Migrating from previous HBase versions - Amazon EMR
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Migrating from previous HBase versions

To migrate data from a previous HBase version, see Upgrading and HBase version number and compatibility in the Apache HBase Reference Guide. You may need to pay special attention to the requirements for upgrading from pre-1.0 versions of HBase.