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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…
HDR : Primary et secondary OS Comptability ?
Hello, I red here (http://www.informix-dba.com/2010/08/informix-hdr-will-save-your-butt.html) that for HDR, primary and secondary servers can be on différents Opérating Systems, is there a compatibility matrix ? For my case i have a primary on AIX ans maybe a future one on Linux…
Technological Differences between HDR & RSS
We want to use HDR, as we can then switch HDR to Primary. Is there any technological difference between HDR & RSS, that might impact Transaction Processing on Primary Instance. Thanks.…
No Trust/No HDR?
Is it necessary to use either a hosts.equiv or .rhosts file to maintain a "trust" between two hosts which are members of an HDR pair? Is there any _secure_ method to establish and maintain the trust which the informixserver recognizes aside from using a dated technique that has …
Unexpected RSS authentication failure for 'leap16_2_c_tcp' during the Initialization Phase.
Just an observation really, occasionally on a fully functioning cluster the following is reported leaving the RSS instance in Fast Recovery ... a simple restart (onmode -ky; oninit) of the RSS and all is good ... 13:17:22 ERROR on the following statement SQLCODE: -243 ISAM:-154…
DRDA redirection to HDR primary
Hi Gerd. Thanks, but the purpose of this thread is to get automated HDR fail-over redirection working without Connection Manager. ------------------------------ Doug Lawry Oninit Consulting ------------------------------…
Informix 11.50.FC9W3 assert failed question
Hi Chuan, Did you try to `oninit` the RSS? ------------------------------ Sincerely, Dennis ------------------------------…
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 ------------------------------…
Drop table with no-logging mode
Hello Nasiha, you are aware that no-logging tables are not transferred to the secondary server, so HDR does not work for no-logging tables? Regards the hanging HDR server you should open a case. Regards, Henri ------------------------------ Henri Cujass leolo IT, CTO Germany IBM …
unable to select, delete the data and unable to drop the table, response says Long transaction detected
Suresh: You do not have enough logical logs defined. Any transaction or combination of transactions that span more than the percent of logical log space documented in the LTXHWM parameter in your ONCONFIG file will trigger the oldest of the open transactions to roll back with a L…
Replication of Informix
Gerd I don't believe that matters. If you wanted to keep your HDR traffic separate from your user traffic, an option would be to create the HDR connection with an INFORMIXSERVER setting defined as part of DBSERVERALIASES and operating through a different port. Koonjul, Is port 16…
restore through STDIO
Hello. Unless you are trying to create an RSS node on your cluster, I don't see any benefits in using zip/unzip. 1-huge cpu consumption in a serialized method. 2-your network link should be already a high speed to accomodate your primary load for HDR replication. 3-if you are dea…
Manual Switch Primary , Secondary while RSS exist
ABeMie: It's the same whether you have RSS secondaries or not. When the HDR secondary takes over as primary it will reach out to the RSS secondaries and make the connection basically saying "Yo, dude, talk to me now!" All is well. Art ------------------------------ Art S. Kagel, …
LIMIT DELETE ROWS
Doug, using SESSION_LIMIT_LOCKS will just terminate the transaction sooner, not break it up into smaller transactions which is what the OP needs. Art ------------------------------ Art S. Kagel, President and Principal Consultant ASK Database Management Corp. www.askdbmgt.com ---…
informixHQ without informix
Thanks for reply Ramon, The information is excellent as I have a project with 12 instances and their RSS feeds to control. Best regards, SP ------------------------------ Sergio Peres AIRC ------------------------------…
calculation of Required logical log
Amit: You may be able to use either my dbcopy or demove utility, both included in my utils2_ak package, to copy the data using smaller transactions! You can download the latest release of utils2_ak from my web site at www.askdbmgt.com/my-utilities ------------------------------ A…
HDR
Hello all, I'm doing the HDR setup on my personal laptop with IDS 11.50(OLD ONE) for learning purpose. I created two server on VMWARE and did FIREWALL off and both server can ping to each other. I'm facing problem when I go to create 2ndary Server. I've attached the doc for the s…
ontape error
Sorry Sergio, I was away from the keyboard. I haven't read the entire thread so apologies if I type something that's already been discussed. Run this on the node implied in the command prompt... [RSS]$ onclean -ky [RSS]$ onclean -ky [RSS]$ ipcs If you still see any Shared Memo…
gTA cannot be killed
If I'm getting this right, onmode -Z is meant for I-Star 2-phase-commit distributed transactions, whereas onmode -H is for XA global transactions. The later (XA transactions) typically are not owned by Informix and should be taken care of by the XA transaction manager that initia…
Promoting RSS nodes
1. Promote ifxdb03 to HDR secondary. onmode -d secondary ifxdb01 2) Promote ifxdb03 from HDR secondary to primary onmode -d make primary ifxdb03 3) Promote ifxdb04 from RSS to HDR secondary onmode -d secondary ifxdb03 ------------------------------ Nagaraju Inturi --------------…
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…
RSS over SSL
Hi, I am trying to setup one RSS server using SSL, can someone give some help about this? Thanks in advance, SP…
RSS: Different # CPUs?
Those were my thought exactly. But, was uncertain whether RSS required identical settings in ONCONFIG as the primary. Thank you. DG…
configure sds with raw device
Hello all, I am looking for advice on how to configure Informix SDS. We are using Informix 12.10.FC10 Workgroup and are running on AIX 7.1. No Informix secondary server or cluster software is configured. And DBSPACE consists of raw device, not cook device (file system). I woul…
Connections made to RSS are visible on PRIMARY
Dear All, Informix version 12.1FC10 on HP Unix and application running on RHEL 7 SET up has a PRIMARY, SDS and RSS We have a read only application that is pointed to RSS servers (direct connection to RSS server and NOT via Connection manager) When we start this application whi…
Take Primary and RSS down and up, w/o reinitialize
David, You should be ok taking either one offline to do non-database work. Before taking them down run onmode -c norm on the primary to force the checkpoint so they are in sync. Also check onstat -g rss verbose on the primary to make sure the RSS server is not way behind. Look …
Updatable Secondary (RSS)
Informix 12.10.C3 Solaris 10 1/13 I would like to make a read-only RSS updatable, so I can do a dbexport. I have done this in the past. However, this time, I can't seem to make it updatable. I do the following: 1) Take the read-only RSS offline. 2) Edit UPDATABLE_SECONDARY par…
How to DROP unlogged table on RSS?
Dropping the RAW table on the primary should have been replicated to the RSS secondary. Have you dropped the table while the the "STOP_APPLY 1" was active on the RSS?…
How to tell if logs are caught up in HDR
"onstat -g dri" on both , hdr and primary to check if they are sync'ed Also, you can see in the logs messages like "DR: Secondary server needs failure recovery" "Start Logical Recovery - Start Log ..." When you'll see "DR: HDR secondary server operational" then primary and HDR ar…
RSS Encryption Performance Hit?
Since RSS is a special case of HDR, does ENCRYPT_HDR also have to be set? 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…
Upgrade 11.70 to 12.10
Hi. We are running 11.70.FC8W1 on Linux in a Primary / SDS config. Everything works well. Now I'm planning to upgrade to the newest 12.10.FC10. I've been testing the upgrade process (on a restored instance without SDS) and we have run our application and everything seems to be O…
Could not do a physical-order read to fetch next r
Ok, open a case with IBM support. Regards. Alexandre Marini IBM Informix Certified Professional v10 / v11.50 / v11.70 / v12.10 IBM Informix on Cloud - Database Administrator - 2017 IBM dashDB Managed Service for Analytics and Transactions - 2017 DB2 Advanced DBA - v10.5 for LUW…
reading committed data on hdr
We are using informix IDS 12.1 with an HDR in near_sync mode. Some applications read data from hdr. We found that uncommitted data is also read n hdr that some times rollaback and information delivered at that instance does not recoincile. One solution might be keep the hdr in fu…
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.…
RSS bring up secondary problem
RSS online log: 00:50:09 RSS: Lost connection to idsescmnsoc 00:50:10 RSS: Reconnected to idsescmnsoc 00:50:13 RSS: Lost connection to idsescmnsoc 00:50:14 RSS: Reconnected to idsescmnsoc 00:50:17 RSS: Lost connection to idsescmnsoc 00:50:18 RSS: Reconnected to idsescmnsoc 00:50…
Re: HDR Question
Back in business. Did a reboot and it must have freed up the port. Now back to trying to get HDR going.…
HDR Configuration
Hi Friends, After a lot of study and IIUG members help, we are ready to implement HDR in production environment. But I need your help to get move forward to successfully implement HDR without any issues. Which is the best approach to get high performance and without any data lo…
HDR scenarios
Dear Informix Guru's I have successfully implemented High availability HDR in Windows environment with auto switch-over using Connection manager with the IIUG members help. Especially Mr. ART Now pulling my hair with some sort of scenarios, which i mentioned below, because of f…
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…
Informix HDR
Hi, I'm currently running Informix HDR (IDS 12.10FC8 on Windows server 2012 R2) in Async Mode. I just have a few questions: In Async Mode, the log is flushed to disk without waiting for a confirmation from the Secondary. What happens if a transaction is committed on the Primar…
Switching HDR to RSS replication
This is a follow up to my earlier post on IIUG (July 19, 2017): HDR-Distance and Latency Our HDR distance is changing from 40 miles (NEAR) to 1200 miles (FAR) after 2 months. After testing with a set of simple update/delete statements on triggerred and non-triggerred tables I co…
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…
Rebuid sysmaster database and effects in a HDR/RSS
Hello I need rebuild sysmaster database in our production instance. I think running the "$INFORMIXDIR/etc/buildsmi" script will not cause problems with our HDR/RSS instances, but I'm not sure. Anyone know if there is any kind of incompatibility (rebuilding sysmaster) with an H…
Re: RE: HDR replication setup on Windows
Hi, Did you got the information on HDR implementation on Windows. If, could you help me on this. I have stuck at this point since last three weeks.…
HDR Implementation
Hi All While HDR implementation on Unix My scenario: 1. Two different servers with identical hardware and software. 2. Installed IDS on both servers. 3. Created Instances manually with all onconfig, sqlhost, environment variables set. 4. set all HDR related parameters in oncon…
HDR implementation on Windows server 2012 R2
Hi Every one. Hope all are doing well. I need a assistance in implementing HDR in Windows environment. My OS is : Windows server 2012 R2. Can anyone plz provide the key parameters to implement HDR in windows environment. I had implemented in Linux environment. its successfully…
HDR Implementaion
Hello All, Need a Fast response. Thank you Advance. On implementing HDR I have strucked at one point. My Environment: Primary Server Name : primary Secondary Server Name : hdr_secondary I had configured all the paramenters in oncongif, sqlhost, services, hosts, host.equiv. I…
Configuring HDR
We have a primary and secondary setup in PROD that I am trying to mimic in dev with version 11.5 I watched Lesters webinar, and he mentions the use of an rhost file. On other searches, I see some people use hosts.equiv file When I look for both of these in our PROD environment,…
HDR Solution
Hi, Currently we have used informix IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC8GE workgroup edition running on hpux. Our production load already full utilize during peak hour. To reduce load on production server, we plan to separated process to another server, means OLTP proce…
Informix Database crash cause select whith between
no, I would do it tomorrow, I keep the RSS to check this, but is there any manipulation could I do before ?…
Shared Disk Secondary
Is it possible to avoid a SDS-Server shuts down when the Primary is stopped and restarted? TIA Reinhard.…
Issue in transactions with informix using DRDA
Hi Roger, In case of distributed transaction, application don't need to explicitly start a transaction. The Ambient Transaction will be initiated by the Distributed Transaction Manager based on the transaction scope criteria what application has specified. That means you may pu…
sds transactions
I don't understand sds secondary isolation in transactions I'm making some test and I'm a bit confused, perhaps something is not well set: --Primary create table kk(k char(1)); begin work; insert into kk values (2); --Secondary select * from kk --> 2 --- --dirty read?; I keep …
DBSERVERNAME in an HDR Environment
Hi, In an HDR Environment, the DBSERVERNAME of the primary server must be the same of the secondary or they must be differents ? Thanks in advance.…
RSS to Primary ?
