Specifies the location of the file used for maintaining state information about your database mirroring system.
-xf state-file ...
All operating systems, network server only.
The -xf option specifies the location of the file used for maintaining state information about the mirroring system. This option is required for database mirroring. By default, the state information file is named server-name.mirror_state.
For more information about the database mirroring state information file, see State information files.
The following command (entered all on one line) starts a database server named server1, that uses the state information file c:\server1state.txt.
dbsrv10.exe -n server1 -x tcpip{DOBROADCAST=no}
-xf c:\server1state.txt mydemo.db -sn mirrordemo
-xp partner=(ENG=server2;
AUTH=abc;ARBITER=(ENG=arbiter;LINKS=tcpip(TIMEOUT=1));
MODE=sync;LINKS=tcpip(TIMEOUT=1))