ROOTNAME

onconfig.std
value

rootdbs

units

A dbspace

range of values

Up to 128 lowercase characters. ROOTNAME must be unique, begin with a letter or underscore, and contain only letters, numbers, or underscores.

takes effect

When disk is initialized (destroys all data)

refer to

Allocating disk space in the chapter on managing disk space in the IBM Informix: Administrator's Guide

ROOTNAME specifies a name for the root dbspace for this database server configuration.

The name must be unique among all dbspaces that the database server manages. It is recommended that you select a name that is easily recognizable as the root dbspace.

In Extended Parallel Server, the ROOTNAME parameter specifies a name for the root dbspace of a particular coserver. The ROOTNAME parameter is part of the coserver-specific section of the ONCONFIG file.

The database server generates the root dbspace name when you use the ROOTSLICE global configuration parameter. If you use the ROOTSLICE parameter, the generated rootnames are in the following format, where n is the coserver number:

rootslicename.n