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1-54 IBM Informix OnLine Database Server Administrator’s Guide
Initialize OnLine
Initialize OnLine
OnLine prompts you for confirmation that you wish to initialize immediately
using these current values:
Do you really want to continue? (y/n)
WARNING: The root dbspace will be initialized.
All previous data will be destroyed.
When you initialize OnLine starting from the DB-Monitor Initialize option
(disk parameters screen), you are initializing both disk space and shared
memory. When you initialize disk space, you automatically re-create a new
OnLine database server and destroy all existing data in that space.
Enter
y to direct the tbinit process to initialize both OnLine disk space and
shared memory.
If you enter n, the changed parameter values are retained in the configuration
file and DB-Monitor returns to the Parameters menu.
If you receive any error messages as OnLine attempts to initialize, turn now
to page 1-60. Otherwise, OnLine displays messages as the initialization
proceeds. When initialization is complete, OnLine is in quiescent mode.
After OnLineis initialized, continue with the remaining tasksto prepareyour
system to receive data:
■ Set your environment variables
■ Modify UNIX startup and shutdown scripts, if desired
■ Create blobspaces and additional dbspaces, if desired
Set Your Environment Variables
You already set the INFORMIXDIR and PATH environment variables before
you loaded the software. This section instructs you in setting two additional
environment variables:
SQLEXEC The pathname of the database server
TBCONFIG
The OnLine configuration file