vdba Command—Start Visual DBA
Permission required: Installation owner, DBA, privileged user.
The vdba command starts the Visual DBA utility, which is a graphical user interface used by the DBA to administer an Ingres installation. The vdba utility can be used to manage a local or remote Ingres installation.
The vdba command has the following formats:
vdba environmentname.cfg
or
vdba /c [maxapp] [maxwin] [nonodeswindow] [windowdesc {,windowdesc}...]
environmentname.cfg
Specifies a configuration file that defines a Visual DBA environment previously saved with Visual DBA.
Note: If you specify this file, no other parameters are allowed on the command line.
/c
Provides a means of invoking Visual DBA with a list of parameters.
maxapp
Maximizes the Visual DBA application.
maxwin
Maximizes the MDI windows in Visual DBA.
nonodeswindow
Does not display the Virtual Nodes toolbar and window.
windowdesc
Specifies the type of window to open on startup. Valid values are dom, sql, monitor, and dbevent.
The syntax for each windowdesc is as follows:
dom|sql|monitor|dbevent [nodename] [/server_class] [-uusername] [objecttype objectidentifier]
where:
dom|sql|monitor|dbevent
Specifies the type of window to be opened.
nodename
Specifies the node where the window is to open. No node designates the local node.
/server_class
Specifies the server class (allows work on Enterprise Access products)
-uusername
Specifies the user to impersonate.
vnode
Specifies the remote node for which specified windows should be opened, as described in
Standard Flags and Parameters (see page
Standard Flags and Parameters).
objecttype objectidentifier
Places the selection on the corresponding object: In dom and monitor windows, expands appropriate branches and places the selection of the corresponding object.
In sql and dbevent windows, only a database can be specified (it becomes the active database).
Valid values for objecttype are: database, table, view, procedure, user, group, role, location, or server.
Valid values for objectidentifier are:
serverno (for servers) (in monitor windows)
objectname (if not a child branch from a database)
dbname/objectname (if child from a database). Schema prefixes are acceptable.
Note: The last windowdesc becomes the topmost window in Visual DBA.