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title: Installation Management Utilities 
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References for the command-line management utilities used to install and initialize a Greenplum Database system.

For a full reference of all Greenplum Database utilities, see the [Greenplum Database Utility Guide](../utility_guide/utility_guide.html).

The following Greenplum Database management utilities are located in `$GPHOME/bin`.

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<a class="xref" href="../utility_guide/ref/gpactivatestandby.html">gpactivatestandby</a>
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<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../utility_guide/ref/gpaddmirrors.html">gpaddmirrors</a>
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<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../utility_guide/ref/gpcheckperf.html">gpcheckperf</a>
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<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../utility_guide/ref/gpcopy.html">gpcopy</a> (VMware Greenplum only) </li>
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../utility_guide/ref/gpdeletesystem.html">gpdeletesystem</a>
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<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../utility_guide/ref/gpinitstandby.html">gpinitstandby</a>
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<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../utility_guide/ref/gpinitsystem.html">gpinitsystem</a>
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<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../utility_guide/ref/gppkg.html">gppkg</a>
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<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../utility_guide/ref/gpssh.html">gpssh</a>
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<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../utility_guide/ref/gpssh-exkeys.html">gpssh-exkeys</a>
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<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../utility_guide/ref/gpstart.html">gpstart</a>
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<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../utility_guide/ref/gpstop.html">gpstop</a>
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<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="../utility_guide/ref/gpsync.html">gpsync</a>
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**Parent topic:** [Installing and Upgrading Greenplum](install_guide.html)