Hi, We are running Informix 11.70.FC7W2 on Solaris 11. We tested the following scenario and want to see why it works and if its recommended or not to do this. We have 1 informix "source" server with 4 RSS servers connected to it. 1) We brought down the Source server "onmode -k…
HDR - export on secondary
On an existing HDR (11.70) I'd like running an export on the secondary node while the primary server still needs to continue running. On secondary node: onmode -d standard perform the export onmode -d secondary (HDR should start re-syncing) Any suggestions or recommendation…
updatable SDS
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.FC6X5 -- Updatable (SDS) -- Up 03:46:16 -- 1950676 Kbytes I'm testing things before releasing the first SDS server, and I'm finding thing I didn't expect: I create a lock in Primary: begin work; delete from kk where 1 =1; Updatable SDS…
Load by External table commit interval
No, I have an RSS server, if I turn the table to raw, unfortunately the load does not replicate to the secondary server unless is there a way to replicate this load with an other mechanism.…
RSS INSTALLATION
Hi, I want to install an RSS standlaone server on Windows, But I have followed the steps but no way to create this replica, I want to isolate the reporting to this server and to dedicte the primary server only for transaction. Os : Windows 2008 R2 and Informix 11.70…
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…
Primary + SDS cluster failvoer through cm
Is there a way to tell the connection manager to try to start a node that is down? I dont mean the "turn the sds to new primary y old primary is down" that already does it, I mean a "try to start the primary that failed as an sds node of the new primary you just started". I don…
Data loading quesiton
I will figure out the loading time with standard table without HDR on this thursday or friday. My Ids VERSION is 12.10FC6. currently DRINTERVAL is 0,HDR is near_sync; and I will do the testing according your suggestion, convert it to RSS before loading ,and conver it back to HDR …
SDS Replication and VMware VMFS
Hello, Ihac who wants to implement SDS replication using two Vmware Linux virtual machines. Does VMFS support SDS replication? Thanks a lot for your answers. JOHN.…
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)…
Block vs. RAW
Thanks Art. Unfortunately, I can't use a filesystem (except maybe gvfs) because this will be an SDS instance. EXTx filesystems are not safe to be mounted by two servers at the same time (or so I'm being told). I think I will try to config this using RAW and see if I see any dif…
Setting up SDS cluster
HP-UX B.11.31 IDS 11.70.FC8W1 Setnet 4.10.TC5 Hi All When I start the connection manager and try to connect from a Ilogin I get a -908 error. I have checked the port setting on both client and server match but still get this error. Any advice will be appreciated. thnx…
RSS server is not active / Can not establish RSS -
Hello all, I followed and have completed all the steps for setting "back", an RSS server with IDS 11.50.FC9 on AIX 6.1. When I issue onmode -d RSS ol_live (Primary) on the backup server, instance log shows : " 13:04:09 DR: Secondary to Secondary 13:04:09 DR: new type = RSS 13:0…
Informix temp spaces
Hi Boycho, I have TEMPTAB_NOLOG 1; Do you think it will be good practice to set it on "0"? I have configured and two RSS servers.…
Shared file system
Does it still applies when I set up an updateable SDS server ?…
Unable to bind to the port
Hi, Informix 11.7.FC8 HP-UX 11.31 I am setting up an SDS server. The primary starts successfully but when I run the oninit command on a SDS server I get the following error: "Assert Warning: Unable to bind to the port (9999) on the host (999.99.9.99) for the server (primary)."…
tuning HDR
Hi, A customer use HDR in IDS 10.They use async mode and DRINTERVAL is 30. database is unbuffered. a batch job run below two sql. 1, insert into A select * from B where condition; 2,delete from b where condition; they found those SQL become 10 times slow after using HDR. How to t…
Stuck transaction
On 05/05/15 15:47, MICHAEL HOFFMAN wrote: > Hi All, > Informix 11.5.FC9 running on Solaris 10. > I found a transaction using 'onstat -x' that is definitely stuck. > > 119696f88 -LH-G 0 0 logid 81731 81763:0x189257c COMMIT 0:00 0 > > The problem is that those log numbers date back…
Error -225 when configuring RSS
Thanks Art. I found the problem. On the secondary server the command is: onmode -d RSS <primary server> (without "add") and I was typing onmode -d add RSS <primary server> The command failed because the secondary server is in "Fast Recovery" mode !!!! Regards !…
blocking checkpoint with RSS
Can you not block a secondary RSS with a blobspace in it? If there is a way I can't figure it out.…
HDR
Hi Scenario: 1. Primary failed 2. Secondary changed to Primary. 3. Primary initial Recovery (Step 1). 4. Can Sincronice from Secondary to Primary initial ? Comments Please. -- Saludos Cordiales Rubén Dután Gerente APLEXT CIA. LTDA. Soluciones AX-ERP & TIC www.aplext.com.ec …
RSS DBSERVERNAME
Good Morning, We are running Informix 11.70.FC7 on Solaris. Is there a best practice recommendation when setting up RSS on whether to use DBSERVERNAME or DBSERVERALIASES for the communication between the primary and RSS nodes? I recall at one of the IIUG Conference sessions som…
Wakeup RSS Server
Try running the onmode -d RSS <primary> again on the secondary. Art Art S. Kagel, President and Principal Consultant ASK Database Management www.askdbmgt.com Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions an…
Informix RSS Monitoring
Hi, We are running Informix 11.70.FC7W2 on Solaris. We are setting up a read-only RSS node to our primary. We want to setup some monitoring to see if the RSS node is keeping up the with primary. Any way to get some of the information via a query that is similar to the onstat -g …
setup LOG_STAGING_DIR
Hello, any one have a idea about setup LOG_STAGING_DIR. can any one explain step by step with rss. in informix 11.70 Thanks…
SQLHOSTS for HDR
What are the benefits to defining groups in sqlhosts for an HDR pair? I have had some issues with multiple instances (each with an HDR secondary on a separate server) where I left the group definitions out and came across some unexpected behavior when dealing with failover. After…
RSS not working
Hello I have an interresting problem I have 2 servers when they I do a level 0 backup on primary. setup the RSS on Primary Send the backup to my secondary run ontape -p. connect the secondary to primary the primary sends this error 12:29:07 RSS Server drcastxliveca - state is n…
Setup HDR
Informix = IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.FC7GE Unix = HP-UX rafdr B.11.31 I am trying to set up HDR between two servers. After I successfully ran the command "onmode -d primary serverA" , I ran the command "onmode -d secondary serverB" I then get the following messag…
Connection Manager - Sessions Terminate Abnormally
let me rephrase, I have 3 instances - ifx1, ifx2, ifx3 and then each of these has a designated HDR secondary. sorry for the confusion…
Re: RSS Feed Formatting
Test Post Test Post Please ignore! Thanks!…
Error HDR
Hello There I have the following error in secondary server 16:50:58 Start Logical Recovery - Start Log 9539, End Log ? 16:50:58 Starting Log Position - 9539 0x47832e4 16:51:03 Started processing open transactions on secondary during startup 16:51:03 Finished processing open trans…
HDR
Dear folks For HDR I need de same version of OS & IDS -- Saludos Cordiales Rubén Dután Gerente APLEXT CIA. LTDA. Soluciones AX-ERP & TIC www.aplext.com.ec -- Este mensaje ha sido analizado por MailScanner en busca de virus y otros contenidos peligrosos, y se considera que est…
SDS Shutdown
Hi, We are running Informix 11.70.FC7. I am doing some testing with SDS. I noticed that if I shutdown the primary, the SDS stays up. Though when I bring up the Primary again, it automatically shuts down the SDS. This happens even if I just quickly bounce the primary. Why does th…
Swapping HDR
Hello, IDS 11.70.FC7W3X3 AIX 6.1 I thought this should have been simple and maybe it still is... I want to swap modes in HDR. In other words, I want my secondary to become my primary and my primary to become my secondary. I have DRAUTO set to 0 and I do NOT want to have to res…
Álter Add fragment on HDR environment
Hello: I tried to alter fragmentation on a hdr environment with no succes due long transaction. Shall I change this database to non logging and try to alter? Shall I unset hdr, do the alter and set hdr environment? Regards…
ontape and onunload on a RSS Secondary
Good morning IIUG family, Quick question for those who have a bit more experience with RSS secondaries than I do. Context: My HDR Primary is so busy 24 x 7 x 365 with users and after-hours cron-jobs processing, that performing ontapes backups and onunloads on the secondary has b…
Upgrading IDS version on PRI need rebuilt HDR/RSS?
Hi All, I have a question related to informix upgrade. If I am running Primary, HDR & RSS, then when i upgrade the primary informix version (from IDS 11.70 FC4 to FC7), then HDR & RSS remain intact or not? And does it requires the rebuilding of HDR & RSS again using level-0 back…
Promoting RSS Secondary?
Consider a cluster with three servers, A, B, & C. Server A is the primary (not HDR primary), and servers B & C are RSS secondaries. Let us say that server A fails, or is otherwise removed from service. I can change one of the secondaries (say B) to standard, and put it in service…
reconnect RSS after network outage
Hello I have just setup an IDS11.70 cluster with one primary server and one HDR secondary plus one RSS secondary. I had a network outage between the production site and the backup site, it caused the RSS synchronization to stop because the timeout set in "IFX_SMX_TIMEOUT" was rea…
Informix upgrade
Can we upgrade informix from Dynamic Server Version 11.70 to 12.1 workgroup edition directly?…
BlobSpace replication
Hello, I read somewhere that blobspace in not replicated with HDR, is it true ? and if so what informix technology to use to do so ? Thank you :)…
Switching RSS Servers
Hi Everyone, IDS 11.70.FC7W3X3 O/S AIX 6.1 I have a scenario in which I have 3 servers in RSS replication, rss1 is the "primary" where the other 2 get their changes from rss2 is a replicate of rss1 rss3 is a replicate of rss1 My question is if rss1 goes down for any reason, c…
can we have to hdr servers ?
In fact i will use it for backuping the production. Is the rss read. Only. Likr hdr ?…
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…
HDR question
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC8W2 Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 I have a server that is running in standard mode with 1 RSS attached. I can I do the following without bring the engine(s) down On standard onmode -d primary <rss name> on RSS onmode -d secondary <prim…
Nasty, unexpected cluster problem
We have a MACH11 cluster defined. It has an SDS Primary, an SDS secondary, and 2 RSSs. The SLA is defined thus: CLUSTER gcgob1_db LOCAL SLA Connections Service/Protocol Rule ob1_oltp_1 234463 ob1_oltp/onsoctcp DBSERVERS=primary ob1_obbo_1 0 ob1_obbo/onsoctcp DBSERVERS=SDS,primar…
tuning RSS
We're bringing up some RSS servers and pushing them all to one box on smaller instances that (in the case of DR) will be moved to larger boxes not currently available. How much smaller can I make these "catcher" RSS secondaries? We've had them smaller before, but they seemed too …
RSS Feed Formatting
Sorry for the off-topic post, but I haven't seen any other good ways to ask about this. The content of this forum is amazingly useful and I want to follow all the discussions using the RSS feed, but I cannot get the formatting to display properly. Even when I view the feed conte…
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.…
Isolation modes in mach11 cluster
1) table lock level is row locks, SQL for each test iteration is as follows: Begin Transaction INSERT INTO infx_cluster_test (host_name, id, data) VALUES ('JUSTINK-PC', 756, 'fp''L+h2$}vxV6NPjS;GKZZp/upua"V') SELECT serial_num FROM infx_cluster_test WHERE serial_num = (select …
HPL unload on secondary HDR
We have a backup script that does HPL unloads on certain tables throughout the day. When I run the scripts on an HDR secondary however, it hangs for a bit, then times out with error "Cannot open database 'sysmaster@servershm' - SQL error -25588, ISAM error 2". The strange part is…
redundant connection manager configuration using H
correct. since PRIMARY always has zero latency, so most time Connection Manager will route client application to the PRIMARY. if you want use secondaries and low the connections to the PRIMARY, you can define cm_sla1 as SLA cm_sla1 DBSERVERS=(RSS,HDR),PRIMARY if all RSS and HDR…
RSS and BLOBs
Quick question...maybe... We're using RSS but we have a BLOB space. According to developer works http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/tutorials/db2-cert9195/section9.html RSS isn't able to restore a primary if the DB contains a BLOB space. Is this still true? If so is there any…
ER network replication state
When we have a large transaction, or a large blob to replicate, if the queue mem size is about to be exceeded, then we do two things, 1) we sp= ool the transaction to disk and 2) notify the source not to send any new transactions until the large transaction is processed. This is …
Auditing HDR server
good evening, can we audit an hdr server ? which is, by definition, on read only mode :) thanks in advance…
DB_locale or local naming convention
Hi, I already mention the informix version. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE…
ifxclone
Also, make sure DELAY APPLY is set on the RSS, not the Primary. (I've made that mistake before)…
Some strategy to resize logical-logs in HDR
Thanks a lot, I am even more impressed about Informix HDR features now. Regards, Keith!…
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,…
licence question
Hi, folks, If adding a Read-Only RSS instance for a existing instance, is there extra charge for the new RSS? Thanks, Frank --14dae9340881b758dc04cc2f68a0…
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…
Any resolution steps for this failed llogdbs that
IDS: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC9W1X7 OS: Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005 I'm having the Systems Admin to review the disk now. 14:13:25 Assert Warning: I/O error, Primary Chunk '/ifmx/ciboodle/chunks/llogdbs_4' -- Offline 14:13:25 IBM Info…
Lost data
Informix does not "lose data". When I have seen this it is almost always because the applications are not using proper transaction management. Look up Optimistic Locking Protocol or Optimistic Transaction Protocol. I have posted descriptions of the method on the forums many times…
Upgrading HDR to 11.70
Hello All, IDS 11.50.FC8W2 on Hp-Ux 11.23 I have gone through a post for upgrading to 11.70, just want some one to help me with sequence of steps. 1) Make the HDR standalone 2) Upgrade the Primary to 11.70 3) Level 0 backup on primary 4) Upgrade the HDR to 11.70 5) Restore the…
HDR in Windows
I need do an HDR in two instance in windows. How I do it. Thanks Wanderlei…
HDR and ER Running Together
Lets try again, this may be easier to read !! Set up is as follows: IDS 9.4 on AIX 5.3 --> ER over LAN --> IDS 10 on Solaris 2.8 | |-> IDS 11 on Solaris 2.10 V Sync HDR over WAN | V IDS 9.4 on AIX 5.3 Note ER is Primary to Secondary (one way). With this setup I am seeing line…
HDR and ER Running Together
Set up is as follows: IDS 9.4 on AIX 5.3 ----------> ER over LAN -----------> IDS 10 on Solaris 2.8 | |------> IDS 11 on Solaris 2.10 V Sync HDR over WAN | V IDS 9.4 on AIX 5.3 Note ER is Primary to Secondary (one way). With this setup I am seeing lines in the error log o…
New online magazine that recognizes Informix.
