Help: oninit -i

Elizibeth Loveland wrote: > Hi! I've inherited DBA responsibilities for On-line 7.2 and have set up > a test area for learning -- going through the manual. I've set up a new > onconfig.new file and the environment using shared memory for now. I > believe the next step is oninit -i but my manual gives lots of warnings > about this destroying data so I'm looking for some confirmation that > databases with other onconfig.xxx files (not active) are not going to be > affected/wiped out when I do this. > > Also, anyone know a very good Online DBA Training manual/guide. > > Thanks much. Hi Elizibeth, You have to take care about the environment variables. Especially ONCONFIG which specifies the onconfig.xxx you want to use. Then you must have separated disk space (rootdbs ...). In this way you are starting up another "database system" (= another instance). Alternatively, you could create your own database in the existing environment. Regards -- Helmut Leininger Bull AG / Vienna Unix Support Email: h.leininger@bull.at helmut.leininger@bull.net This opinion is mine and not necessarily that of my employer. No guarantees whatsoever.

Be very careful with oninit. oninit by itself will start up your databases but oninit -i will wipe the databases as this command is used for initalising disk space. Bridget Elizibeth Loveland wrote: > Hi! I've inherited DBA responsibilities for On-line 7.2 and have set up > a test area for learning -- going through the manual. I've set up a new > onconfig.new file and the environment using shared memory for now. I > believe the next step is oninit -i but my manual gives lots of warnings > about this destroying data so I'm looking for some confirmation that > databases with other onconfig.xxx files (not active) are not going to be > affected/wiped out when I do this. > > Also, anyone know a very good Online DBA Training manual/guide. > > Thanks much. -- --------------------------------- Bridget Van Der Leek PeopleSoft Database Administrator The University of Auckland Ph (09) 373 7599 X 4953 Mobile 021 685 907

Hi! I've inherited DBA responsibilities for On-line 7.2 and have set up a test area for learning -- going through the manual. I've set up a new onconfig.new file and the environment using shared memory for now. I believe the next step is oninit -i but my manual gives lots of warnings about this destroying data so I'm looking for some confirmation that databases with other onconfig.xxx files (not active) are not going to be affected/wiped out when I do this. Also, anyone know a very good Online DBA Training manual/guide. Thanks much.