metacreate
Purpose
The metacreate program creates the initial Teradata MDS repository in an existing Teradata Database System. It loads the tables with the initial MDS data. It is run once.
Description
Under Linux, the metacreate program provides the only method to create the repository. You must be logged on as root to run the program.
Under Windows, the initial Teradata MDS repository can be created by following the procedures in Teradata Meta Data Services Installation Guide (B035‑3045) or by running the metacreate program as a command-line program.
Restrictions
Regardless of the operating system in use, the program is run once.
If an MDS repository was created for a previous version of software, do not invoke the metacreate program. Migrate the existing repository to work with the current software version with metamigrate. Instructions on migrating the repository can be found in the Teradata Meta Data Services Installation Guide (B035-3045).
Syntax
metacreate [-v on | -v off] [-bi on | -bi off] [-fb on | -fb off][-m] [-h]
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Parameter |
Description |
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-v on |
The repository is created with data versioning enabled. |
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-v off |
The repository is created with data versioning disabled. This is the default action. |
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-bi on |
The repository is created with retention of objects with business definitions enabled. |
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-bi off |
The repository is created with retention of objects with business definitions disabled. This is the default action. |
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-fb on |
Indicates that all tables in the repository should be created with FALLBACK. |
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-fb off |
Indicates that all tables in the repository should be created with NO FALLBACK. |
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-m |
Prompts for a new metasu password. |
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-h |
Displays a message describing the metacreate syntax and then exits. |