Upgrading to LightDB-A 6

This topic identifies the upgrade paths for upgrading a LightDB-A Database 6.x release to a newer 6.x release. The topic also describes the migration paths for migrating VMware LightDB-A Database 4.x or 5.x data to LightDB-A Database 6.x.

LightDB-A Database 6 supports upgrading from a LightDB-A 6.x release to a newer 6.x release. Direct upgrade from VMware LightDB-A 5.28 and later to VMware LightDB-A 6.9 and later is provided via gpupgrade; for more information, see the gpupgrade documentation. Direct upgrade from LightDB-A Database 4.3, or from LightDB-A 5.27 and earlier, to LightDB-A 6 is not supported; you must migrate the data to LightDB-A 6.

• Upgrading from an Earlier LightDB-A 6 Release
  The upgrade path supported for this release is LightDB-A Database 6.x to a newer LightDB-A Database 6.x release.
• Migrating Data from LightDB-A 4.3 or 5 to LightDB-A 6
  You can migrate data from LightDB-A Database 4.3 or 5 to LightDB-A 6 using the standard backup and restore procedures, gpbackup and gprestore, or by using gpcopy for VMware LightDB-A.

Parent topic: Installing and Upgrading LightDB-A