4.6 Starting HiRDB for the first time

Executor: HiRDB administrator

You can execute the database initialization utility (pdinit), which was described in 4.5 Creating system RDAREAs, only after and during the execution of the HiRDB initial startup command (pdstart) command.

Organization of this section
(1) HiRDB initial startup method
(2) Prerequisites for RDAREA creation

(1) HiRDB initial startup method

To start HiRDB for the first time (initial startup) after creating HiRDB file system areas, execute the pdstart command. When you execute the pdstart command, a message is displayed that requests the execution of the database initialization utility (pdinit).

(2) Prerequisites for RDAREA creation

To create any of the following RDAREAs, HiRDB must be active. Be sure to start HiRDB beforehand.