HDP-2.4.3 Release Notes
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Upgrading to HDP 2.4.3

These Release Notes include abbreviated upgrade instructions; for full upgrade instructions, use the Non-Ambari Upgrade Guide. If you already have HDP 2.4.x installed, upgrading your cluster to HDP 2.4.3 means:

  • Keeping the same configuration files you used for HDP 2.4.x

  • Keeping the same data and metadata in the same location you used for HDP 2.4.x

  • Installing any new components (added for the first time in HDP 2.4.3) side-by-side with existing components

[Important]Important

​Upgrading from HDP 2.3.6 to 2.4.0 or 2.4.2 is not supported; you can only upgrade HDP 2.3.6 to 2.4.3+.

The following table summarizes HDP 2.4.x-to-2.4.3 upgrade options:

Cluster Management

Supporting Doc

 
Cluster managed manually (HDP 2.1 and earlier)

Non-Ambari Upgrade Guide

 

Cluster managed manually (HDP 2.3 and later)

Before you begin

 

Cluster managed using Apache Ambari 1.7.0

Before you begin

 

Cluster managed using Apache Ambari 2.0

Upgrading Ambari Guide

Ambari 2.0 supports a rolling upgrade between HDP 2.2.x and HDP 2.4.3.

[Note]Note

Ambari does not support rolling upgrade between HDP 2.1 and 2.3 for Apache Falcon. Use Configure and Validate Falcon to upgrade this component.

When upgrading to HDP 2.4.3 using Ambari, Apache Spark 1.6.x is automatically upgraded to 1.6.2. If you want to return to using your previous version of Spark, use the Spark Manual Downgrade Procedure.

Cluster managed using Apache Ambari 2.1

Upgrading Ambari Guide

Ambari 2.1 supports rolling upgrade between HDP 2.4.x and HDP 2.4.3.

[Note]Note

Ambari does not support rolling upgrade between HDP 2.1 and 2.3 for Falcon. Use Configure and Validate Falcon to upgrade this component.

When upgrading to HDP 2.4.3 using Ambari, Spark 1.6.x is automatically upgraded to 1.6.2. If you want to return to using your previous version of Spark, use the Spark Manual Downgrade Procedure.

Cluster managed using Apache Ambari 2.2

Upgrading Ambari Guide

Ambari 2.2 supports rolling upgrade between HDP 2.4.x and HDP 2.4.3.

[Note]Note

Ambari does not support rolling upgrade between HDP 2.1 and 2.3 for Falcon. Use Configure and Validate Falcon to upgrade this component.

When upgrading to HDP 2.4.3 using Ambari, Spark 1.6.x is automatically upgraded to 1.6.2. If you want to return to using your previous version of Spark, use the Spark Manual Downgrade Procedure.