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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.…
Encryption/compression of backups
Is onbar the only informix tool that will do compression and/or encryption of the data being backed up? Can onbar do that with the basic ISM, or do you have to purchase a storage manager from another vendor (Legato, Tivoli, etc.)? What type of encryption does the base ISM use?…
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 …
Encryption in ontape for version 11.5
I've seen a bunch of posts where users do archives to disk, THEN encrypt the files and then send them (maybe) to tape, but is there any "direct" encryption by the ontape command in version 11.5? We're only on version 10, but plan on getting to 11.5 (or whatever is the latest begg…
Re: Pam for encrypt password
I don't think the problem is in Informix per se. The OP changed their encryption from "traditional" to "blowfish". The OP states that the "traditional" passwords were authenticated, while the "blowfish" passwords could not be authenticated. What it sounds like is that when he c…
Upgrade from IDS 15.0.0.2 to 15.0.1.0 errors for IPA's
Hi everyone, When I try to upgrade from 15.0.0.2 to 15.0.1.0 I have errors about IPA's. On 15.0.0.2 I run for each database: select sysadmin:task("table update_ipa",tabname) from systables where tabid >= 100 and tabtype = "T" ; When I start 15.0.1.0 I have the following messages:…
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 ------------------------------…
InformixHQ H2 existing database encryption
Hello, You can only encrypt h2db as an empty DB for the first time. Once the h2db is created without encryption, you cannot encrypt it, and vice versa. ------------------------------ Shubham Kapoor ------------------------------…
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 …
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…
TLS/SSL with IBM Data Server Driver
HI, You need to put the certificate in a keystore and tell the client and server about the keystore. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/informix-servers/14.10?topic=encryption-secure-sockets-layer-protocol Regards, David. ------------------------------ David Williams -------------------…
Potentially Serious HDR Bug 14.10.FC7W1
IT44118: AN ENCRYPT THREAD CAN LOOP FOREVER IN A RUNNING STATE WHEN ERRNO IS 11 ? You probably should be seeing the errno when stracing the VP... Going to be fixed in upcoming 14.10.xC11. ------------------------------ Andreas Legner ------------------------------…
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…
Index page size recommendations
" We've been told to rely on the storage system to do both encryption and deduplication (rather than compression)." May God have mercy on your soul. ;)…
ontape error
idsdb00105650 ( IT32529 ) : With extended Checkpoint/Log reserved pages and encryption at rest with rootdbs encrypted, server may fail to come online…
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…
dbspace encryption and upgrade IFMX in-place
In auto-response mode :-) ( got the info from the Tech Support) Upgrade to 14.10 with encrypted dbspaces works fine if you encrypted with AES256. It won't work with AES 128 nor 192 in xC1. It is a known issues that will be fixed in 14.10 xC10…
12.10->14.10 with EaR
Hi I have a problem with migration from 12.10 to 14.10 with encryption at rest Main steps are: I have Informix 12.10FC12 with DISK_ENCRYPTION parameter Install Informix 14.10 in the different directory (install gsk8_64 too). Set correct INFROMIXDIR... Copy corresponding …
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…
CLOB cloumn data not reflecting in HDR seconday
Hi, Is the CLOB in a logged sbspace and is logging enabled for that column? https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSGU8G_11.50.0/com.ibm.admin.doc/ ids_admin_0707.htm Regards, David. > On 19 April 2018 at 10:37 MUKESH TANUKU <mukeshbt1328@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Im t…
Encryption Key for Column-level Encryption
Hello All, We are potentially needing to implement column-level encryption for the first time, and I would appreciate some input from anyone currently using it. Can you give me an idea of how you are storing the password/encryption key? The manual states the below: "When you …
Dev Server Won't Start
It says Checking database partition index...FAILED [informix@DB1 ~]$ onstat - shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'newserver' [informix@DB1 ~]$ oninit -v Checking group membership to determine server run mode...succeeded Reading configuration file '/opt/informix/11.…
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.…
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…
onpassword utility related to Connection Mnager.
