Vertica backup failed

Products

• DX NetOps
• CA Performance Management - Usage and Administration

Issue/Introduction

Our scheduled backup failed

Environment

All supported releases

Cause

The backup failed due to one of the nodes in the cluster being DOWN.

Resolution

Start the downed node by either using the "Restart Vertica on Host" menu option within adminTools or by using the following call on the command line:

/opt/vertica/bin/admintools -t restart_node -F -s IP-of-node -d drdata

where IP-of-node = the IP Address of the node that is DOWN.