Well done. Do you have a RSS feed for the column? I would like to follow any new articles.…
Query Performance on HDR instance
Recently we have faced a scenario, a query was running quite fast on primary instance but performing poorly on HDR instance. The execution plan on both instances were different as well. After running "update stats" on tables involved in query, the execution plan on HDR become sam…
HDR Setup
I "was" in the middle of setting up HDR between a pair of AIX 5.3 servers running IDS 9.4.FC6 (upgrade planned), but have just noticed in the Admin Ref that the servers should be quiescent when issuing the onmpde -d primary/secondary 'server name' commands. This requirement isn't…
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…
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 …
new OS Migration with SDS
Hello, we have to change our OS from Solaris to Linux RedHat. Which is the best way to do it, prefered with a limited downtime. We have two Solaris Systems with a Shared Disk. Is it possible to use a third RedHar Node, so we can make this system later to the primary DB Server? t…
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…
HDR not working
Newbie to Informix Cannot get HDR to work. Can anyone help? Thanks Derrick Muller Secondary stays in Fast Recovery mode. Here are configurations for both primary (runix) and secondary (backix) Running SLE 11, IDS 11.70 PRIMARY hostname:dm_runix Instance: ol_dm_runix service: …
Speed discrepancy between prod and a lab
I've been over-looking the HDR Remote Secondary that prod has, so I should add that we have one. I don't think it can account for a 25% speed difference. The other production environment has the same type of HDR, and we don't see the speed discrepancy with it.…
Connection Manager
I have setup an RSS server but I am having problems getting it working properly with Connection Manager. Here is what I am running. IDS 11.70.FC4GE CSDK 3.70.FC4DE ServerA - Primary server ServerB - SDS ServerC - RSS The connection Manager config file is - NAME conn_man LOG 2…
RSS with DELAY_APPLY is dog slow!
Hello, Does anyone have experience with RSS and the DELAY_APPLY feature? I am running tests, with the end goal to find the best HDR or RSS setup that will minimize the performance impact on my primary db server. That is, I want the best possible performing primary for my OLTP …
delete HDR Secondary
Folks, IDS11.50, Redhat Linux. Is there a simple command to delete/remove the HDR Secondary from the Primary server side? I saw a similar command for RSS( onmode -d delete RSS...), but did not see it for HDR. Thanks, Frank --00151747596854590f04b13b31d9…
execute dbimport in SDS node
Hi, In V11.7, if I run the dbimport in the SDS node? dbimport will create a non-logged database default,could I use the default method to run it? or I need to specify the buffered or unbuffed option. thanks for your time.…
transaction survial in 11.7
Hi, If I use transaction survial feture, when the primary failed, where the flying-in transaction in the SDS being stored? thanks for your time.…
SDS - AIX
Hi, We will set up a new machine and would like to keep things already prepared to activate an SDS in the future. AIX 6.1 , Storage IBM DS4700. Using VG / LV raw devices. As far I remember , on Linux, we need to configure the VG (or LV... not sure) to active shared access. (t…
DBSPACETEMP IN SDS CLUSTER
I have a Cluster SDS, secondary server is setup as UPDATABLE_SECONDARY 1 my application is connected through CM, When an user is connected to Secondary Server i recived. -229 Could not open or create a temporary file. -131 ISAM error: no free disk space. I checked "onstat -d" a…
HDR & RSS
Hi, I am trying to find out which is the best way to have an Standby IDS server a long distance away. I have IDS 11.10 on windows with actual database data 250GB. On Live IDS server we use onbar and TSM for whole system backup. Our database is in logging mode but we don;t need t…
DR Default Isolation Level in SDS Secondary
Hi I have a question because DR is default in SDS Secondary Server, how i can setup LC like a Default Isolation mode in SDS Secondary Server?.…
Issue creating RSS replication
Hi, I am configuring RSS replication using IDS 11.5UC4WE. On primary it is showing as ONLINE & "onstat -g rss" is showing RSS Srv name = db02 RSS Srv Status = defined Connection Status = defined but Next log to send as (0,0). In RSS it is showing as Read-Only (RSS) but logic…
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…
Could I execute ontape,onbar oronunload on HDR SEC
Hi, I want to reduce the workload in the primary server. Could I execute ontape,onbar or onunload on HDR Secondary server? thanks for your time.…
Could I execute ontape/onbar/onunload on HDR SEC
Hi, I want to reduce the workload in HDR primary server? Could I execute ontape,onbar or onunload on HDR Secondary server? thanks for your time.…
HDR setup- Network driver system error
Just to be clear. You cannot use a shared memory connection in HDR, etc as DBSERVERNAME. You may use it in DBSERVERALIASES. My HDR is operational. I have identified the problem ( with tips from Madison) and posted below.…
blobs and HDR
Is it still true in 11.5 and/or 11.7 that you can't have HDR of a blob space? Is there a way to work around that? Thanks! Kate Tomchik [ kate@iiug.org ] www.iiug.org International Informix Users Group Board of Directors A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any inv…
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…
Error re-Starting SDS Secondary server
Are you sure that the logs are on a shared device? The way that SDS starts up is to perform a checkpoint on the primary and then use the LSN of the checkpoint as the starting point for the SDS node. So unless you are wrapping the logs in less than say a second, then I'm a bit co…
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.…
DB Restore From HDR Files
Hi, We are using IDS 11.50 FC6 & 11.50 FC7 on solaris sparc. We have tested the following Case 1: We've shutdown HDR and taken its dbspace files (OS files) and re-stored (using oninit -v -S) it to another machine/instance, and it was successful. Case 2: While the HDR was opera…
same ports in Primary , HDR and RSS
hi, I have a plan to use same ports at Primary, HDR and RSS servers. Is there any implication or availability or performance overhead. Kindly share the findings. anees…
Informix Warehouse Accelerator : Problem with a se
Hello, I have another problem with Informix Warehouse Accelerator. When I try to add an accelerator on a secondary server (SDS), I have the following java exception 'Add Accelerator ...' has encountered a problem - User Defined Routine (accel_setup_dwa) VP context switch failed.…
Quick Recovery
Thanks for the info. If we enable STOP_APPLY, then how we need to keep RSS active (even behind primary) ? Do we need to apply logs (manually) ? Thanks.…
SDS com OCFS ou sem
Friends I want to ride without using an SDS rawdevices putting a chunk of shared lun mounted on two different machines with the Oracle RAC using OCFS when the use SUSE in INFORMIX have to use OCFS or can simply assemble the two machines pointing to the same LUN without rawdevice…
RSS Cannot Connect
Hi, We are using 11.50.FC7 on SunOS sparc. We deleted RSS for one of our instance. When we recovered it (using Level-0), we received the following error (at Primary Instance): 02:01:29 RSS ids_net_rss2_05 added 02:01:52 RSS Server ids_net_rss2_05 - state is now connected 02:01:…
Problem with HDR
I have upgraded my database from 11.5.FC6 to 11.5.FC7 but facing some issues with HDR. Its observed that when HDR is lagging behind the primary there are number of sessions goes into " G waiting on write of the logical log buffer" and primary goes slow and lot of load on primary …
Mach11 proxyWritePostPBlobCmdSync failed
IDS 11.50 FC8 Linux I get this error in my online log of the SDS secondary: ERROR: Mach11 proxyWritePostPBlobCmdSync failed has anyone seen this error? how do you fix it? Thanks Laurie…
how to do a full restore at HDR primary server
ids 9.40 , HDR Primary & secondary at normal status. Can I do a full restore 'ontape -r' at primary server. Is that will affect HDR functioning after ? Or I should restart the HDR setup steps ?…
RSS Cheat Sheet???
Hello, Does anyone have a cheat sheet for initializing RSS for the 1st time? I have 2 instances that I can backup on one machine and restore to on another via ontape -r and -p so I think my config is there. I can connect to databases on 2nd machine from 1st so I think the connec…
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…
Why RSS automatically becoms standard?
Hello, Our RSS server automatically become standard while its drauto value is 0 (mannual). Following are the messages which are in message log file. 19:33:17 RSS: Lost connection to ids_net_db91 19:34:31 RSS: Reconnected to ids_net_db91 19:34:35 This server is not registered wi…
Re: DBEXPORT IN RSS NOT WORKS
I think it's a BUG. It will work if you use just one tempdbs. Set DBSPACETEMP=dbstemp1 on RSS secondary, then bounce engine (RSS secondary).…
New Feature Request for HDR/RSS in place upgrade.
In place upgrade for HDR and RSS secondary servers. Requiring a backup/restore to re-initialize the HDR and RSS servers is no longer acceptable. In the case where we have our RSS servers located in different data centers, the time it takes to send a backup is over a week. Bandwid…
HDR licenses
Hello, Does HDR (standby server) require a separate Informix license? Can anyone point me to a documentation that deals with that issue? Thanks…
Primary Slowness when RSS is active
You need to set LOG_STAGGING_DIR parameter in onconfig of the rss…
RSS - Hangs on changing RSS to standard
Informix 11.50FC7W1 AIX 6.1 I am testing scenarios with RSS. I tested setting up RSS, failing over, going back to the original setup and running the test a second time. During the second test changing the RSS to "standard" the instance hangs. I have a case open with IBM but n…
RSS Replication Questions
OS: AIX 5.3 Informix 11.50FC4 I have a few questions on RSS: In the Informix manual under HDR Requirements it states the following: "The primary and secondary servers must be able to run the same IBMR InformixR Dynamic Server (IDS) executable image, even if they do not have i…
Mach11 questions
Does anyone have a good source of in-depth information on Mach11? I googled, perused info center and watched some audio conferences but have not found the info I am looking for so was hoping there was a better place to look. Here are a few things I am looking for : -How UPDATE…
HDR Information
I'm getting ready to start working on setting up HDR and have gone searching google for information about doing so. There seems to be a wealth of it out there, but I'm wondering if there is one in particular that would be classified as " the best ". Jonathon Wyza CX & CBORD Syst…
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…
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…
DBEXPORT IN RSS NOT WORKS
HELLO!!! We have an environment RSS with IDS 11.50.FC7 on HP-UX 11.11. We want to do our backup method a dbexport on RSS side.. but appears the following message, after set STOP_APPLY=1, we run dbexport database command: "The operation cannot be performed on this RS secondary s…
RE: dbexport on RSS client
Hi everybody!!!! I tried to do a dbexport with the following: dbexport basedato -o /path I followed the path Paul sent, but I got the following in the RSS node: ""The operation cannot be performed on this RS secondary server because no temporary dbspace exists. Set the DBSPACE…
hdr and statistics
Ever since I started HDR on a second server, the statistics have been different. After a db restart, sometimes onstat shows statistics on the primary server and the secondary shows as zeroed out, sometimes the opposite. Then it stays that way to another restart. Can't figure out …
Re: how to terminate global transactions?
