Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
Database Administration

Command-line configuration utilities

The command-line configuration utilities allow you to start, stop, and configure installed OpenEdge RDBMS components. The database related command-line configuration utilities that are part of the Progress Explorer Framework include:

DBMAN — Starts, stops, and queries the current configuration of an OpenEdge database.
PROADSV — Starts-up and shuts-down an AdminServer on UNIX. For more information about the AdminServer, see OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration .

Using the DBMAN command-line utility

After you use Progress Explorer to create the database configuration and store it in the conmgr.properties file, use the DBMAN command-line utility to start, stop, or query a database:

dbman [-host host-name -port port-number | service-name -user user-name ]                   -database db-name [-config config-name -start|-stop|-query]

The DBMAN command-line utility supports the following parameters:

-database db-name

Specifies the name of the database you want to start. It must match the name of a database in the conmgr.properties file.

-config config-name

Specifies the name of the configuration with which you want to start the database.

-start

Starts the database db-name as defined by the configuration config-name.

-stop

Stops the database db-name.

-query

Queries the Connection Manager for the status of the database db-name.

-host host-name

Identifies the host machine where the AdminServer is running. The default is the local host. If your AdminServer is running on a remote host, you must use the -host host-name parameter to identify the host where the remote AdminServer is running.

-port port-number|service-name

Identifies the port that the AdminServer is listening on. If your AdminServer is running on a remote host, you must use the -port port-number parameter to identify the port on which the remote AdminServer is listening. The default port number is 20931.

-user user-name

If your AdminServer is running on a remote host, you must use the -user user-name parameter to supply a valid user name for that host. You will be prompted for the password.