected data does not use the old checkpoint files.
Post-upgrade, the supported sourcetype is PowerFlex and not VxFlex.
- Install Dell EMC PowerFlex Add-on and App (new version).
- Disable Dell EMC VxFlex integrated rack Add-on and App (old version).
- Create new inputs and configuration.
- Restart Splunk.
- Enable all inputs if the inputs are disabled.
- Wait for the data being collected until you see a completion message.
- Restart Splunk.
