IBM 000-8697 User Manual

IBM Informix OnLine Database Server Administrator’s Guide

If your environment contains a single OnLine database server, you do not
need to explicitly set

TBCONFIG

. If the tbinit process cannot find the file

specified by

TBCONFIG

, it creates a copy of tbconfig.std, places the copy in

the file specified by

TBCONFIG

, and uses the values in that file for

initialization.

You must set

TBCONFIG

 if you changed the name of your configuration file

to something other than tbconfig, or if your environment supports two or
more OnLine database servers on the same machine. In the latter case, each
OnLine server requires a separate, unique configuration file that is stored in
$

. (Refer also to the discussion of multiple residency on

Since each OnLine configuration file requires a unique value for

SERVERNUM

, you might prefer to name each file so that it can easily be

related to a specific value. For example, the file tbconfig3 could indicate that
this configuration file specifies the unique

SERVERNUM

 of 3.

Set the

TBCONFIG

 environment variable as follows:

You can modify your

UNIX

 startup file to initialize OnLine automatically

when your machine enters multiuser mode. You can also modify your

UNIX

shutdown file to shut down OnLine in a controlled manner whenever

UNIX

shuts down.

setenv TBCONFIG config_filename

TBCONFIG=config_filename

export TBCONFIG