4.8.1 Basics

To create user LOB RDAREAs, use the following general procedures:

  1. Create a user LOB RDAREA in the HiRDB file system area for RDAREAs, which you created in 4.3 Creating HiRDB file system areas.
  2. For a HiRDB/Parallel Server, create a user LOB 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 LOB RDAREA, see 8.4 Placing RDAREAs for a HiRDB/Single Server, and 9.4 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 LOB 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.