On 28.06.10 11:19, Davorin Kremenjas wrote: > On Jun 27, 6:51 pm, Frank Langelage<fr...@lafr.de> wrote: >> On my Informix instance I have two global transactions holding some >> locks. See onstat -G and onstat -x output below. >> How can I get rid of them? >> Also after a server…
how to terminate global transactions?
On Jun 27, 6:51 pm, Frank Langelage <fr...@lafr.de> wrote: > On my Informix instance I have two global transactions holding some > locks. See onstat -G and onstat -x output below. > How can I get rid of them? > Also after a server reboot they are still there. > onmode -Z <address…
Inserting to SDS secondary
IDS 11.50 FC6 X3 Linux I am wondering if anyone is successfully using an SDS server and regularly inserting data from that server? I have an updateable SDS server that I am trying insert records to... the records insert successfully, but the application tries to get the generate…
Inserting to SDS secondary
IDS 11.50 FC6 X3 Linux I am wondering if anyone is successfully using an SDS server and regularly inserting data from that server? I have an updateable SDS server that I am trying insert records to... the records insert successfully, but the application tries to get the generat…
Another SDS question
I have 2 servers in an SDS cluster. ids_1 is the primary ids_2 is the secondary If the whole cluster is lost, and only the server with ids_2 comes back, how can I restart the ids_2 instance? If I start it with SDS_ENABLE =1 it will crash because it cannot connect to its prima…
SDS best practice query
We're working with a customer to set up SDS. It's going well. Because it's little-used there's not a lot of user experience about, apart from the IBM documentation and some useful blogs. Can anyone advice about the placement of the SDS_TEMPDBS and SDS_PAGING files in an envrio…
Switch RSS secondary back to Primary
I did what Nilesh adviced on and here's what happenned: OAT (2.27) shows that the servers (Prim-RSS sec (updatable)) are connected. However, nothing is getting written to the RSS.online log. On RSS I see the following written to the online log when I bring up dbaccess: 14:29:31…
SDS secondary and LOCK TABLE
Hello all. I recently had an issue with a programmer on our site, regarding concurrency control and an SDS environment. The problem is, that he had a little table that was used to control an order sequence number. No serial column or sequence were used. It is a normal table and …
CRCOLS and VERCOLS and REPLCHECK
IDS 115FC6X3 I am setting up a system that will use both SDS servers and ER. I understand that CRCOLS and REPLCHECK columns are used for ER and VERCOLS are mainly for SDS servers... but it doesnt appear that you can add all 3 (or even 2) sets of these columns to a single tabl…
Backup from RSS server
I am testing on a RSS server setup for the first time. The RSS server will be used to backup the Production databases so that we can restore any one of 4 distinct instances we have on our Development box. Currently we use 'onunload/onload' process to backup/restore Production dat…
HDR failing
Hi All, I got this message from the primary that the replication failed... Please see below 19:54:42 listener-thread: err = -25582: oserr = 9: errstr = : Network connection is broken. System error = 9. 19:56:21 DR: ping timeout 19:56:21 DR: Receive error 19:56:21 ASF Echo-Threa…
dbexport on RSS client
Anyone knows if dbexport on 11.50 RSS client is possible? Paul,…
Can an HDR Secondary know if RSS is setup on Prima
Hello, I have a stored prcedure which exists on three replicating databases (HDR Primary, HDR Secondary and the RSS server). This stored procedure gets called on each server and performs different tasks depending on what mode the server is in and whether RSS is configured. It w…
AIX 5.3 IDS 11.50 FC5 - Performance Advisory
What?.. Wow!.. I've heard of log files growing too big to where they threaten available space, but not guaranteeing a checkpoint becuase they're too small, needing a bigger size (>30 seconds)? Hmm!.. I'm wondering if IDS should provide some kind of dynamic log file management. CJ…
HDR Error
I keep getting an error when I attempt to turn on HDR on my secondary server with "onmode -d secondary <primaryserver>." The informixserver message log reads: 16:26:23 DR: Reservation of the last logical log for log backup turned off 16:26:23 DR: new type = secondary, primary…
IDS V11.50FC6 HDR RSS level 0 archive
Hi, We are just setting up HDR with a primary, secondary and RSS servers. I have read that in IDS V11.50FC6 you can now do backups on the RSS server. I have tried testing this using ontape -s -L 0 (will be onbar in our live system) IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6 -…
HDR Problem
Hi All, I've take the whole day configuring the HDR but it didn't work. I have the same machine and OS configuration. This is the procedure i've done so far: on Primary server, i have this configuration Primary sqlhosts #Primary ipc_ross1 onipcshm ross1 ipcshm ol_ross1 onsoc…
SDS & update statistics performance
Hi My situation: 1. I use MACH11 with IDS 11.50FC5W2 on Sun Solaris On Secondary server UPDATABLE_SECONDARY 0. 2. On SDS server assert and server stop: 15:56:34 Rollforward of log record failed. iserrno = 126 15:56:34 Log Record: log = 4807652, pos = 0x105558, type = OLDR…
HDR not working
Hi all, It's my first time to configure a replicated machines. I'm using the same machine specification (all hardware), same IDS 11.5, same all up to the configuration. I also performed a backup using ontape -s -L 0 and ontape -r in secondary. on primary server, i performed on…
IDS V11.50FC5: AUS error.
yes, in a HDR system..…
IDS Updatable RSS on different platforms
Jonathan Smaby wrote: > I've been asked a question by my sup. Under IDS 11.50.xC4 or better.. if I had > an RSS Primary running on HP-UX, could I have a Linux RSS updatable secondary? No. > I know that standard HDR replication isn't cross-platform, but how about RSS? > My goal …
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…
RSS Appears to stall ?
Here's an odd one... We have 4 servers, all Solaris Sparc 64bit --- 2 in site A, 2 in site B Site A contains a Standalone Server S1 and RSS node S2 Site B contains RSS nodes S3 and S4 S2 and S4 stay nicely in sync with S1 ; S3 RSS applies seem to 'stall' --- the drift varies …
RSS Appears to stall ?
Here's an odd one... We have 4 servers, all Solaris Sparc 64bit --- 2 in site A, 2 in site B Site A contains a Standalone Server S1 and RSS node S2 Site B contains RSS nodes S3 and S4 S2 and S4 stay nicely in sync with S1 ; S3 RSS applies seem to 'stall' --- the drift v…
MACH 11 questions
Zev Berezin wrote: > Hi, > > Greatly appreciated if someone can be of assistance in a couple of questions I > was recently asked on MACH 11 running IDS 11.50. > > 1) is it possible to have an SDS node against an HDR or RSS node? The reason No. SDS can currently only run against …
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…
Question on HDR
Hi All, Just a question on HDR of Informix.. The scenario is the DB primary server went down. The secondary server is up and running. The replication is fine before the primary shuts down. Here are the questions: 1. Is the Secondary server will function right away as the Prim…
HDR
Hi Would anyone tell me on a HDR pair in IDS 7.31, if I bring down the primary server (say for 2 hours appx for maintenance ) and make the secondary server as STANDARD, after primary server comes up, do I need to restore logical logs from secondary server? I want to bring the …
RSS can only use DBSERVERNAME?
Prior to the 11 versions, HDR could be setup on a private IP or NIC and you can assign a connections listed in DBSERVERALIASES to handle HDR traffic between your servers. Now with RSS it seems like it only works with DBSERVERNAME and will not properly establish a connection if …
SDS Mach 11
When you are using SDS with Mach 11, how does Informix balance the load across multiple pieces of hardware that are all using SDS to share a disk? I assume through connection manager, but I would like to understand the logic of how it determines how to send a transaction. Also, …
RSS problem
Hi! IDS 11.50FC4 Sun Solaris I have Primary, Secondary HDR and RSS servers. When I run: 1. Stop HDR (onmode -d standard) 2. After 50 or more logical log files completed I start HDR - onmode - d primary ... 3. While logical files send to Secondary HDR, new logical log files compl…
HDR crashed after upgradation
HI Art did u mean that that crash happend becz i didnt shutdown the primary database properly. I thought that the crash happend becz of the way i upgraded the databases. To upgrade the database i have performed the following steps. 1) Shutdown the HDR and SDS instances 2) Shutdo…
SDS question
Hi all, currently if the primary server is re-started, all SDS servers are automatically brought offline and need to be re-started. Does anyone know of a way to keep secondary servers online in case primary goes down. (IDS 11.50 FC4, SunOS 5.10) Thank you, Ljiljana Zivanovic …
SDS pre-requisite
Hi, Can we setup SDS without using special file-system like IBM's GPFS? If no then what are the options to choose for Sun Solaris. regards, Kamran…
Problem Building Tuxedo TMS with Informix 3.5 SDK
I have upgraded to Client SDK 3.5 from 2.81 I have attempted to build the Tuxedo transaction manager (TMS) with the following line in the RM file, which works for 2.81 INFORMIX-OnLine:_Odbc_xa_switch: -I${INFORMIXDIR}/incl/dmi -L${INFORMIXDIR}/lib/cli -lifcli -lifdmr -lm -ldl -…
HDR
I'm getting ready to turn on HDR between our production site and our D/R site located 7 miles away. We are running Jenzabar CX on Informix 10 and HPUX 11i v2. Our 2 servers are connected via a 20 MB pipe. I've gone through the documentation but I have some questions below. We hav…
Read-Only (SDS) (CKPT REQ)
Hi! After run checkpoint - SDS server is blocked. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC5 -- Read-Only (SDS) (CKPT REQ) -- Up 00:00:41 -- 2748416 Kbytes Blocked:CKPT online.log: 17:45:14 Maximum server connections 0 17:45:14 Finished processing open transactions on …
Re: SDS performance
Alexander wrote: > Hello everybody, > > Our is planning to upgrade IDS from 9.4 to 11.50 along with hardware > upgrade which includes FC attached disk array that will be shared by > two servers. It looks like we can try to use what is called Sared-Disk- > Secondary server. > > I'…
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…
SDS performance
Hello everybody, Our is planning to upgrade IDS from 9.4 to 11.50 along with hardware upgrade which includes FC attached disk array that will be shared by two servers. It looks like we can try to use what is called Sared-Disk- Secondary server. I've searched this group for SDS …
program failing in secondary server
Hi. In a SDS environment there is a difference between inserts and puts. In the primary instance the program works correctly but in the secondary it fails with and trying to insert null value in a column that don't accept nulls.…
I/O writes
Hi Art, These stats are of a primary node in HDR cluster with 1 secondary and 2 RSS nodes. Does HDR also has non-blocking checkpoints?…
HDR
Hello, I'm getting ready to set up Informix HDR between our primary server and our secondary server at our D/R site. We are running Informix 10.00.HC5 on HPUX. Both servers are HP 9000 systems (rp7410). I've been getting some ideas from another University who has implemented HDR…
HDR recovery in asynchronous mode
So can someone tell what is "dr.lostfound" for? Is there something related to "dr.lostfound" w.r.t. HDR recovery…
SQLTRACE on HDR Secondary
Is there a trick to get SQLTRACE to work on the HDR Secondary. We use our secondary for some read only applications and would like to be able to analyze the queries with SQLTRACE. This is for HDR, but also wonder if SQLTRACE works for RSS and SDS Read Only Secondaries? IDS 11.…
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…
Removing SDS Node servername has timed out - rem
Hi all, informix 11.5FC4 on HP-UX 11.23 I have one primary and two SD secondary instances in my cluster. In my cluster my one of the secondary instance goes down and In the online.log , IDS report the following error: 10:51:31 ERROR: Removing SDS Node prodsds2_tcp has timed ou…
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 …
CDR servers on SDS primaries will not connect
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC3X8 We have historically combined our test and development environments. But I have been tasked with separating them. To that end we have created test and dev SDS servers. Howerver, one of the projects requires that the test and dev da…
Monitor HDR
Informix 11: We run HDR and I see waits on logbf0, logbf1. I think it's something to do with log shipping to secondary node. Is there a way to look at to make sure that log shipping is not the issue why I see some of the high response times on the user sessions. How can I monito…
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…
IDS with IBM HACMP
Hi , Does anybody know where can I find reference document for implementing Informix (10.00 or later) with IBM cluster , HACMP. Id like to know about this concept. Does it work or not ? What is the pro/con comparing with Informix HA such as HDR, SDS,RSS. Thank you in advance, J…
Converting SDS to primary or standard
After a system change and reboot, we lost all disk access to SAN storage on our primary server. Is there a way to change teh configuration of an SDS server to become the primary server in the cluster when the primary server is down? The limited SDS documentation only gives comman…
