5.7.1 Basics

To create user RDAREAs, use the following general procedures:

  1. Create a user RDAREA in the HiRDB file system area for RDAREAs that you created in 5.3 Creating HiRDB file system areas.
  2. For a HiRDB/Parallel Server, create a user RDAREA in a HiRDB file system area for the server machine on which the back-end server is defined.
  3. For details about how to design the user RDAREA, see 9.4 Placing RDAREAs for a HiRDB/Single Server, and 10.4 Placing RDAREAs for a HiRDB/Parallel Server.
  4. For a HiRDB/Parallel Server, execute the database structure modification utility (pdmod) on the server machine where the system manager is defined.
  5. Before creating a user RDAREA, use the pdls command to make sure that HiRDB is running. For a HiRDB/Parallel Server, enter the pdls command from the server machine where the system manager is defined.
  6. If HiRDB is not running, use the pdstart command to start it. To start a HiRDB/Parallel Server, enter the pdstart command from the server machine where the system manager is defined.