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Not enough room in ROOT DBspace
It looks like your physical log is taking up most of your space. I would imagine that this was moved and grown in your other instance. Dan -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of STEVEN AB Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 201…
Simple String Manipulation
I'm pretty new to informix and I can't find out how to do this.. I'm try to just get everything before the ' [ ' symbol. My Cell Data: 5500 Front Street[Joes Bar and Grill I want to be: 5500 Front Street I thought I could use the TRIM function, but I failed. Thanks, James…
External backups/restores and logical restoring of logs passed last Level-0 backup
Thanks Art. Yes, indeed it works. We have tested it with ontape, onbar and external backups. Logical logs are independant and you can restore older backups, or external backups, and restore logs passing other backups. Best regards, ------------------------------ Jose ------------…
oncheck warning,What impact will it have on the future?
Ok, I make sense. Althrough I can't see that parameter in ONCONFIG, but it really exists with default value. ------------------------------ chuan lu ------------------------------…
Onbar: Failed to determine archive's encryption mode. Error code 2
Hello Jacob, I would allways make backup/restore with -w (whole system backup flag). You can verify this in the ixbar file if the 4th field is set to 1 and 2nd field contains the dbspace name. It is also impossible to mix backup/restore with/without whle system backup flag... May…
Informix 15 is out! Well sort of...
About setting TAPEDEV/LTAPEDEV to /dev/null, I found that (new?) parameter LOG_BACKUP_MODE: https://help.hcl-software.com/onedb/2.0.1/bar/ids_bar_config_LOG_BACKUP_MODE.html To be set to NONE I will give it a try. Seb ------------------------------ Sebastien FLAESCH -------------…
Large memory segment vs smaller ones
No ONCONFIG changes are required. ------------------------------ Doug Lawry Oninit Consulting ------------------------------…
Changing DBSPACETEMP run-time
Hi, IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.FC5XE Please, is there a way to change DBSPACETEMP for a session inside 4GL? ------------------------------ Sincerely, Dennis ------------------------------…
restore through STDIO
HI, ifxclone can change the onconfig on the target instance E.g. it will turn off DIRECT_IO and can also change bufferpool entries! Regards, David. ------------------------------ David Williams ------------------------------…
restoring informix using the onbar command. problem
Which ixbar file ($INFORMIXDIR/etc/ixbar.<server_num>) are you operating on? Was this possibly also affected and had to be restored? Does it contain the backup you're hoping to restore? ------------------------------ Andreas Legner ------------------------------…
Problems with temporary dbspaces
Hello, Change the DBSPACETEMP entry in onconfig file , separated them with semi colon (;), instead of comma (,). Rebounce ids, and see whether the error disappear. Hope it works -Fauziah-…
ontape does not finish the backup: tape full
TAPESIZE in the onconfig set to zero? Backups to disk running into a tape full and asking for a second tape should not happen. Hal Maner M Systems International, Inc.…
Blocking Checkpoint?
Ifmx 12.10.FC14 Solaris 10 1/13 What does it mean when a checkpoint shows "# Waits" = 1, but "Block Time", "Ckpt Time", "Wait Time", "Long Time" are all zero? Critical Sections Physical Log Logical Log Clock …
archecker utility on ontape level 1 archive
Hi Arjen, Are you first restoring level 0 and then level 1. As far as i know, Archecker refer the L0 backup as baseline and perform log rollforward restore until given time which is from L1 backup. Or you are directly restoring from L-1 backup? Regards, Gaurav -------------------…
HDR
The secondary MUST be OFFLINE when you do the restore (a COLD restore). The restore of the secondary must use the backup that was taken from the Primary, so the backup MUST be copied over to the secondary BEFORE you begin the restore. Basically it should be similar to the followi…
ontape error
idsdb00105650 ( IT32529 ) : With extended Checkpoint/Log reserved pages and encryption at rest with rootdbs encrypted, server may fail to come online…
Block during checkpoint
You are only using around 5000 pages of physical log space between checkpoints so you definitely do not need more log space. The problem is probably the number of dirty pages at checkpoint time. What type of checkpoints are being reported by onstat -g ckp?…
ADO - activex data object
What do I require, to connect "ado activex data object" to Informix ? AIX 7.2 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.FC9W1 Regards Dirk…
Phys Log Size Inconsistency?
Disregard. I confused the ONCONFIG parm with the actual phys log. Forgot to actually run onparams! My total bad. DG…
RSS: Different # CPUs?
Those were my thought exactly. But, was uncertain whether RSS required identical settings in ONCONFIG as the primary. Thank you. DG…
Checkpoint statistics
Hello all, I am posting the checkpoint statistics output below onstat -g ckp IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.FC6 -- On-Line -- Up 2 days 07:38:02 -- 5318400 Kbytes AUTO_CKPTS=On RTO_SERVER_RESTART=60 seconds Estimated recovery time 23 seconds Critical Sections Phys…
ONCHECK & checkpoints
IDS 12 AIX 7 Can this command cause large checkpoints ? oncheck -cDI eppix:"informix".my_table my_table = 455 million rows…
Transactions blocked in output of online log
This means that 1 transaction has been blocked by the checkpoint (which is acceptable). Important data is how long the transaction has been blocked: if you see more than a few seconds, you probably have performance issues with your checkpoints and must address them. Once is accep…
ontape restore problem
A customer want to restore the data from the tape, the date of backup file is about 2002. and No one remember the informix version, How to know the informix version from the backup file? thanks for your help.…
how to change the default location of rootdbs
I think you should be able to do a cold restore from backup, and use the -rename option of 'ontape'. DG…
listener-thread@soc_be.c:3073: err = -25582:
Adding Version details Informix Version : IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.FC6 O/S Version : Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.9 Thanks & Regards, Karthik Rajan…
onmode bug discovered (-wf)
Don't believe in a bug here. When starting the server he knows about the onconfig-file from the environment variable ONCONFIG. If you change this variable when the server is running it will not know the new value. Assuming that variable is only read once during the startup of th…
Which is best On-Bar and On-Tape
Friends, I need all your opinions on the best approach in configuring onbar and ontape backups. 1) Which is easy to configure. 2) Which type of backup is easy to restore. 3) Is retention enabled for both types. 4) which one is best to configure continuous logical logs. 5) how to…
How to Restore Level 1 backup after level 0
Hi, let assume, today is Friday and i have level zero backup of Monday and level 1 backup of Wednesday. Now i restored Level 0 backup on an instance via ontape -r, it was done successfully.Now i also want to restore level 1 backup. How is it possible? to restore level 1 backup a…
Checkpoints statistics
Hello Users, We are using IDS 12.10 FC8 DB server, Application is developed in Java and app server is JBOSS Our application is taking long time to save the data into database trhough application. Find the online log details below: 09:23:22 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 …
Informix and speculative execution
Hi all, I have seen speculative execution patches for Firefox and SQL Server. Are there speculative execution patches for Informix in progress? There is no IBM Flash for Informix Dynamic Server and speculaative execution! Regards, David.…
Informix 12.1 Blocking Checkpoints
Hi Unfortunately I dont have access to the system now and the time might have already loses for me to take the command. What usually causes blocking time in checkpoints ? Is it possible that my physics log or Logica log is still missing ? I just want to avoid blocking transact…
Retoring the onbar backup
Hi friends, I want to restore our onbar backup from linux server to windows server, our onbar backup is scheduled through OAT.what is the procedure to restore?. Please help me on this. Thanks…
Rovoke insert permission but still can insert
I am doing it at the command line in the server directly in the directory C:\\\\Program Files\\\\IBM\\\\IBM Informix Dynamic Server\\\\11.50\\\\bin…
Secondary stuck in Fast Recovery
Ok, well I think I read in the Backup and Restore manual that you can from the primary, run a backup and send it over to the secondary and restore it at the same time possibly so this is a good excuse to try that. I will read up on that to see if I have that correct or not, and i…
New Channel of Informix Server (Tech)
Hi guys There is a new channel of Informix Server in Spanish , enjoy It -Install , Backup , Restore , HDR and more. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVGD_IAhd0VGntXiSh_E6ew Best regards Luis devecua.com…
ROOTDBS file
I did not find the AUTOLOCATE parameter in onconfig file as well as onconfig.std file also. Im using IDS 12.10 FC8 version…
Update Statistics
what kind of things could I check in the onconfig file. They are working on getting me IBM technical support help, but that will be a few hours away.…
ON-Bar / Last logical log saved number
Hi, After a backup with ON-Bar, I would like to get the number of the last logical log saved using a shell script.Please, can any one help me for that ? Thanks.Henri M. Envoyé depuis mon smartphone Samsung Galaxy.…
overzealous checkpoints
This is on IDS 12.10.TC2 on Windows Server 2008 R2. This server does checkpoints every 3 to 15 SECONDS. For example: 13:24:20 Maximum server connections 185 13:24:20 Checkpoint Statistics - Avg. Txn Block Time 0.000, # Txns blocked 1, Plog used 0, Llog used 2 13:24:23 Checkpoin…
onbar ism assert faliure
Can you find out whether one of the file systems on this box (not only the = one where ISM would have its devices) is defined with a block size >=20 1024000 (1MB) ? I'm afraid good old ISM isn't prepared for this and would run on a=20 division-by-zero error. From: "Juan Francis…
log_full.sh getting Aborted by client.
Hi Adam, so you're using PSM, right? So onbar for log backups? How would this fit = the two ontape full backups? Can we have Informix version and platform info, please? And the bar=5Fact.log ... Andreas…
IDS not writing to online.log
yes, I can't see logical logs and checkpoints in online.log. What should I look for in onstat -g ath and stk ?…
IDS 12.10 - Query Slow
Hi, I means value on onconfig 12.10 same or better than value onconfig IDS 11.10. i don't copy onconfig file and put on IDS 12.10. I already rebuild of your statistics is highly. We don't have performance issue for overall our system, only a few program, especially program runn…
Failed to recover the logs after restore
Thanks Art. I've restored from our backup and works good now.…
ISM restore problem
It appears that ism /onbar are not able to restore a recent backup from another machine this way. The new machine, not member of any domain, was not able to restore from a backup of about 620 files and a size of 1.2TB…
Backup/Restore Primary/HDR
Hi, We are running 11.70.FC7 on Solaris 11. We use onbar for informix backups. How does backup/restores work when switching from a primary to HDR (new Primary) server? Do I need to do another full backup when promoting an HDR server to Primary or can the logs being backed up by …
Compress Repack Slow Performance
Dear All, Have an instance of Informix 11.7.FC4 that runs on AIX PowerHA Cluster, IBM POWER machines, with 64 logical cores, 160GB or RAM memory and FC storage. Have a total of 600GB of chunks, containing few big tables within 1 DB (100GB (100mil records), 70GB, 50GB) fragmented…
ON-Bar database server is dismissing the logical
Thanks Art and Martin. IDS bounce worked as onconfig was changed for LTAPEDEV earlier. Thanks, ~ Pravin Bankar…
Long checkpoint problem
Hi, Ok, if I dedicate to large tables their own dbspace, would this bring more performance and good checkpoints time?…
DBSPACETEMP Parameter
Hi, The DBSPACETEMP Parameter in onconfig file create automatically the temporally dbspaces ? Or They must be created with onspaces utility. Thanks in advance.…
12.10.FC6 Mac port released
IBM Informix 12.10.FC6 release for Mac OS is officially available! John F. Miller III STSM, Lead Architect miller3@us.ibm.com 503-747-1366 IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)…
Problems with ON-Bar
Dear friends of the forum: I need to use onbar for my backups, but does not work me. I'm using the GUI of the ISM, which in its properties is the fully qualified name of the server. When I run the onbar not throw any errors and terminates the process within about 5 seconds. Wh…
Long checkpoint
Hi iiug team, May i ask your help on how can i trap or any utilities available to trap what is causing the long checkpoint in my production db. It is running IDS 11.7FCx in AIX 7. This doesn't happened before just started last month and it's not consistently showing. Here are t…
after upgrading to 12.1 log back script not workin
Thanks to Petr he got it working it seems my onpsm command when I setup the LOGPOOL must have been wrong or something as the pool was READ-ONLY (no idea why I didn't see that). Did a onpsm -D update /opt/informix/backups/infx/logs -g LOGPOOL -p HIGHEST and poof it started workin…
Re: Problems with ON-Bar
Gustavo, please take note that your Informix is higly recommended to upgrade, unless you have extended your support, you are at risk in case of a failure. Onbar return codes ranging from 2 to 34 are external errors, from XBSA. Table 1. Common ON-Bar return codesDecimal value ON…
Problems with ON-Bar
Hello friends! I have a problem running the UN-Bar on my server because it aborts execution immediately. I find errors in the bar_x.log are: 2015-10-28 18:19:41 4156 4516 C:\\\\informix\\\\bin\\\\onbar_d: process exit 149 (0x95) 2015-10-28 18:20:12 1976 4240 C:\\\\informix\\\\bi…
Performance issue after migrate to IDS from Online
Questions: 1. After the database was recreated and loaded did you run the recommended suite of Update Statistics commands as described in the Performance Guide manual (or as implemented by my dostats utility) or are you depending on Auto Update Statistics (AUS)? 2. So, you m…
Doubts with ISM and ON-Bar
Dear Friends: I am evaluating backing up my database with Informix Storage Manager and ON-Bar in disk files, and there are some things we would like to consult them, such as: 1 - I see the ON-Bar generates a maximum of 2GB files, is this normal, or I have to change some paramete…
point-in-time restore
Oddly enough - it isn't the issue of the type of backup/restore (whole system versus "normal"). The engine continues to fall over with an assertion failure. Still working on it. Thanks - Mark…
Diffrences between ontape -l and ontape -l -C
My OS is RedHat 6.2 and IDS 11.7. I have some problems to restore the logical logs in the machine backup, If I use the command "ontape -l -C" the logical log are restored, but the chuncks are with inconsistent status. If I use the command "ontape -l", I can't repeat this command…
BTS fails after ontape Restore
Hi Mark, Backup is done by 'ontape -s -L 0' Restore was done with 'ontape -r' No extra special parameters. And as I was typing this email, I was collecting the appropriate BTS-related lines from the 4 onconfig's in play (we use a special 'backup' onconfig for ontape). Lo and b…
Root db space fills up
as metioned above, maybe you need set TEMPTAB_NOLOG in you onconfig file…
restore question
Hi all, Is it possible to restore a backup from a 3rd party (Netbackup) into a new FS and get it the data from there using onbar?…
Error Message in online.log file
Hi André. What setting do you have for ALRM_ALL_EVENTS in the $ONCONFIG file? I have found "alarmprogram.sh" can loop if set to 1. Regards, Doug Lawry…
Checkpoint blocked by a previous checkpoint
Hi folks. I have a situation that I suspect but can't get IBM to confirm or deny. Thus, I'm requesting a peer review that my logic is correct and a likely explanation of a blocked checkpoint. Solaris 10 IDS 11.50.FC3X5 This is what I think happened: My client's production box…
RSS not working
Fee disk space on the chunk partition ok on the RSS server? Can you post your onconfig?…
Setup HDR
Sounds like the onconfig has the same STACKSIZE but what both servers read in at initialization is different. Bounce both servers and see if it's fixed.…
Physical Log size 2000 is too small
Hi, the onconfig we are using is from a inf version 9.7 wherein no PLOG_OVERFLOW_PATH located in it. I tried adding it to the onconfig and put a location but the inf instance when restarted still always fails. As for the onmode command we are always using onmode -ky maybe it's b…
ontape backup and restore
Hi, I'm running online ontape level 0 backup on my dataserver. The ontape begin at 7 PM and lasts 2 hours While this ontape is running, there are transactions running that modify datas in my instance at the same time. At 8 PM one transaction truncated data in a table called my_ta…
Slowest restore Ever via onbar need help
I'm also not sure if the "checkpoint req" message is causing the blocking...can i execute 'onmode -c' to force checkpoint?…
ERROR doing ontape
Thanks for your response! So, is it possible to create a new dbspace then set it in $ONCONFIG and restart the instance? best regards…
virtual segment question
Did you try to increase the number of locks in the LOCKS parameter in Onconfig? Lloyd…
ontape error message
Increase the value of TAPESIZE parameter in onconfig and try the backup. Lloyd…
Onbar Backup
Hi, If I always do a level 0 backup using onbar, Do I need to backup the logical logs to do a restore? Thanks in advance. Enviado desde mi iPhone…
Onconfig name
Hi, I am developing a JDBC application, and need to read from within SQL the onconfig environment variable. From with IDS 11.70, I can extract the need information using the query: select trim(env_value) env_value from informix.sysenv where env_name = 'ONCONFIG'; The code nee…
Informix upgrade
Can we upgrade informix from Dynamic Server Version 11.70 to 12.1 workgroup edition directly?…
Problmes using ontape with an IBM TS2900 changer
The TAPEDEV section in the onconfig is as follow: TAPEDEV /dev/IBMTape0 TAPEBLK 512 TAPESIZE 0 We have played with the TAPEBLK from 512 to 4096 to no avail.…
Using Informix ODBC with connection manager
Hello. As soon as you implement your CM, it will be a "network gateway" for your production cluster (and maybe redirect your connections to any cluster node, according to your CM defined policy). So, your ODBC connection will be changed from your database, to your CM hostname/p…
Backup which is good on-bar or on-tape
Please let me know which method is best. I know if we use tape device on-tape is only option. I have external storage and which is good way whether on-bar or on-tape. I have tried use on-tape and able to backup. Please let me know which method is better Thank you --001a11c3704…
when use IfxDataReader.GetIfxDateTime to NULL valu
Hello, The version of Informix products in my environment is: Database server: AIX IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC5 IBM Informix CSDK Version 2.90 IBM-ESQL Version 2.90.FC4 Client: PC Windows IBM Informix-ESQL 3.70.TC5DE.…
How to set up temporary space per session
True, but I have noticed that you need register previously the temporary dbspace in onconfig file, I thought there was some way to make the settings "on the fly", by session. Roger…
recover SQLHOSTS file
Do the onconfig files also have that info?…
Auto Update Stats
Hi, I have one more query. I have the below entries in onconfig file for AUS AUTO_STAT_MODE 1 STATCHANGE 10 USTLOW_SAMPLE 0 Now all my tasks(mon_table_profile,Evaluator and Refresh) running fine at scheduled time. Now when I remove the above entries in onconfig file, still al…
IDS 12.10 - dbimport very slow
Hi Markus, Is your import logged ? Regards, Henri MOUKOURI Le 25 juin 2013 à 10:45, "MARKUS BRINKBäUMER" <markus.brinkbaeumer@gmail.com> a écrit : > Hello, > > we have a new server (Windows 2012, 8 GB RAM, 4 x 600 GB SAS 15k HDD). On the > server we have installed an IBM Inf…
checkpoint was stalled
OS : redhat ids : 9.40uc1 We run this system for 10 years without any problem. But It got worse recently. It had occured several time and show messages like this : $ onstat - Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1 -- On-Line (CKPT REQ) Blocked:CKPT All the clients can no…
Performance Tuning Discussion
Ok it seems you have a big hardware, what´s your Informix version? What´s your box architecture? For performance tips, there is a good article in Andrew Ford´s blog, that should clarify your thoughts.... http://www.informix-dba.com/p/informix-innovator-c-tuning-basics.html This…
DB_locale or local naming convention
Hi, I already mention the informix version. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE…
Page size
Where do you set the page size when configuring Informix? I don't see it in the ONCONFIG anywhere.…
Re: manually edit onconfig?
You should never install the new version over the current one. If something goes wrong in the upgrade you'll have much more work to recover. Regards On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:38 PM, June Nebab LKINY <jnebab@gmail.com> wrote: > Planning an upgrade to 11.7UC6GE from 11.7UC5GE. I…
RE: manually edit onconfig?
I would give a try to the new onconfig_diff utility, it seems to help you identify and correct some of them.... Check it out! https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/idsteam/entry/how_to_use_the_onconfig_comparison_tool_onconfig_diff3?lang=en Regards. Alexand…
Re: manually edit onconfig?
I'm a big fan of copying the current settings into the new ONCONFIG file. It gives you a good chance to see the new parameters, like those you mentioned - all of which were available in 11.70.xC5 BTW, so someone used an older ONCONFIG instead of editing the new one last time. By…
Re: manually edit onconfig?
Figure out what each of the new ones do, whether you want to use them or not, then add them to your old onconfig. Ideally on a test environment. j. On Dec 17, 2012, at 1:38 PM, June Nebab LKINY wrote: > Planning an upgrade to 11.7UC6GE from 11.7UC5GE. Installing new version o…
manually edit onconfig?
Planning an upgrade to 11.7UC6GE from 11.7UC5GE. Installing new version on same $INFORMIXDIR and on same server. I noticed new onconfig params (ie: AUTO_READAHEAD, NUMFDSERVERS, etc) that are in the UC6GE onconfig.std that are not in my $ONCONFIG. What is the proper way to dea…
Question on Checkpoint Tuning How To for IBM Infor
Hello Informix gurus, I got 2 questions relating to checkpoint. 1. I've heard long checkpoint is acceptable in a data warehouse environment, but as far as I'm concerned, it's not so ok, it's been affecting the performance. In this environment, we have load jobs going on, then rep…
Restore individual dbspace with ontape
Is it possible to restore an individual dbspace with ontape using only a level 0 backup WITHOUT restoring any logical logs? I have tried using ontape -r -D dbspace, and also ontape -p -D dbspace. In both instances the dbspace is restored but left "down" (and I receive messages s…
Error -556 on @ reference
In IDS_A have a stored procedure do_some that has a insert into a local table. In IDS_B have a stored procedure do_some that does: call base@IDS_A:do_some(); Calling this sp works ok. In IDS_C i try to run: call base@IDS_B:do_some(); Fails with error -556 Cannot create, drop,…
Error # 40002
Also set AUTO_REPREPARE 1 in your $ONCONFIG file. Regards, Doug Lawry…
SQL/Optimizer Question
Just eyeballing the schema provided I am guessing you will get 16 rows per 2KB data page. assumed row size of 120 bytes. WHERE i_case_relation_cd = 3 is currently evaluated to return 98,108 rows while we do not have the statistics on the table, the cluster value would indicate h…
Use of reserved word in the value of a INSERT
ie. INSERT INTO foo (bar) values ('MY SELECT VALUE')…
Re: help with informix on windows oncheck -pr erro
ok sounds like silly question but how do i find out what ONCONFIG variable is on windows ? which is likely to be correct set ONCONFIG=oncfg_apecert.0 ::set ONCONFIG=ONCONFIG.apecert…
ontape backup/restore
Hi, I have IDS version 10: 10.00.FC10W4 and 10.00.UC11 I want to setup two new DB servers with the same versions as above. Using the ontape backup/restore I will restore the original database to the new DB servers. The setup of the new servers should be identical to the old on…
ontape -r Problem
Vouching for myself, an ifx non-expert, could it be that 7.3 backup's are not compatible with 11.70 restore's? If they're not compatible, would an ETL be a viable alternative?…
doubt about parameters (PDQ)
Sorry people, I meant the MAX_PDQPRIORITY 100 onconfig parameter.…
What are best onconfig parameters for a DSS app
Frank.... first question: Is your database installation being made for a production system???? Alexandre Marini IBM Informix Certified Professional v10 / v11.50 / v11.70 IBM Information Management Informix Technical Professional IBM Infosphere DataStage Technical Professional …
IDS 7.31 UD5 data(base) recovery
Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD5 I understood that IDS 7.31 entered End Of Support in September 2009 ( 2 and a half years ago) I hope this is not a business critical system…
Ontape backup and restore with stdio
Does anyone know or recall which version of IDS where "ontape backup and restore with STDIO" feature becomes available? Thanks. Kern --…
enterprise replication time to replicate data
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6 Question for enterpise experts Does anyone know a command that will give me time that it takes to replicate data to a node? for example i update on server a and it replicates to server b . How long did it take? cdr view profile gives …
Informix Clustered Indexes
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 07:53, Tom Lehr <tomcaml@gmail.com> wrote: > Have been doing some reading about clustered indexing and wondering > what experiences other folks have had with them? > We currently do not use them in our high transaction OLTP world and am > a bit wary due t…
NOFUZZYCKPT: onconfig parameter or environment variable?
Is NOFUZZYCKPT an onconfig parameter or an environment variable? Is there any definitive documentation? Still running IDS 10 on Linux.…
Testing the 'free' versions - moving from Dev edition to Innovator-C
Art, thanks - I've gone for the separate INFORMIXDIR install (just had to change $INFORMIXDIR, $PATH and some paths in $ONCONFIG) and it's come up just fine.…
Archive backup terminated prematurely
Thanks, Mark. One of the ontape backup failures occurred on Wed Dec 28 22:19:15 PST 2011. I don't think I see anything odd in the logs around the time of failure that wasn't there for a previous successful backup: onconfig.prod ============= MSGPATH /bml/logs/informix/prod.log #…
Spatial Data
hello reading thru the manual states that the ONCONFIG parameters for SBSPACENAME and SYSSBSPACENAME must be set for the default sbspace. We are running an HDR pair and have the parameters set on the Primary Server - does it also need to be set on the Secondary Instance ? thank…
reading: Bad file descriptor
I'm trying to restore an onbar backup that is done to disk does the error reading: Bad file descriptor in ism_watch refer to a corrupt onbar file or something else ?…
Problems with long checkpoints
Hello, We're stuck without a dba after some massive layoffs. I know a little, but I'm no dba. IDS 11.50.FC6 on RHEL 5.3 We have a development instance that is suddenly going into long checkpoints (43 minutes, 61 minutes, 90 minutes!). We've rebooted the server and restarted …
backup and restore
hello all we have a level 0 backup to disk from AIX 6.1 and were looking to restore on a Linux x86 (red hat) server, infromix version 11.50.FC7. error comes up as "Physical restore failed - function read archive backup failed code -1 errno 0" can this be accomplished between t…
Over 1,000 days of 24x7 database uptime!
