About the Tools Package
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About the Tools Package
The Greenplum client and loader tools package provides utility programs that you can install and run on a host outside of your Greenplum Database cluster. The package is available on Pivotal Network.
Greenplum utility programs provided in the client and loader tools package include:
Program | Description |
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createdb | Create a Greenplum database. Requires superuser or specially-granted Greenplum Database privileges. |
createlang | Register a language in a Greenplum database. Requires superuser or specially-granted Greenplum Database privileges. |
createuser | Register a Greenplum user. Requires superuser or specially-granted Greenplum Database privileges. |
dropdb | Drop a Greenplum database. Requires superuser or specially-granted Greenplum Database privileges. |
droplang | Remove support for a language from a Greenplum database. Requires superuser or specially-granted Greenplum Database privileges. |
dropuser | Remove a Greenplum user. Requires superuser or specially-granted Greenplum Database privileges. |
gpfdist | Greenplum parallel file distribution program. |
gpkafka | Load Kafa data into Greenplum Database using the Pivotal Greenplum-Kafka Integration. |
gpload | Greenplum data loading utility. |
gpss | Start a Pivotal Greenplum Stream Server instance. |
gpsscli | Pivotal Greenplum Stream Server client program. |
pg_dump | Dump the contents of a Greenplum database to a file. |
pg_dumpall | Dump the contents of all Greenplum databases to a file. |
psql | PostgreSQL interactive command-line interface for Greenplum Database. |
Note: The Windows Greenplum client and loader tools package provides additional libraries
and programs, including kinit, kdestroy, and
klist. The Windows package does not include the
gpkafka, gpsscli, and gpss
programs.
The gpload program provided in the Windows package is backwards-compatible with Greenplum Database 5.