2.Select the Installation Method, and click Create New to create a new instance of the database server.

3.Follow the prompts.

After you enter the required information, the Server Instance Manager installs services, records environment variables, updates the registry, and creates an onconfig file for the new database server instance.

Server Instance Manager Command-Line Options

The instmgr.exe utility extends the ability to configure an IBM Informix Dynamic Server instance with command-line options.

Purpose

The instmgr.exe utility is a command-line version of the Server Instance Manager.

You must have administrative privileges on the database server. However, local administrator privileges are sufficient, even if the database server was installed for domain use.

The following table describes the instmgr.exe utility options.

Table 2-2. instmgr.exe Utility Options

Option

Meaning

 

 

-alias

Command line for standalone support of DRDA in the DBMS.

DRDA_server_alias

 

-drdaport DRDA_port

 

drdasvc

 

DRDA_service_name

 

 

 

-apwpassword

Specifies the user informix password for a new instance.

 

 

-c-nservername -apw

Creates an instance of the database server.

informix_password

 

 

 

-rename -apw

Rename an existing server name.

informix_password -n

 

new_name old_name

 

 

 

-s .ini_filename

Initialize the specified instance in silent mode.

 

 

-f .ini_ filename

Retrieve some information from a partial initialization file, and the

 

remainder from the user.

 

 

-d-nservername

Delete the specified instance. Warning: This removes related

 

dbspaces and deletes the data.

 

 

-dall

Delete all instances. Warning: This removes related dbspaces and

 

deletes the data.

 

 

-uall -v version

Upgrade all instances to the specified version. (Upgrading a single

 

instance in a multi-instance environment is not supported.)

 

 

-r -v version -n

Revert the specified instance to the specified version.

servername

 

 

 

-rall -v version

Revert all instances to the specified version.

 

 

-b64Base64_password

Specifies Base64–encoded password.

 

 

-l

Indicates cluster installation.

 

 

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