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Procedure documentation Starting SAPDBA  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

This procedure tells you how to start SAPDBA for Informix.

Prerequisites

Make sure that SAPDBA is correctly set up before starting it. Refer to SAPDBA Setup.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the host where you want to start SAPDBA.

Caution

You can only execute all functions in SAPDBA when you are logged on to the database host. Some functions fail if started from other hosts.

There are the following modes for working with SAPDBA, depending on how you log on:

Logon Mode

Explanation

Non-expert
  • UNIX
    Non-expert mode is for users in the     sapsys group. The SAP system administrator is in this group and logs on as <sid>adm . For example, if the sid (that is, system ID) is jp2 , the SAP system administrator signs on as jp2adm .
  • NT
    All users not logged on as     informix are logged-on in non-expert mode.

Expert

Expert mode is available automatically for users logged on as informix . This mode enables certain critical functions that are not permitted in non-expert mode. For example, exporting and importing data (to reorganize an index or table) is only permitted in expert mode.

For more information, see Setting Up SAPDBA Users.

If you want to set the screen displays in SAPDBA to German, you need to set the environment variable SAPDBA_LANGUAGE to GERMAN before you start. Refer to Setting Up SAPDBA Environment Variables.
  1. To start SAPDBA enter the following from the command line:

sapdba

With NT, you can also choose the SAPDBA icon.

Result

The SAPDBA main menu appears. For more information, see the following:

Note

For more information about the heading lines that appear on SAPDBA menu screens, see SAPDBA Heading Lines.

When you make an entry in a variable field in SAPDBA, and you want to quit (for example, you are not sure what the entry should be or you have selected the wrong field), simply press ESC .