{ dbeng12 | dbsrv12 } -xm seconds

All operating systems and database servers.

If the computer on which the database server is running is connected to a new network and the -xm option is specified, the change is detected and the database server starts listening for connections on the new network. Also, if the computer is disconnected from a network, the database server stops listening on that network.

The -xm option is disabled by default if the SQL Anywhere application is not running on a portable device. The default setting on portable devices is 120 seconds. To disable the -xm option, specify 0. Use the IsPortableDevice property to check if the SQL Anywhere application is running on a portable device.

Specifying this option does not affect the performance of HTTP or HTTPS listeners.

If you have specified the MyIP (ME) network protocol option, monitoring with the -xm option is disabled.

If a network interface is disconnected, all listeners associated with the network interface are shut down.

Use the sa_server_option system procedure to change the setting of this option without shutting down the database server.

• IsPortableDevice server property
• sa_server_option system procedure
• MyIP (ME) protocol option
• IPAddressMonitorPeriod server property

The following command starts a database server that checks for new IP addresses every 60 seconds.

dbsrv12 -xm 60;