Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
Startup Command and Parameter Reference

After-image Stall (-aistall)

Use After-image Stall (-aistall) to suspend database activity if all AI files are filled.

Operating system and syntax	UNIX Windows	-aistall
Use with	Maximum value	Minimum value	Single-user default	Multi-user default
Database Server	–	–	–	–

Wait until the next AI file is backed up and marked empty, then send the following message to the database log file:

Can’t switch to after-image extent filename it is full. (3775) Backup ai extent and mark it as empty (3776)

This way you can empty an AI file instead of shutting down the database.

When using after-image (AI) files, you monitor the status of the files to ensure that you do not attempt to reuse an unavailable file. If all the AI files are filled and Progress cannot switch to an empty one, by default the database shuts down. See OpenEdge Data Management: Database Administration for information on using the after imaging feature.