Daylight Worksheet - Loading Merlin pools ...SHOW HINTS

Once the Merlinserver is started, databases must be loaded for them to be accessible. Loaded databases are "pools" of selected searchable datafields in a spreadsheet-model data structure of columns and rows.

1. After the Merlinserver is started, pools may be loaded with sthorman or merlinload. When using sthorman for this or any Merlinserver task, be sure to connect to the "merlin" service, and not the default "thor" service. You will need to know the authorization password of the administrator user "thor".

2. Use sthorman to load a pool. Select one of the pools listed and verify that it has been loaded successfully by performing a search with xvmerlin. Also examine the Merlinserver log file for any errors. Then use sthorman to release the pool from memory.

3. Use merlinload to load a pool. Select one of the pools listed by thorls and verify that it has been loaded successfully by performing a search with xvmerlin. Use merlinload to release the pool (enter merlinload -help to display the option for releasing).

4. A third way of loading Merlin pools is by specifying them as arguments to the merlinserver command. Try this and verify that the pool(s) are loaded without error.