Truncate does not work on "Updatable (SDS)" for TE
Question, is the truncate command allowed on an "Updateable (SDS)" server for a TEMP table? When I run it the command executes but does not truncate the TEMP table. I could not find any documentation that says it cannot be ran on the "Updatable (SDS)" server. There are no error…
Shared Disk Secondary
Hello, I have a query in regards to SDS (Mach11) feature. Is it compatible with HP Service Guard? We have an EVA connected to an HP itanium server through san and OS HP UX 11.23. So what are the prerequisite that is needed for implementing SDS? Regards Poonam…
Problem with SDS server disconnecting - Informix 1
SDS_TIMEOUT is set to 500 -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Madison Pruet Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 12:18 PM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: Re: Problem with SDS server disconnecting - In.... [14886] What is SDS_TIM…
Tables of type raw
Is there a way to create a table with type raw on HDR primary? I get the following: 19844: Tables of type raw are not allowed in a logged database on an HDR primary server.…
Building Indexs on Primary Server
Informix 11: We have HDR servers, I am seeing that creating an index on table of 100M rows takes more than 16hrs. Could it be because of HDR secondary server trying to build the index at the same time? We have PDQ priority set to 100 and PSORT_NPROCS set to 4…
Question for Connection manager and SDS
I have 2 question for IDS11.50 SDS 1. What is the machanism of Connect Manger to select the dabase server ? Round robin , random ? For example : SLA CMport=(dbport1+dbport2+dbport3) Can we set up the additional rule for CM such as use dbport1 40%, dbport2 30%, dbport3 30% ? 2…
Re: IDS 11.5 and SDS
On Jan 28, 3:11 pm, Madison Pruet <mpru...@verizon.net> wrote: > Madison Pruet wrote: > > Tom wrote: > >> Greetings All, > > >> Has anyone configured IDS 11.5 with SDS on any AIX platforms? I am > >> configuring two new servers and plan on using IDS 11.5 features for HA > >> and …
Re: IDS 11.5 and SDS
Tom wrote: > Greetings All, > > Has anyone configured IDS 11.5 with SDS on any AIX platforms? I am > configuring two new servers and plan on using IDS 11.5 features for HA > and it looks like a Shared Disk Secondary would fit the bill. However, > a call to IBM Informix as well as…
Re: IDS 11.5 and SDS
On Jan 28, 12:01 pm, TBP <th...@Usenet-News.Net> wrote: > TBP wrote: > > Tom wrote: > >> On Jan 28, 10:14 am, TBP <th...@Usenet-News.Net> wrote: > >>> Tom wrote: > >>>> Greetings All, > >>>> Has anyone configured IDS 11.5 with SDS on any AIX platforms? I am > >>>> configuring two…
Re: IDS 11.5 and SDS
On Wednesday 28 January 2009 16:47:17 you wrote: > On Jan 28, 10:14 am, TBP <th...@Usenet-News.Net> wrote: > > Tom wrote: > > > Greetings All, > > > > > > Has anyone configured IDS 11.5 with SDS on any AIX platforms? I am > > > configuring two new servers and plan on using IDS 11…
IDS 11.5 and SDS
Greetings All, Has anyone configured IDS 11.5 with SDS on any AIX platforms? I am configuring two new servers and plan on using IDS 11.5 features for HA and it looks like a Shared Disk Secondary would fit the bill. However, a call to IBM Informix as well as IBM AIX Software grou…
IDS 11.10.FC2, SDS, AIX and DS4800 SAN
Hi There, I'm taking a look at SDS to offload reporting from an OLTP server to another IDS server. Details on environment, hardware, etc are: * IDS 11.10.FC2 for both * AIX 5.3 TL8 SP1 for both * SAN DS4800 for both * OLTP host: p570 Power 5 * Reporting host: p650 Power 4. At th…
cookbook: Linux + SDS + iSCSI
Cool Stuffs: Linux/Desktop + SDS/MACH11 + iSCSI This is a little cookbook/step-by-step what I was tested successfully here and want to share with everybody. Is more focused how configure the linux ... the IDS part is to easy to do a cookbook :) but! if you need information how c…
HDR systems
Informix 11 Is there a way to determine which system is currently up among HDR secondary or primary?…
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…
Fwd: Re: Raw Disk still preferred for 11.5? - File system type for SDS
The sysadmin corrected me - OCFS2 - I dont know if that makes much difference or not.. laurie Laurie Gustin" <lgustin@utah.gov> 10/08/08 11:03 AM >>> Thanks so much for all the feedback, I have learned a great deal. I think we will go with a cooked system. I think it will b…
Re: Raw Disk still preferred for 11.5? - File system type for SDS
Laurie Gustin wrote: > Thanks so much for all the feedback, I have learned a great deal. I > think we will go with a cooked system. I think it will be better > administratively, since they wont give me root access to the new > servers and it will be a chance to try something ne…
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…
Raw Disk still preferred for 11.5?
I am setting up a new set of servers that will utilize the SDS capabiltiy of IDS 11.5 and just want to make sure that raw disk space is still the best way to go. I plan to have at least 3 SDS servers. SLES 10.2 4 processors per server 32 GB ram per server Thanks in advance …
log replay position is falling too far behind RSS
Hello all I am getting following error message in online.log file "log replay position is falling too far behind RSS Source" Can any one explain the reason of this message and suggestions for removing this resolving this. Thanks…
Copy instance + RSS
HI Using IDS 11.50: First of all we have an instance called idsrestore inside a machine P550. Were trying to have other instance with same information now called idsrestorebkp at the same machine P550. At the same time we want to start the RSS replication mode. We used at the …
HA : What is the best ?
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:20 AM, Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@serendipita.com> wrote: > Henri MOUKOURI wrote: >> 2/ When adding an external RAID device >> >> a) SSD > I assume you mean SDS? SSD could be Solid-State Disk -- or it could be a typo for SDS as you said. -- Jonathan Le…
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…
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…
How I can to change status from SDS secondary to Primary.
Hello All. I have my testing environment. I have server1 is primary server and server2 is SDS secondary server and one Connection Manager Arbitrator. When I shutdown my primary server, Connection Manager switches my application to the SDS secondary server. After that my server2 b…
Re: active-active DB
Mohit Anchlia said: > As far as I remember from presentation it's something like HDR, only that > the other node is not read only. It could be used to update data. ER can do everything HDR can do (and more) but in update-anywhere mode. This is old technology. With Redirected Wr…
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…
RE: HDR on IDS WE
Has anyone added HDR to a WE instance. I was wondering on what the process is once licenses have been purchased. Is there HDR software that you download to install on top of a WE installation or what? Once it is installed, does it operate just like EE when setting up HDR? Larry…
Re: SDS and RAW, It's possible?
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 3:10 AM, Isidre Pons Roca <ipons@base.altanet.org> wrote: > We are planning to move from IDS 9.40.UC4 in Solaris 9 to IDS 11.5.FCx in > Solaris 10. > > Now We are using raw devices in SAN and HDR. > > New functionalities in IDS 11.5 are the use of Shared D…
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.…
Informix Continuous Availalbility Feature Demo
This marketing video of IDS HDR, SDS, RSS and Updatable Secondary Nodes came in on my Google alerts this morning. http://www.cocktail-server.com/informix-caf/ Andrew…
Execute HPL
Hi all ... is possible execute HPL in Informix HDR ??? Thanks _________________________________________________________________ Descargá ya gratis y viví la experiencia Windows Live. http://www.descubrewindowslive.com/latam/index.html…
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…
Creating index and none logging.
Question: Can you still receive the following Long Trnx on index enable is logging is turned off? 06:20:18 Aborting Long Transaction: tx 0x26d62388 username: informix uid: 1004 -458 Long transaction aborted. The database server (probably OnLine or INFORMIX-OnLine for NetWare)…
HDR Performance
I want to know - How to measure/estimate the Network Bandwidth for a HDR pair over a WAN ? - What will happen to the performance of the Primary server if Network slows down ? - If Primary fails during high trasaction processing will the Secondary be in Sync - Are there too…
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…
Informix HDR and ER
Dear All, I am in the process of setting up Informix HDR on IDS 11. I need your inputs and assistance. Can you please give me the steps to configure HDR. Also would like to know whether the main requirement for HDR is two servers with identical configuration or can we setup HDR …
replication HDR
Hi, Last night I recycled informix engine 10.00 FC7 (which is also primary in hdr pair) and brought back up in half a minute. It sent replication failure immediately on secondary server online message. but when I brought primary back online, it gave this message in online: DR: F…
IDS11 SDS
Hi! I have some problems getting SDS up and running. I set up 2 machines with v11.10FC2, both connected to a SAN. dbsroot is located on the SAN and can be seen and read and written from both machines. Configuration of both machines is identical except to the points mentioned i…
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…
IDS 11 RSS promotion to a primary in DR
bill.abler@gmail.com wrote: > We are in the process of considering an IDS 11 upgrade. We'd like a > setup that addresses both High Availability, HA, and disaster > recovery, DR. We currently are on IDS 10 with HDR only. I am in the > process of proposing a business case of hav…
One temp space fills and 4gl fails
Everett -- This is the primary server in an HDR pair, could that have something to do with it not filling the temp table round-robin?…
backup replicated database
Hi, Can somebody tell me if replicated (read-only) database on HDR can be backed up ontape? or is it only primary can be backed up? Thanks, Sunita…
HDR questions
Couple of questions on HDR for the wise. We are at the testing stage of an ODBC-based application and want to test failover. HDR was working fine until I shut down both the instances and set DRAUTO to 1 on both sides; now the primary and secondary just say they can't find one a…
How to initialize an SDS instance
Hi, is there anybody who installed an SDS instance on IDS 11.xx. Maybe you can tell me where I can RTFM? Is theI have there anything I have to take into consideration when creating my raw devices? TIA Stefan…
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…
HDR failure handling on network disconnection
As I know that HDR is working by HDR buffer for transferring primary data to secondary data. But what if the failure of network connection occurrs intermittently and the primary physical log was backed up to tape for freeing its space, how the informix data server handles it? Wil…
HDR to more than one secondary
Client wants to do HDR to two backup servers. Can this be done? They're going to be on 10, possibly moving to 11 Q3-ish 2008. Thanks Andy…
SDS
Hello, I have played around with SDS some and it seems to work quite well. I have a question if the following will work though ... server1 - primary server2 - secondary . Both systems get shut down ...and host names are swapped...then brought back up ..desired effect... serve…
HDR quirk?
IDS 10.00.UC4 RedHat AS 3 U 8 Re-org a table under HDR with the following quirky result: tab_b created like tab_a with new extent sizing tab_b loaded from tab_a without indices create one index on tab_b applications accessing HDR secondary stopped applications accessing HDR pri…
Re: RAC in Informix by year end?
Data Cruncher wrote: > Taken from DBTA magazine. > > Did I read this correctly? Does it mean that by year end Informix > will offer RAC. > > ============================================= > HDR, RSS and SDS servers and even ER can be combined in any way to > provide a sophisticate…
IDS 11 sds problem
Hi: I installed IDS sds in SUN OS 5.9, I initialize the primary and SDS server successful. I could execute some query from SDS server, But after I ran some applicaton in the primary server, The sds server disconnect from the primary server. In the online.log , IDS report the fol…
OFF_RECVRY_THREADS and ON_RECVRY_THREADS
Does these parameters help in logical log recovery. I was wondering if increasing ON_RECVRY_THREADS help in HDR on secondary server.…
HDR recommendations
Could somebody tell me their experiences about HDR. I am reading about HDR to see where we can improve. We ran our tests and the performance was less than .5 of what we generally get. Do things like log file size make difference ? Would increasing memory help ? We have huge blobs…
RSS Feeds for Product Lifecycles
I don't know if everyone was aware of this, but you can subscribe to product lifecycle RSS feeds here: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/support/rss/db2/index.html Gotta love that FUCKING DB2 BRANDING though! :o( Grrrrr...... A more conventional summary is here: http://www-306.i…
HDR or storage remote mirroring, which is better?
