Greenplum Database Installation Guide

Information about installing and configuring Greenplum Database software and configuring Greenplum Database host machines.

• Introduction to Greenplum
  High-level overview of the Greenplum Database system architecture.
• Estimating Storage Capacity
  To estimate how much data your Greenplum Database system can accommodate, use these measurements as guidelines. Also keep in mind that you may want to have extra space for landing backup files and data load files on each segment host.
• Configuring Your Systems and Installing Greenplum
  Describes how to prepare your operating system environment for Greenplum, and install the Greenplum Database software binaries on all of the hosts that will comprise your Greenplum Database system.
• Verifying the VMware Tanzu Greenplum Software Download
  Describes how to verify Greenplum Database software that you download from VMware Tanzu Network.
• Validating Your Systems
  Validate your operating system settings, hardware, and network.
• Initializing a Greenplum Database System
  Describes how to initialize a Greenplum Database database system.
• Installing Optional Extensions
  Information about installing optional Greenplum Database extensions and packages, such as the Procedural Language extensions and the Python and R Data Science Packages.
• Configuring Timezone and Localization Settings
  Describes the available timezone and localization features of Greenplum Database.
• About Implicit Text Casting in Greenplum Database
  Greenplum Database version 4.3.x is based on PostgreSQL version 8.2. Greenplum Database version 5.x is based on PostgreSQL version 8.3. PostgreSQL 8.3 removed automatic implicit casts between the text type and other data types. When you migrate from Greenplum Database version 4.3.x to version 5.x, this change in behavior might impact existing applications and queries.
• Installation Management Utilities
  References for the command-line management utilities used to install and initialize a Greenplum Database system.
• Greenplum Environment Variables
  Reference of the environment variables to set for Greenplum Database.