IBM 000-8697 User Manual

IBM Informix OnLine Database Server Administrator’s Guide

You can direct OnLine to initialize disk space (and automatically initialize
shared memory) in any one of three ways:

■

 (

UNIX

 command line)

■

 (

UNIX

 command line)

■

Parameters menu, Initialize option (

DB-M

onitor)

When you initialize disk space, all existing data on the disk you are initial-
izing is destroyed.

If you use only the -i option, OnLine is left in online mode after initialization.

If you use both the -i and -s options, OnLine is left in quiescent mode. If you
initialize OnLine via

DB-M

onitor, OnLine is left in quiescent mode.

The tbinit process initializes shared memory, without initializing disk space,
when user informix or root executes any one of the following commands:

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■

■

■

You can execute any one of these commands from the

UNIX

 prompt. If you

initialize shared memory from within

DB-M

onitor, the tbmonitor process

executes tbinit -s for you, either from the Parameters menu, Shared-Memory
option, or from the Mode Menu, Startup option. Refer to

for further

information about each of the tbinit command-line options.

The following list outlines the main tasks completed during shared-memory
initialization.