start_db

Starts a database and establishes cluster quorum.

Starts a database and establishes cluster quorum.

The IP address provided for each node name must match the current IP address in the OpenText™ Analytics Database catalog. If the IPs do not match, you must first run re_ip to inform the database of the updated IP addresses.

If you pass the --hosts option a subset of all nodes in the cluster, only the specified nodes are started, and the specified subset must be a quorum of nodes.

Syntax

vcluster start_db options

Required options

{ -c | --config } string
The path to the config file. If a configuration file is present in the default location (automatically generated by create_db), you do not need to specify this option.

Default: /opt/vertica/config/vertica_cluster.yaml

Option

--cert-file string
The absolute path to the certificate file. If you specify this option, you must also specify --key-file. You should only use --cert-file and --key-file if you have configured the Node Management Agent (NMA) to use custom certificates.
--communal-storage-location string
[Eon only] The absolute path of your communal storage location.
--config-param PARAMETER=VALUE[,...]
A comma-separated list of PARAMETER=VALUE pairs. Parameters specified with this option override the ones in configuration files, if any, and take the following parameters:
  • AWSAuth
  • AWSEndpoint
  • AWSEnableHttps
  • AWSRegion
--config-param-file string
The absolute path to a file containing configuration parameters and their values.
--eon-mode
[Eon only] Indicates that the database is an Eon Mode database.
{ -h | --help }
Prints help text.
--ipv6
Whether the hosts use IPv6 addresses. Hostnames resolve to IPv4 by default.
--key-file string
Path to the key file. If you specify this option, you must also specify --cert-file. You should only use --cert-file and --key-file if you have configured the Node Management Agent (NMA) to use custom certificates.
{ -l | --log-path } string
The absolute path for debug logs.

Default: /opt/vertica/log/vcluster.log

--main-cluster-only
Starts the database on a main cluster and does not start any sandboxes.
{ -p | --password } string
The database password.
--password-file string
The absolute path to a file containing the database password.

If you pass a dash(-) (that is, `--password-file -`), the password is read from STDIN.

--read-password-from-prompt
Prompts the user to enter the password.
--sandbox subcluster
Name of the sandbox to start.
--timeout int
The time (in seconds) to wait for nodes to start up.

Default: 300

--verbose
Shows the details of VCluster run in the console.

Examples

$ vcluster start_db --password my_password \
  --config /opt/vertica/config/vertica_cluster.yaml