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+	and a single path for all application files including the database server files
+	during deployment to avoid waiting for data loading and database server
+	initialization.
+	Most deployment utility functionality can be invoked by using either
+	command-line options or setting options in a text-based template configuration
+	(.conf) file to accommodate your working preference. The .conf file also facilitates
+	easier reuse of an instance setup because you can save your settings in a copy of
+	the file.
	To operate the deployment utility, run the ifxdeploy executable from a command
+	line or from a script as part of an application installation. (The full file name of the
+	executable is ifxdeploy.exe in the Windows version of IDS, but it will be referred
+	to as simply ifxdeploy throughout the documentation.) The utility can be run
	without user interaction, in silent mode.

+Rapid IDS Embeddability with the Deployment Utility

+	A snapshot of an instance can be reconfigured and initialized by running the
+	deployment utility with a combination of command line options or by setting
+	values in the ifxdeploy.conf file.
+	You can preinitialize the instance by indicating the location of the IBM Informix
+	Dynamic Server chunk paths on the target computer.
+	The ifxdeploy.conf file allows for more dynamic customization than the
+	command-line options because in the file you can specify any configuration
+	parameter values, set key environment variables, and create multiple database
+	server aliases.
+	To apply configuration settings of the ifxdeploy.conf file to an instance you are
+	deploying, enter the file name as an argument to the -configoption when you run
+	the ifxdeploy command.
+	If you set different values for the same instance in the ifxdeploy.conf file and as an
+	option to the ifxdeploy command option, the deployment utility uses the value
+	specified on the command line. For example, if you specify -p mypassword1 on the
+	command line but set the INFORMIXPASSWORD parameter to mypassword2 in the
+	ifxdeploy.conf file, the deployed instance requires mypassword1 for authentication.
+	Initialized dbspaces
+	If you create a snapshot with initialized dbspaces, you can deploy the snapshot as
+	an initialized instance without having to wait for disk space initialization on the
+	target system.
+	To deploy the dbspaces to different locations from where they were when the
+	snapshot was taken, use the -relocateoption. In the -relocateoption you specify
+	one or more parent directories for the chunks of the deployed instance.
+	If you want to relocate the chunk parent directories, verify the following before
+	you run the utility:
+	v The chunk files on the target computer exist in path locations that correspond
+	with your chunk parent directory relocation settings.

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