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DXnewdb Tool—Create a New Datastore

The DXnewdb tool creates a new datastore.

If the DSA is running or if a datastore already exists for the DSA, DXnewdb will exit immediately.

The size of the datastore is set in the configuration file.

Note: For a list of the status codes returned by all the DXtools commands, including this command, see Exit Status Codes for the DXtools.

This command has the following format: 

dxnewdb DSA-name
DSA-name

Defines the DSA.