K-Safety Support in Administration Tools

The Administration Tools allow certain operations on a K-Safe database, even if some nodes are unresponsive.

The database must have been marked as K-Safe using the MARK_DESIGN_KSAFE function.

The following management functions within the Administration Tools are operational when some nodes are unresponsive.

Note: Vertica users can perform much of the below functionality using the Management Console interface. See Management Console and Administration Tools for details.

The following operations work with unresponsive nodes; however, you might have to repeat the operation on the failed nodes after they are back in operation:

The following management functions within the Administration Tools require that all nodes be UP in order to be operational: