Safe Shutdown
To safely stop or reboot your cluster:
- Stop the database.
- Stop or reboot one or more instances.
Caution: If you stop or reboot an instance (or the cluster) without shutting the database down first, disk or database corruption could result. Shutting the database down first ensures that Vertica is not in the process of writing to disk when you shutdown. Refer to the Vertica Administrator’s Guide for information on stopping a database.