ingstart Command—Start an Ingres Instance
Permission required: Installation owner, privileged user.
The ingstart command starts an Ingres installation. It also checks that you have sufficient operating system resources to run Ingres and have initialized the log file.
The ingstart utility starts all the elements of your installation in the correct sequence. It starts the Name Server, recovery and archiver processes, and DBMS servers. If you are authorized to run them, it also starts the Communications Server, Visual DBA Remote Command Server, and Star Server.
Note: If a server or process is specified, only that component is started.
Windows: We strongly recommend you start Ingres as a service. This ensures the processes will continue to execute after you log out. Use the following command with no further arguments:
ingstart -service
The ingstart command has the following format:
ingstart [‑client|‑service|-iigcn|-dmfrcp|-dmfacp|-rmcmd|
[-iidbms|-iigcc|-iigcb|-iigcd|-iistar|-oracle|-informix|-mssql|
-sybase|-db2udb|-rdb|-rms [=config_name]]] [-cluster]
[-node nodename] [-help]
-client
Starts a client service by starting only a Name Server and Communications Server. Valid on Windows only.
-service
Starts Ingres as a service. Valid on Windows only.
-iigcn
Starts the Name Server.
-dmfrcp
Starts the recovery process.
-dmfacp
Starts the archiver process.
-rmcmd
Starts the Remote Command Server required by Visual DBA.
-iidbms
Starts the DBMS Server. You can optionally specific a config_name as the name of the server.
-iigcc
Starts the Communications Server. You can optionally specify a config_name as the name of the server.
-iigcb
Starts the Bridge Server. You can optionally specify a config_name as the name of the server.
-iigcd
Starts the Data Access Server. You can optionally specify a config_name as the name of the server.
-iistar
Starts the Star Server. You can optionally specify a config_name as the name of the server.
-informix
Starts Enterprise Access for Informix. Valid on UNIX and Windows only.
-mssql
Starts Enterprise Access for MS SQL Server. Valid on Windows only.
-oracle
Starts Enterprise Access for Oracle.
-rdb
Starts Enterprise Access for RDB. Valid on VMS only.
-rms
Starts Ingres RMS Access. Valid on VMS only.
-sybase
Starts Enterprise Access for Sybase. Valid on UNIX and Windows only.
-db2udb
Starts Enterprise Access for IBM DB2 UDB. Valid on UNIX and Windows only.
config_name
Specifies the name of the server being started. To see a list of server names, click the Configure tab in Configuration Manager.
-cluster
Starts Ingres on all nodes in the cluster. Valid in a cluster installation only.
-node nodename
Starts Ingres on the specific node. Valid in a cluster installation only.
-help
Displays command syntax online.