GSKit implements all the security and encryption, by means of providing required shared objects. So in order to use onpasswd, and later to be able to read encrypted file or use encrypted communication, you'll need to have GSKit installed. From: "MUKESH TANUKU" <mukeshbt1328@gma…
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
OK, then you are good to go. 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 and do not reflect on the IIUG, nor a…
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…
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.…
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…
Re: err = -951
Hi,I had a similar problem with Ids 9.3 on Linux, The problem, in my case, was due to the fact that the new version of linux uses encrypted passwords on SHA512 instead of MD5. You will notice this thing through the file / etc / shadow, passwords encrypted with MD5 have $1 as a pr…
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 …
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)…
SDS_ENABLE is not set error after server restart
Hi all, Informix 11.10 We are moving to new servers and while I have time I wanted to set up an HDR pair to test failover back and forth before I put these into production. From our existing primary, I did a level 0 dump over the wire to the new server. ontape -s -L 0 -F -t S…
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…
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 …
Data Encryption
With the recent rash of data breaches in the news, I'm doing some high level research for a presentation on data protection. I know that Informix supports network data encryption, column level encryption, and requires certain permissions on $INFORMIXDIR and the chunk files. Howev…
HDR with CMs in proxy mode
Proxy mode can be used to make clients access servers without direct connection being possible. CM would be in the DMZ... But you want to use 2... I doubt that was ever considered in the design.... CM chaining... I never tried it, and I'd doubt that works or is supported... Rega…
SQLHOSTS for HDR
What are the benefits to defining groups in sqlhosts for an HDR pair? I have had some issues with multiple instances (each with an HDR secondary on a separate server) where I left the group definitions out and came across some unexpected behavior when dealing with failover. After…
RSS not working
-bash-4.2$ onstat - IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC9 -- On-Line --…
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: Very large instances
Added to the FAQ. Regards, David. > On 24 November 2013 at 22:17 Art Kagel <art.kagel@gmail.com> wrote: > > > FYI, no direct help here, but v12.10.xC2 no longer has to keep the buffer > pool in the resident segment, it has been moved into a virtual segment of > its own and can …
Encryption
anyone able to provide a quick breakdown of encryption in versions 11.70 and 12.x ? Our client is looking for complete "table level" encryption; to the best of my knowledge IDS only supports encryption at the column level. Thanks, Mark…
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…
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…
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…
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 :)…
can we have to hdr servers ?
In fact i will use it for backuping the production. Is the rss read. Only. Likr hdr ?…
Very large instances
IDS 11.70FC5 on RHEL 64-bit: We're running OK with about 110GB buggers and 90G SHMVIRTSIZE. We tried allocating some of an extra 256GB of RAM recently added to the server. We increased the huge pages by 70GB (sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=145000), and tried using 60GB of that for i…
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…
aus_work_info
Folks, IDS11.50 FC8, Redhat Linux. A couple of days ago, we reverted IDS from 11.70 FC7 back to 11.50 FC8. Today we did a inplace upgrade of OS of Linux from Redhat Linux 5 to 6. When I started database, the error shows, SCHAPI: [Auto Update Statistics Evaluation 38-14] Error…
Informix on Solaris 11
Sure online.log shows a few variety of errors depending on different settings we tried. Here are a few of the errors from some of the attempts to bring up the engine: 16:49:41 Maximum server connections 3 16:49:41 Checkpoint Statistics - Avg. Txn Block Time 0.000, # Txns blocked…
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.…
Encryption techniques
Hey everyone, I wanted to know from those of you that use an external product to do encryption at the database level- what product you use and how satisfied you are with it? so far I have found Vormetric that does this. Does anyone have performance numbers of how the database op…
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…
Auditing HDR server
good evening, can we audit an hdr server ? which is, by definition, on read only mode :) thanks in advance…
Password encryption and Informix
Our Info Sec folks have asked that we change our OS passwords to be encrypted using sha256 instead of the md5. When we do this client tools which pass in the user id and password from another server do not work. We are running on AIX 6.1TL7, IDS 11.50.FC9XA, and a variety of diff…
DB_locale or local naming convention
Hi, I already mention the informix version. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE…
Initializing shared memory
Here is what I get if I don't set the FULL_DISK_INIT to 1: Fri Jan 18 07:24:06 2013 07:24:06 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/opt/informix/etc/no_log.sh' 07:24:06 Booting Language <c> from module <> 07:24:06 Loading Module <CNULL> 07:24:06 Booting Language <builtin> from mod…
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,…
Re: Password encryption
AFAIK Informix always calls the crypt() function, with the provided password to obtain the encrypted version and then checks if it matches with the stored encrypted version. I believe that crypt doesn't follow the alghoritm that was defined. The only workaround I know would be t…
Password encryption
We are running AIX 6.0 TL7 and Informix 11.50 .FC9XA. InfoSec has requested that we change from an MD5 encryption to a SHAH256 to pass audits. We have done this and now we have issues with passwords which are encrypted with SHAH256. When we reset the user to use MD5 it works but …
Using ifxclone to setup HDR
Hi, I am trying to use ifxclone to setup the secondary. I am using IDS 11.70 FC5 on solaris x86 Below is my command which I run on target (dba2), while dba1 is source ifxclone -T -S dba1 -I 10.58.17.49 -P 50200 -t dba2 -i 10.58.17.50 -p 1591 Please note, I am using ontlitcp …
