Check Ingres Installation on Windows
To check if the installation is working fine, follow these steps:
1. Check that you are logged in as the installation owner. If not, log off and log in again as this user.
2. Check that all users have II_SYSTEM set by issuing the following command at the operating system prompt:
echo %II_SYSTEM%
All users must have Ingres executables in their path variables. Check that everyone has the full search path to %II_SYSTEM%\ingres\bin.
The installation owner must also include %II_SYSTEM%\ingres\utility.
3. Check that each of the Ingres variables has a valid value.
Ingres environment variables are only used and “seen” by Ingres and can be displayed with the following command entered at the operating system prompt:
ingprenv
If you are in doubt about the function or legal value of a particular environment variable, see the chapter on setting environment variables and the appendix on environment variables.
Ingres environment variables denoting installation locations cannot be reset. To change these, you must unload the databases, rerun the installation program, and reload the databases, as described in
Installation Locations (see page
Installation Locations).
4. Check the Ingres environment variables that have been set locally, overriding the installation-level definitions.
Only a small category of Ingres environment variables must be defined in the local user environment: those that permit you to access Ingres, and those that define values that are different for your local environment. They include TERM_INGRES and ING_EDIT.
If you trace the problem to a Ingres environment variable setting, correct the value. For procedures and scenarios for setting these environment variables, see the chapter on setting environment variables. If the installation does not start up, continue with this procedure.
5. Check that all Ingres processes are shut down. If there are processes that continue to run, see the section
Check Shutdown Problems on Windows (see page
Check Shutdown Problems on Windows).
6. Restart Ingres. Attempt once again to start up the installation by issuing the following command at the operating system prompt:
ingstart
If startup problems persist, continue diagnostics in the Detect Startup Problems section.