3-100 IBM Informix OnLine Database Server Administrator’s Guide

Enforce/Turn Off Residency for This Session

From the Command Line
From the command line, execute thetbspaces utility with the following
option and parameter:
The following example drops a dbspacedbspce5 and its mirrors:
tbspaces -d dbspce5
Enforce/Turn Off Residency for This Session
Thischange takes effect immediately, but it does not change the values in the
configuration file. If you want to change the configuration file, refer to
page 3-100.
Ifyou are logged in as user informix or root, you can make this change from
the command line. This option is not available from withinDB-Monitor.
You can make this change while OnLine is in online mode.
Toimmediately enforce residency of sharedmemory, execute tbmode -r.This
enforcesshared-memory residency without affecting the value of the config-
uration file parameter RESIDENT.
Toimmediately end forced residency of shared memory,execute tbmode -n.
This ends residency without affecting the value ofRESIDENT.
Enforce/Turn Off Residency
Thischange does not take effect until you reinitialize shared memory. If you
want the new setting to take effect immediately, refer topage 3-100.
Thevalues that you specify for the RESIDENT parameter depend on whether
you are making the change throughDB-Monitor or by editing the configu-
ration file.
Youcan make this change while OnLine is in online mode, but it will not take
effect until you reinitialize shared memory (take OnLine offline and then to
quiescent or online mode).
-d dbspace specifies the dbspace to be dropped