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…
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…
Password Encryption
Hi All, IDS 11.7FC2 with replication Solaris 10 Informix Connect 2.70 I want to implement password encryption implementing CSM (SPWDCSM). Question: 1) How will the application (front end) handle CSM. Is there specific modules that the application have to call. The front end a…
Newbie question: fresh default Mac OSX install, co
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Madison Pruet <mpruet@us.ibm.com> wrote: > but what does the message log file say? > Nothing special (to my eyes): Mon May 7 13:37:25 2012 13:37:25 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/Applications/IBM/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh' 13:37:25 Boot…
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…
Large Pages on AIX
11.70FC4 on AIX 6.1 Were being told that we should enable LARGEPAGES for fast initialisation and performance. But, its not working for some reason: The relevant variables are set . $ onstat -c | grep RESIDE # RESIDENT - Controls whether shared memory is resident. RESIDENT 1…
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 …
HDR not working
Did you check the trusts between both environments? You can establish them in /etc/hosts.equiv or ~informix/.rhosts, or better yet, by creating a similar file in $INFORMIXDIR/etc (let's call it hosts_equiv and specify it in $ONCONFIG (REMOTE_SERVER_CFG) REMOTE_SERVER_CFG hosts_e…
Enterprise Replication
It is not costly to replicate blobs with ER. There is support for network encryption, but I wouldn't say that 100% of FIPS is even related to ER. From: "GURPREET SACHDEVA" <gusachde@cisco.com> To: ids@iiug.org Date: 01/18/2012 06:38 AM Subject: Re: Enterprise Replication [25…
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.…
Informix doesn`t start
Art, Jack, I hope that You will seat when You will read this text. I just reboot whole machine and base started properly... I heavent done anything else. What can i say? This is just windows? Belowe are logs after reebot, there nothing "special" 09:05:00 IBM Informix Dynamic Se…
shared memory not initialized error in oninit -v
I know that I am using Developer edition. Typically in our company, we develop the programs on PCs and laptops where Developer version is installed so that we can modify table structures without interfering others work. Then when we are through and final with table structures we …
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…
Informix Warehouse Accelerator Prerequisites
I suppose you can create an encrypted tunnel to overcome this difficulty. Nevertheless I never understand (and please don't get me wrong) what is the real problem on having clear text inside an organization. We all use switches, and AFAIK it creates an exclusive channel between t…
Help! Broken server destroys customer demo...
I'm not sure how to attach a file to a message, so I'll post the files inline: ol_matdemo.log: 11:03:45 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. 11:03:45 Warning: The IBM IDS Developer Edition license restriction limits 11:03:45 the total shared memory size for this server to 10485…
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
I am trying to setup HDR between 2 instances (IDS 11.50.FC5, HP-UX 11.31) and on the 'ontape -p' on the secondary I get the following message: 19:23:18 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. 19:23:18 Segment locked: addr=c0000001c0000000, size=828485632 Wed Jul 13 19:23:18 2011 …
upgrade problem 11.70.FC2IE to FC3IE
I recently did an upgrade from 11.70.FC2IE to 11.70.FC3IE on Solaris 10 6/06 SPARC. But the startup with the new version failed. 11:47:00 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. 11:47:00 Warning: The IBM IDS Innovator-C Edition license restriction limits 11:47:00 the total shared …
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…
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.…
Issues in Data Encryption
Hi I am encrypting data of a field. The encryption functions always returns different output against same data and same key. I mean whenever i execute the encryption function for some specific data , it always returns a different output during each execution, where as the data a…
IDS 11.7 ,Inplace Upgrade Failed
I'm trying to upgrade IDS11.5 to IDS11.7 to benefit the features of IDS 11.7. From Informix migration guide,I know that I've to rename sysadmin database before doing the migration, but How to do it? Before doing the migration,I've do the Level 0 archive the storage of informix…
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…
Failure with DECRYPT_CHAR
Thanks Jonathan ! The problem was indeed the length of the column (and the way I tested). I increased the length of the encrypted column, ran a "select length (encrypted column)" and found that for some data the original column length was insufficient. It is a bit surprising ho…
RE: Archive using ontape with incryption
IDS 11.70.FC2 Solaris 10 - 64bit What is the easiest what to backup and restore to tape using `ontape` along with encryption? Has anyone restored, having used encryption for the backup, successfully and without incident? Thank you. Larry…
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 …
Encrypting Data in Transit with onsocssl
We have a requirement to encrypt data in transit from the client to the database. We are trying to use onsocssl with odbc, but have not had any luck. Does anyone have any experience with onsocssl with odbc access from a windows client? We can connect to dbaccess using onsocssl…
Encrypt/Decrypt Columns
you may need use both SQL function to encrypt and decrypt. the SQL encryption functions store some special information in the encrypted data, the SQL decrypt function will not recognize other encryption format.…
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 ?…
RE: HDR+Connection Manager in intermittent network scenario
Cesar, I must have missed the FAILOVER_CALLBACK parameter in the docs. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll take a look. Speaking more generally to both you and Pravin, I must confess, I haven't experimented much with DRAUTO set to 0 or 1. The impression I got from the documentation…
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…
Re: HDR+Connection Manager in intermittent network scenario
Hi Nate, I guess the manual failover (DRAUTO=0) is the best configuration for HADR and CM environment for handling the conditions described by you in you mail below. (dealing with network issues) Hi Cesar, This look like a little different behavior than in the earlier version …
