Table of Contents
Advertisement
Quick Links
HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Vertica
Getting Started Guide
Abstract
This document provides an overview of the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Vertica appliance. It is intended to be used by system
administrators and technical professionals involved with planning, operations, and administration of the appliance or database.
HP Part Number: 5900-3765
Published: March 2014
Edition: 1
Advertisement
Table of Contents
Related Manuals for HP ConvergedSystem 300
Summary of Contents for HP ConvergedSystem 300
- Page 1 Getting Started Guide Abstract This document provides an overview of the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Vertica appliance. It is intended to be used by system administrators and technical professionals involved with planning, operations, and administration of the appliance or database.
- Page 2 Notices The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
-
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Loading data into the database...................19 Monitoring the database.....................19 Using HP Vertica Management Console................19 Performing advanced database administrator tasks..............20 Installing HP Vertica software for third-party tool integration.............20 Managing load balancing for client connections..............20 Managing database resources....................20 Changing the dbadmin password..................21 Installing or upgrading an HP Vertica license key..............21 More information for using HP Vertica..................21... -
Page 4: Overview
The HP CS300 Vertica architecture enables distributed query execution, where each query executes on all HP Vertica clusters in parallel. This architecture gives the HP CS300 Vertica application system the speed to provide user queries with significantly higher levels of I/O throughput than is available on a scale-up symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) system. -
Page 5: The Hp Cs300 Vertica Appliance
One RJ-45 serial console port One RJ-45 out-of-band management port One USB 2.0 Support 3 year — 4 hour 24x7 Proactive Care TIP: Serial numbers are listed on the Linux management server in the /opt/hp/CS300/ CS300SN.log file and on each physical device. -
Page 6: Appliance Overview
(page 6). There are two management servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Microsoft Windows Server, respectively. The Linux server supports HP Vertica and cluster management. The Windows server manages HP Insight Control and HP Insight Remote Support Advanced. -
Page 7: Installation
During the HP CS300 Vertica Installation & Startup Service, your appliance was connected using either 10Gb or 1Gb Ethernet and configured for your corporate network. Your organization supplied passwords and IP addresses to HP Technical Services. For a high-level overview of your configuration, including IP addresses, see the file at /opt/hp/CS300/HPCS300.xml on the Linux management server (r001mn001), as shown in “IP addresses”... - Page 8 Figure 3 IP addresses NOTE: There are two HP 40GbE QSFP+ ports per switch. Each 40 GbE QSFP+ port is convertible to 10GbE SFP+ with an adapter. Two adapters are provided with each rack. In addition, there are thirty 1GbE/10GbE RJ45 ports per switch.
-
Page 9: Management Software
Figure 5 HP CS300 Vertica home page HP Insight Cluster Management Utility HP Insight Cluster Management Utility (HP Insight CMU ) is a collection of tools for managing and monitoring large clusters. Access HP Insight CMU from the HP CS300 Vertica home page using... - Page 10 The HP Insight CMU page appears: Under Using Insight CMU, click Launch Insight Cluster Management Utility. See the HP Insight Cluster Management Utility User Guide for more information. The HP CS300 Vertica appliance...
-
Page 11: Hp Insight Remote Support
To monitor servers from a single window, HP Insight CMU provides a default set of sensors for tasks such as CPU load, memory usage, I/O performance, and network performance. You can use the sensor Information to ensure optimal server performance and to troubleshoot potential problems. -
Page 12: Using Hp Vertica
Overview The HP Vertica Analytics Platform (HP Vertica) is pre-installed on the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Vertica (HP CS300 Vertica). This section describes how to create and run an HP Vertica database and run queries. View the full HP Vertica documentation set on the HP Enterprise Information Library www.hp.com/go/convergedsystem/cs300vertica/docs... -
Page 13: Connecting To Hp Vertica
“IP addresses” (page Connecting to HP Vertica using a remote terminal client To log in to the HP Vertica server as the database user (dbadmin), use an SSH, remote-terminal client, such as PuTTY or a Cygwin bash shell. Launch the PuTTY application. - Page 14 Connecting to HP Vertica using the browser-based Management Console You can use the HP CS300 Vertica home page to connect to the HP Vertica Management Console using a browser connection. Open your browser and connect to the IP address of the r00mn001 server. For example, http://000.000.000.000.
- Page 15 The first time you launch Management Console you must accept the Enterprise Edition license agreement. After reading the agreement, click the box next to I accept the above terms and conditions and click Next. The Management Console home page appears. See Using Management Console in the HP Vertica Administrator’s Guide. Accessing HP Vertica...
-
Page 16: Running The Hp Vertica Getting Started Tutorial
SQL commands is useful for running queries. Creating the example database After you connect to HP Vertica, use the tutorial to learn how to create a database and run simple queries following these short procedures:... -
Page 17: Querying Tables In The Example Database
VMart schema. Using Database Designer to optimize a design An HP Vertica database stores its data in a physical format called projections. For best performance, optimize projections based on their data and workload characteristics. For details, see Using Database Designer to Create a Comprehensive Design in the... -
Page 18: Performing Common Database Administrator Tasks
To prevent unauthorized access, a superuser limits access by assigning privileges directly to users or to roles through a series of GRANT statements. A Management Console administrator can also grant MC users access to one or more HP Vertica databases through the MC interface. -
Page 19: Creating Tables
Flex Tables Guide. Loading data into the database If you followed the tutorial in the HP Vertica Getting Started Guide, you already loaded data into the VMart example database. After you create a working database, you can load data in several ways, depending on the frequency of new data and other requirements. -
Page 20: Performing Advanced Database Administrator Tasks
Installing HP Vertica software for third-party tool integration Third-party products let you access your HP Vertica database using one of our supported client drivers. You can use many third-party tools with HP Vertica. For a list of HP Vertica partners and the tools they provide, see http://www.vertica.com/partners/. -
Page 21: Changing The Dbadmin Password
Installing or upgrading an HP Vertica license key As part of the HP CS300 Vertica Installation & Startup Service, your HP Vertica license was installed and an employee in your organization accepted the EULA. Your license is stored on the r001mn001 server in the/opt/hp/CS300/licenses/<cust_vlicense_xxx_bytes.dat>... - Page 22 HP Vertica Getting Started Guide Gain a quick understanding of the HP Vertica approach HP Vertica Concepts Guide and its primary components Learn how to set up and maintain an HP Vertica Analytics http://www.hp.com/go/convergedsystem/cs300vertica/ Platform database, including: docs Implement security and manage users, roles, and privileges.
-
Page 23: Support And Other Resources
Technical support registration number (if applicable) How to contact HP Use the following methods to contact HP: In the United States, see the Customer Service / Contact HP United States website for contact options: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact_us.html In the United States, call 1-800-HP-INVENT (1-800-474-6836) to contact HP by telephone. -
Page 24: Documentation Feedback
5 Documentation feedback HP is committed to providing documentation that meets your needs. To help us improve the documentation, send any errors, suggestions, or comments to Documentation Feedback (docsfeedback@hp.com). Include the document title and part number, version number, or the URL when submitting your feedback.