Progress
Startup Command and Parameter
Reference


PROBRKR Command

Starts the DataServer broker, which is used when Progress clients connect to non-Progress databases. To use the DataServer from a remote client, you must first start the broker. Once you start the broker, it can receive the client requests and spawn the appropriate DataServer.

SYNTAX

Operating System
Syntax
UNIX
Windows
probrkr [db-name] -S service-name [ -H host-name ]  
        [ -N network-type ] 

PARAMETERS

db-name

Specifies the name of the database you are connecting to.

service-name

Specifies the name of the broker process on the host machine.

host-name

Specifies the name of the machine where the DataServer broker is installed. This parameter is only required on UNIX System V systems using the TLI network type. The default value is the current host.

network-type

Specifies the network protocol for which the broker will run.

Progress supports TCP, SNA (Progress/400 only), and LFP (Progress/400 only).

NOTES


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