Re: HDR+Connection Manager in intermittent network scenario
Nate, you will found information about this on the manuals. Check for DRAUTO, FAILOVER_CALLBACK... Just sharing a issues what I got with IFX 11.50 FC7W1GE + CM 3.50 FC7, Linux. On environment with similar configuration, using HDR, I have trouble with CM FOC and DRAUTO configura…
HDR+Connection Manager in intermittent network scenario
I'm trying to acheive high availability without data loss. I have an HDR pair configured with a connection manager on each box for redundancy. Clients are pointed at an sqlhosts group with the connection managers in them, and the connection managers are configured to redirect the…
oninit -ivy error Warning: stat() failed for chunk
I have just installed informix 11.5.FC5 on a red hat enterprise 5 (64 bit) machine that is currently running a production version of informix 11.5.fc3 (it has been stable for 2 years) online log say 09:57:37 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. 09:57:37 Warning: The IBM IDS Wor…
Cannot Rollforward from Checkpoint
Hi all, I have found frustrating the past six months trying to setup the HDR working again but the final recommendation from IBM was to migrate to the latest IDS version; we were doing fine with IDS 10.00.FC3 and made the mistake to upgrade to FC10. We are migrating from IDS 10…
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…
SDS Server disconnecting after blocking on checkpo
Hi, I am facing a serious problem with a SDS server disconnecting from the primary on checkpoint. I've tried to set different values for SDS_TIMEOUT, CKPINTVL. I also tried to use the RTO functionality, put the secondary on Read-Only mode, without success. Both servers were wo…
fatal error in shared memory initialization
IDS 11.50.FC6 on SLES 11x64 on a XenCenter Citrix VM with 4gb of memory and 3 cpus. When starting up informix I get the following: 11:17:34 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. 11:17:34 Segment locked: addr=0x44000000, size=623669248 11:17:34 Segment locked: addr=0x692c7000, si…
ontape restore issue
So I set up a secondary box that will eventually our DR server. I created a duplicate chunk layout and then used an ontape pipe over ssh to do a recovery, but now I get the following when I attempt to start the server up: 16:34:19 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. 16:34:19 Se…
Import restore issue
> The magic of HRD did not create magic. I tested many times by insert a > record > into the inftest1(prim) by dbaccess, but it never replicate to > inftest2(sec). Do your databases have logging enabled? > I have another question. After I promoted inftest2 to secondary by > on…
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…
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…
Practical difficulty with IDS 10-11.5 upgrade. Inspiration needed please ...!
On Aug 5, 7:36 am, "Neil Truby" <neil.tr...@ardenta.com> wrote: > IDS 10.0 on Solaris 10. > > We're upgrading from 10 -> 11.5 a customer who's HDR Primary is in the > Northern Hemisphere and Secondary is in the Southern, with a consequent high > latency on network connectivity. …
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 …
new onconfig parameters added onconfig file 11.5
most of these aren't new at all. Some have been around since 7.10. Some were undocumented until around 9.30 or so. Others were new in 9.40 or 10.00. There are a few really new ones, but, the server upgrade does not, to my knowledge, update the ONCONFIG file at all. Art Art S. K…
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…
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…
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…
Re: HDR crashed after upgradation
Hi, I am trying to upgrade from IDS V11.50FC4 to IDS V11.50FC6. We currently have Replication running(HDR). We have a primary, secondary and RSS running. I followed the recommended steps but this did not work on the secondary and RSS. Here is what i did: Installed new version of …
RE: encryption on IDS 11.50.FC5 on Solaris 10
Hi, There is no encryption built into either ontape or onunload. There are no command line switches to create or read encrypted files with either ontape or onlunload. For ontape, you can use the BACKUP_FILTER and RESTORE_FILTER onconfig parameters to pass the data through anoth…
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..…
Re: How to secure ODBC connection
> From: red_valsen@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: How to secure ODBC connection > Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:53:20 -0800 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > On Nov 20, 2:57 pm, LIGHT SCANS <light_sc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Sorry. You cannot encrypt ODBC. For internal systems you can > >…
How to secure ODBC connection
Sorry. You cannot encrypt ODBC. For internal systems you can restrict access to your company's internal network or use your company's network hardware to do encryption. For both internal and external (i.e. internet) you can encrypt with something like SSL, ssh or sftp. -L.S.…
RE: Encryption overhead
This competes with similar products from HP and probably others. Note: Its not encrypting the active database, just cooked files. So as you write to the disk, your data is encrypted. Again, this is a software based solution, it also has (IMHO) minimal value since 1) Your engine …
Re: Encryption overhead
If there is the need to encrypt the "entire database" it's possible to do it with IBM encryption expert (or eventually with any similar product). This "hooks" into the low level OS calls and can encrypt files/filesystems. Not sure it it works with raw devices. But when using it, …
Encryption overhead
One of our customers asks, about encryption: 4. Do you have any idea what is the performance hit by encrypting either specific columns or the full database ? Of course, it's a "How long is a piece of string?" question. But does anyone have a feel for some approximate figures o…
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…
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 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
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…
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…
Logical Log Files are Full -- Backup is Needed
Hi, Informix IDS complains that the logical logs are full. I am not able to shutdown or use the database. Here is my onstat -m. Any help to bring the system out of the "full recovery mode" is appreciated! ================================= informix@berlin:~$ onstat -m IBM Infor…
Re: how to force disconnect user threads?
