Deprecated and Removed Functionality

Vertica retires Vertica functionality in two phases:

  • Deprecated: Vertica announces deprecated features and functionality in a major or minor release. Deprecated features remain in the product and are functional. Published release documentation announces deprecation on this page. When users access this functionality, it may return informational messages about its pending removal.
  • Removed: Vertica removes a feature in a major or minor release that follows the deprecation announcement. Users can no longer access the functionality, and this page is updated to verify removal (see History, below). Documentation that describes this functionality is removed, but remains in previous documentation versions.

Deprecated

The following Vertica functionality was deprecated and will be retired in future versions:

Release Functionality Notes
10.1 Reading structs from ORC files as expanded columns Instead, define as ROW type (see Reading Complex Types from ORC Files).
MD5 hashing algorithm for user passwords Instead, use SHA-512 (see Hash Authentication Parameters).
[S3] vbr configuration section Replaced by [CloudStorage] section.

S3 vbr configuration parameters:

  • s3_backup_file_system_path
  • s3_backup_path
  • s3_encrypt_transport
  • s3_concurrency_backup
  • s3_concurrency_restore
  • s3_encrypt_at_rest
  • s3_sse_kms_key_id

Superseded by new vbr configuration parameters that accept values for cloud storage locations:

  • cloud_storage_backup_file_system_path
  • cloud_storage_backup_path
  • cloud_storage_encrypt_transport
  • cloud_storage_concurrency_backup
  • cloud_storage_concurrency_restore
  • cloud_storage_encrypt_at_rest
  • cloud_storage_sse_kms_key_id

If a vbr configuration file contains an s3-prefixed parameter, vbr returns a warning.
ARRAY_CONTAINS function Instead, use CONTAINS.
flatten_complex_type_nulls parameter to the ORC and Parquet parsers

 

Security parameters:

  • SSLCertificate
  • SSLPrivateKey
  • SSLCA
  • EnableSSL
  • DataSSLParams

LDAP authentication parameters:

  • tls_key
  • tls_cert
  • tls_cacert
  • starttls
  • tls_reqcert

LDAPLink and LDAPLink dryrun parameters:

  • LDAPLinkTLSCACert
  • LDAPLinkTLSCADir
  • LDAPLinkStartTLS
  • LDAPLinkTLSReqCert
Superseded in 11.0 by direct equivalents in TLS CONFIGURATION.
  Vertica JDBC API com.vertica.jdbc.kv package

Affects the following interfaces:

  • VerticaRoutableConnection
  • VerticaRoutableExecutor
  • VGet
  • VHash
10.1.1 STRING_TO_ARRAY(array,delimiter) syntax Instead, use USING PARAMETERS syntax for collection_delimiter and other new parameters. See STRING_TO_ARRAY.
10.1.1 Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS 6.x  

Removed

The following Vertica functionality was removed:

Release Functionality Notes
10.1

Eon Mode meta-functions:

  • SET_DEPOT_PIN_POLICY
  • CLEAR_DEPOT_PIN_POLICY

Superseded by:

Reading structs from Parquet files as expanded columns Superseded by Creating Tables Using Structs.
Parquet parser skip_strong_schema_match parameter Superseded by Using Flexible Complex Types.

Array-specific functions:

  • array_min
  • array_max
  • array_sum
  • array_avg
 Superseded by functions that operate on collections, including arrays:
HiveMetadataCacheSizeMB configuration parameter Superseded by ParquetMetadataCacheSizeMB .

History

The following functionality or support has been deprecated or removed as indicated:

Functionality Component Deprecated in: Removed in:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS 6.x Server 10.1.1  
STRING_TO_ARRAY(array,delimiter) syntax Server 10.1.1  
Vertica JDBC API com.vertica.jdbc.kv package Client Drivers 10.1  
ARRAY_CONTAINS function Server 10.1  
MD5 hashing algorithm for user passwords Server 10.1  
Reading structs from ORC files as expanded columns Server 10.1  
vbr configuration section [S3] and S3 configuration parameters Server 10.1  
flatten_complex_type_nulls parameter to the ORC and Parquet parsers Server 10.1  
System table WOS_CONTAINER_STORAGE Server 10.0.1  
skip_strong_schema_match parameter to the Parquet parser Server 10.0.1 10.1
Specifying segmentation on specific nodes Server 10.0.1  
DBD meta-function DESIGNER_SET_ANALYZE_CORRELATIONS_MODE Server 10.0.1  
Meta-function ANALYZE_CORRELATIONS Server 10.0  
Eon Mode meta-function BACKGROUND_DEPOT_WARMING Server 10.0  
Reading structs from Parquet files as expanded columns Server 10.0 10.1

Eon Mode meta-functions:

