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144144
145- ## Convert the existing Ledger snapshots with ` snapshot-converter `
145+ ## Upgrading a Ledger snapshots from 10.4.x to 10.5.x
146146
147147:::warning
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@@ -157,8 +157,29 @@ chain from Genesis, however this can take some hours.
157157
158158We provide the ` snapshot-converter ` tool which can load a snapshot in the Legacy
159159format and write it either in the in-memory or on-disk formats for
160- UTxO-HD. Supposing you have copied a legacy snapshot to
161- ` <tmpdir>/snapshots/<slotno> ` you can run the following command:
160+ UTxO-HD.
161+
162+ :::info
163+
164+ On cardano-node 10.6 there was a change in serialization unrelated to the
165+ UTxO-HD changes. This means that going from 10.4.x to 10.5.x can benefit from
166+ this doing a quick conversion using ` snapshot-converter ` as explained here, but
167+ it won't work when the target is 10.6 or newer. Such an update on the format can
168+ only be done via a replay of the chain.
169+
170+ The ` snapshot-converter ` tool still exists in the repository and will convert
171+ between the different UTxO-HD formats but it will no longer be able to load a
172+ snapshot older than 10.6, and therefore it won't be able to "upgrade" a Legacy
173+ snapshot to a UTxO-HD snapshot anymore.
174+
175+ For this reason, the process below is only useful for upgrading from 10.4.x to
176+ 10.5.x, and ** it must be performed with the ` snapshot-converter ` version that
177+ was released with nodes 10.5.x** .
178+
179+ :::
180+
181+ Supposing you have copied a legacy snapshot to ` <tmpdir>/snapshots/<slotno> ` you
182+ can run the following command:
162183
163184<div class = " tabsblock" >
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