The nzstate command

Use the nzstate command to display the current system state or to wait for a particular system state to occur.

Syntax

The nzstate command uses the following syntax:

nzstate [-h|-rev|-hc] subcmd [subcmd options]]

Inputs

The nzstate command takes the following inputs:

Table 1. The nzstate inputs
Input	Description
nzstate listStates	Displays the system states and a description.
nzstate show `options`	Displays the current state. This is the default if you type the command without any arguments.
nzstate waitFor `options`	Waits for the system to reach the specified state. You cannot wait for a state that ends in -ing.

Options

The nzstate command takes the following options:

Table 2. The nzstate options
Command	Option	Description
nzstate listStates		Takes no options.
nzstate show	-u `user`	Specifies the database user name [NZ_USER].
	-pw `password`	Specifies the user password [NZ_PASSWORD].
	-host `name`	Specifies host name or IP address [NZ_HOST].
	-timeout `secs`	Specifies the number of seconds to wait for the command to complete before it exits with a timeout error. The default is 300.
	-terse	Prints only the current state symbol.
	-verbose	Prints the expected state if it is different from the current state.
	-reason	Displays more information about why the system is in the Down state.
nzstate waitFor	-type `state_type`	Waits for the specified state to occur. Use the listStates subcommand to display the state types.
	-u `user`	Specifies the database user name [NZ_USER].
	-pw `password`	Specifies the user password [NZ_PASSWORD].
	-host `name`	Specifies host name or IP address [NZ_HOST].
	-timeout `secs`	Specifies the number of seconds to wait for the command to complete before it exits with a timeout error. The default is 300.

Description

The nzstate command does the following:

Privileges required: You do not need special privileges to run the nzstate listStates command. You must specify a database user account to show or wait for states.
Common tasks: Use the nzstate command to display the current state.

Usage

The following provides sample usage

To list the states, enter:

nzstate listStates
State Symbol Description
------------ ------------------------------------------------------------
initialized  used by a system component when first starting
paused       already running queries will complete but new ones are queued
pausedNow    like paused, except running queries are aborted
offline      no queries are queued, only maintenance is allowed
offlineNow   like offline, except user jobs are stopped immediately
online       system is running normally
stopped      system software is not running
down         system was not able to initialize successfully

To show the current state, enter:

nzstate show -u user -pw password -host nzhost -verbose

To wait for the offline state until the state change occurs or the command timer expires, enter:
```
nzstate waitFor -u user -pw password -host nzhost -type offline
```

To display more information about a system that is in the down state, enter:

nzstate -reason
The system is DOWN because failing over SPUs results in invalid 
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