Upgrading Cloud Marketplace Image From 2.5.x

Enterprise Edition:

If you are using the TigerGraph enterprise editions on cloud marketplaces you may use Graph Backup And Restore (GBAR) to backup you data and migrate it to a new instance with TigerGraph 2.6.1 following the instructions below.

1. Configure GBAR using the command below

gbar config

2. Backup data on the instance running 2.5.1 using GBAR

Gbar backup -t <backup_tag>

GBAR will generate a backup archive named <backup_tag>-<timestamp>

3. Start a new TIgerGraph 2.6.1 instance following the instructions for your cloud provider below: AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud

4. Use scp to copy the backup generated from GBAR in step 2 to the new instance

5. Use the command below to restore the backup to the new instance where <archive_name> is the name of the archive copied over in step 4.

Gbar restore <archive_name>

For more information on GBAR please see Backup and Restore

Developer Edition:

Graph Backup And Restore (GBAR) is not available to users using the developer versions. However, you can use GraphStudio with the following steps migrate your schema, loading jobs and queries to a new instance with TigerGraph 2.6.1. Note: This will require you to reload your data

1. Start a new TIgerGraph 2.6.1 developer edition instance following the instructions for your cloud provider below: AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud

2. Export your schema, loading jobs, and queries from your TigerGraph 2.5.1 instance and import it to you new TigerGraph 2.6.1 instance following the instructions here

3. Copy you data to the new instance and reload it following the instructions here

For more information on GraphStudio please see GraphStudio UI Guide

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