Wait for a system state

You use the nzstate command to wait for a specific operational state to occur before you proceed with other commands or actions. You can use the nzstate command to list the system states that you can wait for, as follows:

[nz@nzhost ~]$ nzstate listStates

State Symbol Description
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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