Thanks. But, it looks like its part of a bigger problem. My logical logs are full? Here is my onstat -m. Any help to bring the system out of full recovery mode is appreciated! ================================= informix@berlin:~$ onstat -m IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11…
Informix Encryption Questions
Dear All, I would like to get the information on the following two questions which are related to the usage of Encryption in Informix (IDS 11.50 FC4) How Informix provides key management? ===================================== While using decrypt_char function, we need to provid…
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…
Configuring 2nd informix instance on the same serv
Configuring 2nd informix instance on the same server is not going through in my setup..... Step1 : Informix Instance (sportage1) is created as a demo instance while installing IDS on an AIX box. It is running now and i want to create an another instance sportage2 on the same ser…
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.…
server startup
Hi i have installed Informix v 11.5 recently on my desktop with developer edition software and create informix id for easy administration. however i can shut down the server using onmode -ky but when starting the server using runas /env /user:domain\\\\informix "CMD" and from t…
RE: Can't connect to database - Unknown error message 84
> From: Richard.Spitz@med.uni-muenchen.de > Subject: Re: Can't connect to database - Unknown error message 84 > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:17:49 +0200 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Ian Michael Gumby <im_gumby@hotmail.com> schrieb: > > >> Did you change the password encryption a…
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 …
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…
Simple Password Encryption not happening
I have attempted to enable Simple Password Encryption yet my network sniffer still shows plain text passwords. conscsm.cfg (copied straight out of the manual): SPWDCSM ("client=/opt/informix/lib/client/csm/libixspw.so,server=/opt/informix/lib/csm/libixspw.so","","") sqlhosts: t…
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.…
Encryption in the engine?
Ok, so yeah, you have AES and 3DES encryption. But its software based. How can you seamlessly connect to a hardware based package. I mean there are add on cards and network appliances that are specifically designed to do the encryption. Add to this the newer libraries and highe…
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…
Assert Warning: chunk failed sanity check
Hello, We are running IDS 11.10 on Red hat Linux Enterprise edition. and while running the oninit command we are some errors and the database is not initialized i am attaching the out put of online.log and the stack output I am not sure what is the issue. can someone help? Th…
Re: restore failing from nfs ontape file
I really hope that you have no update activity in the database or using "onmode -c block" while your process is running otherwise your backup is going to be useless. Just to clarify some things that were discussed over this thread: 1. The message "Read/Write End Of Medium enabl…
RE: IBM Database Encryption Expert support for IDS
Gee, If I encrypt something on my linux/unix box, root can't read it either, unless root knows the key. As to encrypting chunks, there's another way. Use a cooked file system where the file system writes are encrypted. (This has been around for the past couple of years.) Again,…
Re: IBM Database Encryption Expert support for IDS
If you care to read the details, nobody is talking about encrypting a column. It's about encrypting the chunks in a transparent way to the oninit processes. And you didn't get the point about root access. Maybe it's my English. The idea is that root won't be allowed to read the e…
Re: IBM Database Encryption Expert support for IDS
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > if you look past the marketing blurb, more smoke than mirrors. > Without encryption hardware, you're going to take a huge performance hit > if you're encrypting a column that you index. My understanding is that Vormetric uses a piece of tin on the side…
IBM Database Encryption Expert support for IDS
IBM Database Encryption Expert support for IDS: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools/database-encryption-expert/ The latest fixpack (1.1.3) introduces support for Informix 11.10FC2 and 11.50. This means transparent data encryption without root access... Regards -- Fern…
HDR systems
Informix 11 Is there a way to determine which system is currently up among HDR secondary or primary?…
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…
dbcopy over secure/encrypted line
> -----Original Message----- > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- > bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of TBP > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 10:03 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: dbcopy over secure/encrypted line > > mosserp@wellsfargo.com w…
Installing Informix 11.50 On MAC OSX 10.5.5
Hi, I attempted an install on my MacBook Pro, and could not get IDS to start. The install _did_ complete without incident up until the demo was being initialized, and then completed telling me to look at the log. Several attempts at oninit -iy yielded more errors... help! *…
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…
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…
install informix 11.5 on windows vista
Thanks you, your answer was very useful. I finally found how to enable built-in administrator account in Vista Home Premium and now able to access on* tools. But When initializing new instance problem with connection raises again. Here is the ol_nikitar.log from informix dir. 11…
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…
SDS_ENABLE - error rootchunk
Hi gurus, I'm using VMWARE with RED HAT 4.4 in a notebook with 2 GB of RAM - Win XP Professional. All of these VMW is builting with 512 MB of RAM. I prepared a teste instance with IDS 11.10.UC2 and in one of the VMW I executed the steps: ontape -s -L 0 (TAPEDEV to disk in a "s…
Error -674 Routine (ifx_allow_newline) can not be
HI, Folks, Attached is the error in online log, any ideas? (It also throws core dump some times). Program Name: onstat Build Version: 11.10.UC2 Build Number: N158 Build Host: vach Build OS: AIX 5.3 Build Date: Thu Oct 25 22:56:40 CDT 2007 GLS Version: glslib-4.50.UC2 Thanks, F…
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…
