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Default Locations
During installation, default storage locations and underlying areas are established for each type of database file. When you create a database, the default locations are assumed unless you specify alternate locations.
The following table shows the default locations and the Vector environment variables that identify the areas to which the locations are mapped.
File Type
Location Name
Area
Data
ii_database
II_DATABASE
Checkpoint
ii_checkpoint
II_CHECKPOINT
Journal
ii_journal
II_JOURNAL
Dump
ii_dump
II_DUMP
Work
ii_work
II_WORK
In each case, the Vector environment variable points to a specific disk volume or directory that has a particular structure, which is shown in the following table.
File Type
Structure on Linux
Structure on Windows
Data
ingres/data/default
ingres\data\default
Checkpoint
ingres/ckp/default
ingres\ckp\default
Journal
ingres/jnl/default
ingres\jnl\default
Dump
ingres/dmp/default
ingres\dmp\default
Work
ingres/work/default
ingres\work\default
For example, on Windows, using the default location for work files causes them to be stored in the ii_work\ingres\work\default directory, where ii_work is the value for the II_WORK environment variable, which is displayed using this command:
ingprenv II_WORK
Last modified date: 11/09/2022