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

Greenplum Database 6 supports upgrading from a Greenplum 6.x release to a newer 6.x release. Direct upgrade from Tanzu Greenplum 5.28.10 to Tanzu Greenplum 6.24.0 and later is provided via gpupgrade; for more information, see the gpupgrade documentation. Direct upgrade from Greenplum Database 4.3, or from Greenplum 5.27 and earlier, to Greenplum 6 is not supported; you must migrate the data to Greenplum 6.

• Upgrading from an Earlier Greenplum 6 Release
  The upgrade path supported for this release is Greenplum Database 6.x to a newer Greenplum Database 6.x release.

• PXF Upgrade and Migration

• Migrating Data from Greenplum 4.3 or 5 to Greenplum 6
  You can migrate data from Greenplum Database 4.3 or 5 to Greenplum 6 using the standard backup and restore procedures, gpbackup and gprestore, or by using gpcopy for VMware Greenplum.

Parent topic: Installing and Upgrading Greenplum