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…
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…
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…
convert IDS10UC5 to IDS11 UC1
HI, folks, we are doing conversion (migrate/upgrade..) from IDS10UC5 to IDS11 UC1. After we prepared, and oninit, it shows below. There should be not memory limit. AIX 5.3, 8G memory. Any idea? Thanks, Frank \\\\19:48:07 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. Fri Nov 30 19:48…
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…
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: Pam for encrypt password
>From: Manoj Mohan <manojm@us.ibm.com> >That sounds right.. we need to have a PAM module which will take the >password encrypted with blowfish cipher and authenticate it >and then we should put that in the pam stack in the pam.conf file. > >Manoj But this isn't an Informix iss…
Pam for encrypt password
Hello, all. I have problem with PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module). I have IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC8 on Solaris 9. I can't to adapt Informix for users authorization by PAM. In the past he used the traditional UNIX encryption algorithm for encrypting passwor…
Computer Security Information
I Want To Share Computer Security Information To All Internet Netter: 1. Firewalls Torn Apart 2. Guide To Social Engineering 3. Social Engineering And Email Account Cracking 4. Network Firewall Security 5. Hijacking Hotmail Accounts For Newbies 6. Various Ways To Hack Or Ov…
RE: IDS10 and Encryption
I'm currently running 9.40.FC8 and will be upgrading to 10.00.FC5 soon, we are about to write an encryption program(s) for financial / personal customer data and was wondering if anyone had done something similar using the built-in encryption Regards Colin There are 10 types of…
Re: IDS10 and Encryption
ENSSSM? Is that the AES or 3DES encryption in the engine? (Sorry I know the feature, not the buzz words. ;-) Yes, I'm using it. I have a client where I needed to authenticate the user so that I could limit what they saw and limit others from seeing their work. (Its a sales for…
RE: IDS10 and Encryption
I'm looking into using column level encryption and was wanting any info on what people have done in that area Regards Colin There are 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't ________________________________ Subject: Re: IDS10 and Enc…
IDS10 and Encryption
Is anyone using this feature? If so what are your experiences, any pitfalls? Regards Colin There are 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't _________________________________________________________________ Feel like a local wherever…
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…
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…
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…
Re: Performance of column level encryption
I have used Informix's encryption. Carsten is correct, using encryption you will incur some overhead. You really don't tell us much about your application. You say you have to encrypt a couple of columns but you don't really give us a use case or a rough example of your applica…
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…
Re: Performance of column level encryption
On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 22:33 +0000, mohitanchlia@gmail.com wrote: > Version: IDS 10 > > We have need to encrypt few columns of the database. One of the > options I looked at was encryption functions provided by informix. > But, when I asked some of the consultant they told us that…
Performance of column level encryption
Version: IDS 10 We have need to encrypt few columns of the database. One of the options I looked at was encryption functions provided by informix. But, when I asked some of the consultant they told us that Informix has performance issues in using their encryption functions. They…
Re: Informix beats Oracle
Aleksander Kamenik wrote: > Madison Pruet wrote: > >> ontape -s -L 0 | gzip | encrypt > backup_device... >> > > Shouldn't that be "ontape -s -L 0 -t STDIO" ? > > Anyway, that's pretty much what I'm using except for the encryption > part. What do you use for encryption exactly, an…
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.…
RE: Encryption Question
>From: John <john_hibner@earthlink.net> >Hello Everyone, > > Does anyone know if Informix can alter the encryption password or key >on the fly, as opposed to decrypting and then re- encrypting? >If so what is the syntax? I looked in the manual(online) does not show >that ty…
Encryption Question
Hello Everyone, Does anyone know if Informix can alter the encryption password or key on the fly, as opposed to decrypting and then re- encrypting? If so what is the syntax? I looked in the manual(online) does not show that type of functionality. Thanks, -John Hibner…
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…
Encryption with BLOBS
I have a client that is wondering if anyone has experience with encrypted BLOBs and IDS. Anyone? They haven't started using them yet, but are wondering about performance implications and other pertinent issues, good or bad. I assume they're v7 blobs btw, not slobs (uh - smartblo…
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…
Server fails to come online
All, My DB crashed with an error "THE MAIN DEAMON HAS DIEAD" since then it has refused to come online ... when i do oninit -v i get the following message: Checking group membership to determine server run mode...succeeded Reading configuration file '/home/informix/etc/onconfig.…
Re: CSM Question
Martin Fuerderer wrote: > Hi, > > I would have thought that ENCCSM includes encrypting > the password as all the communication between client > and server gets encrypted ...? > But I may be quite wrong with this as I have never looked > into the details of ENCCSM. > ENCCSM is ne…
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…
Re: ontape encryption?
Hello, On Jan 4, 4:42 am, chud <chrishud...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, I am a Linux admin with some past database experience, however I > am new to Informix. We are running Informix IDS 9.4.0 on RedHat ES 3 > and 4, and we do backups via ontape to a tape device. I have been > …
Re: ontape encryption?
chud wrote: > > > Additionally ontape can backup/restore to/from STDIN/STDOUT. This is > > useful if you want to do something like. > > > > ontape | gzip | encrypt > /backup/bkup.dat > > Can anyone add to this? Could you possibly use GPG? Do any of you > encrypt your ontape ba…
ontape encryption?
Hello, I am a Linux admin with some past database experience, however I am new to Informix. We are running Informix IDS 9.4.0 on RedHat ES 3 and 4, and we do backups via ontape to a tape device. I have been asked to look into how to encrypt the data on the tapes. I noticed the…
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…
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…
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 Question - not specific to informix
Darren_Jacobs@carmax.com wrote: > Greetings, > > I'm faced with a project that deals with accessing databases by way of ini > or config files. Basically the apps/scripts are sourcing files to gain > passwords. Some of which are in plaintext. These files can be on windows > or …
IDS 10 encrypting ontape
Has anyone had a chance to use TAPEDEV of STDOUT in IDS 10 and pipe it through some sort of encryption to a tape device or file? IDS 10.00.UC4, RedHat AS3 TIA. Bob Roussey robert.roussey@spiritair.com…
Re: Ontape security when shipping tapes
bozon wrote: > > Jonathan Leffler wrote: > > You can use that to avoid the >> intermediate copy to disk which they suggested. Note that when backing >> up, it is imperative to compress before you encrypt. Encrypted data is >> random looking and hence incompressible; > > Do you …
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…
Re: Database Encryption
Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > Wondering if Informxi 10 supports any type of data encryption natively? > > If so, what are the types (column level, table level etc..) and what are > > some of the caveats assocaited with it's use? > > I know that 10.x supports column level encryp…
RE: Database Encryption
Madison, I've heard, that the encryption algorithm, implemented in IDS 10, can produce different encrypted records for same input and same key (while the decryption is able to exactly reconstruct the original key). >From this perspective, even 'equal' search on encrypted data c…
Re: Database Encryption
"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@serendipita.com> wrote in message news:mailman.395.1151597436.19084.informix-list@iiug.org... > > Campbell, John \\(GE Cons Fin\\) said: >> Any impact to performance? > > Yes, plus it makes indexing pointless (on encrypted columns). Why?…
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: Database Encryption
----- Original Message ----- From: "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@serendipita.com> To: "Campbell, John (GE Cons Fin)" <John.Campbell2@ge.com> Cc: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 12:19 PM Subject: RE: Database Encryption > > Campbell, John \\(GE Cons Fin\\) s…
RE: Database Encryption
> Solaris? Nope, Intel Linux. > How much data? Actually encrypted? Not a terrible amount. We use this to store customer credit card information - in order to make it encrypted on disk and and on backups. > Any impact to performance? Not even measurable do far. But then we…
RE: Database Encryption
Campbell, John \\(GE Cons Fin\\) said: > Any impact to performance? Yes, plus it makes indexing pointless (on encrypted columns). -- Bye now, Obnoxio "... no bill is required as no value was provided." -- Christine Normile…
RE: Database Encryption
Solaris? How much data? Any impact to performance? Just curious - we've considered using it if we ever upgrade to 10 - still at 9.40.FC5 on Solaris 9. -----Original Message----- From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org]On Behalf Of Adam Taun…
Database Encryption
Hello All, Wondering if Informxi 10 supports any type of data encryption natively? If so, what are the types (column level, table level etc..) and what are some of the caveats assocaited with it's use? Thanks for your time, Tam.…
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 …
Informix Connection From WIN CE.NET Emulator?
How do I connect to informix dynamic server from WIN CE.NET Emulator? Is there a WIN CE informix driver?…
Re: Table Editor for Multiplatforms
Enhancements in Version 4.3 ..... also supports the Informix Dynamic Server 9.x. http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools/db2tools/db2te/…
Re: column level encryption
Thank you, Mark…
column level encryption
hello all, i am correct in reading that column level encryption is available in IDS version 10 but not 9.3/9.4? thanks tom…
SPWDCSM problems
Hi, I'm trying to enable SPWDCSM encryption. According by the manuals i have everything installed. On the server: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC5 on HP-UX 11.11 In sqlhosts : ifmxsec onsoctcp julius sqlifmx csm=(SPWDCSM) In concsm.cfg :…
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!…
USING CSM FULL NETWORK ENCRYPTION - WITH IDS 10.00
Hello People. We are trying to achieve csm full encryption from the Windows CSDK 2.90 TC3 client to a Linux Fedora Core 4 IDS 10.00 UC4 server. Is there anyone who managed to get the full csm network encryption working from a Windows Client? Since we're only managing to get the…
Column level encryption - IDS 10
Because we are using block encryption algorthms with chaining. That means you can not store an encrypted number in only 4 bytes. <hariog@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1134601844.476897.14850@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > Hi Folks, > > AFAIK column level encryption is ava…
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.…
Error 951 in IDS 9.4
Hi, are you sure that the password for the user in question ("informix") is in the file /etc/shadow ? 3 possibilities come to my mind: - you are using Solaris (you don't mention OS and OS version) and you are running into problem PTS-B 171594 : If a user who is not known on t…
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:…
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…
Cool File Encryption Software Released.
