Starting the InformixHQ Server and the Agent on Windows
This topic provides a brief tutorial about the script used to get started with InformixHQ
Server and Agent on Windows.
Procedure
Locate your informixHQ.bat for Windows (default path is %INFORMIXDIR%/hq).
Use command InformixHQ help to see sample syntax: e.g-
InformixHQ.bat help.
Tip:User can only run InformixHQ.bat for help menu
Use command to start InformixHQ server with default file names. e.g- InformixHQ.bat
startserver .
It will start a INFORMIXHQ Server with default values for all the parameters including jar file
name (informixhq-server.jar) and properties filename
(informixhq-server.properties)
Use command to start InformixHQ agent with default filenames. e.g- InformixHQ.bat
startagent.
It will start a INFORMIXHQ Agent with default values for all the parameters including jar file
name (informixhq-agent.jar) and properties filename (informixhq-agent.properties).
List the Java processes running. It will list all the InformixHQ processes running with
ProcessID e.g. – InformixHQ.bat list .
Additionally user can filter the list by passing search keyword to the list command. e.g. –
InformixHQ.bat list prod .
Note: It is recommended that properties file name should be unique which will help users to search
specific processes.
Stop the InformixHQ server or agent by providing processID to stop command. It will stop
InformixHQ process with provided processID. e.g. –InformixHQ.bat stop
142952.
stopserver command will stop the server processes. e.g. -
InformixHQ.bat stopserver .
0. exit: It will exit from the command.
1. Terminate: It will terminate server process.
Note: Unless valid option is provided, it will not proceed further.
stopagent command will stop the agent processes. e.g. -
InformixHQ.bat stopagent .
0: exit - It will exit from the command.
1: Terminate all - It will terminate all the agent processes.
2: Terminate one by one - It will terminate agent processes one by one after user
confirmation.
Note: Unless valid option is provided it will not proceed further.
Sample screenshot for 'terminate all processes' :
Sample screenshot for 'one-by-one process termination' :
Additionally, user can search specific agent process using stopagent command.
e.g. - stopagent prod .
Example
Following are sample commands where user can provide custom values (similar commands will work
with agent)
optional jar and properties filename to start InformixHQ
server: