If Vertica seems to be hung, use DUMP_CATALOG to check for deadlocked clients and the resources they are waiting for:
SELECT DUMP_CATALOG();
The output is written to vertica.log (see Monitoring the Log Files),
To submit problem reports, questions, comments, and suggestions, please use the Technical Support page on the Vertica Systems, Inc. Web site:
http://www.vertica.com/support
You must be a registered user in order to access the page.
Before reporting a problem, please run the Diagnostics Utility described in the Troubleshooting Guide and attach the resulting .zip file.