Github user dyozie commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-hawq-docs/pull/97#discussion_r105217462
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@@ -368,6 +348,49 @@ All of the listed steps are mandatory. This ensures
that HAWQ service remains fu
4. Restart HAWQ service to propagate the configuration change to all
Ambari agents.
This will synchronize the password on the host machines with the
password that you specified in Ambari.
+
+## <a id="manual-cfg-norestart"></a>Updating HAWQ Configuration Without
Cluster Restart
+There may be circumstances, such as during dynamic cluster expansion, when
you must update HAWQ configuration parameters but cannot tolerate cluster
downtime in your Ambari-managed cluster. In these situations, perform the
following workaround to update and reload HAWQ configuration changes without a
complete cluster restart.
+
+**Note**: Use this procedure for setting or updating only those HAWQ
server configuration parameters with a set classification of reload.
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Need to style `reload` or at least quote it.
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