Databricks Runtime 7.3 LTS (EoS) migration guide

Note

Support for this Databricks Runtime version has ended. For the end-of-support date, see End-of-support history. For all supported Databricks Runtime versions, see Databricks Runtime release notes versions and compatibility.

This guide helps you migrate your Azure Databricks workloads to Databricks Runtime 7.3 LTS (EoS), powered by Apache Spark 3.0.

To migrate workloads to Databricks Runtime 7.3 LTS, see the Apache Spark migration guidance.

Databricks Runtime 11.3 LTS is the latest supported LTS version. To migrate workloads from Databricks Runtime 7.3 LTS to Databricks Runtime 11.3 LTS, Databricks recommends that you migrate your workloads in the following order:

  1. Migrate to Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS. See the Databricks Runtime 10.x migration guide.
  2. Migrate from Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS to Databricks Runtime 11.3 LTS. See the Databricks Runtime 11.x migration guide.

Apache Spark migration guidance

Databricks Runtime 7.3 LTS is powered by Apache Spark 3.0.1. For reference, the following Databricks Runtime versions through Databricks Runtime 7.3 LTS are powered by these Apache Spark versions:

Databricks Runtime version Apache Spark version
7.3 LTS 3.0.1
7.0 - 7.2 3.0.0
6.4 Extended Support - 6.6 2.4.5
6.4 Extended Support and 6.4 2.4.5
6.1 - 6.3 2.4.4
5.5 LTS and 5.5 Extended Support and 6.0 2.4.3
5.0 - 5.4 2.4
4.0 - 4.3 2.3
3.4 - 3.5 LTS 2.2
Light 2.4 Extended Support and Light 2.4 2.4.0+

Additional migration guidance

For additional guidance about migrating workloads from Databricks Runtime 6.x to Databricks Runtime 7.x, see the Databricks Runtime 7.x migration guide (EoS).