On 29.07.2011 20:38 Lester Knutsen wrote: > From one of our customers, their Informix server hit 1,000 days today > .... congratulations;) > > IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC8 -- On-Line -- Up > 1000 days 00:31:45 -- They beat mine just bit ... IBM Informix D…
Setting up HDR- First Time -11.70 Innovator-C
Hi, I am setting up HDR for the first time. onstat - on primary shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- On-Line (Prim) -- Up 0:11:5s onstat - on secondry shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- Fast Recovery (Sec) -- Up 00s onstat -m on sec…
ONBAR performance tuning
Hello All, Is there any way to tune the performance of backup/restore using onbar and ontape?…
ISAM error 197: Partition recently appended to
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586) I have done a level 0 backup directed to /dev/null and tried again. still it is throwing the same error.…
Backup from HDR
Hi, We are using IDS 11.50 FC6 & FC7 on Solaris Sparc. Is it feasible/reliable to get cold/hot backup from HDR ? I have tried and got successful while taking/restoring backup from HDR. Thanks.…
RE: Archive using ontape with incryption
IDS 11.70.FC2 Solaris 10 - 64bit What is the easiest what to backup and restore to tape using `ontape` along with encryption? Has anyone restored, having used encryption for the backup, successfully and without incident? Thank you. Larry…
ontape -p/r with changed ROOTPATH
Jack Parker Wrote: ================================================================================ Not sure if you noted that you also need to change your $ONCONFIG = ROOTPATH to point to what is on the backup image. j. ==========================================================…
question about Query with joined view
Have you tried "IFX_FOLDVIEW 1" in your environment or $ONCONFIG file? Regards, Doug Lawry…
ON-Bar parallelization
Hello folks I am looking at using onbar to take advantage of the parallelization. Looking at the example at this address http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-0611sinha/index.ht ml the implication is onbar backs up the chunks in the dbpace in parallel. I…
Tool to estimate the size of an index
Sorry, I forgot to provide the version of the installation: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC4 Operative System: AIX Version 6.1…
bar log message 43185
Hi All I have 11.5UC4 + TSM. L0 archives are scheduled weekly, and L1 Mon-Sat nightly. I'm seeing following error in bar log several times a week: 15335576 56099016 (-43185) A change in physical configuration has occurred. A level 0 backup of aimsdbs1 is being performed I know …
sqlerr:-243 and isam err:-111 in esql/c
This "may" be a good place for USELASTCOMMITTED set to all in the onconfig.…
Logical log backup aborted (during ontape -r)
Art, I'm trying to restore an production database (backup done with ontape), in a test database (using ontape -r) and I've the messages in the online log Regards…
Primary Slowness when RSS is active
You need to set LOG_STAGGING_DIR parameter in onconfig of the rss…
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Is a high number on the buffers not flushed something to be concerned about? Fuzzy Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds, 36941 buffers not flushed.…
TSM and Informix 11.10 on Windows
Hi, Is it possible to explain anybody the way that TSM and onbar are related? For example in a imported restore attempt I was not able to restore anything until I ran the q backup .... command (in a different command prompt window). Why that happens? What about in the case that…
SDS and SAN Storage
On Aug 12, 8:21 pm, rpa <ruediger.pa...@t-online.de> wrote: > Hi all > > what is possible and what is the best way to create chunks on a SAN- > Storage (NetApp) for SDS. > We are planning for IDS 11.50 database installations with SDS feature. > > OS will be LINUX (SLES or UBUN…
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Hi, Is anyone in the mailing list using Commvault Simpana's backup solution to backup their informix databases ?. are there any issues with this product's backup/restore procedures and is it a reliable tool ? any inputs will be appreciated Thanks Savio Pinto…
Can't access sysindexes remotely
Hi, We are using IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6 using Platform: SunOS 5.10 Generic_125100-09 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200 Thanks…
Performance issue with ZFS
We have set as per your recommendation but still we are facing checkpoint took time . Can you help me further?…
how to force aborting long transaction
As I rememebered , there used to be a tbzero or else can make a checkpoint flag , is there a tool like that in iiug ? or it is for ibm internal only ~~…
Re: RE: new onconfig parameters added onconfig fil
Typically, I make a copy of the onconfig.std, naming it something like cheetah_online. Then I open up both the old and new onconfig, side by side, and copy from old to new. Obviously, the new onconfig has new params that were not addressed in the old onconfig and may have elimina…
Applying logical logs after level 0 restored
Hi Everyone, I just restored the complete level 0 backup of informix 7.13 on hp-ux 10.01 in our development environment. At the end of restore, I didn't forget apply logical logs to the database. can anyone advise me to apply the logical logs on the database that I restored? P…
Re: RE: new onconfig parameters added onconfig fil
Isn't that what I said? "If you simply just bring up the instance using your old onconfig, I believe that you will get whatever the default is for the new parameters, even though you do not mention them in your old ONCONFIG." -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.or…
new onconfig parameters added onconfig file 11.5
hello folks Can any one tell me at what stage the new onconfig parameters are added to the onconfig file when upgrading from 11.10 to 11.5. I have converted two instances from 11.10 to 11.50 One onconfig file has the new parameters at the end of the file the other doesnt have any…
AIX 5.3 IDS 11.50 FC5 - Performance Advisory
CKPTINTVL specifies the frequency, expressed in seconds, at which the database server checks to determine whether a checkpoint is needed. When a full checkpoint occurs, all pages in the shared-memory buffer pool are written to disk. When a fuzzy checkpoint occurs, nonfuzzy pages …
Re: performance improvements for dbimport?
Thanks for all your valuable input. I changed some parameters now: 21:09:27 Onconfig parameter BUFFERPOOL modified from size=2K,buffers=262144,lrus=8,lru_min_dirty=5.0,lru_max_dirty=10.0 to size=2K,buffers=524288,lrus=8,lru_min_dirty=10.0,lru_max_dirty=50.0. 21:09:27 Onconfig p…
BACKUP_FILTER in onconfig
Hello, when I using BACKUP_FILTER in $ONCONFIG, parameter for "The tape block size, in KB, for backing up logical logs" is NOT LTAPEBLK, but it is TAPEBLK. Everything work fine (LTAPEBKL for logical log) when I turn off BACKUP_FILTER ... This is happening with ontape, with BAC…
garbage text in SHMNOACCESS parameter
On Jan 21, 8:15 am, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Just a guess. What's the hex value for that string? > grep ^SHMNOACCESS onconfig SHMNOACCESS �����������" ������� grep ^SHMNOACCESS onconfig |cut -c17- �����������" ������� grep ^SHMNOACCESS onconfig…
RE: Found a possible bug in IDS 11.x... and a nasty one at that... has anyone suffered this?
> From: domusonline@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Found a possible bug in IDS 11.x... and a nasty one at that... has anyone suffered this? > Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 23:14:12 +0000 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > I have to agree that the issue is interesting…
ontape -s -L 0 too slowly(online.log)
continue:Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD1 -- On-Line -- Up 3 days 15:46:06 -- 1080928 Kbytes Message Log File: /home/informix/online.log 21:24:31 Checkpoint loguniq 95638, logpos 0xc6e018 21:29:39 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 7 seconds. 21:29:39 Checkpoint loguniq…
Informix Dynamic Server Software Downloads
It appears IBM has cleverly hidden the IDS downloads again on the Passport Advantage Website, at least from my prying eyes. I can find the Solid DB and the DB2 links just fine. Does anyone out there in IIUG-land with a Passport Advantage account know where IBM has stashed the dow…
ANYONE KNOW IDS USERS OR CONSULTING FIRMS IN NYC
I am looking for work in the New York City metro area. Can anyone refer me to an end-user or a consulting firm?.. below is my resume: Frank J. Rotolo, frank.pr@msn.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Summary: Over twenty six years…
DYNAMIC_LOGS in ONCONFIG
Good afternoon, We occasionally have a programmer than needs a large amount of log space to move a very large table. Instead of fiddling with the HTXHWM and LTXEHWM in the ONCONFIG file, has anyone successfully setup DYNAMIC_LOGS with IDS 10.00 on HPUX? Where would the dynamic …
Unsufficient buffer size for error message
Hi Please check your online.log and check also your onconfig file. thanks.…
Table structure backup/restore
Hi All, How I can take the backup of table structure and all its data and how to restore that table including all data.We are using IDS 7.13 running on HP-UNIX 10.01. Thx,…
Automatic Checkpoints
Aix 6 IDS v11.50.FC5 Has anyone run into a situation where with the automatic checkpoints turned on ... the engine gets into a situation where it's constantly check pointing and nothing else can get done? I have had this happen several times ... haven't been able to cause it my…
Blocked checkpoint ...
IDS 11.50.fc4 Aix 6 I had a situation today where an underlying symbolic link was missing ... Engine came up .. put the warning in the online.log ... Eventually the system became Hung ... waiting on a checkpoint ... ONSPACEDOWN was set to 2 in the onconfig ... Here is the questi…
OPTCOMPIND and perl
Anyone know if I can change OPTCOMPIND after establishing a DB connection or does it need to be set before connecting? ta SLES10 SP1 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC5…
nonblocking checkpoints
how do nonblocking checkpoint use the physical log? when do they fire? how does fast recovery work concerning nonblocing checkpoint?…
HDR with level 1 backup
Hi, Disk containing the log backups got run out of space. So some of logical logs were not backed up. HDR secondary got out of synch. We are trying to make the secondary node again the part of HDR, but because of insufficient logical logs we are unable to do so. We can take 0-lev…
Re: 11.50.xC4 Compression with workgroup edition?
An easy way to distinguish between IBM (DB2 and IDS) compression and Oracle compression is to look at e.g. an employee table with, say names and addresses and other junk (like salaries ;-) Block compressions wins, as Mark points out, in fast changing data. Global compression wins…
Checkpoint duration
Hi I have a checkpoint issue. Most time the checkpoints last between 0 and 3 seconds. Some times I have sequences of 3 or 4 checkpoint when they last much longer, for example 27 seconds. Thats nearly half a minute and is recognized by the users. >From online.log: 1924 08:55…
Informix Dynamic Server Scheduler question
Hi! I'm working on a project at my faculty. It's a java desktop application with an informix database. I have a problem using informix dynamic server scheduler. I have a particular table in my database. This table contains records that are inserted by the desktop aplication I'm …
Informix page cleaners (w/ a SAN)
James, are you experiencing any issues, long checkpoints maybe? You have 90ish chunks and 128 CLEANERS. During checkpoint each cleaner gets assigned to one chunk (in the order of chunk creation) so you're on the safe side there, the extra cleaners should just idle. Regards Dav…
Checkpoint Duration
I have an IDS, 7.31.FD3 as a database server for Java GUI client application. There were many times that the database checkpoint duration was very long while concurrent users were not as many as usual (there were some working days that the users work load was low). As checked in …
need to backup the individual database
Can i do a fake backup using onbar utility to avoid a forced level 0 backup after restore?…
IDS 9.40 End of Support Imminent
I have seen a number of posts on CDI recently related to IDS 9.40 As per the announcement on September 7th 2007, effective on the dates listed below, IBM will withdraw support from the following product releases licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement: 9…
oninit fails reporting problem with DBSPACETEMP
But in my ONCONFIG file, i have mentioned the tape device as STDIO…
Backup & Restore confusion
Hi, I'm a bit confused about backup and restore using ontape. Why do I need to take a logical log backup with ontape -a (log # 15) after a ontape -s -L 0? The full Level 0 archive says it contains the log # 15 but during restore I have to apply the logical backup also containing…
Changing TAPEDEV from script
sed -e 's/^TAPEDEV/TAPEDEV NEW-TAPEDEV/g' onconfig > onconfig.other export ONCONFIG=onconfig.other after finishing just set the ONCONFIG to your default and delete onconfig.other Sebastian…
Checkpoint durations
IDS 10.0FC8W2 on HP-UX 11.31 I'm tuning IDS on quite a large system (18 cpus, 65g memory, Tier One SAN). I have BUFFERS set to 10,000,000 (ie 20g), and lru_max_dirty to 0.5%.(ie 50,000 pages or 100m). lru_min_dirty is effectively zero. At times I'm seeingcheckpoints of 5 to 8…
OnBar to HP Data Protector - XBSA API error codes?
We had On-Bar, too, but later switched to cold backups of all chunk files because it was more reliable and easy to maintain. If your backups have to be "hot" then ontape, dbexport or onunload might suit your needs. But if you are going to stay with On-Bar, here are some things …
Re: Fuzzy checkpoints, then Regular Checkpoints??
On Oct 27, 3:21 pm, "Mark Scranton (Xtivia Inc.)" <mark.scran...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 25, 2:09 pm, nate...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > >Informix10.FC7: > > > 09:27:19 Maximum server connections 0 > > 09:32:22 FuzzyCheckpointCompleted: durationwas 0 seconds, 29 > > buffers n…
Re: Fuzzy checkpoints, then Regular Checkpoints??
Hi Nate, There are some things that require a "regular" checkpoint, and when those conditions are met, a "regular" checkpoint will still be issued. You should expect most of your checkpoints to be fuzzy though. -Mark Jamison ________________________________ From: "natebsi@gmai…
Fuzzy checkpoints, then Regular Checkpoints??
Informix 10.FC7: 09:27:19 Maximum server connections 0 09:32:22 Fuzzy Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds, 29 buffers not fl ushed. 09:32:22 Checkpoint loguniq 51, logpos 0x5b52f8, timestamp: 0x2c783a49 09:32:22 Maximum server connections 0 09:37:25 Fuzzy Checkpo…
Re: Smoke and mirrors...
On Oct 12, 2:20 pm, InDeep <ind...@indeep.com> wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > To your point. Yes IDS will perform much better that either Oracle or > > DB2 in a VM environment. > > Let's not make sweeping statements without facts. I have been happy with IDS > so far on VM…
Re: Smoke and mirrors...
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > To your point. Yes IDS will perform much better that either Oracle or > DB2 in a VM environment. Let's not make sweeping statements without facts. I have been happy with IDS so far on VMware Fusion on my Macbook Pro, but I have not had a history of ex…
use stored proc that return multiple columns in a query
forgot to include version info: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC6W5 -- On-Line -- Up 207 days 22:14:39 -- 1441100 Kbytes…
installing informix dynamic server in linux
hi, I'm new to informix... I tried to install informix dynamic server(iif. 11.50.UC2E.Linux-RHEL4.tar) in my linux machine. I'm getting an error like this... One or more prerequisite system libraries are not installed on your computer. Install libpam.so.0, libncurses.so.5…
Long checkpoints
Hello there, I've been reading about long checkpoints issue for a while but haven't found solution for our case. We're using IDS 9.40.FC6 on Solaris 9 for OLTP. It is Sun Fire V1280 with 8 UltraSPARC-III+ 1.2 GHz and 16 Gb of RAM on board. The database is not large (compressed …
What means "nonblocked checkpoint" ?!
Thanks all.... In my test case , I use "onmode -c" to trigger checkpoint , and I was told this would always force a blocking checkpoint , it is my fault that ignore this behavior ...…
Test Restoration failed
Finally i reinitialized the test instance and started the restore using ontape -r. But the restore which was suppose to finish in 7-8 hrs on this server (as tested many times before)is not running over 15 hrs and i can see in onstat -D that one complete chunk is yet to be restor…
Informix Dynamic Server v 11.50 Developer's Edition
Does everyone know that the Informix Dynamic Server Developer's Edition v11.50 that you can download from the IIUG Web site (www.iiug.org) is NOT timebombed, is completely and fully functional (including HDR, MACH11, ER etc.). Do you know that the only limitations on this versio…
Informix Dynamic Server v 11.50 Developer's Edition
Does everyone know that the Informix Dynamic Server Developer's Edition v11.50 that you can download from the IIUG Web site (www.iiug.org) is NOT timebombed, is completely and fully functional (including HDR, MACH11, ER etc.). Do you know that the only limitations on this versio…
CONFIGURATION ONAUDIT-IBM Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, I need to configure onaudit and onshowaudit able to register for each of the consultations that are made to the database, either through dbaccess, ODBC or another application. I've been reviewing the IBM Informix Trusted Facility Guide, but I was not working. What param…
How to use Informix Dynamic Server
I have installed trial version of "Informix IDS Dynamic Server Developer Edition 11.5 for Windows 2003, XP, Vista, 32bit Version 1150TC1DE". But i am new to informix. Can anyone explain how to use IDS in detail.…
stalled checkpoint
Aix 5.3 ids 9.40fc9 All of a sudden I'm getting stalled checkpoints .. any pointers as to what to look at ... I must be missing something ...…
Info Required about Check Points
<If automatic checkpoints are enabled then CHKPTINTVL is ignored completely. That is not correct. Automatic checkpoint only causes your checkpoints to (potentially) occur more frequently then CKPTINTVL in an attempt to ensure that you perform the new 11.x interval checkpoint, an…
Managing IDS in IBM HACMP environment
> -----Original Message----- > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of > ROBERT ROMERO > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 1:59 PM > To: ids@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Managing IDS in IBM HACMP environment [12053] > > Appreciate the comments. > > We are plan…
Re: Optimizer Issues with 10.00.xC8
Another point of confusion that has me summoning the UPDATE STATISTICS gods. As a reminder, my test table ("foo") looks consists of five columns, col1-col5. Col1, Col2, and Col3 are integers, while Col4 and Col5 are character fields. I have a unique index on (Col1, Col3) and a…
Restore backup and Archecker Failed...
Hi, IDS 7.31 FD2 HP-UX 11.00 first, sorry my poor english.. I tried restore a archive Level 0 and failed... When test the backup file with archecker , failed too... The backup file is create over file system: TAPEDEV /backup/L_backup TAPEBLK 1024 # Tape block size (Kbytes) TA…
Restore backup and Archecker Failed...
Hi, IDS 7.31 FD2 HP-UX 11.00 first, sorry my poor english.. I tried restore a archive Level 0 and failed... When test the backup file with archecker , failed too... The backup file is create over file system: TAPEDEV /backup/L_backup TAPEBLK 1024 # …
Re: Backup/restore compatibility
On 18 Feb, 22:09, Fernando Nunes <s...@onlinedomus.net> wrote: > Troels Arvin wrote: > > Hello, > > > On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:36:27 +0000, Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > >> This is what dbexport exists for. > > > Thanks - it looks like dbexport will be of use. And the dbexport word le…
parallel backup and restore w onbar
hello, In IDS10, using onbar, can I do parallel backup and restore on an instance that has no database transaction logging ? I think I should be able to, as long as I backup the logical logs and logs will need to be restored during a parallel restore. Is that correct ? ps. I rea…
Backup/restore compatibility
Hello, In the DB2 World, there is a (very annoying) constraint concerning backup/ restore: Data backed up on a big-endian host cannot be restored on a little-endian host, and vice versa. The constraint is very illogical considering that one of DB2's selling points is the possibi…
High Extent Tables.
Quick question: 1. If I create a clustered index and drop it on a table with high extents, will that reorganize it and reduce the extents or 2. Do I have to unload the data, drop the table, re-create the table, and re-load the data or 3. Should I rename the original table to a…
Re: onconfig recommendations
mosserp@wellsfargo.com wrote: >> mosserp@wellsfargo.com wrote: >> >>>>> RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag >>>>> >>>>> >>>> (Yes = 1, No = >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Don't know HP model numbers, but it this is a PA-RISC machine, you >>>> almost have to …
RE: onconfig recommendations
> mosserp@wellsfargo.com wrote: > >>> RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag > >>> > >> (Yes = 1, No = > >> > >>> > >>> > >> Don't know HP model numbers, but it this is a PA-RISC machine, you > >> almost have to set RESIDENT to -1 to prevent poor performance > >>…
Re: onconfig recommendations
mosserp@wellsfargo.com wrote: >>> RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag >>> >> (Yes = 1, No = >> >>> >>> >> Don't know HP model numbers, but it this is a PA-RISC machine, you >> almost have to set RESIDENT to -1 to prevent poor performance >> due to the >> archi…
RE: onconfig recommendations
> > RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag > (Yes = 1, No = > > > Don't know HP model numbers, but it this is a PA-RISC machine, you > almost have to set RESIDENT to -1 to prevent poor performance > due to the > architectures restrictions of only four active shar…
What is IPA abbreviation ?
Hi all IBM INFORMIX DYNAMIC SERVER 10.00 PRODUCT RELEASE bug_number 168928 description WITH NON-DEFAULT PAGE SIZE AND ACTIVE IPA'S, TABLE LEVEL RESTORES FAIL product_code ONUTILS component_code ARCHECKR What is IPA ? Thanks…
Windows XP Registry
One way to backup the registry is to create a System Restore snapshot. System Restore returns your computer to a previous snapshot without losing recent personal information, such as documents, history lists, favorites, or e-mail. It monitors the computer and many applications fo…
Re: onconfig recommendations
On Jan 2, 11:09 pm, "Kennedy, Randy" <RKenn...@scottsdaleaz.gov> wrote: > Would like to receive some feedback on our onconfig setup for current > platform. This is the 3rd physical server that the database has moved > to and just want to ensure we are using the best settings for…
[Fwd: Re: onconfig recommendations]
Kennedy, Randy wrote: > Would like to receive some feedback on our onconfig setup for current > platform. This is the 3rd physical server that the database has moved > to and just want to ensure we are using the best settings for given > platform. > > Current Server: HP rp5405 …
Re: onconfig recommendations
On Jan 2, 11:09 pm, "Kennedy, Randy" <RKenn...@scottsdaleaz.gov> wrote: > Would like to receive some feedback on our onconfig setup for current > platform. This is the 3rd physical server that the database has moved > to and just want to ensure we are using the best settings for…
onconfig recommendations
Would like to receive some feedback on our onconfig setup for current platform. This is the 3rd physical server that the database has moved to and just want to ensure we are using the best settings for given platform. Current Server: HP rp5405 4-Way (650 MHz) with 8GB RAM. 1 …
Newbie question-please don't shoot me
I have a newbie question. Please pardon my lack of knowledge with this. I have a Unix server (HP) that houses 2 9.4 Informix database servers (IE: there are 2 separate onconfig files that have unique INFORMIXSERVER parm values). The informix engine stopped (I think because the un…
Fuzzy vs Full Checkpoints v10.00.UC6
I suggest to disable fuzzy checkpoints - set NOFUZZYCKPT environment variable before you start IDS. and do sensitive checkpoint tuning. In my opinion fuzzy checkpoints provide too little performance benefit (any ?) at the price of too many bugs (crash recovery not working). In …
Tuning Checkpoints
I need some help getting checkpoints durations lowered. We are running informix 9.4. I have been working with Informix Tech support and it has gotten some better but it is not as good as it should be. We have been adjusting BUFFERS, LRUS, CLEANERS, LRU_MAX_DIRTY, and LRU_MIN_DIRT…
Informix onconfig file configuration
Hello, We recently moved from a quad proc (hyper threaded to 8), 8GB RAM to a 2 socket dual core, 16GB RAM server. In order to maximize the cores and RAM what entries need to be modified, if any? Thanks, Jared…
long checkpoints
hi, i have some problem with the long running checkpoints in IDS 7.31.UD8 on HP/UX. every day a batch utility making hig volume of insert and updates. and this batch works about 5-10 minutes(checkpoint times included). during this batch load one or two (long) checkpoints occur. (…
Continuous log restore
Version IDS 10 I read in IBM's redbook for version 10 that continuous log restore can be used. I wanted to know the following: 1. Can onbar be used for backup and restore ? 2. What commands can be run to setup continuous log restore ? There is not enough information available a…
Kill Update Statistics
Is there any way to kill a running update statistics. UPDATE STATISTICS HIGH FOR TABLE foo (bar) DISTRIBUTIONS ONLY. I tried with with onstat -z several times but it runs and runs and seems to do nothing anyway. Regards Reinhard…
Fatal error in shred memeory creation
FYI - My UNIX Administrator has restored a system backup taken before the power failure and my Database server is now up and running.…
BAR_MAX_BACKUP and BAR_WORKER_MAX
What's the difference between BAR_MAX_BACKUP and BAR_WORKER_MAX. Both seem to be doing parallel/concurrent log backup. Which one should be specified in onconfig ?…
Re: Performance problem immediately fixed by disabling HDR
"Fernando Nunes" <spam@domus.online.pt> wrote in message news:f9atdb$7ev$2@aioe.org... > Neil Truby wrote: >> IDS 10.0FC5 on AIX 5.3 >> >> We have a highly sporadic performance problem. Sporedically - hasn;t >> happened for a couple of months but has started today - our database…
Performance problem immediately fixed by disabling HDR
Neil Truby wrote: > IDS 10.0FC5 on AIX 5.3 > > We have a highly sporadic performance problem. Sporedically - hasn;t > happened for a couple of months but has started today - our database server > starts exhibiting 2 sec checkpoints (otherwise they are almost always 0s) > and the…
Restoring Level 1 Backup ONLY - INFORMIX 9.4
Dear All, I am trying to restore level 1 backup ( with ontape -r ) on a machine ( solaris 8 )on which I have a level 0 backup already restored preveiously ( while restoring I terminated restore at the point when level 0 was completed and system was asking for level 1, my idea wa…
Backup worked...restore doesn't...
