Running the Administration Tools

As the dbadmin user, you can run administration tools. The syntax follows:

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

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