Used to change any read/write storage area (except the RDB$SYSTEM storage area) to a read-only storage area. To change a read/write RDB$SYSTEM storage area to read-only, you must use the READ_ONLY option of the change-database-options2 clause. You cannot change the parameters of a read-only storage area. You must first change the storage area to a read/write area, then change the parameters. Also, no write operation can be done in a read-only storage area except a cardinality update. See the RMU/ANALYZE/CARDINALITY help topic in the RMU help file for more information and restrictions on updating cardinalities.