IBM 000-8697 User Manual

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IBM Informix OnLine Database Server Administrator’s Guide

Installation and Initial Configuration

In This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Define Your Starting Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Upgrade an Earlier Version of OnLine

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Overview of OnLine Installation Steps . . . . . . . . .

Overview of OnLine Initial Configuration Tasks

OnLine Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Contents of tbconfig.std . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Set Up Your Initial Configuration

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Root Dbspace Configuration Guidelines . . . . . . . . .

Mirroring Configuration Guidelines . . . . . . . . . .

Physical Log Configuration Guidelines . . . . . . . . .

Logical Log Configuration Guidelines

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Message File Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Archive Tape Device Guidelines

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Logical Log Tape Device Guidelines . . . . . . . . . .

Identification Parameter Guidelines . . . . . . . . . .

Shared-Memory Parameter Guidelines . . . . . . . . .

Machine- and Product-Specific Parameter Guidelines . . . .

OnLine Disk Space Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . .

Configuration Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Enter Your Configuration and Initialize OnLine

Setting Shared Memory Parameters . . . . . . . . . .

Initialize OnLine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Set Your Environment Variables

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Modify UNIX Startup and Shutdown Scripts . . . . . . .

Create Blobspaces and Dbspaces . . . . . . . . . . .

Errors During Initialization

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OnLine Error Message Format . . . . . . . . . . . .

UNIX Error Message Format . . . . . . . . . . . . .