Progress
Installation and Configuration Guide
Version 9
for Windows
Startup and Shutdown
You can use either the Client or the Progress Explorer to perform many of the startup and shutdown tasks. These methods provide you with a GUI interface for managing and configuring your databases and servers. If you are not using a Windows environment, or if you prefer a command-line interface, you can choose to enter commands at the command line to perform these tasks. The following sections explain how to use the GUI and command-line interfaces to perform startup and shutdown tasks.
Using the GUI Interface
You can use either the Client or Progress Explorer to perform startup and shutdown tasks, as indicated in Table 8–1. To perform one of the tasks listed using the Client, open the properties of the Client and modify the shortcut target as indicated. See "The Progress Program Group," for more information about modifying icon properties. The Client icon looks like this:
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To perform one of the tasks using the Progress Explorer, start the Progress Explorer, select the server you want to start or stop, and follow the instructions in the online help. The Progress Explorer Tool icon looks like this:
NOTE: These instructions refer to the 4GL Client. To perform SQL tasks, you must start the SQL Explorer and use the SQL Client. See the SQL Explorer online help for more information about using the SQL Client.Table 8–1 summarizes tasks and methods to perform startup and shutdown tasks using the graphical user interface (GUI).
Using the Command-line Interface
Startup commands start a Progress session and connect you to a database. The following tables summarize the startup commands for each operating system and their functions. For detailed information on these commands and their parameters, see the descriptions of the commands in the Progress Startup Command and Parameter Reference .
Table 8–2 summarizes the tasks to perform and the related startup and shutdown commands to use on Windows systems.
Table 8–2: Windows Startup and Shutdown Commands Task Command Start a Windows character Progress Procedure Editor and connect to a single-user database.pro
db-name Start a Windows character Progress Procedure Editor and connect to a multi-user database.mpro
db-name Start a Windows Progress character client session in batch mode and connect to a single-user database.bpro
db-name-p
procedure-name Start a Windows Progress character client session in batch mode and connect to a multi-user database.mbpro
db-name-p
procedure-name Start a Progress server-group.proserve
server-group-name
-servergroup Start a server or broker for a multi-user Progress database.proserve
db-name-S
service-name-H
host-name-N
network-type Shut down a multi-user server or broker for a Progress database.proshut
db-name Start a remote Progress DataServer broker.probrkr -S
service-name-H
host-name-N
network-type Start an asynchronous page writer (APW) for a database1.proapw
db-name Start a before-image writer (BIW)1.probiw
db-name Start an after-image writer (AIW)1.proaiw
db-name Start the Progress Watchdog utility1.prowdog
db-name Shut down a remote Progress DataServer.proshut
db-name-S
service-name-H
host-name-N
network-type Shut down an APW, AIW, BIW, or Watchdog process1.proshut
db-name
Choose option 1 (Disconnect a User)
to disconnect the process.
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