Hi All, I was able to get my backup done the other day just using ontape -s -L 0, everything seemed just fine, total space of backup 497 GB. Now today I'm trying to restore that same tape onto another server. Informix has been installed, onconfig file was mirrored from original …
Re: long checkpoints on informix
Darin wrote: > Also, shameless plug for v11. In Version 11, fuzzy checkpoints have > been removed completely, and the checkpoints are what is referred to > as non-blocking checkpoints. IE, there is no blocking during the > flushing of the buffers in version 11. Of course, the…
RE: IIUG Conference Topic Survey closing soon
>So then I guess I can save on my bar tab by not buying you a drink while at >the conference? You are buying us drinks at the conference? You may go home broke...I have seen some of the IIUG-ers drink.…
IIUG TV
Great job on the video work!! I look forward to seeing more! -t- -- -- Informix Dynamic Server Database Engine -- http://www.informix.com --…
Room 1801 (was: Informix beats Oracle)
> > And this is why you go to the conference. ;-) > That and to do damage to the room 1801 bar tab. Still made it to the keynote in the morning, did not make it to the casino that night however. Cross reference to rec.gambling.poker: I'm oninit on bodog if anybody here plays.…
Re: Digital UNIX V4.0F + 7.31.FD1 Performance
Thank you, today on evening we make this changes in $ONCONFIG, restart the machine and hope it works! Greetings from Austria…
RE: IDS 11 - Press Releases
"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@serendipita.com> wrote in message news:mailman.216.1182019175.13675.informix-list@iiug.org... Dale Gilbert said: > Yes, but OTC never pays the bar tab!!! > > :> >> Are you implying I'm a piker? Pikey.…
How to remove checkpoint
How to remove checkpoint 'Quiescent (CKPT REQ)' during database startup after crash cause I've been waiting for more than 100 minutes, but the database still blocked 'checkpoint state'…
Re: admin tools like PC client
Mike, What version of Informix are you using? Informix SE? Informix OnLine? Informix Dynamic Server? Most Informix versions these days come with a product call I-Connect that needs to be installed on the PC and rovides the Informix ODBC drivers.…
Checkpoint times
Hi, we encounter enhanced checkpoint times on a production instance. I have tried to modify some parameters which results in less checkpoints, but still long (at least for our system). Actual config is Sun 280R, 4GB Ram, 2 Processors, Solaris 9 (Sparc), IDS 10.00FC6. Checkpoint …
Error when initializing
06:36:20 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version [b]10.00.UC6TL[\\b] I believe this is likelt ot be a new ish instance to a newish user of the software…
onconfig problem
when i try to initialize server using oninit following message appears on screen "ONCONFIG can only specify a simple filename whith no path components" plz do replay me how to solve this one…
Allocation of the 80-90% of resources for dbexport
I'm use ext3 filesystem. I need this backup mechanism for restoring database on other sides/servers. Is it possible to allocate more resources for dbexport process namely?…
problems with Informix dynamic server 9.4 @ WIndows 2003
I have problems with connecting the server. I use correct user/password to connect to the server, but the server do not known the server. I'm sure the user exist and is one of the user in Informix_Admin group. I have installed Informix dynamic server 9.4 in a windows xp system in…
IDS 9.4 and On-Bar
On my Production machines I am still running IDS9.21 and On-Archive with 4 weeks of tapes that we recycle - Mon1 to Fri1, Mon2 to Fri2, Mon3 to Fri3 and Mon4 to Fri4. We run 3 archives a day onto each daily tape. Each archive command contains what it is you want archived, level …
Unable to backup using onbar
Just encounter this problem. It is strange that even the logical logs has been backup, when start backup using onbar, it complain the following error: 2007-02-14 01:02:51 8810 8806 /apps/informix/ids.93/bin/onbar_d -b -l 2007-02-14 01:02:52 8810 8806 Begin backup logical log 256…
Informix backup & restore
We have an IDS version 10 installation containing a number of dbspaces. We have created a database on each dbspace eg dbspace1 database1 dbspace2 database2 dbspace3 database3 Is it possible to restore a database (eg restore its correspondig dbspace) to a point-in-time withou…
RE: Listing all the tables in using a dbspace in Informix
> Make sure $INFORMIXDIR and $ONCONFIG are set and that you have > permissions with your login ID to access them. There is also system > tables that can give you this information. System tables which can list out all the tables in a particular dbspace ?…
Re: onconfig
Hello, apart from editing ONCONFIG directly, some parameters are dynamically changeable: Usage: onparams ... -m <param> <value> ... -m - Modify the value of one of the following configuration parameters: AFFAIL, AFCRASH, AFW…
RE: onconfig
I don't run onbar, but I suspect you're right. LTAPEDEV, etc. would also probably be in this group as well. Either way, restore the old onconfig and you're OK. It may be a good idea to check the permissions on the file before you're done, though... --EEM -----Original Me…
Re: onconfig
I think the onbar config parameters can be changed on the fly as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Everett Mills" <eemills@nationalbeef.com> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 11:45 AM Subject: RE: onconfig > Stan- > TAPEDEV, TAPEBLK and TAPESI…
RE: onconfig
Stan- TAPEDEV, TAPEBLK and TAPESIZE can be modified on the fly through onconfig. Restore your old onconfig and you should be fine. --EEM -----Original Message----- From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Stan Sent: Friday, …
onconfig
Hello. What will happen when during work (online state) IDS unfortunately someone modify onconfig. Which paramaters takes effect immediately (without restrart IDS). Thanks in advance Stan…
Difference in checkpoint durations on HDR Primary and Secondary.
Hiya guys! I've just come across something I didn't think was possible: IDS 10.00.FC5 on Linux RedHat. Primary: ... 14:26:53 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds. 14:26:53 Checkpoint loguniq 8922, logpos 0x2066018, timestamp: 0x93d695b1 14:26:53 Maximum server co…
Ontape backup/restore to disk
Hello All, I would like to use the Informix ontape utility for both Level 0 backup/restore and transaction log backup/restore. Instead of using an external tape device, I would like to back it up to disk (files). Currently we are running IDS 7.31 on Sun Solaris 9 servers. To …
Re: Senior Oracle DBA now Learning Informix by Request
Tambi Dude wrote: > "DA Morgan" <damorgan@psoug.org> wrote in message > news:1166401364.229016@bubbleator.drizzle.com... >> Tambi Dude wrote: >>> "DA Morgan" <damorgan@psoug.org> wrote in message >>> news:1166388023.574809@bubbleator.drizzle.com... >>>> How one defines quality is…
Informix produces error -1263 after system time is changed
Also I forgot to mention that the onconfig USEOSTIME is set to 1 (gets time from the host)…
Re: LRU_MAX_DIRTY / LRU_MIN_DIRTY Both equal to 1
> Remember that a checkpoint is activated by time , or when the > LRU_MAX_DIRTY is achieved. > The 9.4x version have decimal values for these parameters. > > Regards. Ferronato Ferronato AFAIR, LRU_MAX_DIRTY is set to reduce the amount of data to be written during checkpoin…
Re: infdump
couldn't we at least ask him for a tiny snippet of his online.log - maybe there's more wisdom in such file than you might imagine. Tip: set MSGPATH (in onconfig) to ... ... and don't forget to restart the engine ;-)…
HP-UX PA-RISC/Itanium
HP claims that HP-UX maintains high degree of compatibility between PA-RISC and Itanium based system. Here is the quote from document they published on their website (http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/tech/tech_TechDocumentDetailPage_IDX/1,1701,9928 ,00.html): "One of the design go…
Backup Of Specific Tables
Hello All, Wondering if there is a way to script a backup operation for specific tables as opposed to an entire database? Our scenario involves backups being written to a tape drive. We would wish to backup a couple of tables to tape and then restore if a job to update said ta…
Re: behaviour of ontape
Aleksander wrote: [...] > And more: > "(The time the backup started could reflect the last checkpoint before > the backup started.)" > > I don't get this one, what does this mean? It means that if your system had a checkpoint at 20:00, but nothing has changed since then when you…
HELP : All logical logs are FULL
Hi All Thanks for your response. I solved the "All logical logs are FULL" . I did the following : ShutdownServer : onmode -ky Change Onconfig : LTAPEDEV in the onconfig to /DEV/NULL Restart Server : oninit After RECOVERY : onmode -ky Change Onconfig : LTAPEDEV change…
Re: Performance tuning suggestions needed
On 1 Oct 2006 20:10:51 -0700, calyanram@hotmail.com wrote: >this my onconfig file. > ...onconfig file snipped... Please give us a bit more information. Hardware specs (number of CPUs, memory, OS. etc.) would be good . . . JWC…
SHMADD and EXTSHMADD
Hi, What is the difference between SHMADD and EXTSHMADD? We know the meaning of the SHMADD onconfig parameter. Thanks, Khaled Bentebal ConsultiX Email: khaled.bentebal@consult-ix.fr…
What backup runs on-bar on Informix 10.0?
We are upgrading to Informix 10.0 using on-bar. Could anyone recommend a backup storage vendor/product that will support Informix 10.0? Frank Lai…
License Extension
Help.. I need a license extension for the IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC3R1TL which I downloaded to do a evaluation. How can I get the license extened..my project is in the final stages .. Dhaya Commercial bank…
Onbar problem
Hi, The same manual, edition for IDS 10 (December 2004) says in addition: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... Consider leaving these parameter values blank when you use ON?Bar because the storage manager sets these v…
DBSPACETEMP
Hello All, Just a quick question for you to ponder. Is it possible to include random dbscpaces in the DBSPACETEMP parameter with the onconfig file to prevent space problems in the temp dbspace when creating indexes etc. on very large tables?…
Re: Security Vulnerabilities Addressed in Informix Dynamic Server
Clive Eisen wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > Yes the buffer overflow issues are a pain and frankly they shouldn't occur > > if IBM did formal code reviews. Or rather they should be caught and > > corrected prior to release. > > > > "Paul Watson" <paul@oninit.com> wrote in m…
Security Vulnerabilities Addressed in Informix Dynamic Server
Not sure if this has posted here or not but .... http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=630&context=SSGU8G&dc=D600&u id=swg21242921&loc=en_US&cs=UTF-8&lang=en Cheers Paul Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 Web: www.oninit.com GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THER…
Re: ONCONFIG and AIX
Hi, I would enable KAIO, too. Apart from KAIO the B-Tree Scanner usually benefits from some configuration: >From my experience increasing threshold (default: 500) reduces I/O significantly, enabling range scans (rangesize=500), too. BTSCANNER num=1,prio=low,threshold=50…
RE: ONCONFIG and AIX
> -----Original Message----- > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- > bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of tomcaml@yahoo.com > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 12:57 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: ONCONFIG and AIX > > Hello All, > > I am looking for feed…
ONCONFIG and AIX
Hello All, I am looking for feedback, comments, etc. We are currently on IDS 10.FC4 on HP-UX 11 - migrating to IDS 10.FC5 on AIX on an LPAR partition on the i595 I have gotten this message in the log while performing some loads/alter tables/indexes, etc in development phase.…
Parametro TXTIMEOUT
Hola, quisiera saber si alguno de ustedes me puede informar que quiere decir el parametro del onconfig TXTIMEOUT 0x12c, a cuantos segundos se refiere. Gracias de antemano. Salu2...…
checkpoint problem
I am runnind IDS 7.31 on HPUX 11 and my check points a taking too long. What do I need to change. 12:03:10 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 21 seconds. 12:09:48 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 34 seconds. 12:16:27 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 36 seconds. 12:23:0…
Reducing checkpoints
Hi,i have a database with 80gigabytes of data with 360users and up to 400 when at peak.I use IDS 7.31 running on HP-UX 11.0 and 8 Gig of memory.The checkpoints get to as high as 58sec at peak periods .Users often run out of connections into informix.How can i reduce these checkpo…
restoring just from logical log tape
When I run 'ontape -r', it asks me if I want to restore from an archive tape (an 8mm tape) after restoring from level0 backup (a DLT tape). Is there any way to just go straight to that 8mm tape for restore and bypass the hour I have to wait for the level0 restore to complete befo…
Re: Informix User Forum 2006 - Call For Presentations
Hamilton, Jerry wrote: > "At the Atlanta conference I did get talking to two ladies at the > bar..." > > I was only slightly offended by this... You rode to the bar with me and > three other blokes and before we knew it you ran off with a stiffy in > your pants. > Please do not…
Re: Upgrading to version 10 ontape question
"Table Level Restore (TLR) is based on a normal backup/archive. Normal backups/archives are platform dependent, therefore TLR also is platform dependent." That is not what John Miller III said to me at the Atlanta conference! Table level restore can restore to remote instances …
Re: Upgrading to version 10 ontape question
For a platform independent backup/restore use version 10 and table level restore to restore all tables from a level 0 archive. This is platform independent. Backup/restore will always be version dependent since each new version has more features. David.…
Initialising Informix
I am trying to initialize informix on a new server and I am getting this error. The server is HP UX 11.11 and Informix IDS 7.31 What could be the problem / This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible …
Informix Connection From WIN CE.NET Emulator?
How do I connect to informix dynamic server from WIN CE.NET Emulator? Is there a WIN CE informix driver?…
Re: Table Editor for Multiplatforms
Enhancements in Version 4.3 ..... also supports the Informix Dynamic Server 9.x. http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools/db2tools/db2te/…
HP Data Protector restore
Hello, How can I restore informix backup on other instance with Data Protect.…
Can't INSERT blob into specific blob space using JDBC
I tried an example with 3.00.JC3 and it works fine without having a default SBSPACENAME in the onconfig file. VG.…
Fragmentation Elimination Problem
I am on version IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC4.…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Ronald Schwingel wrote: > Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) > Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use > before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide > documentation that I can pass on also? It looked to…
Restore Informix-Emc-Data Protector 5.1
Valeriano V.... wrote > I want to restore the logs until 13:45:00, with Omni Back > Data Protector v5.1 > > On the GUI of Omni Back Data Protector, I don´t see the > option for do this. > > What is the Unix intruction for do this ?? onbar -r -l -t <point_in_time> Read the Infor…
RE: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
First off you shouldn't be getting shared memory access errors. That sounds more like a bug that technical support should address. I wouldn't be surprised if your getting can't allocate additional shared memory segment messages. Informix 32-bit on AIX is a bitch. The problem …
Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide documentation that I can pass on also? We are looking at providing one of cust…
create a DB on Linux
Hi! I have installed Informix dynamic server on Linux. Now I want to create a data base. What should I do? Thanks…
Re: flagship sunk
Funny I have been able to download IDS 10 for Solaris, Windows and Linux am I just smarter than everyone else? www.informix.com Support and downloads In the middle trials and betas Oh look Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) V10.0 easy!…
Backup on inst1 and restore on inst2
Hi all, I have 2 instances IDS 10 (inst1 and inst2) on the same machine Windows 2003. The 2 instances have the same configuration, unless DBSERVERNAME and SERVERNUM and the same structure. I would like to know if is it possible to backup the datas of the inst1 and make a restore…
Re: How to get the Status history of the backups
Hi, as others have pointed out before, the sysutils database contains info about successful ON-Bar backups of dbspaces and logical log files. However, it generally does not have info on failed backup attempts, because upon failure ON-Bar does not insert data into sysutils databa…
Re: Validating the 'SBSPACENAME' sblobspace
"Is a command-line call significantly different from file system access?" Well for SQL yes. In sysmaster.sysconfig there is a cf_effective column. This is the value in use by the database server NOW, this does not have to match the ONCONFIG value. You can change the onconfig …
ids10.force to drop a chunk
Can't onspace bring the chunk back online? Use onspaces -s <spacename> -p <path> -o <offset> -O Otherwise restore from a backup.…
Re: IDS 10 - documentation questions
Oops! I mean IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.TC3ET Althought the release notes (idse_win_release_notes_10.0.html) start with:- "Release Notes for IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition for Windows Platforms 10.00.TC3E, 1 July 2005 " so it is TC3E or TCE3T? and …
Re: Sql to concatenate multiple rows to a single row / column
Thank you SaltTan - it works beautifully. BTW, we have IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC6.…
Free space...Clustered Data
Urich Ann wrote: > Do many companies use clustering indexes...via table data ordered by a > key (clustered)? > > Is there a performance boost in Informix when the data is clustered -- > and then retrieved via cluster sequence? The performance benefit is marginal - and debatable.…
v 9 stopping
search for a dir called informix (assume you installed it there) in there you should have a subdir called etc in there you should find a file called onconfig.<informixserver> search for MSGPATH which has the name of your logfile Superboer.…
Re: External backup/restore - an idea - comments please
Thanks Martin for these links. Extremely valuable information on EBR those who are reviewing their backup & restore process. Hari…
Copy more than one instance on a single tape in Informix IDS 7.31
Hi. I would like to knwo whether is it possible or not to backup more than one instance in Informix IDS 7.31 on a single tape for later restore all of them. I tried it but after each backup the tape is automatically rewinded and so the other backup superposes the first one. The …
Re: IDS 10 erratic run times
"Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message news:3pliprFb403pU1@individual.net... > IDS 10.0FC3 on Solaris 2.9 > >>> This is a brand new server which we are preparing to migrate a v9 system >>> to. > Over the past few weeks I have run multiple dbimports from more-or-le…
Redirected restore failure
>From the backup and restore manual renaming chunks duing a restore..key considerations... "During a cold restore, ontape performs the following validations to rename chunks: 3. If renaming the primary root or mirror root chunk, it updates the ONCONFIG file parameters ROOTPATH…
Re: IDS 10 disk configuration
At checkpoint time chunks are assigned round robin to page cleaners for cleaning. ONE CHUNK WILL ONE GET ONE PAGE CLEANERS FLUSHING IT'S WRITES AT CHECKPOINT TIME. We had a 60Gb chunk and someone was loading lots of data into it. 5 minute checkpoint interval and checkpoints up…
hyperthreading and onconfig parameters
We are upgrading our database servers to HP ProLiant DL380 G4 two-way systems. This platform supports enabling or disabling "hyperthreading". (See, for example, http://sysadminforum.com/t36970.html.) With hyperthreading enabled, the OS (Solaris 9, x86) sees 2 logical processors …
New IDS Forum on IBM Developerworks website
This forum provides a place for Informix Dynamic Server developers and users to share their questions, thoughts, and ideas with others. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_forum.jsp?forum=548&cat=19…
RE: recording ONCONFIG changes
Tripwire or AIDE would do the trick too. -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Leffler Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 2:16 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: recording ONCONFIG changes mw…
Re: recording ONCONFIG changes
mweallans@panacea.co.uk wrote: > Scanning the old messages I came across a "suspicion" from Neil Truby > that IDS 9.2 was't recording all changes to ONCONFIG in the message > log. > I've recently spent many days trying to find why a problem had recurred > and eventually I discove…
recording ONCONFIG changes
Scanning the old messages I came across a "suspicion" from Neil Truby that IDS 9.2 was't recording all changes to ONCONFIG in the message log. I've recently spent many days trying to find why a problem had recurred and eventually I discovered that it was because a previous change…
Re: ONCONFIG - comments
Juan Pablo wrote: My comments below: > Hi: > Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this group. > I wanted to offer my config for comments. > thanks > ============================================================ > Hola: > Muchas gracias por el tiem…
Re: ONCONFIG - comments
"Juan Pablo" <in4mixperu@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1120173312.07d6de6c2486de67e3cad47cd40e6341@teranews... > > Hi: > Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this > group. > I wanted to offer my config for comments. > thanks > ====================…
Re: ONCONFIG - comments
Juan Pablo said: > > Hi: > Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this > group. > I wanted to offer my config for comments. > thanks > ============================================================ > Hola: > Muchas gracias por el tiempo y su ayuda. Est…
ONCONFIG - comments
Hi: Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this group. I wanted to offer my config for comments. thanks ============================================================ Hola: Muchas gracias por el tiempo y su ayuda. Estoy dejando mi archivo ONCONFIG para pode…
ONCONFIG - comments
Hi: Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this group. I wanted to offer my config for comments. thanks ============================================================ Hola: Muchas gracias por el tiempo y su ayuda. Estoy dejando mi archivo ONCONFIG para…
Re: IDS 10 Express Edition
Note 10.00.xC3 = Enterprise Version 10.00.xC3E = Express Edition http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.relnotes.doc/uc3E/idse_win_release_notes_10.0.html Then click on "IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition" in the right pane:…
Re: Update Statistics
The order I run update statistics is 1) MEDIUM DISTRIBUTIONS ONLY, 2) HIGH for first column in an index, 3) LOW for all other columns in an index, 4) UPDATE STATISTICS FOR PROCEDURE <procname> Is this still the recommended order? Regards Colin >From: "Andrew Ford" <andrewfor…
Re: Update Statistics
Yeah. I've got all of that. But is it true that running update statistics high (or medium) without the 'distributions only' clause does the work of low (building statistics) plus some extra stuff (building distributions). I've been putting a lot of work and thought into optimi…
RE: Update Statistics
Update statistics low doesn't build distributions, the way high does. It compiles information about the structure of the indices (depth, leaf nodes, clustered-ness, second-highest and second-lowest values, etc), and places them in systables, sysindexes (or sysindices, in IDS 9.4.…
Re: XPS
"Mark Townsend" <markbtownsend@comcast.net> wrote > Oracle was using three pricing metrics in those days - unlimited user > pricing based on the MHz of the CPUs, named users and concurrent user. > > In 2000 the unlimited user pricing for Oracle Standard Edititon was $15 > per MH…
ISAM error: illegal argument to ISAM function
A couple questions. How do you restore a dbspace from a point in time? I use onbar. Since it is no longer there & I took another backup since I dropped it, I can't just use onbar -r. I've tried restoring the entire instance from the backup but then I get error messages. Shou…
setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux error
I setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux execcute oninit -ivy is failed the online.log is write /// 16:31:32 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment (size 8192KB) 16:31:32 Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 Software Serial Number AA…
ONCONFIG comments
Hi: Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this group. I wanted to offer my config for comments. thanks ============================================================ Hola: Muchas gracias por el tiempo y su ayuda. Estoy dejando mi archivo ONCONFIG para pod…
ONCONFIG comments
Hi: Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this group. I wanted to offer my config for comments. thanks ============================================================ Hola: Muchas gracias por el tiempo y su ayuda. Estoy dejando mi archivo ONCONFIG par…
checkpoint
Hi there, I try to run a sql query statement in background, but seems the thread dead or gone without any error. I know the query will return some data, but when I check, there is no data been generated. I check the online log, and find out that there is a checkpoint when I run …
RE: on bar procedure
Hi, only so-called "whole system backups" (done with "onbar -b -w ...") can be restored to a consistent system without logical log restore. Please read the "Backup and Restore Guide" manual for more information on the requirements and consequences of this. Normal ON-Bar backups…
RE: on bar procedure
In addition to what others have said, you may need your "emergency boot" file so onbar knows what volumes to ask from the volume manager. Hence your unix (assumption) backup should be after your informix archive. I presume whatever storage manager you use is retrievable or on a…
RE: on bar procedure
Additionally, if by any chance you find that the latest level 0 is unreadable you might need to go back more than 24 hours. So make sure that your log backup is getting backed up by OS backup as well, especially if you allow idiots to do sysadmin functions. Regards Malcolm --…
RE: on bar procedure
Yes, but you will not be able to roll forward you logs to reach the point of failure, therefore you risk losing up to 24 hours worth of processing. All well and good if you can afford this, however if not either make the directory and its contents bullet proof, or backup the logs…
on bar procedure
Hi all Just a quick question. My on bar procedure is to backup logs to the hardrive and do a level 0 to tape at night. If I loose the harddrive log backup (some idiot deletes the directory) can I still restore from the level 0. thanks…
RE: New installation
Yes I agree with Brian, you put something in the onconfig that required 161MB but you have defined the root dbs size 60MB that is not enought to cover all the requests. Check the PHYSFILE, LOGFILES LOGSIZE in the ONCONFIG file. If you need more help give us the full ONCONFIG. b…
Help with ONCONFIG needed
Having a problem with a client connection to an informix database. The server has two databases, db1 and db2. Each database has a separate ONCONFIG file which lists the different db names in them. ONCONFIG_db1 includes db1,but not db2 in the DBSERVERNAME/DBSERVERALIAS …
Re: Need help!! Sql to Informix Migration
And what about the checkpoint, LRU_MAX_DIRTY and LRU_MIN_DIRTY…
Re: Need help!! Sql to Informix Migration
And what about the checkpoint, LRU_MAX_DIRTY and LRU_MIN_DIRTY…
Re: Informix Parallel Backup Question
Hi, a couple of things got confused. I try to clarify: a) - ON-Bar does support parallel backups and restores. The onconfig file parameter to configure this is BAR_MAX_BACKUP . - having set BAR_MAX_BACKUP to 1 will in fact make ON-Bar operate serially. - recommend…
Re: Informix Parallel Backup Question
Hi, a couple of things got confused. I try to clarify: a) - ON-Bar does support parallel backups and restores. The onconfig file parameter to configure this is BAR_MAX_BACKUP . - having set BAR_MAX_BACKUP to 1 will in fact make ON-Bar operate serially. - recommend…
Informix Dynamic Server information Centre
Great new utility just posted under IDS 10 on the docs site has uses for other products and versions than just IDS 10 so take a look even if you are not using 10 yet!! http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp…
The onconfig FILLFACTOR
My day for asking questions ... but that is how one gains knowledge :) The lead DBA for the company for which I am now working for as a consultant wants to establish an initial FILLFACTOR of 100 for those indices that represent a serial column. Since none of the tables having a…
Cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG.
im trying to run the oninit -i in the command prompt when the message appear... we installed... IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.40 IBM INFORMIX-4GL Rapid Development System Version 7.32.UC2 IBM INFORMIX-4GL Version 7.32.UC2 set up sqlhosts, services, onconfig, path... but when tr…
Re: serial and sequential scan
superboer7@planet.nl (superboer) wrote in message news:<bb790a36.0502160532.2c2ac371@posting.google.com>... > where is OPTCOMPIND set to???? if 2 then set it to 0 > > or > > export OPTCOMPIND=0 > > start dbaccess with your problem qry. > > Superboer. > > > > "Bill Dare" <dareb@je…
ontape -r failed.
9.21 restores restore on 9.21 9.40 restores restore on 9.40 9.21 restores do not restore on 9.40 restore on 9.21 and then upgrade or dbexport on 9.21 and dbimport on 9.40 F. David wrote: > Hello, > I need help in restoring between different Versions of Informix. > We updated…
Re: serial and sequential scan
hajek@nspuh.cz wrote: UPDATE STATISTICS MEDIUM FOR TABLE... Is insufficient. Unlike HIGH and LOW, MEDIUM does NOT update the systables, syscolumns, and sysindexes records. It is the information in the latter that IDS uses to determine the cost of using a particular index. I …
Restoring a level-1 backup at a later date?
