node_join Creates a NodeController process at a specified location. location_of_cc location(hostname/ip_address) node_controller_id true node_failure Kills a NodeController process at a specified location. node_controller_id false cc_start Starts a ClusterController process at a specified location. true cc_failure Kills the Cluster Controller process running at a specified location. false node_restart Shuts and restarts a NodeControllerProcess after a specified time interval, at a specified location address of cc, node controller id and sleep interval(seconds) true asterix_deploy Deploys Asterix application on a cluster running hyracks IP address of the node running the hyracks cluster controller false zookeeper_start Launches ZooKeeper server process IP address of the ZooKeeper server true zookeeper_stop Terminates ZooKeeper server process IP address of the ZooKeeper server false file_transfer Copies a file on the local file system to a remote node local_source_path destination_node destination_path false directory_transfer Copies a directory (and its contents) on the local file system to a remote node local_source_path destination_node destination_path false file_delete Deletes a file on the local file system to a remote node local_source_path destination_node destination_path false backup Takes a backup of an Asterix instance Asterix_data_dir HDFSurl false restore Restores an Asterix instance from a back up Asterix_data_dir HDFSurl false hdfs_delete Deletes an HDFS path WorkingDir HadoopVersion HDFSUrl Path_to_Delete false node_info Retrieved environment information for a node false