I like to make a Diaster Recovery system, and just wondering which system I should choose:Informix HDR or storage remote mirroring . storage company told me that remote mirrroring can copy primary server's modifying block to the secondary server immediately. The functions that r…
IIUG TV
Great job on the video work!! I look forward to seeing more! -t- -- -- Informix Dynamic Server Database Engine -- http://www.informix.com --…
Types of dbspaces
Hi all: In INFORMIX+HDR that types of dbspaces support ???? Thanks _________________________________________________________________ MSN Amor: busca tu ½ naranja http://latam.msn.com/amor/…
DDL with HDR
We have an Informix 10 system with an HDR mirror, and we are having trouble with DDL statements getting "non-exclusive access" errors. We have a piece of software that is used by many organisations, and each organisation has a seperate database on the server. When we have a new …
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.…
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…
Accessing the repository
Hi the home page of iiug.org has changed . To access the repository, look at list of Resources on the left of the screen . Software Repository is right below IIUG RSS Feeds Peter Wages…
IDS down while log back. is it a bug?
The 'onstat -l' showing it's a HDR secondary server. Wondering, are you trying to log backup on secondary server? When you use HDR, you must back up logical-log and storage spaces only on the primary database server. -Sanjit Chakraborty…
HDR Transaction
Hi Guys, I got a enviroment with HDR in two AIX maxhines. What is the rule for backup logs in secondary server? I try to start a logical log backup and, the only situation it was finished with sucess, the secondary server was turned to standard mode. What is the problem if I don…
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…
changing HDR dbserver names
IDS 10.00.UC5 on RHEL3 2.4.21 kernel Is it possible to change the dbserver names used for HDR without reinitializing HDR? For example, a while ago I initialized HDR like so: physical restore of serverB from backup of serverA onmode -d primary serverB onmode -d secondary server…
Re: Senior Oracle DBA now Learning Informix by Request of Company:IThought Informix was Dead?
> How about 2000 POS instances with common data replicated and distributed > and managed by a team of 3 DBAs one of whom pitches in part time. I believe we can match this. I will follow up at work and see what I can find > How about 10000 replicated instances with update anywhe…
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…
HDR Question
>From IBM Informix Tech Notes, why would you want to do this? Problem This article describes how to disable parallel clearing of the physical and logical logs on the secondary of a HDR pair during its logical recovery. Solution Q. How do you disable par…
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…
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…
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…
HDR questions
> What about backing up without marking the database as backed up? Isn't > that a new feature of informix 10? ontape -F in think. > > Would this allow a backup to be done on the secondary, because it isn't > updating the system tables? > > > > Yes you can run ontape on the secon…
HDR and Indexes
Most of the folks using HDR know about the create index issue. Can I have honest reaction on this issue? Thx…
Re: Need info on blobspace blobs
We use blobspace blobs. Recently we have decided to implement HDR for that server. Now we are looking for a way to replicate our BYTE columns. It will be very useful for us if HDR can support blobspace blobs. Madison Pruet wrote: > I need an idea of the number of customers who a…
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 …
DataBlade Manager
hello all, how does one "install" Blade Manager? HP-UX 11i IDS v10 we have a developer who wants to use the datablade API to generate auditing events from transactions..........Thanks Tom…
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: transactions between two databases different instances same sever
full server was stopped with a power cut. When we power on server again I started both instances A and B. On instance B we had one rollback and On instance A we had several commits but 0 rollbacks. there weren't opend transactions and 0 bad locks. I didn't review onlog. Both …
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/…
Message from the SIGman re RSS
Greetings and apologies for those of you who monitor many groups and thus will get multiple copies of this message. IIUG has implemented RSS feeds for all the Special Interest Groups. This means that you may now monitor SIG discussions using your favorite RSS reader, or manage t…
HDR on win2k
Hi All, Is anyone out there successfully running Informix 9.4 HDR on win2k (with tape backup or with out tape backup systems). I am getting an error "unable to change server type" after I type "onmode -d secondary pri_server_name". Thanks, Bes…
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…
Re: Defrag large fragmented table in 7.32
Coming in v.Next. I seem to remember seeming something about online upgrades whilst HDR is in use for v.Next but I can't find the slide again on IBM's website...…
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 …
RE: HDR Sync/Async mode
We've run HDR in sync mode across a dedicated link, didn't notice any performance issues.…
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…
HDR Sync/Async mode
Could I do a quick survey to see how many folks are using HDR Sync mode and how many are using HDR Async - and why? Thanks M.P.…
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…
Fied wtlist gt 0 _ onstat -k
Hi Masters: What is the query to get wtlist > 0 onstat -k IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD7W4 -- On-Line -- Up 2 days Locks address wtlist owner lklist type tblsnum rowid key#/bsiz 80e20b70 0 cd6a6f08 0 S 100002 204 0 820b9958 d62b1a38 d62b4cd8 80e2d280 HDR+X b0001…
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!…
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.…
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…
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…
HDR problems
Hello , Iam doing a HDR for 2 informix servers on HP-UX :- Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.FD6 -- On-Line -- Up 33 days 07:46:25 - - 661824 Kbytes But when I was doing a ontape -p on secondary server , it showed or asked me "do you want to restore a level-1 backup ?" ...I …
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:…
Onbar and Storage Manager Backup to different server mpossible?
Robert A. Reissaus wrote: > We have 2 IBM P570 servers, one production one as DR. Both machine run > IDS 9.4.FC6 and are exactly the same EXCEPT for the hostname. DR? What does that mean? (I can guess, but I don't know.) > Policy of the datacenter here we have the production …
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…
RE: long transaction job then aborted with the following error number 458
Are you using a program to do this ? Keep your transactions small - commit regularly. -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Muthana.AL-Temimi@tu-harburg.hamburg.de Sent: 24 May 2005 03:09 PM To: infor…
long transaction job then aborted with the following error number 458
Dear IIUG I have a problem and it seems to me the same that I have before when I want load a table with 350000 records but now what I have is a job try to access three tables and write the result in the forth table. The job cannot be continued after ten minutes I got the followi…
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…
Replication question...
I'd definitely agree with that. I think Smart LOBs are replicated in HDR when they are logged, but they are so slow we can't use them with logging on! Regards, Donny superboer wrote: > > enable HDR for (s) blobs in sbpaces and blobspaces. >…
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…
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…
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 …
Re: Restoring a level-1 backup at a later date?
To all those who suggested we use HDR for this; there was a small bell ringing at the back of my mind and eventually I worked out why. You CANNOT USE HDR TO REPLICATE BLOBSPACES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (At least in IDS9.30 anyway). Why oh why oh why the hell not? Malc (seething 'cos we'd…
Re: Savepoints - Was: Isolation levels in Informix vs Oracle
Mark Townsend wrote: > Serge Rielau wrote: > >> DA Morgan wrote: >> >>> A commit completes the transaction and the savepoints evaporate. >> >> >> Thanks, that makes Oracle and DB2 compatible and SQL Server the odd >> one out. >> >> Cheers >> Serge > > > Well .... expect that Orac…
HDR issues
All, I had a peculiar problem with HDR last night. We had a software = upgrade, which made some changes to the db schema (columns added, indexes created). In order to = facilitate this,=20 I shut down the secondary server until the everything was complete. = When I started up th…
HDR feedback
Just a little bit of feedback (for those interested). A while back I posted a reply to an HDR mail, saying that we have loads of problems with HDR, and I was about to give up on using HDR. We kept loosing the link between the 2, and I kept rebuilding the secondary server. W…
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'?…
HDR Logging
Hi, I need to configure HDR on two IBM AIX servers running IDS 9.40 I cannot use Transaction Logging. Will HDR work without having Bufferd/Unbufferd logging enabled? Thanks Trevor…
HDR question
Hi all, Is there anyone know which SMI table keep track of the Last DR CKPT info? sysdri tables from sysmaster database doesn't contains the info. I need to know what is the current log id that being replicated to the secondary server. Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC2 …
HDR Interval
Hi, I'm wanting to implement HDR between two IBM AIX servers running Informix 9.4 UC3. I have 53 (2mb) logical logs. I've been asked to have a replication period of 1 hour DRINTERVAL of 3600. We do an ontape -c on the primary server. Would there be a problem if all the logical …
IDS V7.30 and Windows 2000
Can Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.TC6 be run on a Windows 2000 host system? TIA Erwin…
Re: HDR: MULTISET gives -626 on secondary
This is a limitation on using extensibility on HDR secondary. I think workaround mentioned in release notes will work (provided you wait for DRTIMEOUT after running the query on primary).…
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…
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: 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…
HDR using encryption with CSM ??
HDR is using full duplex protocol. The CSM is using half duplex. That means that HDR can not be using encryption. "rvb" <rvbon@gmx.de> wrote in message news:6e9a0040.0407060058.a949384@posting.google.com... > Madison, > > I isolated HDR communication with option s=6 as follows…
Re: Help with Transaction Log !! Urgent!!!
"Five Cats" <cats_spam@[127.0.0.1]> wrote > It can manage much, much bigger transactions than 100 rows. AFAIK, in SE that is very much dependent on the row size.…
HDR on Windows 2000
Has anyone tried HDR on Windows 2000. Is it even available. Version can be either 9.3 or 9.4. Thanks. Ravi…
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…
HDR Question
Officially, you need identical engines and operating systems to use HDR. However, during an upgrade, we tested and used HDR between identical 7.31 versions with the primary on solaris 8 and the secondary on solaris 7. Has anyone tried using HDR between 9.40 versions, one on sola…
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.…
Manual commit ODBC transactions?
Hello, When attempting a manual commit, I receive a "Driver not capable" error message. Is it possible to use manual transactions with Informix v9.4 and ODBC driver v3.82 ? I tried the ODBC advanced setup option "Auto commit optimization" both ways with the same result. I am …
Re: Performance advice
Richard Kofler wrote: > > no. > The application has proxies and a transaction manager is part > of what I call app here. >[SNIP ETC] anyway, nfi. I've definitely seen the load imbalance once I went looking for it after Art's postings. This is on machines with a small number of C…
ODBC Transactions
Hello, When attempting a manual commit, I receive a "Driver not capable" error message. Is it possible to use manual transactions with Informix v9.4 ODBC driver v3.82 ? I tried the ODBC advanced setup option "Auto commit optimization" both ways with the same result. I am usin…
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,…
Re: Whatcha' wanta have?????
How much is Madison paying you? LOL Rob Vorbroker --- Ben Thompson <ben@nomonitorsoftspamthanks.com> wrote: > Art S. Kagel wrote: > > > - Support for multiple HDR replicants. > > This would be a boon for us as it would remove the > need for ER. The > ability to use HDR+ER togethe…
Re: Whatcha' wanta have?????
Art S. Kagel wrote: > - Support for multiple HDR replicants. This would be a boon for us as it would remove the need for ER. The ability to use HDR+ER together is useful but an all-HDR solution would be a nirvana. HDR is just so much easier to use and set up. Ben.…
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…
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…
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…
about HDR
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_05EF_01C3BD8A.4C96BEB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi there. Is there a way for me to get the HDR kit? Maybe a url to = download? Best regards, Mar…
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?…
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.…
HDR
hi, We are trying to setup HDR (using IDS 7.31UD3X5a) on NCR UNIX. The two enviroments are configured identically. HDR starts successfully (We also created databases and table and everything works fine), when we try to simulate a failure on the primary (onmode -ky), then the sec…
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…
HDR & backups
Informix 9.30 Solaris 8 We are planning to do the following: Have a primary server, and then use HDR to replicate this server onto a secondary server. Question: Can I do my backups by only running them on the secondary server? I haven't done this before, and 1 question popp…
HDR & backups
Informix 9.30 Solaris 8 We are planning to do the following: Have a primary server, and then use HDR to replicate this server onto a secondary server. Question: Can I do my backups by only running them on the secondary server? I haven't done this before, and 1 question popp…
Re: Clarification on ONBAR restore.....
