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To create a new database server instance:
1.
Select Start > Programs > IBM Informix > Server Instance Manager.
2. Select the Installation Method, and click Create New to create a new instance
of the database server.
3. Follow the prompts.
After you enter the required information, the Server Instance Manager installs
services, records environment variables, updates the registry, and creates an
onconfig
file for the new database server instance.
Server Instance Manager command-line options
The instmgr.exe utility extends the ability to configure an IBM Informix Dynamic
Server instance with command-line options.
Purpose
The instmgr.exe utility is a command-line version of the Server Instance Manager.
You must have administrative privileges on the database server. However, local
administrator privileges are sufficient, even if the database server was installed for
domain use.
The following table describes the instmgr.exe utility options.
Table 2-1. The instmgr.exe utility options
Option Meaning
-alias
DRDA_server_alias
-drdaport
DRDA_port
drdasvc
DRDA_service_name
Command line for standalone support of DRDA ® in the DBMS.
-apw password Specifies the user informix password for a new instance.
-c -n servername -apw
informix_password
Creates an instance of the database server.
-rename -apw
informix_password -n
new_name old_name Rename an existing server name.
-s .ini_filename Initialize the specified instance in silent mode.
-f .ini_ filename Retrieve some information from a partial initialization file, and the
remainder from the user.
-d -n servername Delete the specified instance.
Warning:
This removes related dbspaces and deletes the data.
-dall Delete all instances.
Warning:
This removes related dbspaces and deletes the data.
-uall -v version Upgrade all instances to the specified version. (Upgrading a single
instance in a multi-instance environment is not supported.)
-r -v version -n
servername
Revert the specified instance to the specified version.
-rall -v version Revert all instances to the specified version.
-b64 Base64_password Specifies Base64–encoded password.
-l Indicates cluster installation.
Chapter 2. Installing Informix and client products (Windows) 2-11