Starting and Stopping the Database Server

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Starting and Stopping the Database Server

This section describes how to:

Start the database server after you initialize it.
Initialize and start the database server if you did not initialize it during the installation process.
Set up the database server to start automatically when Windows starts.
Stop the database server.

Important:

To start and stop the database server from the Control Panel, you must be a member of the Windows Administrators group. To start and stop the database server from the command line, you must be a member of the Informix-Admin group. For detailed information about how to start the database server, see the IBM Informix: Administrator's Guide.

To start the database server if you initialized it during the installation process

From the Control Panel:
Choose either:
- Control Panel > Administrative Tools
- Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Component Services > Console Root > Services (Local) (for a Domain Controller)
1. Double-click Services.
2. Select Informix IDS - server_name from the Service list box.
3. Click Start.
  The database server automatically starts the Message Server service to write to the Windows event log.
From the Command Prompt window:
```
starts server_name
```

Attention:

Do not use the oninit utility to start the database server.

To initialize and start the database server

From the Control Panel:
1. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools.
2. Double-click Services.
3. Select Informix IDS - server_name from the Service list box.
4. In the Startup Parameters text box, enter -iy.
  The database server creates and initializes the root dbspace.
5. Click Start.
From the Command Prompt window:
```
starts server_name -iy
```

To set up the database server to start automatically when Windows starts

Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools.
Double-click Services.
Select Informix IDS - server_name from Service list box.
Click Startup and click Automatic in the Service dialog box.
Click OK.
Verify that the Startup Parameters text box is empty.
Click Start.

To stop the database server

From the Control Panel:
1. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools.
2. Double-click Services.
3. Select Informix IDS - server_name from the Service list box.
4. Click Stop.
From the Command Prompt window:
1. Click Start > Programs > IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10.0 to display the program group for the database server.
2. Click the database server instance (server_name) to display the Command Prompt window.
3. In the Command Prompt window, type:
```
onmode -ky
```

For more information on how to configure the database server and other post-installation tasks, see the IBM Informix: Getting Started Guide and the IBM Informix: Dynamic Server Administrator's Guide.