IBM GC23-7753-05 - Manual (Page 35)

Table 3-1. IBM Informix program group (continued)
Menu item Description
uninstallserver You can select from the following uninstallation options:
Complete Uninstall
Uninstalls the whole Informix installation.
Uninstall Specific Features
Displays the Informix feature tree so that you
can select which features or whole components
that you want to remove.
server-name Opens a Command Prompt window for an initialized
database server instance. You can use that window to
run DB-Access and certain command-line utilities such
as onstat, oncheck, and onspaces. (The oninit utility is
designed to be started by a service rather than from this
window.) If you have more than one database server
instance, there is a shortcut menu for each of them.
Starting the database server from the Control Panel
You can start the database server by starting the IBM Informix service in the
Control Panel.
v You must be a member of the Windows Administrators group.
v The disk space for the database server must be initialized once to prepare the
root dbspace so that it can be used by the database server. If you performed a
typical installation and chose to create a server instance or you performed a
custom installation and chose to create and initialize the server, disk space is
already initialized.
v If you chose not to create a server instance or not to initialize the server during
installation, start the server and initialize the disk space by using the -i option of
the oninit command in the Start Parameters field of the Services application or
with the starts command from the command line.
v If you are upgrading from a previous version of IBM Informix and you are
using the same root dbspace, do not initialize the disk space.
To start the database server from the Control Panel:
1.
In Administrative Tools, double-click Services.
2. Double-click Informix IDS - server_name from the list.
3. Optional: Type oninit options in the Start Parameters field.
4. Click OK
5. Click Start.
6. To verify that the server started, use the onstat utility.
Chapter 3. Post-installation tasks (Windows) 3-3