You could try using HDR - once the level 0 has been restored to the new server (physical restore only) initiate HDR. All logged activity will be replicated to the new server. Once you are happy with the new server, switch it to standard mode, point the users at it, and then you c…
Restarting HDR
I know i've asked everything there was to this but here's some more. My server is set up for 20 logical log files. Assume the uniq ids are also from 1 to 20. I backed up my instance yesterday night and it has logical logs 14 and 15. I will restore it on the secondary today nigh…
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…
HDR sites
Hi, Did anyone affected by the blackout have the secondary outside of the blackout area?…
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…
HDR , logs
Hi all, (linux, 940UC2) cause of batchjob problems I have to disable HDR during job. The batch job needs ~45 logs with 10 MB, what is the better way, increas size of logs to 20MB or increase logs to 100, I have 50 logs! Thanks Sven…
HDR
Hi, I have an async HDR running under 940UC2 and linux! Wenn I am running a batchjob, a lot of tables are created and some indicies and so on, there is always a DR: Send error created, and some indicies are not transfered to secondary, and because of that some locks not disapear,…
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…
hdr installation
Hi all, I have to identical Severs on Linux and INF940UC2! both have two NIC 1x global LAN, 1x HDR LAN(direct LINK) with user informix I am able to connect from each of them to the other with no password. after HDR restore an the secondary the HDR won't establish. What is wr…
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???…
RE: is hdr on?
Not to worry, Alex. The "Last DR Ckpt" discrepancy is a "cosmetic" bug in some versions. Can't remember the bug number, but it is fixed in later versions. What you see in the message logs confirms that HDR is still running. The "server operational" messages are the keys. HTH…
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…
XA and WebLogic Server
We are trying to use XA transaction handling in a Informix 7.31.UD5 database, using Weblogic Server 6.1 SP5 as transaction manager. We have tried both JDBC 2.21.JC3 and JC4. The problem that we are running into is that we occasionally get locked rows in the database. A transacti…
Re: is hdr on?
Thanks for reply. This is a message log fragment. As if hdr on? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- server1: 12:12:50 Informix Dynamic Server Initialized -- Shared Memory Initialized. 12:12:50 DR: Logs already cleared 12:12:50 DR: Try…
is hdr on?
Hi ! I have 2 Informix servers (7.31UC7) with HDR - server1 and server2. Is HDR on? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- server1: [informix@server1]$onstat -g dri Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC7 -- On-Line (Prim) -- Up 23 day…
HDR questions
We're running IDS versions 9.21.UC5 and 9.30.UC3, both on Sun Solaris = 2.8 We currently use "smart-blob" dbspaces (sbspace) for xml data storage. = Does HDR support sbspaces? Terrence Mullins Sr Database Administrator WagerWorks.com…
secondary server
hi, i'm using HDR with Aix5.1 and IFX 7.31 i want to make Level 0 backups on the secondary server. can i do it ???…
Informix Disaster Recovery Strategy
All, Thanks for the input. It looks like HDR is the way to go. We have a fairly flexible recovery period and most of the data is entered data enry staff. Now I just need to figure out how to implement HDR.…
begin work ,lock table, commit work error
Ed; The -256 errors are because you do not have logging enabled for the database in question, so transactions aren't allowed. You are obviously running this from a script, therefore you are getting past the errors. If you were running this from interactive dbaccess, it would fai…
Long transaction problem!!
Hi, I think you can't. At least not really. The problem is, that a transaction is detected as being long when the log files become "pretty full". This in turn depends on your setting of $ONCONFIG file parameters LTXHWM and LTXEHWM. Now the filling of logs is usually not only du…
Cause of long transaction?
Hi, you can see from the message that's written to the message log file (online.log), which session caused the LTX (long transaction). With that Session ID you can do "onstat -g ses <ses id>" or "onstat -g sql <ses id>" to find out, what the session is doing at the time, i.e. wh…
hdr not working
Hi, We have a HDR setup here. We rebooted the secondary server and then we could no longer make the HDR work. The error message in the primary server is: 19:18:36 DR: Failure recovery error (2) 19:18:37 DR: Turned off on primary server 19:18:38 Checkpoint Completed: duration was…
Logging enabling
Hi, We have a legacy system running on a non logged databases. We had a server crash and we ended up losing some vital data after the last checkpoint. {aside, I was glad that happened, bcos only then the management will realize how critical is to log the database :-) }. We have …
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
IDS 7.3x on Win2000?
Does Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3x runs on Windows 2000 (Professional)? Thanks for your help. Guy Dillen…
HDR incremental backups?
Why should only level 0 backups be used with HDR databases and not incremental? Thanks Sue…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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: Rollback transaction
You have to choose if your database will be ANSI compliant or not, regarding the transaction management you want to deal with. If you want an implicit COMMIT after each statement, choose a Non ANSI database and do not use transaction statements. Otherwise, you can manage transa…
Split AIX mirror to bring up HDR replacation
Has anyone split an AIX mirrored VG, to bring up HDR replication. If so what are the steps. -- Kevin H. Hunt khhunt@triplecrownsvc.com…
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…
Replication and PeopleSoft
Art, It might be worth asking this on the Peoplemix mailing list. > Anyone have any experiences with using HDR or ER with PeopleSoft?…
HDR
Having problems initiating HDR. Platform specifics: IBM RS6000 h70 AIX 4.3.3.0 IDS 2000 9.20.UC3 Archive and Restore accomplished using onbar and the Informix Storage Manager. Problem occurs when trying to restore the archive created from the primary server on the secondary serv…
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…
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…
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…
IDS 7.3 - Transaction in Triggered action
Arnaud ANDRIEUX wrote: > Hi All ! > > I am developping on IDS 7.31 TC2 on Windonw NT plateform. > I want to implement a trigger (After Insert FOR EACH ROW) on a table, > wich trigger executes a stored procedure as triggered action. This > stored procedure supports transaction ma…
Re: Memory problems? Please help.
From: "Vincent Kennedy" <vkennedy@torex.co.uk> > >I'm running data conversion routines on SCO UNIX 5.05 using Informix v7. > >They used to be executed during a shell script containing abotu 30 >programs. >However, this was poor for maintenance and distribution so one exe was >com…
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…
XA Interface
Hi, i'm looking for information about the XA interface. Does this database management system support XA and if it does, where is it documented ? I cannot find any information at the website. Thanks in advance Frank P.S. : I'm currently writing a thesis on middleware a…
IDS replication Solaris->Linux
Madison Pruet <mpruet@informix.com> wrote in message news:38B1A9B9.9183BF5D@informix.com... > ER can be used between solaris and Linux, HDR will not work. What's "ER"? Sorry to be a thicko, but I've only heard of CDR and HDR - and I know that I can't use CDR because of the seri…
System catalogue
Sounds like HDR to me. * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!…
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…
Managing Transactions in Stored Procedures in Informix
I am writing an application using Visual Basic 5.0 as the front end and Informix as the backend database.I am using the DAO with ODBC direct as the database connectivity library.I would like to know how can I manage transactions in Informix SPL,since my clients guidelines are to …
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…
temporary
The secondary in a HDR setup will let you create implicit temp tables. -- Kevin H. Hunt khhunt@hunts.com…
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…
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…
Re: installing Informix dynamic server
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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…
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 …
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…
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…
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.…
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.…
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…
Correct use of the X/Open XA-Interface
Hi everybody! We want to do the transactional publish/subscribe in the context of a X/Open XA distributed transaction. We must think of two application scenarios: 1) the UDR's are called through ESQL, in a global distributed transaction context managed by CORBA OTS 2) the UD…
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…
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…
xa_start TMJOIN supported ?
Thanks Mark - some more questions if I may .... You say that there can be locking problems between services in the same txn - is a "service" what is described in the manual as a "branch" ? I'm not clear of the relationship between branches and (global) transactions. Does this …
MQSeries
Has anyone out there successfully integrated Informix DSA 7.2/7.3 with MQSeries? We want to use MQ to manage the XA transaction across the queue and the database. IBM are not helpful! Running on HPUX 10.3 Thanks Mark…
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.…
IDS 7.30 Linux ed. - Unpleasant surprise
Hi! I planned to use IDS 7.30 Linux ed. with HDR. But after unsuccessful try to install it I discovered in release notes that replications in IDS 7.30 Linux ed. are not supported at all. (oh, yes for $99 can I expect HDR!?) Any idea when (and if at all) will be replications sup…
HDR and enterprise replication
Does anyone know the difference between HDR and enterprise replication? It seems they both exist in version 7.3, but only HDR is available in 9.14. Thanks in advance, david.tamburin@protegrity.com…
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…
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…
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…
Minimizing lock usage with $DELETE
>Consider these ESQL/C statement: > >$BEGIN WORK; >$DELETE FROM foo WHERE (a_date < :ctl_jdate) AND (b_date < :ctl_jdate); >$COMMIT WORK; > >Table "foo" has 1.2 million rows. Our DBA has warned me that I may blow >out the available number of locks if I attempt this statement. H…
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…
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…
TRANSACTIONS IN INFORMIX (AGAIN)
Hello, I am developing a db management application in Java, and I am using stored procedures. The system is an Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2 . I would like to make each execution of an stored procedure a transaction, so, if anything was wrong, I can rollback the updates.…
TRANSACTIONS IN INFORMIX
Hello, I am developing a db management application in Java, and I am using stored procedures. The system is an Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2 . I would like to make each execution of an stored procedure a transaction, so, if anything was wrong, I can rollback the updates.…
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?…
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.…
Re: Req. solve for Lock error
You need to manage the transaction. Count the operations and periodically (by count) commit. If you are getting this in isql or dbaccess, its time to write a program to perform the task.…
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…
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: 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 …
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…
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.…
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…
Transaction log under SE v5.
What can I get away with with the transaction log under a ANSI database. The log I have is near the max file size for the OS (solaris) can I just close the database, delete the log (or archive it) and open another log. How should I be managing these log files? Any help would be…
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:…
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…
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DATABASE CONNECTIVITY PRODUCT MANAGER The database connectivity product manager is responsible for ensuring that the Tandem Division's database products, NonStop SQL/MP and NonStop SQL/MX, can be effectively accessed by client tools and can interoperate with other database manag…
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…
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…
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: 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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HDR
Hi I am trying to establish HDR between to of my 7.23UC7 Informix servers. I can connect the primary to the secondary vice versa, but my secondary server is sleeping forever on recovery. Following are the outputs from the 2 servers: Primary: 10:28:03 DR: new type = primary, se…
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…
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 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: +…
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…
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…
TP/XA Informix and Transaction Servers
Hi ! Follwing is a press release from Informix, dated December 10, 1996. It states that Informix will support Microsoft's Transaction Server and that they will develop integrated client-connectivity components for = use with Transaction Server.=20 I'd like to find out if this p…
Microsoft Transaction Server & Informix
Hi ! Follwing is a press release from Informix, dated December 10, 1996. It states that Informix will support Microsoft's Transaction Server and that they will develop integrated client-connectivity components for = use with Transaction Server.=20 I'd like to find out if this p…
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.…
INFORMIX DBA - LEARN SAP
Location: Just outside of Boston, MA - No travel required Excellent salaries benefits and bonuses offered to work with a leading Medical products company. Informix Database Administrator Requirements: * 2 - 5 years of experience in large scale data management environment. * Sho…
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: 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…
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…
HDR
Recently we encountered a similar problem. Our primary DB was running on an HP K9000 (120Mhz) and secondary DB on an HP K9000 (180Mhz). After many OS upgrades (recommended by Informix support), the problem was still not resolved. We then moved the primary DB to an HP K9000 (180…
HDR
I have a question about HDR on the Informix online workgroup server for Unix v. 7.12 (irix). We have completed the preliminary tasks -- Both machines are O2s running Irix 6.3, We replicated chunks and dataspaces identically on the second machine, assigned a temp dbspace on both …
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…
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…
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: Share Mode Locking Problem...
Philippe Verdy <verdy_p@msn.com> wrote: : Whatever the choice, I think that a RDBMS could implement both strategies by : correctly using timestamps and by managing in each transaction if the : modification was applied in the database or not (to know where the original PostgreSQL…
Re: Share Mode Locking Problem...
