Whether to Run "kill -9" against a Greenplum Database

Products

• VMware Tanzu Greenplum

Issue/Introduction

kill -9 should not be run against a Greenplum system.

Environment

OS: All supported

Resolution

 

 

Under no circumstances should you run "kill -9" against any Greenplum process. 

Running kill -9 may result in the following:

• Data loss
• Catalog corruption
• System outages
• Undefined behavior 

Therefore, never run "kill -9" against any Greenplum Database process.

Additional Information

+ Environment:

• Pivotal Greenplum Database (GPDB) all versions
• Operating System (OS)- All supported