RE: How to start Informix online at boot time?

I've been starting Informix online at boot time for over a year without a problem on HP-UX 10.10 with Informix Online 7.13. I have done it 2 ways. The simplest way is to run oninit as root at the end of the /sbin/rc file. Of course, all the appropriate environment variables will need to before oninit is executed. The second way, which is more in line with the proper way to do it, was thru the UNIX startup scripts(ie. the /sbin/init.d, /etc/rc.config.d, /sbin/rc#.d). But I would put it at the end of the startup sequence at /sbin/rc4.d vice /sbin/rc2.d, since I want the HP-UX to start all UNIX OS processes first before the Informix goes online. Again, don't forget to ensure all environment variables have been exported. Good luck! Jim >---------- >From: jparker@epsilon.com[SMTP:jparker@epsilon.com] >Sent: Thursday, March 19, 1998 12:43 PM >To: Neil Truby >Cc: informix-list@iiug.org >Subject: Re: How to start Informix online at boot time? > > >I like Jim Ford's approach - don't. He feels that if hte machine went down >for some reason then the odds are that you don't want to bring the engine >up blind like that. So any JF machine has a nice shutdown script, but no >startup - he does it by hand. > >cheers >j. > > > > >Neil Truby <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> on 03/18/98 05:22:36 PM > >Please respond to Neil Truby <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> > >To: informix-list@iiug.org >cc: (bcc: Jack Parker/Boston50/Epsilon) >Subject: Re: How to start Informix online at boot time? > > > > >Jun H. Zhang wrote: >> >> I created a script under /etc/rc2.d (Unixware 2.1.2) >> with the following line >> >> su - informix -c /home/informix/bin/oninit >> >> This is not successful, since within the informix >> .profile there are some interactions with the >> standard input >Don't su -, just su, and set the relevant Informix variables, e.g. >ONCONFIG, INFORMIXSERVER, in your /etc/rc2.d script, and export them. >Neil Truby >Chase Manhattan Bank >Bournemouth, UK > > > > > > >