Actually, I buggered up the timing calculations <fx:chagrin>. What I meant is that if we do a level-0 on the Friday night after the last user logs off then restore this to the new box this means the users are off for 7 hours for the backup and then 12 hours for the restore to the…
Question on Checkpoints
After a checkpoint, how many "buffers not flushed" is considered acceptable? Let's say the typical check point (every 15 minutes) looks like this: 10:30:40 Maximum server connections 296 10:45:40 Fuzzy Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds, 179 buffers not flushed,…
on-Bar & ISM
I have successfully set up On-Bar & ISM on my brand new test server. I am now experiencing problems migrating my development server from On-Archive to On-Bar; As far as I can see both machines are configured the same. I was previously getting the following error in the bar_act.l…
On-Bar & ISM
I have successfully set up On-Bar & ISM on my brand new test server. I am now experiencing problems migrating my development server from On-Archive to On-Bar; As far as I can see both machines are configured the same. I was previously getting the following error in the bar_act.l…
Do foreign keys have to reference primary keys
I have a foreign key question. The manual and I are having a disagreement. THis is IDS 9.3 create table cow foo char (5), bar char (10), bas char (11), woot char (4), primary key (foo, bar, bas) create unique index on cow(foo,bar); Can I do this? create table chicken foo ch…
long checkpoints in 9.40.fc4
We have converted to the following: hpux-11i (64 bit) 4 proc 8 gig ram IDS 9.40.FC4 HP SAN Cooked files This same system ran on a 7.31 database on Solaris (intel)(2 procs) just fine 0-3 second checkpoints. Anybody have any ideas on what I can check/do to fix this. Stephen Scott…
Checkpoint altos
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C4D98B.DA5D84E0 Content-Type: text/plain DATOS ===== IDS: Informix 7.31 FD8 Sistema Operativo: HP-UX 11.11 ( 64 bits…
Restore from Level 0 Backup
With ontape, yes; with onbar, yes if you did a whole system backup, no if you used a parallel backup strategy. Take care. Clifton pamadeo@cespi.unlp.edu.ar wrote: Hi, in IDS9.21, is possible restore from backup without restore logs. When recovery starting, the process ask you …
ISM installation
Hi All, I will use ON-Bar backup on Informix 9.3 ( now we use ontape). How can I specify the location of the XBSA Library ? I don't find the library file, where can I find it ? Thanks David…
chunk capacity
we are using BM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC2X3 on Linux Kernel 2.4.21 the command 'onstat -d' shows ... Expanded chunk capacity mode: disabled how can I change this mode to 'enabled'?…
long checkpoints
Hi all, the performance on one of our Customer's production databases has decreased dramatically in the last couple of weeks. Checkpoints seem to be taking over a minute to complete. Running IDS 9.21 UC6 (which I know is no longer supported but unfortunately as it is out there i…
HELP - RESTORE A TABLE
Can one table be restored from a backup created with ontape -L 0 (On version 7.31UD)?…
onbar -r -t "..." -p -w, recovery not successful
what is LTAPEDEV set to? "James Zheng" <james.zheng@gmail.com> wrote in message news:7d321437.0409011012.5f59cb7a@posting.google.com... > Database was backup in "onbar -b -w", but when perform point in time > restore, say if pick a time in between two full backups, only rootdbs …
ontape forma
Hello list. Does anybody know the format of an "ontape" backup? Can it be copied to another media and still be used for a restore? To be precise: we have an ontape backup on DDS3 format but we need DDS2 . Thanks Henk sending to informix-list…
IDS V7.30 and Windows 2000
Can Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.TC6 be run on a Windows 2000 host system? TIA Erwin…
Query on informix backup strategy
It depends what type of backup you are doing. With level-0 backup, there should be any problem. In case of incremental backup, it is recommended not to mix onbar and ontape. There may not be any issue with incremental backup too. But you cannot mix level-0 backup from one backup …
Re: Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Art S. Kagel wrote: > On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 05:05:41 -0400, madiego wrote: >>I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : >> >>This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix >>Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do…
ONBar Restores and Tivoli Storage Manager
I am having problems with restores from ONBar via Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM). I can perform backups that complete fine according to the logs, and the verification using "onbar -v" reports successful with no errors. However when I go to attempt a restore, I get one of two situa…
Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y Checking group membership to determine ser…
RE: parametros ONCONFIG
Los parametros del ONCONFIG que tienes que setear para inicializar tu instancia como MINIMO son: ROOTPATH Path completo del chunk creado para almacenar el root Dbspace ROOTSIZE Tama�o del chunk en Kbytes (Ejemplo: 2048000 # 2Gb) DBSERVERNAME Nombre l�gico del server.(Eje…
parametros ONCONFIG
Me podrian ayudar con los parametros del ONCONFIG. No las tengo muy clara cada parametro, por lo que la misma me trae problemas para el momento que quiero OPTIMIZAR el servidor de bases de datos. Si alguien me puede ayudar a conocer mejor cada uno de estos parametros .... les agr…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
I am experiencing similar problems with users migrating from Standard Engine to IDS 9.30. It appears that some applications are more susceptible than others. What application(s) are you running? We also have experience of adding more BUFFERS, LOCKS, etc and not improving the sit…
RE: Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
Muthana Increase BUFFERS in onconfig file. UPDATE STATISTICS for each table (as a minimum) rerun the query and see what improvements you get. If you still have problems post the results of:- onstat -p onstat -m onstat -R and sqexplain.out of any particularly slow query or updat…
Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
Dear Sir, The question how can make DB Tuning for Informix Dynamic Server version 9:30 to get the query faster. I used IDS 9:30 and it's not quick enough like our old Standard Engine. which Parameter can i change to make that or what shall i do? Regards Muthana AL-Temimi…
Can IDS accessing Informix SE Tables.
Hello, Now we are using Informix SE. We are planning to go Infomix Dynamic Server 9.x. Before migrating our current applications to IDS 9.x., first we have to develop a new application in IDS 9.x, in that we need to use some of the tables from informx SE. Could you please answer…
onconfig for analisis
Hi, I post the onconfig file for its analisis: Operating System: SuSE 9.0 RAM: 1024 Mb Informix version: 9.40 UC2 All chunks are raw devices. Thanks. #************************************************************************** # # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC. # # Title: onconfig…
Hanging checkpoint
Recently we had an issue where a checkpoint was hanging and preventing users from logging on and running any type of query on the machine. I had to shutdown the Informix server and start it back up again to get it to a useable state. Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent s…
Re: Views question?
Comments in-line. rkusenet wrote: > "Mark Townsend" <markbtownsend@comcast.net> wrote > >>Hey - I'm the bug, fat buzztard. Anyhow, still no winner. I believe both >>of these do have Alter Table Drop Column. So who could it be ? Lets >>think about this for awhile. Are we all thi…
ONCONFIG for 9.40 offered for comment
9.40 FC3W2 on HP-UX 11.11 The server has 6 cpus and 6G of RAM. 3 other, small, IDS 9.40 instances run on the server, and one small 7.31. kaio is enabled. Just put 9.40 live, and it's running about 5-10% more slowly on some key processes. This reflects what happened in testing. …
Re: OnConfig parameters tuning
Laverio wrote: > Hi guys, I'm trying to speed up an IDS 9.30 on a Sun 7.5 system w/ > 2Gb ram and 4 processors that seems very slow on a large sequential > write (I suppose that the problem resides in the dbspaces on > filesystem...). Any suggestion? The following is my standard…
Re: OnConfig parameters tuning
"Laverio" <laverioNO@z-1000.net> wrote in message news:cac7sg$e8v$1@newsreader.mailgate.org... > Hi guys, I'm trying to speed up an IDS 9.30 on a Sun 7.5 system w/ 2Gb ram > and 4 processors that seems very slow on a large sequential write (I suppose > that the problem resides in…
Re: OnConfig parameters tuning
Laverio wrote: > Hi guys, I'm trying to speed up an IDS 9.30 on a Sun 7.5 system w/ 2Gb ram > and 4 processors that seems very slow on a large sequential write (I suppose > that the problem resides in the dbspaces on filesystem...). Any suggestion? > > My onconfig it's set as fol…
OnConfig parameters tuning
Hi guys, I'm trying to speed up an IDS 9.30 on a Sun 7.5 system w/ 2Gb ram and 4 processors that seems very slow on a large sequential write (I suppose that the problem resides in the dbspaces on filesystem...). Any suggestion? My onconfig it's set as follow: # System Configura…
Long checkpoints
Hi, all. Environment: IDS 9.21, HP UX 11, OLTP application. Informix stores data on raw devices on disk array. Unfortunatley, this array is used by other applications also. Guess, this is reason, why sometimes checkpoint time jumps to 20 seconds, which is not acceptable. Below…
Database Restore Error
Dear All, I was restoring an ontape backup of 7.31 ver and got the following errors. 1) In online.log file Aborting physical restore of ROOT DBSpace Aborted by client. Informix Dynamic Server Stopped. 2) On the Console: physical restore failed function archive backup failed c…
Extremly long checkpoints: How to find the reason and solve the problem (7.31 FD3)
Hello, we have some serious problems with extremly long checkpoints. Interactive users can�t really work. 09:01:15 Logical Log 28452 Complete 09:01:16 Logical Log 28452 - Backup Started 09:01:36 Logical Log 28452 - Backup Completed 09:30:28 Checkpoint Completed: duration…
Howto for Onconfig
Hi everyone, This is probably a question which has been asked often. But I could not find proper documentation on how to calculate and set correct parameters for Onconfig. I understand this is a complex question. But are there any articles on this ? Maybe they covered the topic …
Dose anybody have the dbtop script in the Troubleshooting informix course?
Dears, I study the Troubleshooting ibm informix dynamic server course. At the module 4 exercise need the dbtop script. Dose anybody has this dbtop script and post for me? Thanks. Philip Yeh.…
Work group edition - Unlimited edition??
Taken from IBM web site:- =========================================================================== The following Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup Unlimited editions have been added to the IBM Data Management Gold Transaction Processing Bundle for SMB Unlimited: IBM Informix…
Re: An interesting meeting with IBM
"Andy Kent" <andykent.bristol1095@virgin.net> wrote in message news:ac5fb36.0404080205.28a8b515@posting.google.com... > Data, > > Yes, I've worked with Oracle. > > Not sure why you ask. > I needed to get answers first before proceeding. Most of the time when people say they will…
Re: [Informix Dynamic Server (IDS):] Digest 2671
For a course in the US, check out: http://www-306.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss?pageType=course_description&co urseCode=L1760&country=us&language=en (IBM course L1760). There is probably a similar course offered in Europe somewhere. Hope this helps. Kevin Doiron Toronto,…
On-Bar - OmniBack II - Restore
Hola a todos, Necesito restaurar 2 dbspace's completos de una instancia ubicada en un servidor a otra instancia ubicada en otro servidor , los 2 servidores están con sistema operativo HP UX 11i, y estoy utilizando On-Bar con librerías HP OmniBack II, cuales son los pasos que deb…
SHARED MEMORY LIMIT
Is posible to use with informix of 32 bits more than 2GB of shared memory in a Linux Machine? The base address in onconfig is: SHMBASE 0x41000000 Thanks in advance,…
Re: Transaction support in informix dynamic server(IDS)
chaithra wrote: > i wanted to know, if in IDS we can get to know the status of a > transaction at any given time. or once any transaction commits or > rollsback we should be able to know the status. > is it possible through c++ interface provided by the IDS. I'm not quite s…
Transaction support in informix dynamic server(IDS)
hi all, i wanted to know, if in IDS we can get to know the status of a transaction at any given time. or once any transaction commits or rollsback we should be able to know the status. is it possible through c++ interface provided by the IDS. thanx in advace chaithra…
missing checkpoints
Hello Gurus, Does anybody know why a 9.21 ids engine would not do a checkpoint for at least 30 minutes. all previous checkpoint took 0 seconds and all subsequent checkpoints also took 0 seconds. The application process died or rather the application connection to the database d…
ISM on Aix
I am currently using TSM and a 3583 library to backup informix using onbar - I am trying to somplify the situation and am going to use ISM and backup to file space on a local SSA array and clone my backups to tape during the day onto an external 3580 LTO2 drive. Another setup I h…
configure computer for using informix
what shell I do to make my computer work with informix. I have installed winXP on my computer, informix 4 i informix dynamic server? THANKS…
All of a sudden long checkpoint started
Can someone give any pointers what to look for and where to look for long checkpoint duration? Actually we have two production servers and past week all of a sudden there is an increase in checkpoint duration on both the servers simultaneously. Not sure what is going on and wha…
All of a sudden long checkpoints started
Can someone give any pointers what to look for and where to look for long checkpoint duration? Actually we have two production servers and past week all of a sudden there is an increase in checkpoint duration on both the servers simultaneously. Not sure what is going on and wha…
Where can I get the client API?
Hi, does anyone knows where to get the client API for Informix Dynamic Server 7.x? Perhaps we want to access the server via api directly. Kind regards, Joachim Engel.…
Re: Anyone seen this behaviour before ?
TBP <TheBIgPotatoe@Nospam.Nothere.Co.Uk> wrote in message news:<brn87n$vi0$1@sp15en20.hursley.ibm.com>... > mad_villan wrote: > > I have a HDR pair which were working fine up until lately. The primary > > runs in a veritas clustered environment - secondary is standalone. > > Conf…
Anyone seen this behaviour before ?
I have a HDR pair which were working fine up until lately. The primary runs in a veritas clustered environment - secondary is standalone. Configuration is fine. However, when i recently failed over to the second node in the cluster the instance came up cleanly BUT there was a con…
Informix optimizer
Hi, Does anyone know if the Informix Dynamic Server (7.31 or 9.4) database optimizer uses star schema optimizer techniques? Thank you, Tony…
Changing database local / dbexport tapesize
Hi, Did you change TAPESIZE on your onconfig file? That could be the restriction! REGARDS…
TRUNCATE TABLE command in 9.3?
I am aware that Informix Dynamic Server previously has not included the TRUNCATE TABLE command. Does anyone know if 9.3 or 9.4 include this command?…
IDS 7.31FC1 restore problem
I am having a problem restoring level 0 dbspace backups . the restore starts and root dbspace gets restored but the system then appear to hangs while waiting for a checkpoint. please help…
script to predict checkpoint
Hi, I have a script in perl which can accurately predict when the next checkpoint is due (upto 5 seconds off) and issue onmode -B just before the checkpoint is due. This way, when Informix enters critical stage of checkpoint, it will find lot less dirty buffers and block the ser…
Linux fgl_getenv
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.30.UC3 on Linux. Do I have to do something before I can use the fgl_getenv call in a stored procedure? When I try I get 674: Routine (fgl_getenv) can not be resolved.…
oncheck -me Feature Request
OK, I've collected the comments of the discussion on oncheck -me, and my own correspondence with contact, and these are the results of my investigations: 1- oncheck -me was never intended for general release 2- it was not completed internally and is not completely safe, meaning…
Onbar
Is it suggested to use ISM bundled with the IDS installation to perform on-bar backups?…
ON-Bar archive system
Hi I am trying to set up the ON-Bar archive backup system on a Sun = Solaris 2.5 machine (Y2K patch) with the standard ISM storage manager = that comes with IDS 7.31 UD3-1. Is there anybody who can give me some helpful advice on how to set this = up? I think I have set up all o…
Re: onconfig and sqlhosts
Hi Thomas. Administrator's Guide for Informix Dynamic Server, Version 7.3 http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/pubs/library/ids_73.html HTH. -- Tsutomu Ogiwara from Tokyo Japan. ICQ#:168106592 >From: Thomas Ronayne <trona@ameritech.net> >Reply-To: Thomas Ronayne <trona…
onconfig and sqlhosts
I've managed to blow away my installed Informix system and cannot for the life of me find the notes I had about onconfig and sqlhosts. It's version 7.30.UC5 running on Slackware 9.0 -- can someone point me at the right document in Answers for the appropriate settings? Thanks.…
Backup/Restore
Hi brothers, here are some corrections 1)Create a pipe at any FS, say mknod /foo/bar p (the "p" at the end for a pipe special file) 2)Set TAPEDEV to /foo/bar in onconfig file (Must be the TAPEDEV backup device) 3) Creat a backup script ontape -s -L 0 <<EOF 1>/tmp/log 2>&1 & (a…
Fuzzy Checkpoint
Does anyone know what the environment variable is and what it should be set to in order to stop fuzzy checkpoints and keep the normal full checkpoint? I heard the variable was NOFUZZYCKPT but am not sure what to set it to. Joel Reece…
Uninstall Veritas
It has been a while since I have touched Informix. Does anyone have any experience in uninstalling Veritas from IDS and going back to just On-Bar? Any table, database, configuration issues? Thanks Frank Frank Catrine frank-c@earthlink.net sending to informix-list…
Log Backups - Error 142 problem
> The 142 onbar error means: > > #define BAR_FILE_OPEN 0x8e /* (142) open() failed, usually fatal */ > > (you should be able to find a web page with all onbar errors by googling a bit... I've posted it here sometime ago, but I don't have the bookmark with me) Or you…
hdr hang
Hello, ids 9.30uc1 on unixware 7.x. hdr seems to be hang when checkpoint increase on my secondary server (>200). I increase drtimeout on primary to the maximum checkpoint value. It doesn't solve the problem. hdr need to be stop an restart frequently. Any possible tuning and moni…
Re: Onconfig file parameters
Sometimes even the ontape parameters (TAPEDEV, LTAPEDEV, TAPESIZE, etc.) are not dynamic. What you can do is change a parameter in the onconfig file and then dump out the reserve page that holds the onconfig parameters with: oncheck -pP 1 1 Hope this suggestion helps. Brice Av…
Can you back up a database using ontape ?
Is it possible to backup just a database as opposed to backing up dbspaces ? I want to only backup a database and restore it on another box. Is that even possible ?…
onbar error on openserver 5.05
when I backup small data ,backup and restore all are normal.…
RE: Dynamic Server versus Universal Server ??
Originally, Version 7.x was called 'Informix Dynamic Server', Version 9.0x was called 'Universal server' Starting with 9.1, Universal server became 'Dynamic server with Universal data option'. With 9.2, new names 'Internet Foundation 2000 ' and 'Dynamic server 2000' ware given…
Informix Dynamic Server 2000 startup problem
Hi, While starting up informix in multi user mode , we wait for the database to come up by checking the onstat - o/p . But if the system is loaded, even after onstat shows status as online , the connection is rejected by the database . The wait loop that we do is as follow…
RE: HPL Unloading error [1467]
Here's my onconfig file SHMVIRTSIZE 147456 SHMADD 8192 SHMTOTAL 0…
fuzzy checkpoint
I want to use the fully checkpoint instead fuzzy checkpoint when a checkpoint occur, How can I do? thanks -- Posted via http://dbforums.com…
why I can't see the output of "onstat -g wts"
test:/informix>onstat -g wst Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Version 9.21.FC7 -- On-Line -- Up 5 days 13:23:03 -- 11132960 Kbytes Wait statistics not enabled How to enable the wait statistics???…
informix SDK 2.81 ifxoledbc OLEDB and ADO
When Updating or deleting a non existing row in a table, the informix oledb provider produces an "UnSpecified error". Environment: Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 Informix SDK 2.81 ADO 2.6 Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance…
checkpoints
Hi, i am working with IDS9.30UC2 on solaris 8. I have to optimize checkpoints duration. What is the writing sequence during a checkpoint ? Does Informix write on disks sorted by chunk number or sorted by dbspace and chunk number ? i have to know that because i would like to p…
onconfig file
The system administrator at my current site thought he would be very clever and he linked the onconfig files to different directories using ln -s. We have now discovered that these links are being lost when we use onmonitor and replaced by a local file, but not when we use vi. I…
long checkpoints
hello all, we have recently experienced checkpoints that are lasting 20-30 seconds that were previously 5-8 seconds. I am looking at the CONFIG file to see if something could be improved. We are on HP-UNIX box (11.00)(2 proc box) with Informix 9.21 HC-5. BUFFERS 250000 …
ontape -r
Hi, I am trying to restore a 7.21 IDS DB on a DS10 box. The problem is that the database was first running on a DS20 dual-processor machine. Now I would like to restore the DB from a backup to the DS10 uniprocessor machine. While the restore begans (ontape -r) the machine stalls.…
Re: no checkpoint
Franklin Tang wrote: > Dear All, > I just want to know if I set the CKPTINTVL to 36000 which an hour, of > coz I have around 512 LRU to flush my buffer. Then what will be drawback for > my system. As has been pointed out, 36000 seconds is 10 hours. Why do you want to do thi…
Re: no checkpoint
rkusenet wrote: > "Franklin Tang" <franklin@macauslot.com> wrote in message news:badmbv$eqo1@ctmsun0.macau.ctm.net... > >>Dear All, >> I just want to know if I set the CKPTINTVL to 36000 which an hour, of > > > 36000 is ten hours, not 1 hr. > > >>LRUS 512 …
no checkpoint
Dear All, I just want to know if I set the CKPTINTVL to 36000 which an hour, of coz I have around 512 LRU to flush my buffer. Then what will be drawback for my system. Here is my onconfig SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a Dynamic Server i stance …
Performance & checkpoint
Hi All, My database has grown 3 times and the performance is degrading. During the business hours my checkpoint duration is between 1-8 seconds. About two months ago my checkpoint mostly is between 0-1 seconds. I included my onconfig file for you to review. If you have any sugges…
Re: checkpoint
rkusenet wrote: > "Franklin Tang" <franklin@macauslot.com> wrote : > >>Dear all, >> what is the impact to increase the CKPTINTVL value. Any side-effect??? >>If my system crash, do I lose more data because the buffer doesnt get fushed >>by the checkpoint action??? I know the LR…
Re: checkpoint
rkusenet wrote: > "Franklin Tang" <franklin@macauslot.com> wrote : > >>Dear all, >> what is the impact to increase the CKPTINTVL value. Any side-effect??? >>If my system crash, do I lose more data because the buffer doesnt get fushed >>by the checkpoint action??? I know the LR…
checkpoint
Dear all, what is the impact to increase the CKPTINTVL value. Any side-effect??? If my system crash, do I lose more data because the buffer doesnt get fushed by the checkpoint action??? I know the LRUs will fush when it reachs the LRU_MAX_DIRTY. Anyone can give me more clear …
Checkpoint duration too long at times
Environment: Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 UD2 R1 HP-UX 11.0 As you can see below 10:44:50 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds. 10:59:59 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds. 11:15:08 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds. 11:30:17 Checkpoint Completed:…
Checkpoint duration too long sometimes--no fixed pattern
Environment: Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 UD2 R1 HP-UX 11.0 As you can see below 10:44:50 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds. 10:59:59 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds. 11:15:08 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds. 11:30:17 Checkpoint Completed:…
RE:informix log backups
HI, =20 I have a particular question about transaction logs which get backed up using ontape. =20 I know that you can do a... =20 Physical backup & restore (which is a backup/restore of a dbspace(s) or blobspace(s) Logical backup & restore (which is a backup/restore of a l…
FW: ON-BAR
Make sure you understand "onbar" before you start testing - when can you do this, when can you do that - eg. physical and logical restores, how they work, etc. There is no easy way out. RTFM. -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.iiug.org [mailto:owner-info…
RE: ON-BAR
We use OmniBack with onbar. Few files that onbar uses and creates are: ixbar.<instance number> oncfg.<informixserver name> These are need for restores. sysutil database is created by onbar and records inserted. We have omniback schedule the backup's, but use onbar for the re…
ON-BAR
We are currently using ontape, and are planning to convert to ON-BAR. I am doing to RTFM work right now, but was wondering if there was anything else that any of you could add to make my experience less painful. We were going to use the ISM that comes for AIX, since we are using…
force engine to use indexes
Because your update statistics indicate that the data is highly unordered and will result in multiple hits for the same data page. Because of that, it is mathematically faster to do a sequential scan of the data pages and sort them than it is to hit the same data pages multiple …
HELP URGENT: Level 0 backup from system A (Solaris) to be restored to System B (SCO UNIX) - IS THIS POSSIBLE???!!!
Is there a way for a level-0 backup from a Solaris 2.5 Informix Online 7.x backup to be restored to an informix 7.0 instance running on SCO Openserver 3.0. We need to test the backup of System A to another place so we can perform some system upgrades confident that our backups a…
Re: Backup and restore tools
Sounds like a decidedly cheesy question ... Tham Huei Hwan wrote: > Hi all, > > Can someone give me advice on what are the pro & con of using On-bar or > On-archive to run a dairy backup and restore (when necessary) of very > huge and fragmented databases. > > Thank You…
Backup and restore tools
Hi all, Can someone give me advice on what are the pro & con of using On-bar or On-archive to run a dairy backup and restore (when necessary) of very huge and fragmented databases. Thank You…
What requires an IDS Linux?
Hello What requires an Informix Dynamic Server Linux a desktop and/or a network version of Linux? Thanks in advance Jacqueline Romero Miranda…
IDS 7.31.Txx Windows NT Alaramprogram
i have change the path in the onconfig-file and restart the server but the alarmprogram will not be start if a event (logs) a generated! thomas…
RE: What does it mean "Fuzzy Checkpoint"?
From: "Parker, Jack" <JParker@engage.com> > >This is the checkpoint standard that was promulgated by the GOP. It's how >you do checkpoints associated with fuzzy math. Yes, but do we have to live with repeated recounts of flushed buffers? _______________________________________…
What does it mean "Fuzzy Checkpoint"?
