On AIX, you can run the OLAP Miner server in the foreground or the background.
Before you start the OLAP Miner server, ensure that the OLAP server component is started. See the OLAP Setup and User's Guide for information about starting the OLAP server component.
To start the OLAP Miner server on AIX and run it in the foreground:
To start the OLAP Miner server to run in the background and to write server activity to an output file, repeat Step 1 and Step 2. Then enter the following command:
omserver.sh -b filename &
The -b parameter disables console input so that no commands can be entered, and it redirects console output to a file name. If the file cannot be opened or if it is not specified with -b, then the server exits with a return code of -1.