You can use the gpcopy
utility to transfer data between databases in different Greenplum Database clusters.
Note
gpcopy
is available only with the commercial release of VMware Greenplum.
gpcopy
is a high-performance utility that can copy metadata and data from one Greenplum database to another Greenplum database. You can migrate the entire contents of a database, or just selected tables. The clusters can have different Greenplum Database versions. For example, you can use gpcopy
to migrate data from a Greenplum Database version 4.3.26 (or later) system to a 5.9 (or later) or a 6.x Greenplum system, or from a Greenplum Database version 5.9+ system to a Greenplum 6.x system.
NoteThe
gpcopy
utility is available as a separate download for the commercial release of VMware Greenplum. See the VMware Greenplum Data Copy Utility Documentation.
Parent topic: Managing a Greenplum System