Restrictions on dbservername

If you specify dbservername, it must satisfy the following restrictions.

• If the database server that you specify is not online, you receive an error.

• On UNIX, the database server that you specify in dbservername must match the name of a database server in the sqlhosts file.

• On Windows, dbservername must match the name of a database server in the sqlhosts subkey in the registry. It is recommended that you use the setnet32 utility to update the registry.