The Platform Analytics 8.0.2 upgrade packages allow you to upgrade your Platform Analytics system from version 8.0 to version 8.0.2. The upgrade packages include updates to the Vertica database schema, the Platform Analytics node, and the Platform Analytics server. You can upgrade Platform Analytics 8.0 with any patches or solution packages installed.
You do not need a separate license for Platform Analytics 8.0.2 if you already have a license for Platform Analytics 8.0.
The Platform Analytics upgrade packages will help improve the upgrade process:
The time to migrate the Vertica database schema and Platform Analytics data depends on the performance of your database host and the amount of Platform Analytics-related data in the database. For example, it will take approximately one to two hours to migrate the database schema and data for a cluster with 1.5 million jobs a day, 2000 records per sampling interval, and a data retention period of two weeks for raw data, 26 weeks for hourly data, and 52 weeks for daily data.
Upgrading the Platform Analytics node will typically take 15 minutes. The data loaders will be down for up to five minutes during this time while being upgraded.
Upgrading the Platform Analytics server will typically take 15 minutes.
The Platform Analytics 8.0.2 upgrade packages can handle certain customizations that you applied to certain built-in files.
The following customizations to the database schema will remain in the upgraded database schema:
The Platform Analytics database schema upgrade package cannot handle certain customizations to the database schema. After the upgrade, your Platform Analytics node and server hosts may encounter problems, which are sent as events. The following customizations may result in problems after the upgrade:
Customizations to the following configuration files (all in the conf directory) will remain in the upgraded Platform Analytics node: