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NAME: buildmaster
FUNCTION:
Builds the Master Database.
SYNTAX:
buildmaster [ -d disk ] [ -c cntrltype ]
[ -s size ] [ -r ] [ -m ]
PARAMETERS:
-d disk - the physical name of the SQL Server Master Database
device that is to be configured; the location of the Master
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Database.
-c cntrltype - the controller number for the master device.
Together, cntrltype and disk specify the device. The default
cntrltype value is 0. Change this value only if instructed
to do so.
-s size - the size of the Master Database file in 2K blocks. For
example, a response of ``5120'' creates a 10 megabyte Master
Database. buildmaster verifies that the Master Database file
has at least size 2K blocks, unless the -m or -r option is
given.
-r - rewrites the configuration block that contains the system
startup parameters with the default values, without disturb-
ing anything else on the database device. This option will
increment the version number without rebuilding the Master
Database.
-m - rewrites the Master Database only, without changing the
configuration block or initializing the Master Database
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device. If the -m and -r options are both given, then both
the configuration block that contains the system start param-
eters (as derived from the system tables sysconfigures and
syscurconfigs) and Master Database are rewritten, without
initializing the rest of the database device.
COMMENTS:
o The buildmaster program initializes the specified device (data-
base device) as a SQL Server Master database device, and builds
the Master and Model Databases on it. buildmaster also pro-
vides options for recovery from configuration errors and other
disasters.
o The sybinstall installation program runs buildmaster and builds
an initial Master Database on the database device you specify
in answer to the program's prompts.
o buildmaster prompts for any needed options that you do not
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provide on the command line. If you don't supply any options,
buildmaster prompts for each option, as follows:
master disk name?
master disk controller number?
master disk size?
configuration only? (y or n) (same as -r)
databases only? (y or n) (same as -m)
FILES:
buildmaster contains all of the data and stored procedures for
the Master and Model Databases.