Vertica server and Management Console

OpenText supports the Vertica Analytic Database running on the following 64-bit operating systems and versions on x86_x64 architecture.

Operating systems and versions

OpenText supports the Vertica Analytic Database 24.4.x running on the following 64-bit operating systems and versions on x86_x64 and AArch64 architecture.

In general, OpenText provides support for the Vertica Analytic Database, not its host operating system, hardware, or other environmental elements. However, OpenText makes an effort to ensure the success of its customers on recent versions of the following popular operating systems for the x86_64 and AArch64 architecture.

When there are multiple minor versions supported for a major operating system release, OpenText recommends that you run Vertica on the latest minor version listed in the supported versions list. For example, if you run Vertica on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x release, OpenText recommends you upgrade to or be running the latest supported RHEL 8.x release.

Platform Processor Supported Versions Known Issues

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

x86_64

AArch64

 9.x: all
Rocky Linux x86_64

8.x: all

9.x: all
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server x86_64

12 SP2 and higher

15.x: all
openSUSE x86_64 42.3
Oracle Enterprise Linux (Red Hat compatible kernels only) x86_64

7.x: all
Debian Linux x86_64

8.5, 8.9

10.x: with known issues

12.x: all

10.2:

On Vertica 9.3 and higher, you cannot restart the Management Console using the MC Interface in your browser. To restart the Management Console, enter one of the following commands:

  • systemctl restart vertica-consoled
Ubuntu x86_64

14.04 LTS and higher with known issues

24.04 LTS

16.x/18.x:

On Vertica 9.3 and higher, you cannot restart the Management Console using the MC Interface in your browser. To restart the Management Console, enter one of the following commands:

  • systemctl restart vertica-consoled
  • /etc/init.d/vertica-consoled restart

Choose the storage format type based on deployment requirements. Vertica recommends the following storage format types where applicable:

  • ext3

  • ext4

  • NFS for backup

  • XFS

  • Amazon S3 Standard, Azure Blob Storage, or Google Cloud Storage for communal storage and related backup tasks when running in Eon Mode

The storage format type at your backup and temporary directory locations must support fcntl lockf (POSIX) file locking.

You can view the file systems in use on your nodes by querying the system table STORAGE_USAGE.

Vertica users have successfully deployed other file systems, Vertica cannot guarantee or desired outcomes on all storage format types. In certain support situations, you may be asked to migrate to a recommended storage format type to help with troubleshooting or to fix an issue.

Vertica Analytic Database supports Linux Volume Manager (LVM) on all supported operating systems. Your LVM version must be 2.02.66 or later, and must include device-mapper version 1.02.48 or later. For information on requirements and restrictions, see the section, Vertica Support for LVM.

Network address family support

Vertica server supports IPv4 and IPv6 network addresses for both internal and external communications. The database cluster uses IPv4 by for internal communications by default. You can choose to have the cluster use IPv6 for its internal communications when you install Vertica and create the cluster.

Vertica supports using IPv6 to identify nodes in the database cluster. However, AWS DNS resolution does not support IPv6. To have a cluster in AWS that uses IPv6, use the IPv6 IP addresses instead of using host names when installing Vertica and forming the cluster.

Currently, Vertica does not support using IPv6 on Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure.

The MC currently does not support IPv6. If your Vertica database uses IPv6 for internal communications, the MC will not be able to connect to or manage the database. The MC must communicate with the database cluster using its own internal network addresses.

Supported browsers for Management Console

Vertica Analytic Database 24.4.x Management Console is supported on the following web browsers:

  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Microsoft Edge

Vertica server and Management Console compatibility

Management Console (MC) 24.4.x is compatible with all supported Vertica server versions.