Greenplum Database management

In this section, we will learn about a few in-built tools that help perform some Greenplum administration tasks as listed below:

  • Starting and stopping Greenplum Database
  • Adding new segment servers
  • Loading data in parallel
  • Parallel backup and restoring
  • Managing recovery of failed segments, and so on

The following screenshot shows an object browser window in Greenplum's pgAdminIII, a client tool to manage database elements:

Greenplum Database management

The next screenshot shows the query builder view of pgAdminIII, developers can use this interface to graphically build queries:

The following interface helps monitor the master and segment server status:

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