1. Login to the AWS Management Console.

2. Navigate to Redshift dashboard.

3. In the left navigation panel, under Redshift Dashboard, click Clusters.

4. Select the Redshift cluster that you want to upgrade then click on its identifier link listed in the Cluster column.

5. Click the Backup dropdown button from the dashboard top menu and select Take Snapshot.

6. On the Create Snapshot dialog box, enter a unique name for your cluster snapshot in the Snapshot Identifier box then click Create to take the snapshot.

7. In the navigation panel, under Redshift Dashboard, click Snapshots.

8. Select the Amazon Redshift cluster snapshot created at step no. 6.

9. Click the Actions dropdown button from the dashboard top menu and select Restore From Snapshot.

10. In the Restore From Snapshot dialog box, perform the following actions:

1. Select the node type equivalent from the Node Type dropdown list:.
2. In the Cluster Identifier box, enter a unique name for the new (upgraded) Redshift cluster.
3. Configure the rest of the options (Cluster Parameter Group, Availability Zone, VPC Security Groups, etc) based on the configuration information taken from the existing cluster.
4. Click Restore to create the new (upgraded) Redshift cluster.

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