GENESIS_HOME

Connect file

WTSupported in traditional Synergy on Windows
WNSupported in Synergy .NET on Windows
USupported on UNIX
VSupported on OpenVMS

The GENESIS_HOME environment variable specifies the xfODBC connect file directory.

The directory that contains the connect file(s) specifying the location of the system catalog.

GENESIS_HOME is used by the xfODBC driver, DBA, and dbcreate. It is used when you generate system catalogs, when you modify system catalogs, and when you connect to the database.

The GENESIS_HOME environment variable is required and is automatically set when you install xfODBC. You can change this setting if necessary. (Any custom settings will be saved and will not be overwritten by subsequent installations or upgrades.) On Windows, we recommend that you change the GENESIS_HOME setting and move files for the sample database and repository to a writable location outside Program Files so that files can be created and updated.

On Windows, GENESIS_HOME is set at the system level by the Connectivity Series feature of the 32-bit and 64-bit Synergy/DE installations, the 32-bit and 64-bit Synergy/DE Client installations, and the 32-bit and 64-bit xfODBC Client installations. If both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Connectivity Series (or Synergy/DE Client or xfODBC Client) are installed on the same 64-bit machine, the first version installed determines the GENESIS_HOME setting, unless a user has set GENESIS_HOME at the system level, in which case the setting is not changed during an install, upgrade, or uninstall.

On UNIX, GENESIS_HOME is set by setsde; on OpenVMS, it’s set by SYS$MANAGER:CONNECT_STARTUP.COM.

xfODBC

Specifying the connect file location (GENESIS_HOME)

On Windows,

set GENESIS_HOME=c:\synergyde\connect\synodbc