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Release DateDescriptionChange
October 30, 2014Added links to the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistribut-
able Packages that are required for Amazon Redshift to
use PostgreSQL ODBC drivers. For more information, see
Install and Configure the Amazon Redshift ODBC Driver
on Microsoft Windows Operating Systems (p. 146).
Documentation Up-
date
October 28, 2014Added the ability to terminate queries and loads from the
Amazon Redshift console. For more information, see
Viewing Query Performance Data (p. 186) and Viewing
Cluster Metrics During Load Operations (p. 194).
New Feature
October 17, 2014Published various documentation fixes.Documentation Fixes
August 14, 2014Added content about shutting down clusters and deleting
clusters. For more information, see Shutting Down and
Deleting Clusters (p. 12) and Shutting Down or Deleting
a Cluster (p. 22).
New Content
August 14, 2014Clarified the behavior of the Allow Version Upgrade set-
ting for clusters. For more information, see Over-
view (p. 5).
Documentation Up-
date
July 11, 2014Revised procedures, screenshots, and organization of
topic about working with clusters in Amazon Redshift
console. For more information, see Managing Clusters
Using the Console (p. 13).
Documentation Up-
date
June 27, 2014Added a new tutorial about resizing Amazon Redshift
clusters, including how to resize a cluster while minimizing
the amount of time that the cluster is in read-only mode.
For more information, see Tutorial: Resizing Clusters in
Amazon Redshift (p. 224).
New Content
June 2, 2014Added the ability to rename clusters. For more information,
see Renaming Clusters (p. 11) and Modifying a
Cluster (p. 20).
New Feature
May 15, 2014Updated the .NET code example to use the ODBC data
provider when connecting to a cluster programmatically
by using .NET. For more information, see Connecting to
a Cluster by Using .NET (p. 171).
Documentation Up-
date
May 12, 2014Added options to select a different parameter group and
security group when you restore a cluster from a snapshot.
For more information, see Restoring a Cluster from a
Snapshot (p. 89).
New Feature
April 28, 2014Added new section to describe how to configure a default
Amazon CloudWatch alarm to monitor the percentage of
disk space used in an Amazon Redshift cluster.This alarm
is a new option in the cluster creation process. For more
information, see Default Disk Space Alarm (p. 11).
New Feature
April 22, 2014Clarified information about Elliptic curve Diffie—Hellman
Exchange (ECDHE) support in Amazon Redshift. For more
information, see Connect Using SSL (p. 158).
Documentation Up-
date
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