startserver

(UNIX only) Starts an SAP ASE server or a Backup Server.

The utility is located in $SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/bin.

Syntax

startserver [[-f runserverfile] [-m]] ...

-f runserverfile – specifies the relative path name of a runserver file, which is used as a reference each time you start an SAP ASE server or Backup Server. By default, the runserver file is in the current directory and is named RUN_servername. If you start a second SAP ASE server on the same machine, startserver creates a new runserver file named RUN_servername.
-m – starts an SAP ASE server in single-user mode, allowing only one system administrator to log in, and turns the allow updates to system tablesconfiguration parameter on. Use this mode to restore the master database. The system administrator can use thedbo use only parameter of sp_dboption for system administration activities that require more than one process, such as bulk copying or using the data dictionary. startserver normally starts up only one server per node.
The -m parameter creates an m_RUNSERVER file and overwrites any existing m_RUNSERVER file.

Start an SAP ASE server – Starts an SAP ASE server named SYBASE from the runserver file named RUN_servername in the current directory:
```
startserver
```
Start an SAP ASE server and Backup Server – Starts an SAP ASE server named MYSERVER and a Backup Server named SYB_BACKUP:
```
startserver -f RUN_MYSERVER -f RUN_SYB_BACKUP
```
Start Backup Server – Starts only the Backup Server SYB_BACKUP:
```
startserver -f RUN_SYB_BACKUP
```