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AWS Organizations now supports upgrade rollout policy for Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS automatic minor version upgrades

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This article announces AWS Organizations' new upgrade rollout policy for managing automatic minor version upgrades across Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS database fleets.

  • Automatically staggers database upgrades across development, QA, and production environments
  • Supports Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL and RDS MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle, Db2
  • Define upgrade orders (first, second, last) using tags, accounts, or organizational units
  • Built-in validation periods between upgrade phases for testing and issue detection
  • Comprehensive monitoring via AWS Health events and Amazon RDS event notifications
  • Eliminates manual upgrade coordination across hundreds of resources and accounts
  • Requires AWS Organizations enabled, auto-minor upgrades enabled, maintenance windows defined

This feature streamlines database maintenance by automating controlled upgrade sequences across organizations while maintaining complete control and visibility throughout the process.

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