DH wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm moving from IDS 7.30 to IDS2000 and still learning with it. There is > some new term as "Fuzzy Checkpoint" in online.log that I don't see in IDS > 7.30 for example: > > 17:00:14 Fuzzy Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds, 77 buffers > not f…
Informix v Oracle
Hi Is there a function in Informix Dynamic Server 2000 that is like Oracles CREATE SEQUENCE that uses NEXTVAL/CURVAL and %ROWCOUNT, ect? Thanks for all contributions Jordan jbruce@asaglobalserv.com…
Which Informix software to restore a database?
Hi all, I'm using ontape command to do backup our Informix server everynight but the Informix's ontape command only allows to restore the whole Informix engine or dbspaces. I'm looking for Informix backup software which allows to restore a single database of Informix Server. T…
Stalled Checkpoint
Hi~ I have installed IDS 7.31.TC6 on Win NT 4.0 SP 5. This is my first time working with Informix on NT. I have used Informix on UNIX in the past. I successfully installed and initialized Informix. I am trying to force a checkpoint using 'onmode -c', but I get the following …
Avoiding rebuilding of indexes
<Jinu.Joseph@citicorp.com> > We operate on a database of size 22 GB. For operational efficiency and > speed it was suggested that the indexes be dropped and recreated on a > weekly basis. Now the problem is that this takes 7 hours, and we dont > have that much time. So there are …
during a checkpoint
I seem to read somewhere that queries are not blocked during a checkpoint. Is this correct ? If not, what operations are not blocked ? Thanks, Thanh Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.…
Backing Up IDS on NT using Veritas
I have IIF.2000 running on NT/Server 4.0. We will be using Veritas as our backup storage manager. Veritas has an agent that will work with ON-Bar for the Solaris environment, but not for NT ;-(. Veritas has a software bundle that allows you to back up "open files" on NT. I wou…
fuzzy checkpoint
What does "fuzzy checkpoint" means from online.log file ? always is "fuzzy" ? I have recently upgraded from 7.30 to 9.21 and it seems it records more info now Regards, Manel Falcó…
Checkpoint Blockage
Greetings, I am searching for suggestions on the best approach to find the resource(s) that are preventing a checkpoint from completing. Occasionally, our 7.31.FC7 instance will be blocked indefinitely during a checkpoint request. The most recent incident did have a thread /ses…
Retrieving product name
Hi all, Is their a system table somewhere on an informix server that stores the product name. For example 'Select owner from systables where tabname = � VERSION� will return the version of the server. I would like to be able to tell if a server is a Universal server or a Dynamic …
Re: ONCONFIG History
put it under source code control? SCCS and RCS are free tools and dont take too much resources. HTH Sujit testNews <mtabunda@amellar.com> on 10/04/2000 09:05:30 PM Please respond to testNews <mtabunda@amellar.com> To: informix-list@iiug.org cc: Subject: ONCONFIG History I…
RE: ONCONFIG History
Look at your online message log onstat -c |grep MSG -----Original Message----- From: testNews [mailto:mtabunda@amellar.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 9:06 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: ONCONFIG History Is there a way to know/track the changes made to ONCONFIG …
RE: ONCONFIG History
Changes are recorded in the message log at startup. Wayne E. Martin Informix Database Administrator Kmart Corp. -----Original Message----- From: testNews [mailto:mtabunda@amellar.com] Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 12:06 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: ONCONFIG History…
ONCONFIG History
Is there a way to know/track the changes made to ONCONFIG files?…
IDS 7.3x on Win2000?
Does Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3x runs on Windows 2000 (Professional)? Thanks for your help. Guy Dillen…
External restore plus ON-Bar Logical restore
Does anyone have experience of performing a physical restore, external to Informix, then using ON-Bar to perform the logical restore to bring the Instance current? Also can this be performes on a machine (identical configuration) other than the one from which the data was copied…
TBLSPACE_STATS
Hi, what is the meaning of TBLSPACE_STATS variable in onconfig file? thank in advance.…
ON-Bar Logical Logs to Disk
I am looking for any remarks, comments, how-to information on how to use ON-Bar with the logs going to disk (in case of a storage manager failure) and archives going to the storage manager. We are using 7.30, about to migrate to 7.31, Digital Unix.…
Archecker Tool
I am looking for any PowerPoint presentations, White Papers, Documentation on the Archecker tool, in conjunction with ON-Bar for Informix Versions 7.30 and 7.31. I have access to Microsoft Office 97. If you have or know where I can obtain any/all of the above, I would appreciat…
Remote ontape backup/restore
Does anybody know how I can do an ontape backup/restore using a tape drive on a remote server? Thanks in advance, John.…
Checkpoints
I have seen recommendations that setting LRU's 128 can, among other changes, help to reduce long checkpoints of 10, 15, 20 or more seconds. For the most part this recommendation seem to be for 7.3x versions of Informix. Is there a problem with using the same setting for 7.24 ver…
RE: Checkpoint
sorry for that...I have asked the mail server administrator to do something for me. Hopefully, this mail that you guys receive is in text format only. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. BTW, thanks for all the input from you guys. Regards, Jason -----Original Message----- Fro…
RE: Checkpoint
From: "Watson, Paul" <Paul.Watson@aggregate.com> > > > Jason , > > > > This is only a text group. PLEASE , PLEASE do not send > > MIME/HTML versions > > across. > > > > 3 reasons why I say this. > > > > 1. Because you duplicate the message > > 2. A number of people have already a…
RE: Checkpoint
Nah. I think I disagree with the last point. -----Original Message----- From: Obnoxio The Clown [mailto:obnoxio@hotmail.com] Sent: 29 August 2000 14:17 To: Paul.Watson@aggregate.com; informix-list@iiug.org Subject: RE: Checkpoint From: "Watson, Paul" <Paul.Watson@aggregate.com>…
RE: Checkpoint
> > Jason , > > > This is only a text group. PLEASE , PLEASE do not send > MIME/HTML versions > across. > > 3 reasons why I say this. > > 1. Because you duplicate the message > 2. A number of people have already asked you to stop posting > mail in MIME/HTML > format. > 3. The mos…
Re: Checkpoint
From: JasonYLPang@pg.SLR.com > >Why the checkpoint take longer time to complete? Is it something not right >at onconfig file??? Your ONCONFIG looks fine as far as checkpoints are concerned, I suspect the server was just very busy for some reason. You might want to set RESIDENT …
RE: Checkpoint
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01C011DA.D9F92360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit CheckpointJason The checkpoint duration is probably a result of the application. The checkpoint must wait u…
Checkpoint
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C01166.DFA6EBAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi all, Why the checkpoint take longer time to comple…
Re: NUMCPUVPS
mmmmm In addtion to what the others said.... Are you running KAIO? If you are do the following echo "_ncols/D"|adb -k /stand/vmunix /dev/kmem If this going up at all be worried, if it's going up real fast be very worried. It measures the number of collisions ie the number o…
long checkpoint
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_000_01C007B8.97F708A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I have just recently migrated from IDS 7.31.FC4XE to I…
Query Optimization: Wrong execution plan?
Xavi Tarafa Mercader wrote: > Any suggestion about how to improve the query performance? Set OPTCOMPIND parameter ( in onconfig file ) to 0. > Xavi. Leonid.…
Long interval without Checkpoint
My checkpoint is triggered each 300 seconds so how is possible this interval ? 18:42:00 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds. 19:12:00 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds. because there weren't any dirty pages ? (IDS 7.30) Thanks, Manel Falcó…
On-Bar to ADSM
Hi Guy s I'm an AIX bod so excuse my lack of knowlege on Linux. Has anyone out there managed to find the Tivoli Storage Manager ( ADSM ) libraries that allow Onbar to work on Linux yet. We have linux adsm client level 3.1.0.1 on what ADSM says is linux 2.2.14-5.0 Please copy …
Re: How to search for a string in a TEXT field
Hi, :-( SELECT name, REPLACE(text,"ZNOTREADY","found") AS your_output FROM tablewithtextfield; Blobs are not allowed in this expression. I use Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC2A…
i4gl & bar code 39
Hi, does somebody have i4gl code to print barcode 3 of 9 on a dot matrix printer? I translated some old BBX code to print those barcodes on a laserjet, but now my customer wants to print barcodes on the old Okidatas too, and I don't have neither the documentation nor some code t…
RE: Long Checkpoints, balancing network traffic across multiple Aliases
Let me answer my own question by saying that I beleive I am experiencing a problem with a session being stuck in a critical section causing a checkpoint to wait. Andrew -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Ford [SMTP:aford@simpletel.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 9:51…
RE: Long Checkpoints, balancing network traffic across multiple Aliases
Another problem that we are having is that every 12 hours or so we see a really long checkpoint. At first it was 25 seconds then 36 seconds, now we have a 41 second checkpoint. It's very strange, every thing seems to be humming along nicely, then BAM - a virtual slap in the fac…
RE: Bar Code input into SE SQL
Macris See below Chris. -----Original Message----- From: Spyros Macris [mailto:spyros@phillyc.com] Sent: 02 August 2000 12:12 To: informix-list Subject: Bar Code input into SE SQL My environment is Informix-SQL Version 7.20.UE2 and SE Version 7.24 UC8 Solaris Sparc 7 on an Ul…
RE: Bar Code input into SE SQL
>My environment is Informix-SQL Version 7.20.UE2 and SE Version 7.24 UC8 >Solaris Sparc 7 on an Ultra 10. > >I have 5 dumb terminals connected to the system. > >1) Would I have to use a PERFORM screen, dumb terminal, and a bar code >reader together to input data from a bar code i…
Re: Bar Code input into SE SQL
From: Spyros Macris <spyros@phillyc.com> > >My environment is Informix-SQL Version 7.20.UE2 and SE Version 7.24 UC8 >Solaris Sparc 7 on an Ultra 10. > >I have 5 dumb terminals connected to the system. > >1) Would I have to use a PERFORM screen, dumb terminal, and a bar code >read…
Bar Code input into SE SQL
My environment is Informix-SQL Version 7.20.UE2 and SE Version 7.24 UC8 Solaris Sparc 7 on an Ultra 10. I have 5 dumb terminals connected to the system. 1) Would I have to use a PERFORM screen, dumb terminal, and a bar code reader together to input data from a bar code into the…
Backup and Restore
Hi all, Does Informix support recovery of up to the last transaction? I was told Oracle did, ???, wanted to know if that was true and if so, does informix. Thanks in advance for the info. Marco Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.…
IDS 9.20 in a Clustered Environment
Hi All, Has anybody implemented or used IDS 9.20 in a clustered environment? I would particularly like information regarding its uses as a High-Availability and Scalability Solution. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, DOn…
On-Bar / Legato question
Hi all! I am trying to install the Legato module for Informix to work with On-Bar, and I have succesfully been able to backup and restore an instance. My next test is to backup an instance from one server, and restore it onto another instance. Can anyone point me to a step-by-…
ODBC connectivity with EDS
Hello Admins, I having a problem connecting to my EDS environement running in a clustered environment. I have SDK (2.40 TC1) in my windows NT workstations and when I do Ilogin demo and try to connect to the EDs database I get -952 error. I have a IDS 7.31 enviroment in the sa…
Backups
As far as I am aware, using BAR in IDS 7.3 the only option available from the system is to backup to a tape device. Is it possible to backup to a file on the local machine, and if so how? Regards, Kirk…
WSTATS and Performance
Hi, does anybody know the performance degradation by setting WSTATS 1 in the onconfig file? Is this 1%, 5% or 10% ??? TIA Ruediger Papke…
Checkpoint/LRU question
Hi, Does a checkpoint block the users sessions ? As well when buffers are flushed via MAX LRU ? Does A LRU-flush trigger an ordinary checkpoint or is it different ? and is it written on the online.log ? It seems that not ... I'm not sure ... Thanks in advance, Manel Falcó…
backup and restore
I create a demo datebase on dbspace1 and I backup the IDS with ontape -s and ontape -a then I drop the demo datebase when I restore with ontape -r -D dbspace1 online I find the dbspace1 is down but I can not online the dbspace1 with onspaces -s dbspace1 -p PATH -o offset -O sor…
Create user in Informix Dynamic Server
Hello all I`m new in INS. Could you help me? I have Database server with one user Informix. How to create another user to Database?…
Informix ODS on Win 2000?
Does Informix Dynamic Server V7.31.TC5 for Intel Pentium Windows NT 4 also run on Windows 2000? Thanks for any help. Guy Dillen ITP…
Re: IDS 9.2: ORDER BY UPPER(varchar)
Thomas Parsli <thomas.parsli@startsiden.no> writes: > Is it possible to sort by a function in IDS 9.2? > (and use a index;) > > SELECT foo, bar, baz > FROM urk > ORDER BY UPPER(foo) > > I've RTFM'd, but obviously not enough... SELECT UPPER(foo), foo, bar, baz FROM urk ORDER BY 1…
Checkpoint duration
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDD2B.77C69B20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I am having an issue with checkpoints taking an extrem…
IDS 9.2: ORDER BY UPPER(varchar)
Is it possible to sort by a function in IDS 9.2? (and use a index;) SELECT foo, bar, baz FROM urk ORDER BY UPPER(foo) I've RTFM'd, but obviously not enough... Thomas…
Backing up with On Bar
Hi folks I want to ask for configuring "on Bar" utility to backup 2 Informix database servers running on the same machine having one tape device Data from the first IDS ---> tape A Data from the second IDS ---> tape B Log from the first IDS --> tape C Log…
Re: ontape
Hi Keith, Informix always starts it restore using the Level-0 backup. If you have Level-0 backups from different dates. You can restore whatever Level-0 you want. Don "Lewis, Keith A." wrote: > When using ontape as the backup and restore mechanism can the database be > restor…
ontape
When using ontape as the backup and restore mechanism can the database be restored to a previous backup or can you only restore to your latest archive?? Keith A. Lewis The Timken Company lewis@timken.com (330) 471-4119 (330) 471-4034 (FAX)…
RE:
From: SAMPATH <sampath@gulfins.com.kw> > Its not RAID. Its a cluster software as series of disks will be >in a box accessed by differenct Unix servers. Thanks. I believe the technical term is "disk farm" :-) OK, as long as it's not RAID 5, you're over hurdle no 1. Now for hur…
Re:
From: SAMPATH <sampath@gulfins.com.kw> > > We're having IDS 7.3 running on Alpha 4100. All DBspaces are raw >partitions and mirrored. We are planning to move the disks out of >machine and put them as a disk array with clustering software from >Compaq. 5 disks + 1 emergency disk. …
RE:
Hi, Its not RAID. Its a cluster software as series of disks will be in a box accessed by differenct Unix servers. Thanks. Sam > -----Original Message----- > From: Obnoxio The Clown [SMTP:obnoxio@hotmail.com] > Sent: 01 June, 2000 11:44 � > To: sampath@gulfins.com.kw; informix…
Posting from the Informix-list
Hi, We're having IDS 7.3 running on Alpha 4100. All DBspaces are raw partitions and mirrored. We are planning to move the disks out of machine and put them as a disk array with clustering software from Compaq. 5 disks + 1 emergency disk. Has anyone tried this before? If one of t…
Informix cost???
Someone can said how much does Informix cost? I need to know: -Informix costs -cost for client Thanks very much. I need the last version of dynamic server for Unix. Ciao, Berna…
Long checkpoints
Hi, I would welcome suggestions on how to lower the checkpoint durations at one of our sites. Relevant ONCONFIG parameters are given below. All chunks are cooked files. At checkpoint time, there are on the average about 500 dirty buffers to flush. Thanks. Alanoly Andrews. ===…
Replication
Hello everybody. I would like to know if it is possible to replicate an Informix database between a UNIX-based 7.32UC2 Informix Dynamic Server and an linux-based IDS2000 without problems. Thanks in advance. jhernandez@geuropa.com…
Fuzzy checkpoints.
I have concerns about whether or not 9.2 is as robust in bad situations as 7.x was. My concerns center around the fact that fuzzy operations(updates, inserts, and deletes) are not physically logged To me, this means if I unplug my machine in the middle of a write to disk initia…
Re: ON-BAR basic question
From: sveiga@my-deja.com > >Is it possible to make a remote backup using On-Bar ? > >I know this is possible using ontape, but I have an >Informix Dynamic Server with AD and XP Options, and >the only backup utility available is On-Bar. > >My server is running in a Sun Enterprise …
ON-BAR basic question
Is it possible to make a remote backup using On-Bar ? I know this is possible using ontape, but I have an Informix Dynamic Server with AD and XP Options, and the only backup utility available is On-Bar. My server is running in a Sun Enterprise Server with Solaris 2.6. Thanks i…
RE: Ontape returns errno 27
ulimit returns "unlimited" for user informix. as informix i can create large files to target filesystem. for testing i created successfully 5 GB file. but running ontape as informix gives this error after reaching 2 GB... what about on-bar? could i do this backup using on-bar …
Re: Top Databases Used
Well it depends on all what you will be doing with your database. OLTP "based stuff" Informix, no doubt, fastest in the market at oltp with little or no headaches. Warehousing data of 1 terabyte or more, Teradata, period. Easy to manage, DBA's dream. "Stuff's not running fast…
Re: informix, linux and beowulf
Informix does NOT use that kind of clustering as is present in Beowulf. The Informix clustered product, XPS or IDS 8.xx, uses multiple co-servers in two distinct ways. 1) It can spread a database, indeed even a single table, across multiple coservers on the same or on different…
dynamic server with Informix distant database
We have this problem : - write of a html page (this pages will contain many many fields). - Receiving of the page data on a http server based on a M1 machine. - Using of 4gl/informix programs based on the M2 machine with the pages data - 4GL programs will set up a � result � tabl…
Can Ontape restore a database?
Hi all, I run ontape level 0 backup every night but I feel stuck in restoring a single database of the IDS 7.30UC2. Does someone know an Informix Backup software which allows me to restore a single database as need it? Thanks in advance for any advise. H.V…
HELP! Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
I'm trying to install a new IDS on Linux (RedHat 6.1) on a cooked file. Everything looks right, but upon oninit, I receive the following: oninit: Cannot open chunk '/u1/naf_chunk'. errno = 2 oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization Log reflects: 09:11:07 Informi…
UDR Support in Informix Dynamic Server.
Can someone tell me what exact version of Informix Dynamic Server that first supported C User Defined Routines. I've tried searching for this on their website with no joy. (their advanced search doesnt work at all !) Rgds, Peter. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before y…
Re: Memory problems? Please help.
>>What is the connection type? shm or soc ? >> >What are these? See NETTYPE in your onconfig file. HTH Michael…
OFFICE Connect V.1
Informix Office Connect, Version 1.0, is compatible with the following Informix servers: Informix Dynamic Server, Version 7.3 or later Informix Dynamic Server with Universal Data Option, Version 9.14 Informix Dynamic Server 2000, Version 9.2 or later e Informix-SE 7.23 n�o func…
checkpoint spikes
Now that long checkpoints topic is in discussion I would like to get some help too. We are also getting into a similar problem with long checkpoints (over 13 secs sometimes). Long checkpoints in our case only happen once in a while. Our LRU_MAX and LRU_MIN are at 2 and 1. Our che…
Re: Long Checkpoints
mars1972@my-deja.com wrote: > What is your checkpoint interval? Also, what is the real interval > between checkpoints? You could be hitting the checkpoint interval or > getting the physical log to 75% before the LRUs are getting to 40%. How > many cleaners and physical disks …
Long Checkpoints
Hi, i have a problem with long checkpoint runs on an informix 7.30 UC 10 running on linux. (Machine is a PIII 500 with 512 MB Memory). Sometimes checkpoints takes 15 to 25 seconds. During this times i have approximately 2000 to 2300 dirty LRU queues. an onstat -FR (with only 2…
System catalogue
Hello! Can anybody explain me how I can create trigger on "informix".systables? (The server I deal with is Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3.) Max…
Archive spanning tapes...
Art S. Kagel wrote: > > > Is an ontape to a disk a viable option? > > Worse since ontape will not write more than 2GB to a disk file. Really? I thought that was a bug that was fixed. June -- june_t@hotmail.com Living on Snickers bars in San Mateo…
On-line vs Off-line Backups
Sean Kelsey wrote: > I can't even believe I'm posting this, but I've exhausted all my arguments > for performing on-line backups over off-line backups specifically within a > 24 x 7 x 365 operation. Namely, > > On-Line Backups > > Pro's > > 1. The database backup will be consist…
Borland Delphi and Informix
Hello everybody, we have huge performance problems on our 2-node Sun-Cluster with Informix: Environment: Sun E4500, 6 CPU's, 1GB Memory (primary host for database) Sun E3500, 4 CPU's, 1GB Memory (secondary host for takeover) 4 A5000-Diskarrays with 14 9,2GB disks each connec…
When are checkpoints initiated
I know there are a number of things that can cause a checkpoint to be initiated. The one I'm concerned about is when a checkpoint is initiated because your <blank> is 75% full/dirty. Is <blank> buffers, logs (logical or physical), or log buffers. Any help would be appreciated!…
browse_array() - ANybody use it ?
I guess that means no-one uses it bar me !! Well , even with the bugs, I'd recommend it.…
Compatability between Informix products
Hi, I need some version compatability information for the following products. Hardware Platform: Hewlett Packard OS Platform: HP-UX version 10.20 Informix s/w: Informix Universal Server 9.20 Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 Informix Gateway to DRDA vers…
Help: Ontape Warm Restore
Also sprach "Bashar Chalabi" <bashar@ctl.com> : :Hello, : :IDS7.31 on NT4. : :I am trying to do a warm restore using ontape. I first do a cold restore :(not all DBSpaces), which works fine. I then bring the server online, and do :a warm restore of the remaining DBSpaces. After t…
ontape -r (restore error)
Hi all, I am perform test for the backup and restore by using "ontape" utility. But I am unable to restore it. I got the follow error: Physical restore failed - restore reserved pages failed The backup "onstat -s -L 0" is success completed but unable to restore. An…
Informix Backup with Omniback 3.1
We restore our Informix 7.31 database with Omniback 3.1. What is the right way to do full backups every night. When configuring Informix backup to Omniback, you must choose several options. Omniback manual says that "to select a whole system backup, click Backup all DbSpaces and …
Re: Confirm backups
From: "Tony Costa" <tcosta@bellatlantic.net> > >I am a bit concerned that the ontape -s backups I am running are infact >good >backups. How can a backup be confirmed to be a quality restorable backup? Restore it? :-) Archecker? __________________________________________________…
Confirm backups
I am a bit concerned that the ontape -s backups I am running are infact good backups. How can a backup be confirmed to be a quality restorable backup? -- tony.costa@usa.net "Every man dies, but not every man really ever lives" -Mel Gibson as William Wallace…
Restoring backup on other system
Yes it is possible. I have done this successfully on a UNIX system with onbar and networker. But there was some steps to do before the restore. INF-ONL 7.24; Reliant UNIX V5.43; Networker V4.? 0, scan (networker) the backup tapes on the restore system. Maybe you have to add the…
informix dynamic server on linux help
Hi all, I am an informix newbie, and i have problems running it on redhat linux 6.0. The installation went just fine, but now when i start dbaccess and try to create a new database i get this error message: 25584: Network driver can not access server program /opt/informix/lib/sq…
IDS on NT feasability
This is an OLTP or DSS system? For a 50GB system, personally, I'd opt for some kind of UNIX. NT just chugs its heart out and as was mentioned, is more expensive the bigger it gets. Of course, you could pilot the system on both NT and a UNIX of some kind. IBM has good NT, in …
Informix Dynamic Server on IBM SSA
Can any one share their experiences, recommendations, pit-falls, comments about creating an IDS db engineOLTP environment on an IBM SSA Raid system? We have 2 SSA adapters and have 4 loops with 4 drives each. The IBM techs for the Smoothstart services will be coming next Tuesday…
Re: Dumb question
Sorry all, I think I found the answer to my own dumb question in the documentation (last place I would have thought to look). "The database server uses the ONCONFIG file during initialization" >Is it safe to edit my onconfig file when the database is live ? > >Or should I stop…
Long checkpoints
Greetings all..... I watch this group every day and sometimes offer my help. Now it is my turn. I have a system that is generally a lightly loaded system but runs a batch load a couple times a day. During these loads, checkpoints get horrendous averaging 60 seconds to flush abo…
backup and restore
Hi, I have an IDS 7.30 on Solaris 2.6 with 5 databases. Which is the best method to backup and restore the databases. I need to restore the databases separately.…
Please help me!
Hello! 1, Can somebody give me information, what is the new features for Version 7.24 of Informix Dynamic Server according to Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server? 2, Are Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server and 7.20 INFORMIX-ESQL/C 2000 Year Compatible? 3, W…
move dbspace/chunks on NT
Is there any way other than backup/restore to move a chunk on NT to another disk. Can I move the root dbspace this way? TIA,…
Re: installing Informix dynamic server
From: "Joerg_Mauz@abs.org" <Joerg_Mauz@abs.org> > Is there something wrong the the gateway, Hotmail or are there just loads of idiots posting today. (Apart from me, that is! :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hot…
installing Informix dynamic server
hi all, can anybody give me an URL where to find a good description of how to setup and install an Informix Dynamic Server with using RedHat Linux ??? I've searched a whole day but founf nothing useful.. :( thx ind advance joerg…
Help! Cant start database service
Hello All I had my informix dynamic server (7.3) running fine till a few days back. Now the dynamic server service and the informix messenger service won't start automatically and if I try to start the server, it does start but I'm unable to connect to it. If I try to start the…
Backup and Restore
Hello All- I am new in the Informix world. I've inherited an Informix database system with little documentation. One of the first things I'd like to do is know the procedures to backup and restore. The Informix version is 7.3. Is there something out there in print or someone…
Lock Table Overflow - onconfig
We get an error in the Informix log-file. Lock table overflow. What do we have to change in the onconfig-file ? Kind Regards, Franky Thiel franky.thiel@Infohos.be…
Ontape -r failed
I am trying to do a restore of a level 0 backup. It is failing with an error "Physical restore failed - [db_sort ] Invalid DBspace list. I am getting this error eventhough the dbspaces and ids on the backup tape matches exactly to the dbspace list in onmonitor. Any ide…
A question about Indexing.
