Server Name Is Not Unique on Your Network

If multiple servers on your system have the same name, messages appear in the server log file (*.srvlog or the name specified in the -o startup option) when you attempt to start the server using start_iq.

DBSPAWN ERROR:  -85
Communication error

If you see these errors in the server log file and the server does not start, try to start the server using the iqsrv16 command. The iqsrv16 command returns a more specific error message:

A database server with that name has already started

Once you have verified that the problem is a duplicate server name on your network, start the server with a name that is different from the names of servers that are already running.