The syncsqlhosts utility

Use the syncsqlhosts utility to manually convert the connection information between the sqlhosts file format and the Windows registry format.

Syntax

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>>-syncsqlhosts--+------------------------+--+------------------------+--+-----------------------+-><
                 '- -source--sqlhostvalue-'  '- -target--sqlhostvalue-'  '- -servers--serverlist-'   

Command options

Table 1. Options for the syncsqlhosts command
Option Purpose Key considerations
-source sqlhostvalue Specifies the source machine to copy connection information from. sqlhostvalue is either a \\machine name or an sqlhosts file. If you do not specify a -source option, the local registry is used.
-target sqlhostvalue Specifies the target machine to copy connection information to. sqlhostvalue is either a \\machine name or an sqlhosts file. If you do not specify a -target option, the local registry is used.
-servers serverlist Specifies the servers to copy connection information from. serverlist is a list of Informix® Server entries that are separated by spaces that are copied from the source to the target machine. If you do not specify a -servers option, all of the defined connections are copied.

Usage

The following prerequisites must be met to run this command:
  • The user must have the appropriate authorization to read or write files on the source and target system and registry.
  • If the specified value for a parameter contains a space, you must enclose that value in double quotation marks (").

Examples of syncsqlhosts utility usage

In the following examples, you are issuing commands from a machine named machine1.
  • To copy the connection information from the registry on machine2 to the registry on machine1:
    syncsqlhosts -source \\machine2
  • To copy the connection information from the registry on machine1 to the registry on machine3:
    syncsqlhosts -source \\machine1 -target \\machine3
  • To copy connection information from the registry on machine2 about servers ol_server1 and ol_server1test to the registry on machine1:
    syncsqlhosts -source \\machine2 -servers ol_server1 ol_server1test 
  • To copy connection information from the registry on machine2 about servers ol_server1 and ol_server1test to a file on machine1:
    syncsqlhosts -source \\machine2 -target c:\informix\etc\sqlhosts.ol_machine2
     -servers ol_machine1 ol_machine1test 

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