>} Oracle works the same way as Sybase and *is* number 1 :-) Wrong ! Sybase uses an optimistic strategy, where requests are optimized for commits, not rollbacks. Oracle uses a pessimistic strategy, where requests are optimized for rollbacks, not commits. This means that Sybase r…
Re: Share Mode Locking Problem...
>} Oracle works the same way as Sybase and *is* number 1 :-) Wrong ! Sybase uses an optimistic strategy, where requests are optimized for commits, not rollbacks. Oracle uses a pessimistic strategy, where requests are optimized for rollbacks, not commits. This means that Sybase r…
RE: NewEra 3 Memory leak?
We had the same problem. Fortunately, we have a connection manager class that we can call to connect and disconnect from the database. By doing this, we release the connection and the memory. We tried disconnecting after 3 transactions and found that the average amount of memo…
Re: Error: -458 Long transaction aborted.
In article <5vkb3l$nvr@jethro.corp.sun.com>, yoga@peacetime.corp.sun.com (Yogesh Patel) writes: > We have ODS 5.0.2 server and we are receiving error# 458 on somewhat > long transaction. During such transcations, I have been monitoring the > log files and only 6-8 out of 16 are…
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: 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…
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, …
TUXEDO/Informix help!
I am trying to get TUXEDO working with Informix-Online 7.20 on an HPUX V10.0 system. I have successfully built the TUXEDO transaction manager, but need help on the OPENINFO string format. I would like to know also if that are any known problems or things to look out for with thi…
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…
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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…
CLI Transaction Managment
We are attempting to build an CLI/DBapi application for which maintains a connection to Online. We are building a server for which services request from a web site. Some of the incoming requests require access to the ONLINE others do not; our intention is to maintain a poll o…
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…
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…
Re: urgent! *.log question
[ [ using STANDARD ENGINE 4.1 [ [ [ The system that I administer has a directory with two files in with .log [ suffix. [ These are updated when every data is posted. [ These are presumably audit trails (possibly made by third party software [ which was installed and never used). …
Solutions/Customer Cons./DW/major vendor-most regions
Customer/Solutions Consultants - Data Warehousing My client is a leading provider of relational database systems. They have a broad-based offering in both the transaction and warehousing sectors and are currently seeking to expand their Solutions Consulting organ…
Re: Oracle vs Informix comparison
While both methods will work, there are distinct advantages of using log based/async replication over triggers. If we are using trigger based replication and are in a transaction, then the transaction must suffer the time-lag of the replication being processed on the remote mach…
Solutions-Customer Consultant/DW/major vendor/most regions
Customer/Solutions Consultants - Data Warehousing My client is a leading provider of relational database systems. They have a broad-based offering in both the transaction and warehousing sectors and are currently seeking to expand their Solutions Consulting organ…
Solutions Consultants/major vendor/most regions
Customer/Solutions Consultants - Data Warehousing My client is a leading provider of relational database systems. They have a broad-based offering in both the transaction and warehousing sectors and are currently seeking to expand their Solutions Consulting org…
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: Logical consistency of archive
Dear Neil, Along with the archive of the data, Online also makes a copy of the logical logs which contain current/open transactions. It also takes the copy of the pages from the physical log into the backup tape. It uses this to rollback the transactions on restore. Regards, D…
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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…
Re: Turn Transactions on?
Darin Strait wrote: > > The situation: > I'm on a short-term job at a site where there is no Informix guru. I'm > an Oracle guy modifying lots of someone else's Informix 4GL code. I have . . . > The questions: > Why would I not want to turn on the transaction log? (I assume that …
full transactional WEB access to Informix with SQL~Surfer
The middleware SQL~Surfer is a generic gateway between WEB and RDBMS (native access to DB2, Informix, Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase - ODBC access to others) on Unix and NT to any WEB browser and via any Internet Server. It transparently supports HTML 2, HTML 3, JAVA, Javascript, VRM…
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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: 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 …
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: 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…
data warehousing discussion
William Inmon introduced the phrase "data warehouse" in 1990. He defined it as a managed database in which the data is: * subject-oriented * integrated * time-variant * nonvolatile This last characteristic of the DW defined by Inmon cannot always be applied; the DW isn't com…
Using XA with Informix 7.1 ??
Are you using Informix 7.1 with a TP monitor, via XA ?? If so, I'd like to hear from you. We have developed an OLTP application, using Tuxedo and Informix 7.1. Current design includes the use of XA, to allow Tuxedo to manage transactions. However, in some of our testing, we are …
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 …
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…
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: Which Unix DBMS?
I feel it is important to choose a software application if you can. This will lead you to the DBMS. What are your needs? Why do you need a DBMS and what will you use it for? What are your transaction processing requirements? How big will the database be? my opinion: progre…
Distributed database
Hello everybody. I've got a problem with data distribution - distributed database - over network. We've got a "star network". Each site is connected with central site. The problem is that the connection is via magnetic tape. Could You advice me how to manage transaction executio…
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…
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…
Re: Which DB? PAradox, Access, other?
In <3io5i0$erk@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, jsikora@ibm.net writes: >I'd take a quick look at Access with some of the add-on products. >There were several vendors producing trouble ticket like databases applications >for not a lot of money <$150. No need to write on. If you really be…
Data deletion in Informix
In Message-Id: <3d3v5v$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…
Database engines, Transaction Processing, and Licensing
We have a large transaction processing environment, similar to Top End, Tuxedo or Encina (but homegrown), which funnels a large number of end users into a small number of worker processes. We use Informix OnLine to run the database underlying the whole scheme. In previous versio…
Re: Informix 4gl
mdl@world.std.com (Michael D Lemon) writes: >I'm interested in perspectives on using transactions with a data entry/ >inquiry screen, and more specifically with the detail sections. >What is the best granularity to use? Start and begin before and after >each row? Before and a…
Transaction Management on Server
We're having a problem with the Informix database when a client terminates the connection in the middle of a transaction. Here is the scenario: User updates a grid control with 50 new items Client starts transaction and begins to loop through the 50 updates After about 30 se…
Announcing ENCTALK (Encina)
Posting this for a friend --------------------------------- enctalk@imc.com Encina Transaction Processing Discussion An unmoderated discussion of transaction processing topics relating to the Encina transaction processing system. Discussions include client/ server architectu…
Announcing TE-TALK (Top-End)
Posting this for a friend: ------------------------------------------------ An unmoderated discussion of transaction processing topics relating to the Top End transaction processing system. Discussions include client/ server architecture, Distributed transaction processing, X/O…
Announcing Tuxedo Discussion Maillist Server
Announcing TUXTALK, TUXEDO Transaction Processing Discussion Mail List This is a moderated discussion of transaction processing topics relating to the TUXEDO transaction processing system and associated connectivity/productivity tools. Discussions include client/server architec…
Announcing Tuxedo Discussion Maillist Server
Announcing TUXTALK, TUXEDO Transaction Processing Discussion Mail List This is a moderated discussion of transaction processing topics relating to the TUXEDO transaction processing system and associated connectivity/productivity tools. Discussions include client/server arch…
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: Two simple questions
>From: charliep@earlham.edu >Subject: Two simple questions >Date: Fri, 13 May 94 10:02:55 -500 >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.6728> > >Two questions from a neophyte: 2? I make it 5. >1. Does Informix support an API to SE and/or OnLine? I am looking for > something like Oracle…
Two simple questions
Two questions from a neophyte: Does Informix support an API to SE and/or OnLine? I am looking for something like Oracle's OCI or Sybase's DB-LIB rather than the pre-compiled ESQL. How is the concept of "user" handled in OnLine? When I looked at the ESQL demo programs there is…
rootdbs corruption with Online 5.01
Does anyone have experience of rootdbs corruption in the following environment when the system is rebooted (/etc/reboot or power fail) ? Platform: HP 9000/715 Operating System: HP-UX 9.01 Informix-Online 5.01.UD3 The rootdbs (170MB) was stored on a raw partition of a 525MB disk…
Experience with INFORMIX - C-ISAM
I am looking for anybody's experience with INFORMIX - C-ISAM product. We are currently using Raima Data Manager (dbVista) but db management tools it comes with have many shortcomings. I would like to know the following about the C-ISAM product: Performance record/file l…
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…
Audit Trails and Transaction Logs
I would like to produce an audit trail that will tell me which user modified which tables and what they did. I woulds also like to be able to rollback a transaction done by a given user. Would someone care to comment on the audit and transaction roll back capabilities of Inform…
Re: ESQL/C transaction
In-Reply-To: <1rgqc7INN72m@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> unifi!goofy.unifi.com!bharat@uunet.UU.NET (Bharat Shah) > I have multiple libraries of ESQL-C functions. A lot of them call one > another. Some functions also have begin/rollback/commit transactions. > Problem I face is before s…
Re: Problem with long transactions
In article <1993Jan13.211431.61948@evolving.com> bpk@evolving.com (Brad Knotwell) writes: > >We currently are having a problem with "aborting long transactions." When >this occurs our logical logs (we have 6 @ 500 pages/log) fill up and tbtape >(running continuously) is unable t…
Informix & Tuxedo
>From: Apostolos Dedes <uunet!ge!dedes!dedes> >Subject: Informix & Tuxedo >Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 17:36:52 EST >Organization: GE Information Services >Help! >I need to get the 2-phase commit to work using Informix as the Database >Manager & Tuxedo as the Transaction manager. If som…
Re: Informix & Tuxedo
Apostolos Dedes writes: >Help! >I need to get the 2-phase commit to work using Informix as the Database >Manager & Tuxedo as the Transaction manager. If someone on the net has >already done this I would appreciate a phone call or a personal message >for a couple of questions that…
Informix & Tuxedo
Help! I need to get the 2-phase commit to work using Informix as the Database Manager & Tuxedo as the Transaction manager. If someone on the net has already done this I would appreciate a phone call or a personal message for a couple of questions that I have. Thanx, -Toly uunet!…
Transactions
We're running Informix Turbo 3.5 here and we discovered a process that leaves an open transaction for an extreemly long time. (It's a Print Job manager that sleeps when there's nothing to do.) The question is: Are there any know side effects of the open transaction even if no…
Backing up physical files
Is it necessary to back up the physical files associated with an ONLINE db "outside of the environment"? Consider "raw partitions" as well. I always thought that backup of physical files was a necessity to prevent against disk failure - that you would restore your old files and…
Backing up OE db files
Is it necessary to back up the physical files associated with an ONLINE db "outside of the environment"? Consider "raw partitions" as well. I always thought that backup of physical files was a necessity to prevent against disk failure - that you would restore your old files and…
INFORMIX online backup questions
I am currently doing a survey of online database techniques in use by major database management systems. Can anyone tell me what facilities INFORMIX has for making a backup of a database while updates are still being applied to the database and what technique does it use to d…
Re: NASA/Need Opinions On Informix
In article <1992Apr1.004053.1917@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM> rayn@otl.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Ray Nieto) writes: > >rich@convergent.com writes: > >> >>barrydm@dryden.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mark Barry) writes: >> >>>We are going to be transferring some telecommunications data base software >>[text…
Re: Informix 5.0 features
> To use Informix TP/XA, you also need to have an XA-compliant > transaction manager (plug warning: such as Transarc's Encina product). ... (counter plug warning) or USL's Tuxedo /T product.…
Introduction of the Server's 5.0 manual set called "New Features."
Excerpts from mail: 10-Feb-92 Introduction of the Server'.. William Daul@uunet.UU.NE (3974) > Two-phase commit (INFORMIXSTAR only). The new two-phase commit > protocol allows you to manipulate data in multiple databases on > multiple OnLine database servers within a single trans…
Re: index files corrupt after file system full
Wim writes in Informix-List-Id: <list.418> >We are running out of disk-space now and then. >When someone is updating his database on the moment >the file-system is full, sometimes indexes on tables are >corrupted. >I would like to know if this is a normal behavior. >If not, how…
SE + machine crash
Greg Bryan (gbryan@ssf-sys.dhl.com) writes: > More sophisticated relational database managers ( such as Informix > Online - but NOT Informix Standard Engine ) guarantee that logical > groups of physical disk operations are handled in an all or nothing > fashion. This is do…
HDR and Blobs
IDS 9.4 on HP-UX 11.11 We have been trying to get HDR running, and we have blobs located in blob pages. The following pages from the Admin Guide make it clear that blobs in blob pages will not be replicated. It does not seem to say that you can't use HDR, simply that the blobs…