Initializing the Database Server

You must be logged in as informix or root to initialize the database server. The database server must be in offline mode when you begin initialization.

You can use the oninit utility in conjunction with xctl to initialize the database server on multiple coservers. The options that you include in the oninit command determine the specific initialization procedure. For more information about these commands, refer to the utilities chapter in the IBM Informix: Administrator's Reference.