java -jar <EMS_home>/bin/tibemsd_util.jar -tibemsdconf <route_to_tibemds.conf>/tibemsd.conf -createall -export As a postscript, let me recommend you not to install EMS as root , at least in a Solaris machine. With EMS 5.0 version it will not work unless you change the owner after the installation. This happens because once installed, if we try