IBM 000-8697 Chapter 1 Installation and Initial Conguration

iv IBM Informix OnLine Database Server Administrator’s Guide
Chapter 1 Installation and Initial Configuration
In This Chapter ................... 1-5
Define Your Starting Point ............... 1-6
Upgrade an Earlier Version of OnLine ......... 1-7
Overview of OnLine Installation Steps ......... 1-10
Overview of OnLine Initial Configuration Tasks ....... 1-10
OnLine Configuration Files ............. 1-11
Contents of tbconfig.std .............. 1-13
Set Up Your Initial Configuration ............ 1-20
Root Dbspace Configuration Guidelines......... 1-21
Mirroring Configuration Guidelines .......... 1-24
Physical Log Configuration Guidelines ......... 1-25
Logical Log Configuration Guidelines ......... 1-26
Message File Guidelines .............. 1-28
Archive Tape Device Guidelines ........... 1-28
Logical Log Tape Device Guidelines .......... 1-29
Identification Parameter Guidelines .......... 1-31
Shared-Memory Parameter Guidelines ......... 1-32
Machine- and Product-Specific Parameter Guidelines .... 1-39
OnLine Disk Space Allocation ............ 1-40
Configuration Checklist ................ 1-50
Enter Your Configuration and Initialize OnLine ....... 1-51
Setting Shared Memory Parameters .......... 1-53
Initialize OnLine ................. 1-54
Set Your Environment Variables ........... 1-54
Modify UNIX Startup and Shutdown Scripts ....... 1-56
Create Blobspaces and Dbspaces ........... 1-59
Errors During Initialization .............. 1-59
OnLine Error Message Format ............ 1-60
UNIX Error Message Format............. 1-60