Ambari Managed HDF Upgrade
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Upgrade the Management Pack for an HDF-only Cluster

To safely upgrade the HDF Management Pack on an HDF-only cluster, you should stop Ambari Server, back up the files and the database, upgrade the Management Pack, and restart Ambari Server.

  1. Stop the Ambari Server.
    ambari-server stop
  2. Backup the Ambari Server files and database.
    cp -r /var/lib/ambari-server/resources /var/lib/ambari-server/resources.backup
  3. Upgrade the HDF Management Pack.
    ambari-server upgrade-mpack --mpack=<hdf-mpack-url-or-path-location> --verbose
  4. Start the Ambari Server.
    ambari-server start
  5. In Ambari UI, navigate to Manage Versions > Admin > Versions and create a new version for upgrade. Use the VDF newest release to install new versions.