Running the Administration Tools

Administration tools, or "admintools," supports various commands to manage your database.

To run admintools, you must have SSH and local connections enabled for the dbadmin user.

Syntax

/opt/vertica/bin/admintools [--debug ][
     { -h | --help }
   | { -a | --help_all} 
   | { -t | --tool } name_of_tool [options] 
]

`--debug`	If you include this option, Vertica logs debug information. You can specify the `debug` option with or without naming a specific tool. If you specify `debug` with a specific tool, Vertica logs debug information during tool execution. If you do not specify a tool, Vertica logs debug information when you run tools through the admintools user interface.
`-h` `--help`	Outputs abbreviated help.
`-a` `--help_all`	Outputs verbose help, which lists all command-line sub-commands and options.
`{ ‑t \| ‑‑tool } name_of_tool [options]`	Specifies the tool to run, where name_of_tool is one of the tools described in the help output, and options are one or more comma-delimited tool arguments. Enter `admintools -h` to see the list of tools available. Enter `admintools -t name_of_tool --help` to review a specific tool's options.

An unqualified admintools command displays the Main Menu dialog box.

Admin Tools screen

If you are unfamiliar with this type of interface, read Using the Administration Tools Interface

dbadmin user