Hi James,
the DBMCLI command for initialization should be db_activate recover
see: http://maxdb.sap.com/doc/7_7/44/ed5673c85b67d6e10000000a155369/content.htm
I'm using that already, but it does not help.
I try the DB Studio now.
However, that is no option as we need to automate the recovery.
Regards,
Jens