It's my goal to create a kit that contains essential queries and resources for administering HP's Vertica. You can check out what I've done so far at vertica.tips.
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The goal of these queries is to provide as much information as possible covering monitoring, diagnostics and performance tuning. This idea is heavily inspired by Glenn Barry's SQL Server diagnostic queries and Ola Hallengren's SQL Server maintenance solution.
The July 2014 release has the following changes:
- Fixes calculation on nodes with less than recommended disk space
- Fixes tables without primary keys to exclude system tables
- Adds 3 diagnostic views
- Configuration Information View
- License Information
- Database Size
- License Utilization
- Nodes in the Cluster
- Down Nodes in the Cluster
- K-Safety Level
- Number of Node Failures Before Automatic Shut Down
- Data Collector Status
- Changed Configuration Parameters
- Diagnostic Information View
- Queries returned < 1 sec
- Queries returned between 1 and 2 sec
- Queries returned between 2 and 3 sec
- Queries returned between 3 and 4 sec
- Queries returned between 4 and 5 sec
- Queries returned > 5 sec
- Query Events
- Rejected Load Events
- Tables Without Primary Keys
- Percent of Database Deleted
- Resource Rejections
- Projections Without Refresh In Last 3 Months
- Projection Columns Without Refresh In Last 1 Month
- Projection Columns Without Full Statistics
- Resource Information View
- Disk Space Utilization
- Memory Information
- Nodes Exceeding Used Space Limit
The core diagnostic query list contains 33 queries over 5 sections and covers the following:
- Configuration Information (6)
- Product Version
- License and Compliance Status
- Data Collector Status
- Changed Configuration Parameters
- Configuration Change History
- Fault Tolerance
- Resource Information (5)
- Disk Space Utilization by Host
- Processor Information by Host
- Memory Information by Host
- Compressed and Raw Estimate Data Space Usage by Schema
- Disk Space Warning
- Diagnostic Information (13)
- Distribution of Query Request Times
- Proactively Examining Query Events
- Overview of Query Event Types
- Spill to Disk Events
- Resegmented Query Events
- Load Events with Rejected Rows
- Query Requests with Errors
- Service Intervals and Last Run
- Workload Analyzer Tuning Rules
- Possible Missing Primary Keys
- Deleted Database Date
- Denied Resource Requests
- Mergeout Activity
- Projection Specific (5)
- Outdated Column Statistics
- Columns Requiring Statistics Updates
- Data Skew in Segmented Projections
- Outdated and Un-refreshed Projections
- Unused Projections
- Query Profiling Information (4)
- Profiling Configuration
- Clearing Profile Data
- Query, Session and EE Profiling
- Examining Query Profiles
Doug Harmon has his own Vertica SQL Toolbelt that contains shell scripts and other helpful diagnostic queries.
The unofficial Vertica forums have some great people helping out the Vertica community.
vertica.tips is a blog with authors from the community sharing expert knowledge.