About Release 8.0.0
This site contains documentation for HPE Data Fabric release 8.0.0, including installation, configuration, administration, and reference content, as well as content for the associated ecosystem components and drivers.
8.0.0 Installation
This section contains information about installing HPE Data Fabric software. It also contains information about how to migrate data and applications from an Apache Hadoop cluster to a HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric cluster.
8.0.0 Upgrade
This section describes how to upgrade HPE Data Fabric software.
- Upgrading a Seed Node Fabric
  Describes how to use the Data Fabric UI to upgrade a fabric that was installed using the seed node installation procedure.
- Upgrading a Manually Installed Fabric
  Depending on your current configuration, you may choose to upgrade the release version (core), ecosystem components, clients, or monitoring components.
  - Upgrade Workflows (Releases 6.x or 7.x to 7.10.0)
    This section describes three common methods for upgrading from one core release to another. The workflows in this section introduce you to the high-level steps for each method and provide links to pages showing more detail.
  - Upgrading Data Fabric Software
    This section describes the process of upgrading core, the ecosystem components, and the Data Fabric clients.
  - Upgrading Ecosystem Packs
    Describes how to upgrade Ecosystem Packs (EEPs), either as part of a core upgrade or to take advantage of a new EEP for the current version of core.
    - Planning Ecosystem Pack EEP or DEP) Upgrades
      The set of ecosystem components that you run in the cluster must all belong to the same EEP.
    - Preparing to Upgrade the Ecosystem Pack
      Complete these pre-upgrade steps for each component in the Ecosystem Pack that you want to upgrade.
    - Upgrading the Ecosystem Pack With the Installer
      If the cluster that you want to upgrade was installed using the Installer, you can use the Installer to upgrade the Ecosystem Pack (EEP).
    - Upgrading the Ecosystem Pack Without the Installer
      After you upgrade core without using the Installer, you need to upgrade ecosystem components with manual steps. First, verify that your repository is configured to use an Ecosystem Pack (EEP) that is supported by your cluster version. Then, upgrade each component manually.
      - Upgrading Airflow
        This section describes how to upgrade Airflow without the Installer.
      - Upgrading AsyncHBase Libraries
        This section describes how to upgrade the AsyncHBase Libraries without the Installer.
      - Upgrading Drill
        This section describes how to upgrade Drill without the Installer.
      - Upgrading Flink
        This section describes how to upgrade Flink.
      - Upgrading Hadoop and YARN
        This section describes how to upgrade Hadoop and YARN without the Installer.
      - Upgrading HBase
        This section describes how to upgrade HBase without the Installer.
      - Upgrading HBase Client and Tools
        This section describes how to upgrade HBase Client and other tools without the Installer.
        Upgrading HBase Thrift Gateway
        Upgrading HBase REST Gateway
        Upgrading AsyncHBase Libraries
        This section describes how to upgrade the AsyncHBase Libraries without the Installer.
      - Upgrading Hive
        This section describes how to upgrade Hive without the Installer.
      - Upgrading HttpFS
        This section describes how to upgrade HttpFS without the Installer.
      - Upgrading Hue
        This section describes how to upgrade Hue without the Installer.
      - Upgrading the Data Access Gateway
        This section describes how to upgrade the Data Access Gateway without the Installer.
      - Upgrading Livy
      - Upgrading Monitoring
        Complete the following steps to upgrade Monitoring without the Installer.
      - Upgrading the HPE Data Fabric Streams Python Client
        This section describes how to upgrade the HPE Data Fabric Streams Python Client without the Installer.
      - Upgrading HPE Data Fabric Streams Tools
        Complete the following steps to upgrade HPE Data Fabric Streams Tools without the Installer.
      - Upgrading NiFi
        This section describes how to upgrade NiFi without the Installer.
      - Upgrading Ranger
        This section describes how to upgrade Ranger without the Installer.
      - Upgrading Spark Standalone
        This section describes how to upgrade Spark Standalone without the Installer.
      - Upgrading Spark on YARN
        This section describes how to upgrade Spark on YARN without the Installer.
      - Upgrading Tez
        This section describes how to upgrade Tez without the Installer.
    - Finishing the Ecosystem Pack Upgrade
      Complete the post-upgrade steps for each ecosystem component that was upgraded.
  - Preparing the Cluster for a Maintenance Update
    This section identifies how to prepare for applying either a minor update or a patch.
  - Performing a Maintenance Update
    Perform a maintenance update when you want to upgrade to a new patch version of core or apply a patch.
8.0.0 Data Fabric
HPE Data Fabric is the industry-leading data platform for AI and analytics that solves enterprise business needs.
8.0.0 Administration
This section describes how to manage the nodes and services that make up a cluster.
8.0.0 Development
This section contains information related to application development for Ezmeral ecosystem components and HPE Data Fabric products, including the file system, Database (Key-Value and JSON), and Event Streams.
Other Docs
This section contains release-independent information, including: Installer documentation, Ecosystem release notes, interoperability matrices, security vulnerabilities, and links to other Data Fabric version documentation.
Glossary
Definitions for commonly used terms in MapR Converged Data Platform environments.

Upgrading HBase Client and Tools

This section describes how to upgrade HBase Client and other tools without the Installer.

Note that release 6.0.x provides Apache HBase-compatible APIs and client interfaces but does not support HBase as an ecosystem component. MapR 6.1.0 supports HBase with EEP 6.3.0 and later.

Service	Description
HBase Client	Upgrading the HBase Client upgrades both the HBase Shell and the HBase APIs supported for use with HPE Data Fabric Database binary tables and HPE Data Fabric Database JSON tables.
HBase Thrift Gateway	HBase Thrift Gateway includes an API and a service that accepts Thrift requests to connect to HPE Data Fabric Database tables. See Upgrading HBase Thrift Gateway for upgrade information.
HBase REST Gateway	HBase REST Gateway includes an API and a service that accepts REST requests to connect to HPE Data Fabric Database tables. See Upgrading HBase REST Gateway for upgrade information.
AsyncHBase Libraries	AsyncHBase library provides asynchronous Java APIs to access HPE Data Fabric Database tables. See Upgrading AsyncHBase Libraries for upgrade information.

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HPE Data Fabric 8.0.0 Software Documentation
Abstract	This site contains documentation for HPE Data Fabric Software version 8.0.0 including installation, configuration, administration, and reference content, as well as content for the associated bundled ecosystem components and drivers.
Published	November 2025
Edition	8.0.0
Topic last updated	2021-10-18