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2.4.x Upgrade Options

HDP 2.5.0 is a feature-bearing minor release of HDP. For full instructions on how to upgrade your cluster from HDP 2.4.x to HDP 2.5.0, use the Non-Ambari Cluster Upgrade Guide.Non-Ambari Cluster Upgrade Guide

If your upgrade includes Apache Phoenix tables, see Hortonworks BUG-58308 in Known Issues.

[Note]Note

Storm does not support rolling upgrade from a previous HDP version to HDP-2.5. (see Known Issues - BUG-63535).

The following table summarizes HDP 2.2.x-to-2.5.0 upgrade options:

Cluster Management

Supporting Doc

Notes

Cluster managed manually (HDP 2.1 and earlier)

Non-Ambari Cluster Upgrade Guide

 

Cluster managed manually (HDP 2.2 and later)

Non-Ambari Cluster Upgrade Guide

 

Cluster managed via Ambari 1.7.0

N/A

Ambari 1.7 does not support upgrading directly to an HDP 2.5 cluster. Please contact Hortonworks Support for recommendations.

Cluster managed via Ambari 2.0, 2.1, or 2.2 running HDP 2.2

Upgrading Ambari Guide

Ambari 2.x does not support upgrading directly from HDP 2.2 to HDP 2.5. You must upgrade to Ambari 2.4 prior to upgrading HDP.

  • Upgrade Ambari 2.x -> Ambari 2.4

  • Upgrade from HDP 2.2 -> HDP 2.4

  • Upgrade from HDP 2.4 -> HDP 2.5

Cluster managed via Ambari 2.0, 2.1, or 2.2 running HDP 2.3 or 2.4

Upgrading Ambari Guide

You must upgrade to Ambari 2.4 prior to upgrading HDP.

  • Upgrade Ambari 2.x -> Ambari 2.4

  • Upgrade from HDP 2.3/2.4 -> HDP 2.5

Cluster managed via Ambari 2.4 running HDP 2.2

Upgrading Ambari Guide

Ambari 2.4 does not support upgrading directly from HDP 2.2 to HDP 2.5.

  • Upgrade from HDP 2.2 -> HDP 2.4

  • Upgrade from HDP 2.4 -> HDP 2.5

Cluster managed via Ambari 2.4 running HDP 2.3 or 2.4

Upgrading Ambari Guide

Ambari 2.4 supports Rolling or Express upgrade from HDP 2.3/2.4 to HDP 2.5.