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 Broadcom Support Portal under the specific Greenplum release.

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Greenplum utility programs provided in the client and loader tools package include:

Program Description
createdb Create 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.
dropuser Remove a Greenplum user. Requires superuser or specially-granted Greenplum Database privileges.
gpfdist Greenplum parallel file distribution program.
gpkafka Load Kafka data into Greenplum Database using the VMware Greenplum Streaming Server.
gpload Greenplum data loading utility.
gpss Start a VMware Greenplum Streaming Server instance.
gpsscli VMware Greenplum Streaming 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.

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