Vijith Gunawardhana wrote: > > Hi > > In my work environment we are using Informix Dynamic Server AD and XP > Options 8.2. > Seems that nobody else has taken a crack at this, so I'll have a go (and try to leave my prejudices at the door :-)). > > Here they don't use indexes at …
Putting Blobs in the Database via DBD::Informix
> =o= Does anyone have a working example of what I'm looking for > in that subject line? =o= If anyone cares, I figured it out. It's something along these lines: my $query = "insert into whatever(foo, bar, some_blob)" . " values($foo, $bar, ?);"; my @params =…
Setting up shared memory connection
Did you add the DBSERVERALIASES line in the onconfig file? -- James Edmiston Quest Information Systems, Inc. www.questisinc.com…
No respons from server process
else and is stop record in file online.log last record 20.15:58 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds now 18:43 next day Azat…
RE: code bar
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BEFAD7.0060F27E Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In some HP…
RE: code bar
I'm sure I've seen something in the IIUG Software Suppository that prints barcodes. Try there. -----Original Message----- From: Ant�nio Roque [mailto:antonio.roque@auchan.pt] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 10:34 AM To: informix iiug list Subject: code bar Hi , in informix …
code bar
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01BEFAAE.D952FA60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi , in informix 4gl for HP-UX systems is there a way to print code bars = ( eans ) into a HP pri…
Informix Online Dynamic Server DBA Book
Hello Could anyone recommend a good Informix Online Dynamic Server book. I did a search in Amazon.com but I could not decide on which one to choose. Thanks in advance. Ajay…
RE: ON-Bar problem
You must create a symbolic link from this library to the one supplied by your storage manager. For example, ADSM requires: ln -s /usr/lpp/adsm/api/bin/libXApi.a /usr/lib/ibsad001.a -----Original Message----- From: Admin Mail [ mailto:admin@fisher-two.alus.spb.ru <mailto:adm…
Re: ontape in HP-UX
You need verify the sintax of onconfig file for this entries: TAPEDEV /dev/rmt/0m # Tape device path TAPEBLK 512 # Tape block size (Kbytes) TAPESIZE 7800000 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes) (This is my onconfig fil…
backup / restore
Hi I have on my IDS 7.30 for solaris 2.6 5 databases, which I want to backup and restore separately. Which ist the best method ? Thanks…
pricing for informix info?
Hello, Was wondering what other people out there paid for informix dynamic server 7.3... Basically, i wanted to know if they had a web server licensing schem like microsoft. or ibm's db2 (per cpu license). and would the licenses be transferable if I decided to move from le…
On-Bar.
Hi people ! I would like to know more about on-bar utility. Something like positive and negative points. I will use on-bar with ADSM. I know exists the difference between ontape and on-bar, in on-bar I can do restore at in time, and I can schedule a backup. B…
ontape
Well.... You ONLY performed a level 0 backup so you CANNOT restore a level 1 backup because you do not have any level 1 backup that corresponds to the level 0 you have already restored. So? So reply 'n' no 'y'! Art S. Kagel Andreas Lommel wrote: > > Hi > I backuped my system …
Executing Stored Routine
Cook, Russell L (Russell.Cook@marconi-is.com) wrote: : : I need to build the name of the stored routine I would like to call based on : input value passed in. : : Example: LET query_return = "execute function sel_dsdt_" || datatype_code || : ";" : : In this example "datatype_code…
Re: Determining version dynamically
Hi, If you have Informix Dynamic Server then use the following sql-statement ' select DBINFO('version', 'full') from systables where tabid = 1' result from the sql is : Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC5 Take a look in Informix Guide to SQL: Syntax for more about DBINFO…
KAIO: out of OS resources error
Hi~ My informix dynamic server write "KAIO: out of OS resources error .." in online.log. This error log is written during ontape task. How can I solve this problem? platfom : SunOs 5.5.1 Informix Dynamic Server 7.24 uc6 Thanks.…
on-archive / on-bar
Hi Gurus, I am new to Informix DBA activities (unix environment). I want to know the differences between On-Archive and On-Bar. Which one should I use for back up of databases ? Thanks in advance. Regards, Madhu _____________________________________________________________ D…
64bit IDS for Solaris 7/SPARC ?
Is there a 64bit Informix Dynamic Server 7.3x for Solaris 7/SPARC available? tia, joerg…
Posting from the Informix-list
what is the last version of Informix Dynamic Server for HP-UX 10.20, where can i find more Information about this.…
Checkpoint duration
Is there a table which can be queried to get the last checkpoint duration?…
Latest versions for various Informix products ???
Which are the latest versions for Informix Dynamic Server Informix Dynamic Server, Workgroup Edition Informix 4GL Informix SQL on Solaris 7/SPARC ? Where can I find such informations on Informix's website ? tia, joerg…
Backing up tables or complete databases ?
Hello, Is it possible to make a backup from a table in one database to another (backup)database (by VB sourcecode) and restore earlier made backups ? Can I even make a backup of the complete database and also restore it by using VB-code ? I like to make an button which the use…
cdr command line utility in informix 7.24
Hi, Is there a cdr command line utility in informix dynamic server 7.24? I tried to locate it, but the executable is nowhere to find. Thanks, Lu…
Problems with Informix on NT - Please Help
You had a disk error on the 6th at 17:07:38 which may or may not have been corrected and your ONCONFIG file has ONDBSPACEDOWN=2 which means pause all operations and wait for the chunk to be repaired and marked back online. Does onstat -d show any chunks and/or dbspaces with a 'D…
Problem Installing Informix Dynamic Server
I downloaded a Try&Buy version of Informix Dynamic Server V7.30 for NT. I installed it on an NT Server. The install seemed to go ok, but after a short time of investigating IECC, I got a blue screen. After this when I started the Command Center, a task seemed to start, but it w…
Problems starting IDS 7.30.TC7 on Windows NT SP4.
When i try to start informix dynamic Server, the following message appears "Only informix user can start informix dynamic server" this message appears when i logged on with the informix's user. When i try to start the service on the control panel , error 2140 appears.…
Re: Informix 7.3 UC5 on RH Linux 5.2
Additional INFO: Please see attached "sqlhosts" and ONCONFIG files...…
Out of buffer?
Hi, I got the following error message from an Informix IDS 7.30: <<Informix Dynamic Server>>> WARNING! Buffer pool size may cause Dynamic Server to get into a locked state. Recommended minimum buffer pool size is 4 times maximum concurrent user thre…
On-Bar Interanl Subsystem Failure
We have Informix 7.30 uc 3 running on an RS/6000 with AIX 4.3.1. We are using onbar to backup to an ADSM storage manager. Periodically, when attempting to do a full backup we get the following message: 1999-05-20 07:39:47 7976 13138 /informix/bin/onbar_d -b -L 0 -w 1999-05-20 …
RE: -710 Error in Multithreaded Informix 7.24 UCX5 on HP-UX 10.20
We also had this problem and figured out that when we did a HPL it changed the constraints and indexes, loaded the data and then changed the constraints and indexes back to what they were defined originally. -----Original Message----- From: Art S. Kagel [SMTP:kagel@bloomberg.n…
-710 Error in Multithreaded Informix 7.24 UCX5 on HP-UX 10.20
Jim Maus wrote: > > My multi-threaded Informix esql process received a -710 (table-name has been > dropped, altered, or renamed) error. The process was using a prepared > statement to fetch using a cursor. The source table was not dropped, > altered, or renamed. I cant reproduce…
backups: Alexandria and on-bar
What experiences have other people had running Alexandria with Informix's on-bar software? We're running this on a Sequent DYNIX/ptx 4.4.2 OS, and have run into a number of issues related to logical logs. TIA! -cf…
Problems with oncheck in IDS 7.23
Hello everybody I�m running IDS 7.23 UC6, under AIX 4.2.1 We decided to do a complete oncheck of the database during the night. There is no other process running at the same time. We noticed that the checkpoint interval became extremely high during the oncheck activity, and we …
Re: onconfig parameters
> onstat -c shows you the contents of the ONCONFIG file, but then so does vi > $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG. Perhaps I did not understand the question? Does onstat -c reflect changes made by onmode commands? I should try that and see...that, to me, would be the compelling reason …
Re: onconfig parameters
Thomas onstat -c shows you the contents of the ONCONFIG file, but then so does vi $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG. Perhaps I did not understand the question? HTH Sujit "Thomas G. Smith" <tsmith@wdn.com> on 04/28/99 12:19:10 PM Please respond to "Thomas G. Smith" <tsmith@wdn.com> …
onconfig parameters
Is there a command to force the engine to show me what all the onconfig parameters (and other perhaps unknown parameters) have been set to?…
Linux VS NT4.0
Hi, Is it true that Informix Dynamic Server workgroup edition 7.30 is ported for Linux, and if it is so does anyone can tell me what to chose between Linux and NT4.0 for running Informix Dynamic Server workgroup edition 7.30. Also I'd like to know for which version of Linux, Inf…
Checkpoints - a mystery
Sorry if I have already posted this once already...we are having problems with our news server... HP-UX 10.20 running IDS 7.24.UC5 We have been having isolated problems with checkpoints - see below. During the lengthy checkpoints, obviously no users can perform any update routi…
checkpoint duration too long
plogdbs: 79.8M llogdbs:600M datadbs:1000M my ONCONFIG file: PHYBUFF 128 LOGBUFF 64 CPKINTERVAL 300 onstat -m ...checkpoint duration was 8 [7-10] seconds How can I reduce the checkpoint duration?Thanks!…
onbar question
I am a little confused regarding the difference between a whole-system backup and a dbspace backup which backs up all dbspaces. If all my disks get blown away, can I use my dbspace backup (all dbspaces) to rebuild the database, or must I have a whole-system backup to recover? Th…
Starting Informix Dynamic Server !
Hi Gurus, Just wondering is there any difference in starting the informix engine as root user versus as Informix user. ? The reason why I ask this question is , the IDS 7.23 UC6 on HP-UX 10.2 crashes due to a bug (declared as bug by Informix Technical support)when we start in…
Informix Dynamic Server Archive/Restore
Hello All: We have a large scale Informix DB resident on an HP 9000, K460, with AutoRaid Disk Subsystem (218gb). And we are running IDS 7.30. Currently, we are using the Informix ontape archive/restore utility to archive the DB and to perform continuous logical logging. We u…
Any one know this?
Hi folks: Is there a script that can check informix on-line dynamic server is up and running or not? If not it will e-mail a note to D.B.A. groups Thanks in advance Garry…
onconfig tuning
Hi all! I have posted to the web my collection of notes on onconfig parameters. It is not yet complete but pretty far along. http://home.earthlink.net/~mildness/bamph/informix.htm It has helped me over the years to have this list in my PDA. If you think it useful feel free…
Re: Checkpoint take so long
Taking on board what Kevyn has already said, it looks like there was some sort of data load happening during the long checkpoints. I also noticed that your logs aren't being archived. Whats the story ?? What are your current settings for LRU_MAX/MIN_DIRTY & CHKPTINTVL and how bi…
BAR and NT :temporary files ?
Hi, I have an informix database of 3.5GB on a windows NT system. When I try to do a backup with the informix BAR I receive an error message "Error insufficientdisk spaces : files C:\\winnt\\ismXX.tmp " I suppose that this is a temporary file. I have only 200MB free on the disk …
converting Informix Online 5.1 esql/c to Dynamic Server esql/c?
Hi converting Informix Online 5.1 esql/c to Dynamic Server esql/c? What is the easiest way to do this? Is there a parser that could do this? edward…
More on the on-bar problem
Examining ixbar.0, I noticed that, after the backup (-b -w -L 0), the dataspaces were listed TWICE -- once in physical order, once in alphabetical order (the two lines are duplicates)…
RAID Technolgy
We are using Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2. We are going in for a new DEC UNIX Server with RAID Technolgy. It incorporates mirroring at the hardware level. So is it not necessary to do mirroring using Informix?. Can anybody give suggestions regarding mirroring and other feat…
Informix on Linux
Does anybody know how much a copy of Informix Dynamic Server would run me for use on Linux?? Thanks in advance -steve…
Upgrade Dynamic Server 7.13 - 7.24
I need to upgrade Informix Dynamic Server version 7.13 to version 7.24. Can anyone advise of any problems they may have had whilst doing this?…
Regarding calling an INFORMIX procedure from a UNIX shell script
I use dbaccess for this purpose. Syntax is "dbaccess <database> <text file with sql commands>. Just be sure your informix environment variables are set properly (INFORMIXSERVER, ONCONFIG).…
Backup/Restore Question
Hi all, Is there backup/restore system in Informix Online DS where I can restore an individual table, not complete dbspace? Thanks in advance.…
On-bar on HP Omni
Does anyone have any exprience in performing On-Bar restore with using HP Omni Back? I have a difficulity to make this work. Alfred Ps. We have IDS 7.30 UC6 on HPUX 10.20.…
Onbar - suspend the logical restore?
Does anyone knows how to suspend the logical log restore in On-Bar? I am able to find a way to do this with On-archive but do not know how to do this in On-Bar. Any helps are highly appreciated. I am currently using 7.30 UC6 on HPUX 10.20. Thanks. Alfred…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.31?
Is any information available regarding the release of IDS 7.31 for Unix? We have Sun E3000 and E4000 machines and are experiencing problems with both 7.30.UC3 and 7.30.UC5 and are curious about 7.31. Thanks. Carleen Avant Naval Safety Center Internet < cavant@safecen.navy.mil …
STRING FUNCTIONS
Are there functions for manipulating varchar type, like upper() or lower() in Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2? Thanks in advance.…
Netscape Enterprise Connection for Informix Dynamic Server
Hi: Does anyone know the procedure for setting up a Netscape Enterprise Server to connect to an Informix Dynamic server on a remote machine? Michael…
oninit: shared library problem
I'm having problems when initialising the DB using oninit. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR…
Initi DB
I'm having problems when initialising the DB. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR/esql help wo…
ON-Bar w/ISM help
I'm trying to configure ON-Bar using ISM (Informix Storage Manager) for a datamart running on Solaris 2.5.1 with XPS 8.2.1. What I would like to do is either not backup the logical logs (similar to setting LTAPEDEV=/dev/null in versions 7.x and prior of OnLine) while still havin…
Index on Informix Online 7.22 ?
I have installed a new Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.22UC3 on our server (HP-UX 10.20). I find it is much much slower than the Informix 7.12 Online DS server if I do not create index for a same program. Why and what is the difference between the two version of Dynamic serv…
RE: Backup and Restore Question
SQL Bactrack (a product from BMC) provides the functionality of restoring a single table from the backups. We tried it and it actually worked. - Sri Chava -----Original Message----- From: -=Eclypse=- [mailto:eclypse@cdc.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 3:26 PM To: informix…
Backup and Restore Question
Is there a good plan with Informix (we use BaaN as our app) for backing up and restoring individual tables/dbspaces? I've mentioned this to a couple of people. When we set up our new server, we're going to create a larger number of individual dbspaces so that we can restore them …
Re: esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
Tim Jones wrote: > > I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 > servers. Let's call them Server A and B. > > Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. > > After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" > and got this : > I…
esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 servers. Let's call them Server A and B. Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" and got this : INFORMIX-ESQL Version 7.22.UC1 …
Decreasing Checkpoint Lengths.
What parameters have the greatest effect on checkpoint lengths? Currenly I have my checkpoint interval at 30 seconds, and a peak times checkpoints are still taking over 10 seconds. We're running multiple configurations on Workgroup Server. Some on WIN NT, Some on SCO, and some…
Checkpoints not in online.log
We're using IUS 9.14.UC2 on SunOS box. I can use onmonitor to force a checkpoint. It comes back and tells me that the checkpoint completed. However, when I look in the online.log file, it doesn't show up. It looks like the system hasn't done any checkpoints for hours. Our CKPTIN…
Informix Dynamic Server Personal Edition
What development apps are known to work with IDS-PE for 95? Infrmx wants to sell me licenses for Dynamic 4gl, esql-c, ddvb for 150usd. Do these work and are there others? 150 sounds ok but the catch is is that the Open-Line Support is outrageous for this (3K usd for unlim. suppor…
Will informix 7.24.uc5 compatiable with solaris 7?
Hi there, I was wondering if Informix Dynamic Server 7.24.uc.5 will be compatiable with solaris 7 when it comes out? Thanks advance, Pat Militzer pmilitzer@ultracom.com…
Re: IECC Server Discovery Failed 2nd
Hi Dale, sorry for not reading your article correctly: Are both agents running admagent and osagent ? If so, when you run stopsa, do both stop? If not, kill them and run startsa again. Is your onconfig still up to date? The agents seem to take all information from onconfig ra…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2.2
When I try to iniailize the shared memory I get an error "oninit: Critical error initializing shared memory" I checked the log and it says the base memory address is 0x80080000 and should be 0x80400000 when I change it it reverses. this is on a SCO open server 5. nay ideas.…
Re: Fragmentation..
Art S. Kagel wrote: > (Actually I think that 4K page systems can hold 4095 chunks > and dbspaces, but I'm not sure of that.) No, the limit is 2047 chunks and dbspaces on 4K page systems as well. June -- june_t@hotmail.com Grounded in Palo Alto, living on KitKat bars…
Informix Dynamic Server on Linux NOW!
Check out the Informix WEB Site. There is an announcement that IDS 7.3 is shipping on Linux TODAY! http://www.informix.com/ Art S. Kagel…
Problem installing to NT4.0 server
I'm trying to install Informix dynamic server workgroup edition to Primary domain Nt 4.0 Server. I have created Informix-Admin group and Informix account and grant it all Administrators rights and also Domain administrator rights. The server setup runs ok, but when setup is tryi…
Updating databases
What must be done,eg onconfig, to get the fastest result on updating a database alter tables, inserts etc.…
Re: Restore to previous Zero level
There are two parts to this questions: 1. How to I get a previous archive to restore, onbar by default choose the most current? You will have to add into you restore command line a "-t <date/time just after the level 0>" If you do not …
Restore to previous Zero level
Hi, I'm using want to restore my informix database to the previous level zero backup. So for example I've done a level 0, some level 1's and another level zero backup. I now want to go backup to the first level zero backup. I'm using onbar to do both backups and restores and als…
Deployment Licenses of Informix Dynamic Server
I need a free Deployment Licenses of Informix Dynamic Server!…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server blocks
In article <3609EB18.2AB1B1CD@bull.net>, Helmut Leininger <Helmut.Leininger@bull.net> writes >Hi, > >Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect >or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I >find the following message: > >09:03:…
ONCONFIG on UNIX
What kind of use if the parameter "SYSALARMPROGRAM" for. And which input parameters are used. Thanks for mailing to baumschlager@pfeiffer.co.at…
Informix Dynamic Server blocks
Hi, Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I find the following message: 09:03:42 mt.c, line 8362, thread 2139, proc id 17096, mt_notifyvp timed out. Informix server is 7.22.UC2…
Informix Dynamic Server blocks
Hi, Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I find the following message: 09:03:42 mt.c, line 8362, thread 2139, proc id 17096, mt_notifyvp timed out. Informix server is 7.22.UC2…
Appending to Informix backup
Hello. I need to append a NT4.0 backup on top of Informix database backup (using ontape ) tape. Does this override the existing informix backup. If not, will the ontape be able to know where to restore it's previous backup? TIA, Aik Khoon…
Appending to Informix backup
Hello. I need to append a NT4.0 backup on top of Informix database backup (using ontape ) tape. Does this override the existing informix backup. If not, will the ontape be able to know where to restore it's previous backup? TIA, Aik Khoon…
Re: Tunning question
You can start by decreasing the LRU MIN/MAX to arround 3-6. This will increase the number of writes that occure between checkpoints, but will make the bufferpool "cleaner" when the checkpoint actually occurs. Madison Pruet…
Database Recovery?
In reading about Online Dynamic Server, it states that the database will rollforward to the last checkpoint when the server is brought to online from offline if the server crashes. If I do a restore from the day before will it read the logs and bring it up to the last checkpoint…
sizes in onconfig
OWS 7.2 on SCO UNIX: Does anybody know why all sizes of dbspaces or logs, etc. are just half as big as they are in the onconfig file. If I check the size of a dbspace, for example, its file size is 2 GByte, but oncheck -pe says it's 1 GByte. Thanks in advance, Pascal…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:40:44 -0500, Ben Jazi <bjazi@fallschurch.esys.com> wrote: >What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server >7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? No, IDS 9.x is the ORDBMS. This autumn the 7.3 and 9.x code lin…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
Ben Jazi wrote: > > What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server > 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? > > Thanks, > Ben I don't know the differences in detail but you could check the following pages, where IDS 7.3 is described …
OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? Thanks, Ben…
Re: Backup & Restore
Mike Morris wrote: > > We have a new informix database based application and we were following > the vendor's backup and restore procedures (as best we could) and we > have run into a few problems. > > First, what we did: > onmode -k (offline?) I don't see any need to do this - …
Backup & Restore
We have a new informix database based application and we were following the vendor's backup and restore procedures (as best we could) and we have run into a few problems. First, what we did: onmode -k (offline?) ontape -s (archive level 0 backup, no logs) drop a user table ontap…
free: Backup - Restore Seminar
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Informix computer Base classes
Has any body used the Informix computer base training classes. I am wondering if any of the computer based training classes: "Informix Dynamic Server System Administration" or the "Managing and Optimizing Informix Dynamic Server Databases" is good. Thank You…
Free Backup and Restore Seminar!
Target Audience: IT, I/S and CIO professionals concerned with the backup and restoration of their mission critical data. Seminar Description: This Seminar will address a growing concern among IT professionals in the area of backup and restore and define EMC's highly automated E…
Free Backup & Restore Seminar!
Target Audience: IT, I/S and CIO professionals concerned with the backup and restoration of their mission critical data. Seminar Description: This Seminar will address a growing concern among IT professionals in the area of backup and restore and define EMC's highly automated E…
Re: Informix Online Dynamic Server 7 on Linux
Piet le Roux wrote: > > If anyone has succeeded to run Informix ODS 7 (SCO) on Linux help would > be appreciated. > I have installed iBCS and the shared libraries and the binaries work, > except that the engine cannot initialize shared memory: Error message > semctl: errno 22…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7 on Linux
If anyone has succeeded to run Informix ODS 7 (SCO) on Linux help would be appreciated. I have installed iBCS and the shared libraries and the binaries work, except that the engine cannot initialize shared memory: Error message semctl: errno 22 create_vp: cannot allocat m…
Problems with Informix Dynamic Server for NT
Hi Has anyone tried downloading and running the dynamic server product for NT? I have it installed, but get the following error when I boot the system: AdmAgent.exe - Applicatioin error The instruction at "0x10087c69 referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be r…
Re: Doubt regarding L.Log size
Sadagopan, Sathish wrote: > > Hi, > LOGSIZE in the onconfig is shown as 1000 Kb, whereas size in onstat -l shows > > a figure of 5000 , Page size is 2K. > How can that be ? It looks like someone used onparams to add logfiles with sizes different from that stored in the onconfig.…
Doubt regarding L.Log size
Hi, LOGSIZE in the onconfig is shown as 1000 Kb, whereas size in onstat -l shows a figure of 5000 , Page size is 2K. How can that be ? TIA Sathish…
RE: What are the differences between Informix Dynamic Server
It is confusing! =20 Here's what I know: Prior to renaming: 7.2x =3D ODS 8.0 =3D XPS 9.1 =3D IUS After renaming: 7.2x =3D IDS 8.0 =3D IDS/AD/XP 9.1 =3D IDS/UDO=20 After the 7.3 release: 7.3 =3D IDS 9.1 =3D IDS/UDO After the 8.2 release: 8.0 =3D…
RE: What are the differences between Informix Dynamic Server and
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checkpoint duration
I have a serious problem with checkpoint duration which cause my posting process to almost double in duration because of the amount of time wasted on checkpoints. Here is a a sample of the duration take directly from the online log file. 05:32:00 Checkpoint Completed: duration…
Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai wrote: > > Hello, > > We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we > convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the > index search. For example, a table: > > table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records…
Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai <rwie@netvigator.com> offerred: +We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we +convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the +index search. For example, a table: + +table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000…
Ontape - Any way to verify if the level 0 backup is any good?
Hi there, Is there any way to tell if your level 0 backup (ontape -s) or continous backup ( ontape -c) is any good. Basically is there a way to verify the data is readable without restoring it. thanks, Pat Militzer pmilitzer@ultracom.com…
Index for Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the index search. For example, a table: table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records index : ith_1 on ithitno, ithn…
Informix backups
Has anyone been able to allow a user(not Informix) to run the ONTAPE backups? what about with On-Bar? We are running AIX 4.2 and Informix 7.24. Currently we use the ONTAPE utility for our database backups but will be moving to ON-BAR soon. We would like to allow a user, who is in…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
Hello, Since I'm planning a Data Warehouse, I would to do it with the new version of Dynamic Server. Impressions, stability and on which platform? Regards. Fernando _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Fernando Collalti Phone: +…
Experience with On-Bar and Sun's NetBackup
Could some one give me their outlook on using On-Bar and Sun's Enterprise NetBackup. We will be using it with Informix On-line 7.23 on SUN (E4000 and E3000), O.S. Solaris 2.5.1. Do you have any recommendations on things to look out for? Problems you had with using this software?…
Re: How to reduce SE .dat & .idx file sizes?