  • SET_DEPOT_PIN_POLICY
  • CLEAR_DEPOT_PIN_POLICY
 Server 10.0 10.1
vbr configuration parameter SnapshotEpochLagFailureThreshold Server 10.0  

Array-specific functions:

  • array_min
  • array_max
  • array_sum
  • array_avg
 Server 10.0 10.1

Array-specific functions:

  • array_count
  • array_length
 Server 10.0  
DMLTargetDirect configuration parameter Server 10.0  
HiveMetadataCacheSizeMB configuration parameter Server 10.0 10.1
MoveOutInterval Server 10.0  
MoveOutMaxAgeTime Server 10.0  
MoveOutSizePct Server 10.0  
Windows 7 Client Drivers 9.3.1
DATABASE_PARAMETERS admintools command Server 9.3.1  
Write-optimized store (WOS) Server 9.3 10.0
7.2_upgrade vbr task Server 9.3  
DropFailedToActivateSubscriptions configuration parameter Server 9.3 10.0
‑‑skip-fs-checks Server 9.2.1  
32-bit ODBC Linux and OS X client drivers Client 9.2.1 9.3
Vertica Python client Client 9.2.1 10.0
Mac 10.11 Client 9.2.1  
DisableDirectToCommunalStorageWrites configuration parameter Server 9.2.1  
CONNECT_TO_VERTICA meta-function Server 9.2.1 9.3
ReuseDataConnections configuration parameter Server 9.2.1 9.3
Network interfaces (superseded by network addresses) Server 9.2  
Database branching Server 9.2 10.0
KERBEROS_HDFS_CONFIG_CHECK meta-function Server 9.2  
Java 5 support JDBC Client 9.2 9.2.1

Configuration parameters for enabling projections with aggregated data: 

  • EnableExprsInProjections
  • EnableGroupByProjections
  • EnableTopKProjections
  • EnableUDTProjections
 Server 9.2  
DISABLE_ELASTIC_CLUSTER() Server 9.1.1  
eof_timeout parameter of KafkaSource Server 9.1.1 9.2
Windows Server 2012 Server 9.1.1  
Debian 7.6, 7.7 Client driver 9.1.1 9.2.1
IdolLib function library Server 9.1 9.1.1
SSL certificates that contain weak CA signatures such as MD5 Server 9.1  
HCatalogConnectorUseLibHDFSPP configuration parameter Server 9.1  
S3 UDSource Server 9.1 9.1.1
HCatalog Connector support for WebHCat Server 9.1  
partition_key column in system tables STRATA and STRATA_STRUCTURES Server 9.1 10.0.1
Vertica Pulse Server 9.0.1 9.1.1
Support for SQL Server 2008 Server 9.0.1 9.0.1
SUMMARIZE_MODEL meta-function Server 9.0 9.1
RestrictSystemTable parameter Server 9.0.1  
S3EXPORT multipart parameter Server 9.0  
EnableStorageBundling configuration parameter Server 9.0  
Machine Learning for Predictive Analytics package parameter key_columns for data preparation functions. Server 9.0 9.0.1
DROP_PARTITION meta-function, superseded by DROP_PARTITIONS Server 9.0  
Machine Learning for Predictive Analytics package parameter owner. Server 8.1.1 9.0
Backup and restore --setupconfig command Server 8.1 9.1.1
SET_RECOVER_BY_TABLE meta-function. Do not disable recovery by table. Server 8.0.1  
Column rebalance_projections_status.duration_sec Server 8.0  
HDFS Connector Server 8.0 9.0
Prejoin projections Server 8.0 9.2
Administration Tools option --compat21 Server 7.2.1  
admin_tools -t config_nodes Server 7.2  
Projection buddies with inconsistent sort order Server 7.2 9.0
backup.sh Server 7.2 9.0
restore.sh Server 7.2 9.0
copy_vertica_database.sh Server 7.2  
vbr configuration parameters retryCount and retryDelay Server 7.1  
JavaClassPathForUDx configuration parameter Server 7.1  
ADD_LOCATION meta-function Server 7.1  
bwlimit configuration parameter Server 7.1 9.0
EXECUTION_ENGINE_PROFILE counters: file handles, memory allocated Server 7.0 9.3
EXECUTION_ENGINE_PROFILES counter memory reserved Server 7.0  
MERGE_PARTITIONS() meta-function Server 7.0  
Use the Kerberos gss method for client authentication, instead of krb5. See Configuring Kerberos Authentication.
All clients 7.0  
range-segmentation-clause Server 6.1.1 9.2
scope parameter of meta-function CLEAR_PROFILING Server 6.1  
Projection creation type IMPLEMENT_TEMP_DESIGN Server, clients 6.1