Registering an implementation in the implementation repository does not automatically activate the implementation. Usually a non-persistent implementation is only activated by the BOA daemon when its service is requested by a client. But sometimes you have to force activation of an implementation, for instance to make the implementation register itself with a naming service.
imr activate <name> [<micod-address>]
will activate the implementation named <name>. To do this
imr needs to know the address of the BOA daemon. Usually this
is the same address as for the implementation repository and you do
not need to specify <micod-address>. Only if the BOA daemon is
bound to an address different from the implementation repository
address and different from the addresses specified using the
-ORBBindAddr option you have to specify <micod-address>
as a command line option to imr.