Starting and stopping OpenSwitch on UNIX

OpenSwitch starts automatically after installation and configuration.

StepsRestarting OpenSwitch

  1. In a terminal window, go to the $SYBASE directory.

  2. In a C Shell, enter:

    source SYBASE.csh
    

    In a Bash, Bourne or Korn Shell, enter:

    . ./SYBASE.csh
    
  3. Go to $SYBASE/OpenSwitch-15_1/bin, and enter the following, where -c specifies the name of OpenSwitch configuration file to be used during start-up and OpenSwitch_ServerName is the name of your OpenSwitch configuration file:

    ./OpenSwitch -c .../config/OpenSwitch_ServerName.cfg
    

You can configure OpenSwitch to use encrypted user names and passwords for the user name and password entries that are in the OpenSwitch configuration file. See “Using encrypted user names and passwords”.

See “Using command line options” for a list of options you can use to adjust the behavior of OpenSwitch.

StepsStopping OpenSwitch

  1. In a terminal window, connect to isql as an administrator and enter in one line, where OpenSwitch_ServerName is the name of the OpenSwitch server you want to stop:

    isql -UAdministrator_UserName -PAdministrator_Password
     -S OpenSwitch_ServerName
    
  2. Enter:

    rp_shutdown
    go