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Starting the Database Server and Initializing Disk Space

On UNIX

To bring the database server to online mode, enter oninit.

If starting a new database server, use the oninit command with the -i flag to initialize the disk space and bring the database server online.

On Windows

On Windows, the database server runs as a service. Use the Service control application to bring the database server to online mode. To initialize the database server, click the Dynamic Server service and enter -iy in the Startup Parameters box.

Another way to initialize the database server on Windows is to use the following command where dbservername is the database server name: 

starts dbservername -iy

Initialize Only When Starting a New Database Server

Warning:
When you initialize disk space, all of the existing data in the database server is destroyed. Initialize disk space only when you are starting a new database server.

For a description of the initialization types and associated commands, see Initializing the Database Server.

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