Starting the Server
Log in as the user 'root' or 'informix', type 'oninit' to start the server. Normally you want your OnLine server to start automatically every time you boot your computer. This script can be called from one of the UNIX startup scripts like '/etc/rc.local' to perform this function. Check with your operating system administrator to find the name of the UNIX startup script that you will need to call this script from.
oninit [-I] [-p] [-s] [-y] [-V] [-v]
-I Startup and initialize rootdbs. This will destroy any existing data in your rootdbs
-p Startup and do not delete temp tables during shared memory initialization
-s Startup and stay in quiescent mode
-v Startup in verbose mode. Many additional messages will display that are helpful in debugging problems.