Special upgrade instructions for Aerospike Database 6.3

Aerospike Database 6.3 gates the following server features with a feature key: XDR, index in Flash (All Flash), Vault integration, and Rack Awareness.

• New feature-key files with these explicit entitlements have been reissued to existing customers through their portal.
• If you are a current Enterprise Edition customer, check that your feature-key file has these feature keys before you upgrade to Database 6.3 or later.
• The new feature-key files are compatible with server versions 5.4 and later that use feature key version 2.

Feature Key	Functionality	Notes
asdb-flash-index	Flash index (Flash sindex)	Ability to configure index-type to flash
asdb-xdr	XDR	Distinct from the asdb-change-notification feature-key, which is needed to set connector=true.
asdb-vault	Vault integration	Ability to fetch configuration from vault: or configure vault-url
asdb-rack-aware	Rack Awareness	Ability to deploy rack-aware clusters

Important pre-upgrade considerations

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Always review the special upgrade instructions of the interim server releases between the current version of your cluster and the target version.

• Before you upgrade from Database 4.9 or 5.x, follow the instructions in Storage Format Upgrade in 6.0 Release.
• Back up /opt/aerospike/smd/security.smd in your system metadata (SMD) Directory Structure and aerospike.conf, the Aerospike configuration file.
• Find and fix any secondary index (sindex) names that are longer than 64 characters. See Upgrade to Database 6.1.

Changes and updates

For information about new features, breaking changes, and late breaking news, see the Database 6.3 release notes.