Please take a look at http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#_upgrade_paths
> On Nov 8, 2015, at 11:47 PM, Akmal Abbasov <akmal.abba...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > I’m planing to upgrade my HBase. Currently it’s hbase-0.98.7-hadoop2. I was > wondering can I upgrade directly to current stable version, which is 1.1.2? > Moreover, I can tolerate downtime, so in this case upgrade process will > include, > a. Installation of the new version > b. Distribution of configurations > c. Change links to reference to a new version > d. $HBASE_HOME/bin/hbase upgrade > e. Start upgraded cluster > Is this the all required steps which should be done? > Thank you.