Upgrading the release version of a cluster - Amazon Redshift
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Upgrading the release version of a cluster

You can upgrade the release maintenance version of a cluster that has a Release Status value of New release available. When you upgrade the maintenance version, you can choose to upgrade immediately or upgrade in the next maintenance window.

Important

If you upgrade immediately, your cluster is offline until the upgrade completes.

To upgrade a cluster to a new release version

  1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Amazon Redshift console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/redshiftv2/.

  2. On the navigation menu, choose Clusters.

  3. Choose the cluster to upgrade.

  4. For Actions, choose Upgrade cluster version. The Upgrade cluster version page appears.

  5. Follow the instructions on the page.

  6. Choose Upgrade cluster version.