How to Start and Stop a FIMS Database for On-Premises Environments

There are two ways to start and stop the FIMS databases; OpenEdge Explorer or Proenv.

Note: You can also use the stop all and start all shortcuts on the desktop of the server but that is not recommended since it would affect all databases and not just the one you need to work with.

1. OpenEdge Explorer          Server, 2012 or above): 
 

• Go to the FIMS database server
• Click the Windows button on the lower left corner of the screen
• Click the down arrow all of the way at the bottom to go to the Apps screen.
• In the Apps screen scroll over to the right until you find the Progress section
• You will see OpenEdge Explorer in the list
• Click to open it
• You will see a log in screen. See support for the default credentials which you can change later.
• Once logged in go to Resources to see a list of the databases. This screenshot shows the standard setup of two FIMS databases, live database 'found' and demo database 'demo'. You may have additional FIMS databases that you have added to your environment.

• Click on the database you wish to start or stop, demo or found (live) in the databases section
• You will see the Stop button active if the database is running, Click Stop Database
• If the database is stopped, the Start database button will show, Click Start Database
• You can also start the database agent which is a monitoring service which monitors the status of the database.

2. Proenv

Note: In order to use this function, the AdminService for OpenEdge must be running on the database server, which typically it will be. If it is not, it needs to be started.

These instructions are assuming that you have the standard setup of two FIMS databases, one live database 'found' and one demo database 'demo'. If you have others in addition to these two, you will need to check OpenEdge Explorer to get the names of those databases so that you can use Proenv commands for them.
 

• Go to the FIMS database server
• Click the Windows button on the lower left corner of the screen
• Click the down arrow all of the way at the bottom to go to the Apps screen.
• In the Apps screen scroll over to the right until you find the Progress section
• You will see an application called Proenv in the list
• Right click on that application and run as administrator
• To start the live (found database) type dbman -start -found and hit enter
• To stop the live (found database) type dbman -stop -found and hit enter
• To start the Demo database type dbman -start -demo and hit enter
• To stop the Demo database type dbman -stop -demo and hit enter