Accessing Vector
Startup and Shutdown
To start and stop a Vector instance--whether it be a client or server instance--use the ingstart and ingstop commands, respectively.
To start the Vector instance
Log on to your system through the system administrator account for the instance.
Enter the following command:
ingstart
The ingstart command checks whether you have sufficient operating system resources to run the product components. If so, ingstart starts all servers that are part of your instance.
To stop the Vector instance
Enter the following command:
ingstop
The instance is stopped.
Start Vector as a Service (Linux)
During installation with RPM, a systemd service is generated that can be used to start and stop the Vector instance as a service.
If you did not install using RPM or installed using the ingbuild distribution, then you first need to create and install the systemd service.
To create and install the service file
Issue the following commands:
mksystemd -s rdbms
mksystemd -i -s rdbms
You may be prompted for your user password, or root password, to become root to complete the install.
The generated script to start Vector for Linux as a service is installed under /usr/lib/systemd/ system, /lib/systemd/system, or /etc/systemd/system. The service is named actian-vectorXX, where XX is the instance ID, the value for II_INSTALLATION, specified during installation (default is VW).
To start the Vector instance as a service
Run the following as root:
% systemctl start actian-vectorXX
where XX is the instance ID.
To stop and restart the service
Use the following commands:
% systemctl stop actian-vectorXX
% systemctl restart actian-vectorXX
where XX is the instance ID.
Start Vector as a Service (Windows)
Note: Vector for Windows should always be started as a service.
You can start Vector as a service from either the command prompt or Actian Service Manager.
To start Vector as a service from the command prompt
Enter the following command at the Actian Administrative Command Prompt:
ingstart -service
The instance is started.
To start and stop Vector using Actian Director
1. Right-click the installation node in the Instance Explorer.
2. Select Start as an instance on the context menu.
The Start dialog appears. The instance starts, displaying progress in the dialog.
3. Click Close to close the dialog.
To start and stop Vector using the Actian Service Manager
1. Click Start, All Programs, Actian, Vector XX, Other Utilities, Actian Service Manager.
The Actian Service Manager window appears.
2. Select the Start as a Service check box (selected by default). Select the Client Only check box to start only those components for a client instance. Click Start.
The Vector instance is started, and the output of the startup operation is displayed in the scrollable list box. The Start button changes to Stop.
3. Click Stop.
The instance is stopped.
Command Prompt Shortcuts
Both the Administrator and non-administrator Command Prompt shortcuts in Vector for Windows open in the %HOMEPATH% directory (typically C:\Users\username) where the user has full privileges to create files. Files are available to the current user only.
Last modified date: 03/21/2024