Upgrading Vertica

Vertica 9.3.x and 10.0.x do not support FIPS because of a limitation with OpenSSL. If you need FIPS support, install or upgrade to 10.1.1 or above.

If you install or upgrade from Vertica 9.2.x to Vertica 10.0. on a FIPS-enabled machine, you may encounter the following error: "Upgrading to Vertica 10.0.x-xxxxxxxx on a FIPS system is not supported." To resolve this, you must downgrade to Vertica 9.2.x: uninstall the Vertica RPM on every node in the cluster and then reinstallVertica 9.2.x.

The process of upgrading your database with a new Vertica version includes:

Click on the above links for detailed instructions.