Starting the DRE

The DRE starts automatically during the initial installation and configuration of Enterprise Portal. If you need to restart the DRE, follow these instructions.

StepsStarting the DRE on UNIX

  1. Change to the $SYBASE/PortalSearch/bin directory, and run:

    StartQuery.sh $SYBASE/PortalSearch
    

StepsStarting the DRE on Windows 2000

  1. Select Start | Settings | Control Panel.

  2. Double-click the Services icon in Control Panel.

  3. When the Services dialog appears, scroll down the list, right-click Sybase Search – Auto Indexer to select that service, then select Start.

  4. When the Status changes to “Started,” click the close box to exit the window.

After the DRE is running, you can use the DRE administration tool (on Windows) or the automatic indexing utility to index your database files and prepare them for searches. For information on the automatic indexing utility, see “Automatic indexing”.