Before you run dataserver, check your most recent copy of sysusages. If it has only one line for dbid 1, your master database has only one disk allocation piece, and you can go to “Step 5: Check your Backup Server sysservers information”.
Shut down Adaptive Server, if it is running, and rebuild the master device. When rebuilding the master device, you must specify the device size.
Before you begin, it is important that you remember to:
Use a new device, preserving the old device in case you encounter problems. The old device may provide crucial information.
Shut down Adaptive Server before you use any dataserver command. If you use dataserver on a master device that is in use by Adaptive Server, the recovery procedure will fail when you attempt to load the most recent backup of master.
Run dataserver (UNIX) or sqlsrvr (Windows NT) to build a new master device and to install a copy of a “generic” master database. Give the full name and full size for your master device.
You must give dataserver a size as
large as or larger than the size originally used to configure Adaptive
Server. If the size is too small, you will get error messages when
you try to load your databases.
The following example rebuilds a 17MB master device.
On UNIX platforms:
dataserver -d /dev/rsd1f -b17M
On Windows NT:
sqlsrvr -d d:\devices\master.dat -b17M
After you run dataserver, the password for the default “sa” account reverts to NULL.
For details on the dataserver utility, see the Utility Guide.
