Upgrading the Data Fabric Client on Windows

This section describes how to upgrade the data-fabric client on Windows.

About this task

When you upgrade the data-fabric client on Windows, you need to rename the existing client directory, install the new version, and then merge the configuration files.

Procedure

  1. Rename the existing client installation directory. For example, you can rename \opt\mapr to \opt_old\mapr.
  2. Complete the installation steps in Installing the Data Fabric Client on Windows (Non-FIPS).
  3. To retain existing configurations and accept new defaults, merge the contents of the directory in the previous installation with the directory in the new installation. For example:
    • Previous installation directory: %MAPR_HOME%\hadoop\hadoop-2.x.x\etc\hadoop
    • New installation directory: %MAPR_HOME%\hadoop\hadoop-3.3.4\etc\hadoop