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

Manual Server (-m2)

Use Manual Server (-m2) to manually start a remote user server after you start a broker (servers are generally started automatically by the broker process).

Operating system and syntax	UNIX Windows	-m2
Use with	Maximum value	Minimum value	Single-user default	Multi-user default
Database Server	–	–	–	–

Use this parameter in the following cases:

For debugging purposes, to start servers directly and observe their behavior.
On systems where automatic server generation is not possible.