We're also running SE-Databases and there is only one way to downsize the dat and idx file sizes: unload, drop, load or an dbexport/dbimport. My solution for this problem is to do a weekly dbexport/dbimport in cron. If greater/more lecks in your dat / idx files, this will slow d…
checkpoint interval
Dear All, I'm running INF 7.23UC1 with total database is 76 GB. We are happy with our configuration, but since Last Monday, our online perfomance going down and also interval of checkpoin sometime took so long, about 50-170 second. We have checked no big transaction, no long tra…
Informix Dynamic Server & Text columns
Hi everybody, Can you help me ? I've created a table with the following structure : column type -------- ---- code smallint obs text How can I insert into this table with Java program ? I'm using Informix Java AP…
Intermittent Problem - error 529 Cannot attach to transaction
We have a HP-UX box (Ver 10.20) running Informix Online Dynamic Server Ver 7.13 and a NT Server (NT4.0) running Informix Online Dynamic Server Ver 7.23. We are trying to access some of the database tables resided in the HP-UX box from the NT Server via synonyms. But we faced inte…
Re: PAGE CLEANERS
Also, At the log file I don�t get any error message, only the regulat checkpoint ones.…
My weird problems
Thanks to all who replied. The Logical Log problem was with memory parameters in the onconfig file. DBSPACETEMP problem still exists however Regards Lee Robertson…
Klingon Question.
I don't subscribe to this group so an e-mail would be appreciated. Q. I remember seeing in an episode of DS9 - them going back in time and meeting some Klingons in a bar - Worf wouldn't say why they looked different - does anyone know???? -- Regards, Ian J. -------------------…
Onconfig Question
I sent this a few weeks ago and didn't get any responses. I am rephrasing the heading and trying again. We are not currently having any performance problems, but I am interested in hearing some opinions from the experts out here. One of our systems is as follows: Sun SPARCcen…
waiting for checkpoint
<HTML> Sometimes informix is waiting for a checkpoint, thus also the users of the application. <BR>What is the reason for this ?? <BR>I asume it is something in the application but how to indentify this and can I set a trigger <BR>that performs the checkpoint when this even…
verifying a (ontape) backup
Is there any way to verify the contents of a backup tape (used ontape for the backup) other then doing a restore? Chuck Wrobel Bellevue School District…
How can I read the header tape of the archive created by ontape?
I have Informix Dynamic Server 7.23.UC1. I would like know the tape header structure created by ontape.…
Re: Informix Directions
Has anyone out there been working with Informix since the late '80s? Remember how they simply dumped VMS support back then? Seth "Tim Schaefer" <tschaefe@mindspring.com> writes: >Yeah, um, but I heard that the SCO porting of Informix is over. There = >will be >no more SC…
Re: Informix Directions
Yeah, um, but I heard that the SCO porting of Informix is over. There = will be no more SCO ports, and Informix is dumping the small end. What does this do to the market, and in particular, my career path? It = goes in the dumper to stay with Informix. Apparently this is prob…
Re: Extended checkpoint times (Blocked Checkpoint)
Hi-All, Since I got a few E-mail asking which patch we applied I thought I will post to the answer to C.D.I instead. The patch we applied is "PHKL_10634". -- Have a nice day Felix K. Mathews mailto:fmathews@systems.dhl.com…
Informix ON-Bar/ADSM Info
I am forwarding a note to this list from an Informix/ADSM user. His experiences with ON-Bar may be helpful to others. From: David Hendrix <dmhendri@FEDEX.COM> Organization: Federal Express Corporation Subject: Informix ON-Bar/ADSM Info To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU For those w…
Re: Extended checkpoint times (Blocked Checkpoint)
Felix Mathews IBS CONTRACTOR wrote: > Eric_Melillo@agsea.com wrote: > > > We've had Blocked checkpoints on 7.13 -- but it has always been a known bug > > -- we get two "C"urrent logical logs, a big no-no. It is a dial-in > > offense. We're moving to 7.23 as quickly as possible…
Re: Appending/Overwriting!?
Are you using ON-Bar on UNIX or NT? If ON-Bar is running on a UNIX box then it is up to the storage manager to append to the data on tape or overwrite the data on tape. Which storage manager are you using? Doug b. >Hello. > >I'm using ONBar to do backups of our single Informi…
Slow checkpoints
Hi, I run a query on Informix On-Line 7.23UC2 and I go from 1 sec. checkpoints to 30 sec. checkpoints. Any explanations? The table is partitioned and it is very large (46 million rows) Any explanations? Can I avoid this situation? select count(*) total,count(*)*.75 percent from…
Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
Seth Grimes wrote: > > Jane Vohden wrote: > > > > I have been talking with Informix about upgrading our site from the > > 5.xx Online engine to 7.2x Dynamic Server. They said there was no cost > > I don't think that anyone has pointed out the mistaken terminology > h…
Re: Extended checkpoint times
I had a problem in November of checkpoints blowing out to 10 minutes or so = during the evening like your manifestation. I was advised from tech support that checkpoints can blow out two ways. 1. When checkpoint is requested, Online freezes all sessions for users not = in a cri…
Re: Extended checkpoint times
check your lru parameters, I have mine set at 2 and 1. anonymous wrote in message <34C53870.964739C4@somwhere.com>... >Hi, > >We are trying to investigate a series of overly long checkpoints on one >of our informix databases, here is >a snippet of the online.log file detailing th…
Extended checkpoint times
Hi, We are trying to investigate a series of overly long checkpoints on one of our informix databases, here is a snippet of the online.log file detailing the events: 21:16:55 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 76 seconds. 21:22:04 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 6 second…
What's the difference between ODS 7.22 and 7.23?
What's the difference between Informix Online Dynamic Server version 7.22 and version 7.23? Thanks in advance. Bill Westphal Rodney District Council mis@rodney.govt.nz…
Re: De-fragmenting tables. Some questions
An even easier way is to use the "ALTER FRAGMENT ... INIT ... " to rebuild the taregt table wherever you want. For a big table I'd do it at odd hours with logging off so you don't get bit by a long transaction. Greg Thomas J. Girsch wrote: > > Expanding on Art's expansion on …
Re: De-fragmenting tables. Some questions
Expanding on Art's expansion on David's suggestion: A quick-and-dirty way I used to use to defragment tables was to do an ALTER TABLE NEXT SIZE to set the next extent size sufficiently high, and then do ALTER INDEX <pick-an-index> TO CLUSTER. Be warned, though, that this method…
ODBC unix and dynamic SQL
Hi, Can someone give me some help on using informix odbc drivers (unix) with dynamic SQL on Informix-online dynamic server (7.22 unix) when I use "SQLprepare" I receive the message "too many or too few host variables given" but I think all is Ok R. Gueye…
NewEra & Scroll Bars
Hey all - Is there any way to create Horizontal & Vertical scroll bars in NewEra (3.1)? I want to display them "automatically" whenever a window is smaller than the application. Thanx in advance!…
RE: Backup/Restore times
I have been experiencing a strange problem with backup and restores using ontape and onbar on my HP box. I have a small test database of 300Mb on a HPUX 10.20 box running 7.23 of Informix. I can backup the database in 5 mins but it takes 23 min to complete physical recovery and…
Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server
Chris Curvey wrote: > > > If you have row level locking, the first select stmt will lock one row. > > As the primary key is 4 bytes you can potentially put 4-500 keys on any > > page (if you have 2K pages). In a page lock system (like Sybase and > > MSSQL) the probability of a us…
Do I must buy "On-Bar" utility?
Hello everyone... I wanna use "On-Bar" utility. but I coudn't use On-Bar utility in Informix OnLine product. There is "On-Bar" command. but when I execute the command, "On-Bar" executed nothing. I wanna know how can I use On-Bar. Do I must buy "On-Bar" utility? Is there anyone …
Difference betw. ONBAR / ONTAPE / Command Center tools?
As a new ODS DBA, I'm beginning to examine backing up this beast of burden. But I see all these different tools! ONTAPE, ON-BAR, and the Command Center Backup and Resore tools. What's the difference between them? Why would I use one over the other? Can anybody help me with thi…
Re: Freeing Logical Log with Status U
What's LOGFILES set to in your onconfig file? Try forcing a checkpoint? Jon.…
Re: Question on Update Statistics
[This followup was posted to comp.databases.informix and a copy was sent to the cited author.] In article <19971107041400.XAA11881@ladder01.news.aol.com>, kponn@aol.com says... > Hi > > If I want to run update statistics on busy tables, can I do the following: > > 1. select tabn…
Re: ODS in Sun HA environment
Bear in mind that the Networker package will not allow you to restore to a machine with a different name. Apparently the next version does but this problem has meant that we are now using On-archive instead of On-Bar (yuk!) Gavin Convery Standard Chartered Bank UK Online 7.22 et…
Checkpoint blocked ?
Hi, I had the same problem with ODS 7.14.UD6.on AIX 4.2.1. It has happened = twice this week. Everybody just hang and i could not even do a onmode -y properly. There= was a message saying no respond from the server. And when i did an oninit, the system= just hang on Logical Re…
Checkpoint blocked ?
On AIX 4.2 with OWS 7.20.UC2, I had a deadlock situation twice in a short time : nobody could work, and an onstat gave the message : checkpoint required, blocked. I had to stop Informix (onmode -k) and restart (oninit). I guess that some user threads where blocking the checkpoin…
Re: Barcode printing (code 39)
>Does anybody have an idea how to print barcodes on a dot matrix printer >using code 39 symbology. > I use Loftware Label Manager to construct the bar code formats using either code 128 or UPC-A. I then include the label specs into 4GL reports. We have at least 40 different bar…
Informix Level-0 (restore ?)
RE: Informix backup/restore, DLT4000 tape drive, HP70, HPUX9.04, Informix 5.3 Tape Device [/dev/rmt/3hc ] Block Size [64 ] Kbytes Tape Size [30000000 ] Kbytes Our Level-0 backup use to take 10 hours (DDS), we now have the DLT4000, Level-0 backup =3D 2 hours. On …
Re: [Q] How do I force usage of index
Daniel Williams <#danny@uk.ibm.com> wrote in article <341014AA.41C6@uk.ibm.com>... > > Is there any way I can force usage of the indexes to see if it makes any > > difference (presuming that the the query optimizer has decided not to > > use them for some reason) ? > > Have you r…
Next Extent Calc.
Hi, I have INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server Version 7.14.UD2. Does anyone know of a script or program to calculate the next extent size ? Thanks in advance Manuel…
Re: Informix halts for no obvious reason ?!
Milen Metodiev wrote: > > Hi, folks. > > This is the umpteenth time this happens, so I wonder > if anyone can help. Even a few hints will be more than > welcome. > > When the system is busy enough ( 20-30 users of Informix ) > and people start issuing "heavy" queries, Informix fa…
Re: script or spl for update statistics
In article <5ujprh$mcu@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, zeljan@laus.hr says... > Hi, > > in Informix Guide To SQL Syntax there is recommendation for updating > statistics: > 1) run update statistics with distributions only > 2) run update statistics high for columns with indexes > 3) run…
XBSA API
We are running Solaris 2.51 and have SOLASTICE as our storage manager. Has anyone used this with On-Bar?…
ON-Bar Import Restore
Having struggle for about a month, I've ON-Bar in pretty good shape. The only thing I'm still in a myth is to do an import restore. Here is the configuration I have: Two machines with equal software version: AIX 4.1.5, Informix ODS 7.22UC2 - I did a whole system backup of a da…
Re: Informix and Clustering
Nils Myklebust wrote: > > Informix and NCR have some special cooperative solutions to this used > successfully by several customers. There was even a setion on this at > the reasent user conference that your local Informix office may be > able to get information on for you. SUN, …
Re: Mirroring
Jay Aymond wrote: > > "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.com> wrote: > > >Jay Aymond wrote: > >to wait for page flushes during checkpoints. I run my busiest servers > >with > >LRU_MAX_DIRTY=3 and LRU_MIN_DIRTY=0 90% LRU Writes, these puppies fly! > > > >Art S. Kagel > > Thanks for …
OnLine 7.2 3rd Party Backup / Restore Utilities
I have been using ontape to backup my database for about a year. I only have 1 (about 2GB with 300 tables) and I do a full backup every night onto DAT. The problems I have: - I cannot restore one table only. - I cannot "verify" backups (perhaps by restoring one table) - I cann…
onbar restore trouble
I've very anonying problem with restoring Informix database. Following is the Informix log, bar_act.log and daemon.log (/nsr/logs Legato Networker). What I did is to have a daily full backup: one on 7/18 and two on 7/19. I was having no problem at 7/19 to restore the 7/19 or 7/1…
Re: Backup and Restore Help!!!
Neal Leitner wrote: > My problem is: I want to backup my On-Line database each night to tape > and be able to selectively restore tables if needed. Ontape does a good ........... > I thought about a dbexport, but my users complained each night when I > kicked them off the syste…
Re: Backup and Restore Help!!!
Neal Leitner wrote: > My problem is: I want to backup my On-Line database each night to tape > and be able to selectively restore tables if needed. Ontape does a good ........... > I thought about a dbexport, but my users complained each night when I > kicked them off the syste…
Re: Backup and Restore Help!!!
Some salient issues for this debate: 1. onunload/onload do not support fragmented tables. 2. Why do you want to restore individual tables? If using OnBar (with 1 table per dbspace) then be aware that: a) you can only restore dbspaces that are 'down' (i.e. you c…
RE: Backup and Restore Help!!!
David, ONBAR system doesn't allow backup and restore operation at the table level. But you can backup and restore and the DBSPACE level. If you fragment your table you can backup and restore and the partition level ( That sounds good but it is still at the DBSPACE le…
RE: Backup and Restore Help!!!
Neal How about onload(tbload) and onunload(tbunload)? I haven't used it very = extensively but you can restore specific tables within a database if you = want to, and it is faster than dbexport/dbimport. I am not sure if you = need to kick your users off when you do it, but I ex…
Re: Backup and Restore Help!!!
Neal Leitner wrote: > > I have a problem, which I thought was a simple one to fix, but after > consulting with Informix, there is no current Informix utility to solve > my problem. > > My problem is: I want to backup my On-Line database each night to tape > and be able to select…
Re: Backup and Restore Help!!!
In article <33C6AC29.411B@netcomuk.co.uk>, Neil Truby <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> writes >Neal Leitner wrote: >> >> I have a problem, which I thought was a simple one to fix, but after >> consulting with Informix, there is no current Informix utility to solve >> my problem. >> >> My …
Backup and Restore Help!!!
I can think of 2 ways to work around this problem: 1. You can redo your production database to place the target restore tables each in their own smaller dbspace. You can then restore at the dbspace level. 2. If you have the luxury of a test box, restore your produc…
Backup and Restore Help!!!
I have a problem, which I thought was a simple one to fix, but after consulting with Informix, there is no current Informix utility to solve my problem. My problem is: I want to backup my On-Line database each night to tape and be able to selectively restore tables if needed. …
Checkpoint problem.
Hello, guys! Our Informix server has stoped three times for a month. tbstat shows that all user processes (except two) are waiting for process "ckpt" which seems to be a checkpoint process. I noticed that in the Informix log file there were missing checkpoints for about 30 minut…
Java and Informix Dynamic Server 7.x
Hi friends! I am trying to do server-side java cgi programming to connect to I-ODS 7.x. Do you know how I can do that? I heard it is possible to use the jdbc-odbc bridge( intersolve or openlink's), but the performance is too slow, because of jdbc to odbc and odbc to jdbc convert…
Re: Help: Reducing Extents -Reply
Just a comment about Gregs posting. I have also used fragment to rewrite a non-fragmented table in place. I have found afterwards a high likelihood of receiving 243/172 errors on such tables. This seems to be reduced if they are [de]fragmented into a different dbspace that they…
Re: Help: Reducing Extents
Chad, after increasing the NEXTSIZE in systables (don't worry too much about the first extent, it'll tend to be coalesced pretty well unless you have a lot of fragmented tables in the same dbspace). two methods not mentioned are: 1. use onunload/onload - it's waaaay faster tha…
Individual database backup/restore
Does anybody know what the best way is to is the setup Informix so that I can individually backup and restore databases on an Online 7.14 UD1 engine is without restoring the other databases as well. I have about 20 or 30 databases and splitting them up into there own dbspaces is …
On-Bar with ADSM
I am considering using On-Bar for logs and archives. I would be very interested in any comments from people who have experience (good or bad) with the tool. I am running on IBM RS/6000, AIX 4.1 Thank you…
Re: Webb + 4glcgi + graphs
In article <chr-2804971039180001@kaldalon.rhi.hi.is> chr@rhi.hi.is (Chabane Ramdani) writes: >Hello everybody. > >Has anyone succeded in displaying graphs on a webb browser for 4glcgi without >using C4gl? > >Any help would be apprciated. >Thanks >Chabane. e-mail: chr@rhi.hi.is y…
00 Informix Bar Code Applications
I am looking for any infomix applications for bar coding and warehousing. Our manual system is being upgraded to a comprehensive bar code system and would appreciate any info in this regard. Our systems in use ar HP-Unix , Informix with fourgen. The idea is to link the new system…
Barcode Applications for warehouse
Has anyone any info on applications available on implementing a bar coding system for warehouses. We use Informix 5 with HP-Unix and Fourgen. We are also looking at using telxon products in the implementation. Presently all work is done maually and the system will be developed so…
NEWERA - 2 dimensional arrays
I need to manipulate a row and column array on screen like I would handle a gridform supertable (with scroll bars etc). Are there any standard classes to do this? Or what is the quickest and simplest way to go about it? Thanks -- Tim Simpson…
Re: Bar Codes in a Report
Jacob Salomon wrote: > > OK, this has to be the 99th time this month someone has posted a > question about bar codes. I have always ignored these posts and now I > have to post one my self. Oh! The ignonomy of it all! ;-) > > I need for our applications to print shipping labe…
On-Bar, ADSM Redbook
If you are considering the use of On-Bar with ADSM you may want to check out the following url: http://ppdbooks.pok.ibm.com:80/cgi-bin/bookmgr/bookmgr.cmd/BOOKS/EZ319901/CO NTENTS#2.4.1 This is an online version of an IBM Redbook which discusses the use of ADSM with Inf…
Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server
In article <862264236.20961@dejanews.com>, Brenda Muller <muller.brenda@primestar.tci.com> writes: > > >plans like clustered SMP systems with fiber between the boxes, > > >or some NUMA-like MPP systems with "memory" connectivity > > >between boxes (I still don't see how that woul…
Re: Bar Codes in a Report
In article <E95y5s.Fyq@nonexistent.com>, Jacob Salomon <jake@apparel.net> writes >OK, this has to be the 99th time this month someone has posted a >question about bar codes. I have always ignored these posts and now I >have to post one my self. Oh! The ignonomy of it all! ;-)…
Bar Codes in a Report -Reply
>>> Jacob Salomon <jake@apparel.net> 04/24/97 07:17pm >>> OK, this has to be the 99th time this month someone has posted a question about bar codes. I have always ignored these posts and now I have to post one my self. Oh! The ignonomy of it all! ;-) I need for our applicati…
Bar Codes in a Report
OK, this has to be the 99th time this month someone has posted a question about bar codes. I have always ignored these posts and now I have to post one my self. Oh! The ignonomy of it all! ;-) I need for our applications to print shipping labels, possibly in a 4GL report (th…
Re: Resizing Logical Logs
Also, there is a MAXLOGS parameter in the onconfig file that should be increased. Madison Pruet…
Foreign keys and indexes
We use a mixture of foreign keys and application managed referential integrity, depending on our application. I prefer application managed RI on our larger databases because it is more efficient. We have some very large tables with highly duplicate values on the child columns t…
Checkpoints in online 7.13
Hello , Does anybody know where in sysmaster database I can find informations about checkpoints, particularly in which log file the last checkpoint is ? Thanks, Jean-Francois.…
Re: Too-frequent checkpoints; which parameters to check?
Actually, if performance is important this is what you want. The alternative is to have them less often but for longer periods of time. Since users are completely blocked during the checkpoint, they would not have no response for 5 or 10 seconds (for example) which can seem lik…
Re: Too-frequent checkpoints; which parameters to check?
In article <331FF103.7F5C@lava.net>, Bob Cunningham <bob@lava.net> writes >I've got a situation with On-Line 7.22 (SPARC, Solaris 2.5.1) where >we get flurries of checkpoints at short intervals, during >some update periods that look like: > >23:35:07 Checkpoint Completed: durat…
Re: Too-frequent checkpoints; which parameters to check?
Bob Cunningham wrote: > > I've got a situation with On-Line 7.22 (SPARC, Solaris 2.5.1) where > we get flurries of checkpoints at short intervals, during > some update periods that look like: > > 23:35:07 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 2 seconds. > 23:35:14 Checkpoint Comp…
Too-frequent checkpoints; which parameters to check?
I've got a situation with On-Line 7.22 (SPARC, Solaris 2.5.1) where we get flurries of checkpoints at short intervals, during some update periods that look like: 23:35:07 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 2 seconds. 23:35:14 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 1 seconds. 23:…
Re: ONBAR (backup and restore)
Are you doing your archive to a single dat device? Do you have spare disk drives laying around? When I was confronted with this problem I created multiple archive directories on cooked drives. Then I defined multiple dbspace groups for my archive and ran it in parallel. Then I…
ONBAR (backup and restore)
Anyone using Online DSA v7.2 onbar for backups on an hpux10.10 server? Am interested to know what third party vendor you interface with. What backup devices are you using? What kind of performance are you getting? I am currently running onarchive and ontape for level 0 archives t…
Re: ***Bitmapped Indexing API Beta - Now Available***
Patrick Gainer <gainer@64k.com> wrote: >Deon du Plessis wrote: >> 3) THE ROUTINES OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH CARDINALITY >> >> DATA. This is basically acheived by breaking the data into sections. >> If there is no data in a particular section, a BM for that secti…
Backup & Restore Granularity
I am fairly new to Informix admin. I was surprised (and disappointed) to learn that On-Tape, On-Archive (and, I believe the up-coming On-Bar) back up and restore only at the dbspace level. WHY NOT AT THE TABLE LEVEL? If a user is in dbaccess, it is frightlenly easy to drop a tab…
Re: ONCONFIG
Kerry Davids wrote: > > Jacob Salomon <jake@apparel.net> wrote: > > >Patrick, > > >onconfig.std is meant as a template to copy from. If I had my druthers, > >I would have it shipped with 666 permissions so that even user Informix > >could not (or at least is less likly to) inadv…
Re: ONCONFIG
>From: satriguy@aol.com (SaTriGuy) >Date: 21 Jan 1997 06:01:04 GMT >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.32813> > >If I had my way, I'd remove it from the system all together so that it >would not be possible to 'accidentally' use the wrong onconfig. ;) >Madison Pruet I think the 'it' refe…
Re: ONCONFIG
If I had my way, I'd remove it from the system all together so that it would not be possible to 'accidentally' use the wrong onconfig. ;) Madison Pruet…
Re: ONCONFIG
Jacob Salomon <jake@apparel.net> wrote: >Patrick, >onconfig.std is meant as a template to copy from. If I had my druthers, >I would have it shipped with 666 permissions so that even user nformix >could not (or at least is less likly to) inadvertently modify it. >(Actually, in …
RE: ONCONFIG
Hi Patrick! OK. please check with env command to see the ONCONFIG environment variable, this sould containg the file being use at this moment, and please, make a copy before you make any changes, Regards :) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Mario…
RE: ONCONFIG
You have to check your env variables. One of them is ONCONFIG which will be set to either of the files. Munaf g086mnf@bomplant3.appl.ge.com ---------- From: informix-list-owner[SMTP:informix-list-owner@rmy.emory.edu] Sent: Friday, January 17, 1997 4:04 PM To: informix-list S…
Re: ONCONFIG
In <32DF327E.1DBB@mediacity.com.sg>, Patrick Stacey wrote: }I see 2 onconfig files in my etc directory (sol 2.5.1 platform). } }one has .ifmx and the other .std } }which do I edit in order to change the system configuration? }Specifically I want to configure informix for a multip…
Re: ONCONFIG
Patrick, Type the command "onstat -c | more". This option prints a copy of the current configuration to the screen, but more importantly, the second line gives the path and filename of the current configuation in use. Tracy > > I see 2 onconfig files in my etc directory (sol …
Re: ONCONFIG
If you have to ask this you shouldn't attempt to modify the file. This is RTFM, very much so. You'll depend on knowing so much before tuning OnLine in this way that if you have missed this in the manuals, you may also have missed a lot of other info. Sorry for this. I don't mean …
Re: ONCONFIG
Patrick Stacey wrote: > > I see 2 onconfig files in my etc directory (sol 2.5.1 platform). > > one has .ifmx and the other .std Patrick, onconfig.std is meant as a template to copy from. If I had my druthers, I would have it shipped with 666 permissions so that even user nform…
ONCONFIG
I see 2 onconfig files in my etc directory (sol 2.5.1 platform). one has .ifmx and the other .std which do I edit in order to change the system configuration? Specifically I want to configure informix for a multiprocessor machine (4 CPUs actually). many thanks, /pks -- [ Pat…
Re: numerous checkpoints
The two most common reasons for checkpoints are 1) the checkpoint interval has been reached and 2) the physical log is over 75% full. If the checkpoints appear to be closer than the checkpoint interval, I would guess that your physical log file is too small. Madison Pruet…
numerous checkpoints
Hi, I don't understand reason why checkpoints occur so frequent. From my point of view, there are not any event that initiate a checkpoint (events described in INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server Administrator's Guide Version 7.1 12-52). Could someone tell me another event, that is no…
Barcode FAQ v2.0
Barcode FAQ ver 2.0 12.12.96 copyright 1995, 1996 Azalea Software, Inc. info@azalea.com www.azalea.com >>> Introduction >>> Printing Bar Codes >>> UPC, EAN, JAN, Bookland, ISSN >>> Code 39 >>> POSTNET >>> Interleaved 2 of 5 >>> Code 128 >>> Codabar & MSI-Plessey >>> The New 2…
Re: Help I'm in crisis
Hi Tony, Check you $ONCONFIG file if the PDQPIORITY > 0, modify it to be 0, that means disable PDQ in $ONCONFIG. Please set PDQPIORITY as user environment variable for large report/ bach job only. Otherwise, every single session takes a lot of memory. Regards Eric Lam Taipei/Tai…
Re: cluster index
I agree with Billy et al regarding the process for updating. I thought I might add that we use clustered indexes as a means of database maintenance. Every so often we will suspend use of the database, run appropriate clustered index creates, and then remove the indexes on compl…
Re: onconfig
Hi Sue, >Hi there. I am an Oracle/Sybase dba. I've just been put on a project >which uses Informix Workgroup Server V7.12 on Windows NT. I have no >training or manuals in either Informix or NT, so this question may >appear to come from a simpleton. Stop right there. Go and fin…
Re: onconfig
> From: Sue Alsbury <salsbury@mdshealth.com> > Date: Friday, October 18, 1996 4:11 PM > > Hi there. I am an Oracle/Sybase dba. I've just been put on a project > which uses Informix Workgroup Server V7.12 on Windows NT. I have no > training or manuals in either Informix or NT, so …
Re: onconfig
In article <3267E47A.54DA@mdshealth.com>, Sue Alsbury <salsbury@mdshealth.com> writes >Hi there. I am an Oracle/Sybase dba. I've just been put on a project >which uses Informix Workgroup Server V7.12 on Windows NT. I have no >training or manuals in either Informix or NT, so this …
onconfig
Hi there. I am an Oracle/Sybase dba. I've just been put on a project which uses Informix Workgroup Server V7.12 on Windows NT. I have no training or manuals in either Informix or NT, so this question may appear to come from a simpleton. I issue a select * from tablename. The tab…
Re: Indexes and Stored Commands/Procedures
On 12 Sep 1996 01:49:06 GMT, sammers@pop03.ca.us.ibm.net (crunch) wrote: > >General question on indexes. > > IMHO tables (with indexes) that have high volumes of insert and >delete operations need to be re-index periodically, else 'bad' things >will happen. Please comment. Hi, W…
verify that backup tapes are good
I have a customer who has had some problems recently with backups that can not be restored for various reasons. Are there any products that will perform a backup and then read the tapes to see that they are correct? Many Thanks, Cecil Broom broom@best.com…
Re: The Next INFORMIX party Was: Update on C.D.I gatherings....
