-h --host

or specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is running.

-h hostname or --host hostname specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is running. Use this flag to connect to Vertica remotely.

The following requirements and restrictions apply:

If you use client authentication with a Kerberos connection method of either gss or krb5, you must specify -h hostname.
Use the -h option if you want to connect to Vertica from a local connection, but want to use the an authentication record with the access method HOST (rather than LOCAL).