Jack Parker wrote: > > Most of the technical content occurs in the bars afterwards anyway - so > we kind of bring our own content. > No, we have a wide selection of contents in most of our bars.... :-) -- Ciao, Billy +----------------------------------------------------------…
Re: Informix 7.1.2.UC1: LRUS in /usr/informix/etc/onconfig
>By the way, what is your checkpoint interval? >Are the checkpoints occurring after this intervall or do they occure >earlier, initiated by a 75% dirty Physical-Log-Buffer? The checkpoint interval is set to 300 seconds. The checkpoint always seems to occur at the interval and n…
Re: NewEra and Windows95
Definitely upgrade to WIN 95 if you are using NE 2.11. Have had no major problems as I did under 3.11. Also easier to paint screens because the windows don't hide each other....you can make them primary windows by clicking on the task bar on the bottom instead of endless huntin…
Re: NewEra - Grid Scroll Bars
In article <31D83823.7D99@leg.wa.gov>, Schnabel_ri@leg.wa.gov says... > >Does anyone know if you can control when the scroll bars are displayed in a >supertable grid. > >I have a grid that has four columns, one is hidden. The three that remain all fit >on the grid. There is no ne…
Re: NewEra - Grid Scroll Bars
In article <31D83823.7D99@leg.wa.gov>, Schnabel_ri@leg.wa.gov says... > >Does anyone know if you can control when the scroll bars are displayed in a >supertable grid. Unfortunately, there is no such member function in the ixSuperTable class. Grid form SuperTable has horizontal s…
NewEra - Grid Scroll Bars
Does anyone know if you can control when the scroll bars are displayed in a supertable grid. I have a grid that has four columns, one is hidden. The three that remain all fit on the grid. There is no need for a horizontal scroll bar, yet one appears. I have not been able to find…
Re: c.d.i. gathering @ user conference
Nils Myklebust wrote: > > Yes of course - I agree. > But: We should still have a place to get together informaly on Monday. > So hopefully Mike Segel comes back with this to us. No need to > arrange much for Monday, simply decide on a place and give the > name and adress here in…
Re: One in the same ?
Scottish Humor.....???? That would be a very thin book, like Great English lovers' French guide to hygene etc. What's one thing a Scot never uttered in a bar... Gentlemen, the drinks are on me..... (Sorry, just defending Tim, He may in fact be Cheryl, I've never seen his clos…
Re: c.d.i. gathering @ user conference
Nils Myklebust wrote: > > clema@informix.com (Clem Akins) wrote: > >Is there anyone in Chicago-land who knows a suitable > >(Symmetric Multi-Beer Processing) location? > > A lot of people are probably coming in on Sunday so it would > be nice to have an informal place to get tog…
Informix Certified Professional Program Update
Informix offers two certification paths. Each path requires the successful completion of two exams. Each exam is US $250 and is between 60-90 minutes long. * Database Specialist for INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server 7.x 111 - Database Fundamentals Exam 112 - Managin…
Re: Bar Codes
> cherylk@prod1.jcdc.doleta.gov (Cheryl Kendricks) writes: > I'm interested in the reading more so then then the printing! Reading is real easy using a wand or other reader that gets connected between your keyboard and computer (be it on a PC or a terminal). Any input from th…
Re: Bar Codes
adamg@interconnect.com.au wrote: >There's also printer fonts that do barcodes. It works okay from 4GL >or C. I`m using Fujitsu DL1100 printer with built-in barcode command, and just send something like PRINT ascii 27, "Ee123456789". Andrej…
Re: Bar Codes
There's also printer fonts that do barcodes. It works okay from 4GL or C. Adam cherylk@prod1.jcdc.doleta.gov (Cheryl Kendricks) wrote: >I'm interested in the reading more so then then the printing! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > …
Re: Bar Codes
I'm interested in the reading more so then then the printing! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cheryl Kendricks Internet:cherylk@prod1.jcdc.doleta.gov DTSI, Inc. Voice: 1-800-598-5008 Database Administrator - DOL …
Re: Bar Codes
Lee, We are printing several types of bar codes from within our 4GL application. We first have to send the printer some initialization codes that will inform it to use a specific bar code font. Once done, we send it the ASCII equivalent of the character we need. Viola, bar cod…
Re: Bar Codes
Hi, We do print bar codes in application which is a mixture of 4gl and ESQL/c. We output the print sequence for CODE 39 to a file. Write our formatted bar code ( the data should be enclosed by asterisk ) . Since our printers have the font cartridges. We r able to print bar code…
Re: Bar Codes
We purchased a package called "Bar Code Library" from: StrandWare P.O. Box 634 Eau Claire, WI 54702 (715)833-2331 (800)552-2331 This was several years ago, so I don't know if the company is still in existence. But, it was very cheap ($60…
Re: Bar Codes
Lee Sorry I'm not able to help. But I am interested in hearing from you concening your application. Did you all have to get a special bar coder? How complicated is it storing this information in the DB? Can your bar coder read any type of UPC or Barcode's or must they be within c…
Re: Bar Codes
In article <318f5219.0@stargate.imatrex.com>, Lee McCain <lmccain@imatrex.com> writes >Greetings: > >Is anyone out there in netland printing bar codes (CODE39, in our case) from an >application written in 4GL? > >If so, I would like to receive some pointers, as we are having diff…
Bar Codes
Greetings: Is anyone out there in netland printing bar codes (CODE39, in our case) from an application written in 4GL? If so, I would like to receive some pointers, as we are having difficulty doing it. We have written the code necessary to convert the data to a barcode bit pa…
Re: Informix, Sybase, Oracle or MS SQL server
> : Sybase: > : Liked dealing with them but it seems that they have some serious > : problems--no row-level locking, no two-phase commit. I like their > There's another thread in here kicking around row level vs page level locking. > It pops up periodically. I have not found …
Re: help with web-database
:-) :-) procedure showit is :-) ok boolean; :-) begin :-) ok:=owa_util.tablePrint('the_table','BORDER=6',HTML_TABLE, :-) '*','where foo=3 and bar > sysdate - 10 order by bar'); :-) end; :-) Is this standard O***cle syntax? If so, yuk! Give me Informix anyday :-) …
PRESS: EDS' dbINTELLECT TECHNOLOGIES & INFORMIX FORM STRATEGIC
EDS' dbINTELLECT TECHNOLOGIES AND INFORMIX SOFTWARE FORM STRATEGIC=20 RELATIONSHIP MENLO PARK, Calif. (April 8, 1996) -- Informix Software, Inc.,=20 (NASDAQ: IFMX) the leading provider of parallel processing database=20 technology, today announced that EDS dbINTELLECT(SM) (dbI)…
RE: On Bar Utility
What do you want to know?? They are coming....I hear beta is this summer. Originally scheduled for release in 7.2, but has slipped to a 7.21-ish release. Jon ------------------------------ Jon C. Vemo jvemo@cyberspace.com Bothell, WA U.S.A. ---------- From: Maurice J. Marong…
On Bar Utility
Has anybody heard about the Informix On Bar utilities? Max…
Re: Large table extents
Cheryl Kendricks wrote: > > Yes to question 1. Yet, if you have an index and set up query correctly > to use index it will use it. But once a table becomes highly fragmentted > either due to delete or insertions it is a good idea to unload and reload > the table. Or if you have …
Re: Large table extents
On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, Cheryl Kendricks wrote: } Yes to question 1. Yet, if you have an index and set up query correctly } to use index it will use it. But once a table becomes highly fragmentted } either due to delete or insertions it is a good idea to unload and reload } the ta…
Re: Large table extents
Yes to question 1. Yet, if you have an index and set up query correctly to use index it will use it. But once a table becomes highly fragmentted either due to delete or insertions it is a good idea to unload and reload the table. Or if you have enough space within the dbspace ju…
Re: Clustered indexes - again
} >So given these responses I am confused. Does leaving an index } >clustered effect future inserts/updates etc? } } >Robert Clark } } } > } >-------------------------------------------------------------- } >e-mail: robert@clark.netkonect.co.uk } >snail: 12 Balvernie Grove, Wan…
Re: Clustered indexes - again
On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, tolly brumbelow wrote: } robert@clark.netkonect.co.uk (Robert Clark) wrote: } } >OK, } } >I have now had a few responses to my original Q about clustered } >indexes - thanks to all of you. } } >Dan Madvig (d-madvig@bethel.edu) said: } >> If you leave it chus…
Re: Clustered indexes - again
robert@clark.netkonect.co.uk (Robert Clark) wrote: >OK, >I have now had a few responses to my original Q about clustered >indexes - thanks to all of you. >Dan Madvig (d-madvig@bethel.edu) said: >> If you leave it chustered, then every time the index changes >> the engine has t…
Re: ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - RECORD-BREAKING TPC-C RECORD!! **
performance is the least reason to choose oracle over sypbase, ingres, informix. even if sybase and oracle were the same, oracle is superior in so many ways that it defies description. consider the mass of client tools, media tools, internet tools, and the presence of "row level…
Re: ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - RECORD-BREAKING TPC-C RECORD!! **
Sorry...I can't resist... To paraphrase a certain executive: "We're faster, cheaper, better. Cool. Think about it. Then buy SYBASE." >For an apples to apples comparison consider the following: > > DBMS Platform CPUs TPC-Cs Cost/Transaction > ----…
Re: ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - RECORD-BREAKING TPC-C RECORD!! **
For an apples to apples comparison consider the following: DBMS Platform CPUs TPC-Cs Cost/Transaction ------- ----------- ------- ----------- ---------------- Sybase HP T500 12 5,600+ $390 Oracle HP T500 12 5,369 $535 …
** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - RECORD-BREAKING TPC-C RECORD!! **
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ via First! -- Today, Oracle Corp. announced a record-breaking TPC-C open systems benchmark, 9414 tpmC, surpassing the existing performance record, also held by the Oracle7 database. Oracle7's new record is more than two times faster …
Bar Code Class Libraries
The bar code that you are using is usually converted to an ascii input by the wedge software so that the input from the barcode appears in the field of the form which you are using as if it were typed by the keyboard. Indeed whether input is from the scanner or from the keyboard …
New Era and Bar Code Class Libraries?
I'm currently evaluating New Era for our new Windows Front end to our Informix 7.1 Engine. I need to convert our 4gl based Inventory Control Systerm to use bar codes and I'm thinking that I might convert the whole system to New Era (well, if 2.0 really deleivers on what is promi…
Re: Care and feeding of OnLine
Okay, I was hoping that by being vague, I would get a wider range of responses. I see now, though, that I was too vague. I'll try again to get the ball rolling. What my client-oriented customer is looking for is some simple steps they can perform to keep their OnLine da…
Customising user menu menu in ISQL
Is it possible to customise the menu bar for a user menu. I just want add, modify, delete and exit for a particular menu. Thanks, Kate…
Re: VLDB - for real?
What is a VLDB? Used to be 10GB, now it's 100GB, soon it will be 1TB. And the Intel 8086 used to be an adequate processor for most end-user computing. It's all relative. There's probably a corallary to Moore's Law in regard to database size. About the same time that Informix ann…
Re: Bar coding and Informix
In article <41krbj$pnv@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu> melin@hermes1.sps.mot.com (Darin Melin) writes: >From: melin@hermes1.sps.mot.com (Darin Melin) >Subject: Re: Bar coding and Informix >Date: 25 Aug 1995 11:48:03 -0400 >On 24 Aug 1995, BCFlorian wrote: >> I am currently devolping an…
Re: Bar coding and Informix
On Aug 25, 8:14am, Darin Melin wrote: > Subject: Re: Bar coding and Informix > On 24 Aug 1995, BCFlorian wrote: > > > > > The bar code readers we use will work with ANY software. They are simply > > another input device like your keyboard. > > > > Bill, > > Gee that is very nic…
Re: Bar coding and Informix
In article <41krbj$pnv@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu> melin@hermes1.sps.mot.com "Darin Melin" writes: > On 24 Aug 1995, BCFlorian wrote: > > > The bar code readers we use will work with ANY software. They are simply > > another input device like your keyboard. They can be …
Re: Bar coding and Informix
On 24 Aug 1995, BCFlorian wrote: > I am currently devolping an Informix application that uses bar codes for > input. > > The bar code readers we use will work with ANY software. They are simply > another input device like your keyboard. They can be hooked up on a PC > between …
Re: Bar coding and Informix
In article <kcjDDt9vr.MBn@netcom.com>, Kate Juliff <kcj@netcom.com> wrote: > >Does anyone know if Informix supports bar coding input? Any information >appreciated. > >Kate The way we have done this is. . . INPUT CONTROL-B Call GetBarCodeField_xyz() returni…
Re: Bar coding and Informix
In article <41ithk$p1a@newsbf02.news.aol.com> bcflorian@aol.com "BCFlorian" writes: > I am currently devolping an Informix application that uses bar codes for > input. > > The bar code readers we use will work with ANY software. They are simply > another input device…
Bar coding input for 4gl
Why not write a small c routine to do the job? >In article <kcjDDt9vr.MBn@netcom.com> kcj@netcom.com "Kate Juliff" writes: > Does anyone know if Informix supports bar coding input? Any information > appreciated. >I made this work sme years ago along the lines of a program getti…
Re: Bar coding and Informix
I am currently devolping an Informix application that uses bar codes for input. The bar code readers we use will work with ANY software. They are simply another input device like your keyboard. They can be hooked up on a PC between the keyboard and the keyboard port, or on a u…
Re: Bar coding and Informix
In article <kcjDDt9vr.MBn@netcom.com> kcj@netcom.com "Kate Juliff" writes: > Does anyone know if Informix supports bar coding input? Any information > appreciated. I made this work sme years ago along the lines of a program getting it's input from the bar code reader not the scr…
Re: Bar coding and Informix
In article <kcjDDt9vr.MBn@netcom.com>, Kate Juliff <kcj@netcom.com> wrote: > >Does anyone know if Informix supports bar coding input? Any information >appreciated. There is a demo put together by Mike Reetz in the Denver, CO, user group section of the anon ftp archive at mathcs.…
Bar coding and Informix
Does anyone know if Informix supports bar coding input? Any information appreciated. Kate…
Restore life database backup to testing database
Dear Sir, Our informix Online Engine is version 5.0 and using raw disk device. We try to restore our life database backup to testing database so as to fix a program bug. When restore start, the online engine restore the backup to life database again since the system restore acc…
Re: INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server intallation
copy the standard onconfig file and make as few changes as possible to the different parameters. after you are sure you can bring informix online, should you begin to make changes to the onconfig parameters. Use ONMONITOR to make the changes. It will protect you from many mista…
INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server intallation
I'm about to install INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server V.7.1 on a SPARC 1000. Has anyone installed this database on a sparc before? If yes...do you have any suggestions or could you give me any advice on certain aspects of the installation you felt might be important to take notice?…
Re: Clustered Indices
In article jql@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com, tcummins@ix.netcom.com (Tim Cummins) writes: >In <3p6toh$ojl@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu> phr@fmsc.com.au (Peter Harris) >writes: >> >>I have RTFM but I am still a tad mystified, when do you use clustered >>indices and when do you avoid them? what…
Checkpoint Required
Hey Online wizards What causes the check point required message on a "tbstat -"? I know one cause is when achive tapes needs to be changed(many thanks to Joe Lumbley's book), but what other things can cause the check point required message? A "tbmode -c" should force a checkpo…
HELP message log
I need some help to understand the meaning of the messages that appear in the file of Message Log. This is a copy of my Message Log. Thanks in advanced. ############################################################################## Sat Apr 22 08:03:30 1995 08:03:30 INFORMIX-…
Re: adjacent row delete bug
} From: kwa@mtatm.mt.att.com (K.ANDERSON(MT5756)XXXX) } [...] } We are now seeing the problem with NON-adjacent rows. I am assuming we } are banging up against another bug. } } Does anyone know a another like bug ?? } Maybe it's not a bug. Are you using the default page lock mo…
QUES: How to get count using OnLine ESQL/C
How can I get the count of records returned after opening the database but before fetching the records? I'm using OnLine 5.01 and ESQL/C. Thanks and have fun! - Bob -- Any opinions are those of the poster and not G-Bar Limited Partnership. gbar@mcs.com…
Process Priority with onilne 4.10
Does Online ver 4.10 have fixed priority support like ver 7.0 does with the NOAGE onconfig param. Thanks Chris…
Checkpoints problems
Hi A friend of mine is running informix online 5.01 ud3 in aix 3.2.5. The workstations are running inet 5.01 and q+e odbc library. At some time (generally during heavy load), users begin to complanit that they can't connect to the database server. But logged users still works…
Data deletion in Informix
In Message-Id: <3d3v5v$lkc@raffles.technet.sg> sgs@technet.sg (Alan Chen) writes: > If I have done a mass deletion on tables, when I do a tbstat -d , I don't see > the space being free up. Is it the space was free logically but not > physically ?? The space is still allocated f…
On-Line 5.0 Weird Crash
The other evening we had a database crash on us, it said that a dbspace disappeared. Upon further evaluation, we noticed nothing wrong and restarted the engine and everything was fine. The following listings "online.log" and "tbstat -a" are listings for a on-line crash on …
Re: More bar codes
Con Woodall (cwoodall@vth1.vth.colostate.edu) wrote: : Does anyone have a snippet of code used to cause a 4gl report to cause : printing of bar codes? Maybe this is something for the FAQ? It is easy to print barcodes from 4GL reports, provided you have a printer with a barcode…
More bar codes
Dear Informix net (Does this qualify as Friends and Family or should they just give us our savings......) Does anyone have a snippet of code used to cause a 4gl report to cause printing of bar codes? I am trying to produce either 3 of 9 or code-a-bar format (and I have just wri…
Re: Bar codes
In article <2vkp6r$fin@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>, cwoodall@vth1.vth.colostate.edu (Con Woodall) writes: The cheapest most simple solution ( caveat: if you already have a HP laserjet III and above) is the HP Barcodes & More Printer Cartridge. It cost around $150 and is available…
Bar codes
What is the cheapest type of printer for producing adequate bar codes. I know that there may be a few "depends on " phrases there. I would like to produce codes on labels on a device that takes up very little desk space. Serial communications is probably necessary as well. If t…
Re: What affects performance?
In article <CqsC5J.H96@rosebud.strinc.com> amw@rosebud.strinc.com (Allen M. White) writes: >In article <2sk35o$80v@goshen.connected.com>, >Kurt Schmidt <slores@goshen.connected.com> wrote: >>In article <Cqq0no.9x9@boi.hp.com>, Jack Parker <jparker@boi.hp.com> wrote: >>> >>>But mo…
Re: What affects performance?
In article <2sk35o$80v@goshen.connected.com>, Kurt Schmidt <slores@goshen.connected.com> wrote: >In article <Cqq0no.9x9@boi.hp.com>, Jack Parker <jparker@boi.hp.com> wrote: >> >>But more seriously, Paul and the other posters made some very valid points. >>What the original reques…
Re: What does sysindexes.clust contain?
graeme@pyra.co.uk (Graeme Sargent) writes: : Who can tell me what the numbers in the sysindexes.clust column mean? : : I realise that low numbers mean clustered and high numbers mean : unclustered, but what does (eg) 4000 mean? 4000 whats? Is 4000 : acceptably low or unacceptab…
What does sysindexes.clust contain?
Who can tell me what the numbers in the sysindexes.clust column mean? I realise that low numbers mean clustered and high numbers mean unclustered, but what does (eg) 4000 mean? 4000 whats? Is 4000 acceptably low or unacceptably high? If one wishes to write a utility which tro…
Checkpoint Recovery
Does Infomix provide me with the ability to specify a particular transaction or checkpoint to be used in rollback or recovery processing. My questions stem s from a user scenario, where the user has requested a series of database processes accidentally. I would like to be able …
engine performance (fwd)
Ellen suggested I send this out for a grin. Basically we had experienced some problems on one of our many engines and found this in the logfile. I sent this to Ellen to let her know a) what was going on b) it was the only logical explanation for what was occuring. } One day (7…
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
In <1993May10.141515.1374@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> aburt@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (Andrew Burt) writes: >I wasn't making myself entirely clear: The restore should then restore >only those pages that reside on the dead chunk. So if table A lived on >chunks 1, 2, and 3, and chunk 2 went …
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
->From: ijk@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (ihor.j.kinal) ->Subject: Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :? ->Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 14:13:01 GMT ->Reply-To: ijk@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (ihor.j.kinal) ->Organization: AT&T -> ->> Maybe I'm being simplistic, but wouldn't it make some sense to address ->> t…
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
Andrew Burt writes: |> |> Maybe I'm being simplistic, but wouldn't it make some sense to address |> this issue? Regardless of mirroring or raid5 type recovery ability, |> Informix still *ought* to provide a way to rebuild a table or all tables |> on a chunk that goes down. It s…
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
In <1993May10.095816.15007@pyra.co.uk> graeme@pyra.co.uk (Graeme Sargent) writes: >In <1993May8.140157.9963@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> aburt@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (Andrew Burt) writes: >>keep >>track of which chunks a table is on (kept redundantly on different chunks); >>if a chunk is…
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
> Maybe I'm being simplistic, but wouldn't it make some sense to address > this issue? Regardless of mirroring or raid5 type recovery ability, > Informix still *ought* to provide a way to rebuild a table or all tables > on a chunk that goes down. It sounds simple to me: Have i…
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
In <1993May8.140157.9963@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> aburt@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (Andrew Burt) writes: >Maybe I'm being simplistic, but wouldn't it make some sense to address >this issue? Regardless of mirroring or raid5 type recovery ability, It depends on how you define the issue. H…
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
In <1993May7.121212.23160@pyra.co.uk> graeme@pyra.co.uk (Graeme Sargent) writes: >In <1993May05.131535.949@sco.com> chrisw@sco.COM (Christopher J. Wood) writes: >>Is it possible to perform table backups/restores with >>Informix? >No. 6.0 is reputed to have dbspace level backup s…
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
In <1993May05.131535.949@sco.com> chrisw@sco.COM (Christopher J. Wood) writes: >Is it possible to perform table backups/restores with >Informix? No. 6.0 is reputed to have dbspace level backup support. >For example: if I'm running Informix OnLine and >multiple databases over …
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
Chris, This will be available when OnLine 6.0 (scheduled towards end of '93 I believe) is released. With 6.0 administrators will have the ability to backup/restore at the dbspace level. Since you can specify which dbspace you wish to create a table or database in, you could cr…
?: Table Restore/Backup :?
Hi, Is it possible to perform table backups/restores with Informix? For example: if I'm running Informix OnLine and multiple databases over multiple disks, would I have to restore the entire database to recover from one (1) disk going bad? Ideally I could simple restore the pa…
table backup/restore question
I tried to post this article yesterday however I doubt it made it outside our site since our news system is flakey. Sorry if this is a re-post. I would like to be able to backup/restore a database table to/from a tarfile (actually any type of file but a tarfile is preferred). …
Need Info on tbtape/tbstat
I need to write a program to automatically know what level of archive needs to be done. I am trying to read the ${INFORMIXDIR}/turbo.log to see the messages indicating when the last archive completed. The turbo.log and the tbmonitor status/archive does not really match. Is the…
Re: Copying .dat, .idx files
Mike - > I have a database with over 62000 records stored...The sysmenuitems.dat file > got corrupted and lost along with its index. I am recreating the menus to > get the user interface back. My question is this: If I create a new > database with the functionality of the old…
bar-code reader with I4GL
Forwarded from kjj@phx.mcd.mot.com: > I am looking for some help regarding the use of bar code readers as input > device in Informix 4GL applications. > > I wanted to find out if certain things will work before I go any further > in my development plans. > > What I know so far a…
Bar-code reader input in 4GL
> I am looking for some help regarding the use of bar code readers as input > device in Informix 4GL applications. The Winter 1990 issue of the Informix Tech Notes contains an article on reading ASCII files from within an I4GL program. You might find some of that dis- cussion o…