You can use this software to encrypt your important files which you don't want others to see with AES encryption algorithm. Cool File Encryption adopts the international standard cryptographic algorithm--AES that has been proved to be secure by numerous attacks and tests. Cool F…
HPUX PAM Authentication configuration problems
We have a new HPUX server that we will be migrating our production IDS database and software to. In this migrations we will be also migrating from IDs 7.31 to IDS 9.4. In our testing everything went well with the upgrade to IDS 9.4, but we are trying to get PAM authentication w…
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: Has IDS 9.5 been released?
Way back when (28 October 2004, to be precise) nobody wrote: > it depends on how its being implemented. > > Just because you have a feature doesn't mean its optimal or works the > way you would want it, or is as secure as you think it is. ;-) > > Example. You have a column that y…
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…
encryption functions
Hi I am looking for some encryption function to encrypt values stored in a column does anyone know of any esql/c function which provide this Thanks Sudhir…
Re: Has IDS 9.5 been released?
If the data is encrypted by the user (as oposed to by the system) then how could the DBMS index the data without knowing the key? Cheers Serge…
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…
encrypted passwords storing in IDS
We are looking to store the encrypted passwords in 7.31.FC2 and 9.21.FC3 databases. Is any third party software or Informix routine is available? Please let me know what tools you are using? Thank you, Rao Yalamanchili --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and …
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…
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…
Encryption of data in a column
Is there a function in Informix to encrypt a string? Specifically, I'd like to use a stored procedure to store a password on a user table. The stored procedure would receive the password, encrypt it and then store it. It would also have to be able to do the reverse. I'm hoping th…
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.…
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: column-level encryption
Ping Tang <pingtang@us.ibm.com> wrote in message news:<c3pr8c$k9p$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>... > Thomas: > > Column-level encryption will be available in 9.50 release ( next major > release). It is????…
Re: column-level encryption
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RE: column-level encryption
Thomas J. Girsch wrote > I have a requirement to do column-level encryption in an > Informix 9.30.UC6 > database. If possible, I'd like to avoid datablades (although Stored > Procedures / Functions would be okay). In a perfect world it > would be a > fast algorithm. The encr…
column-level encryption
I have a requirement to do column-level encryption in an Informix 9.30.UC6 database. If possible, I'd like to avoid datablades (although Stored Procedures / Functions would be okay). In a perfect world it would be a fast algorithm. The encryption algorithm doesn't need to be s…
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…
Re: Network encryption for Data Director for Web
You may find this useful. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/dm-0401dandekar/index.html hjohnson@keeneinfo.com (Harry Johnson) wrote in message news:<6830f442.0401051501.2f2c8c7b@posting.google.com>... > I am using IDS 9.40.UC2. I want to use the new …
Network encryption for Data Director for Web
I am using IDS 9.40.UC2. I want to use the new network encryption that was introduced for my connection from the client running Data Director for Web. Is there anyone out there that has done this? The documentation for this feature is somewhat lacking. Or better yet, is there…
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.…
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.…
non ASCII characters in text column
we have a text column and a requirement has come from a particular user that it should contain text in encrypted form. now the encrypted text will contain non ASCII characters. Is it possible for the text column to store one row in ASCII text and another row in non-ASCII text. Wi…
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…
Re: IDS 9.40.UC2, Encryption
Encryption went into the last drop of beta. The issue with dbaccess is the CSDK that dbaccess was built with. The CSS is contained within the network code in CSDK and in the engine. CSS is the component that interfaces, loads, and manages the CSM routine. enccsm is one of the …
Re: IDS 9.40.UC2, Encryption
Did the 9.40.UC1 version have encryption turned on? "Eric Herber" <eric@herber-consulting.de> wrote in message news:bmmfqm$u9e$1@online.de... > I try to configure encryption with IDS 9.40.UC2 > on an AIX platform and I'm a little bit confused > about the different error messages…
IDS 9.40.UC2, Encryption
I try to configure encryption with IDS 9.40.UC2 on an AIX platform and I'm a little bit confused about the different error messages I receive. Server-Platform: ---------------- AIX 5.1 IDS 9.40.UC2 Server-SQLHOSTS: ---------------- ids940 onsoctcp defx0db0 ids940 csm=(ENCCS…
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…
Database Encryption?
Hello to All, I have been tasked to research companies that provide database encryption within the database. Data at Rest. I was hopeing someone out there is using database encryption to protect either critical customer information or sensitive company information in informix. O…
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…
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.…
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…
Encrypting Data
Hello everybody: I have a DB with very confidencial data i would like to encrypt. Do you know any Informix or third party tool for encrypting? I don't want to encrypt everything but specific fields. The scenario is: . Informix IDS 2000 . DataStage for extracting and updating…
No secrete to a root account holder under Informix
I would argue that the securing of critical data such as ssn's, credit card numbers, etc really needs to be done by the application accessing the database, rather than the database engine itself. Let's say I'm an end user generating reports of credit card transactions or of empl…
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…
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…
encryption or ssh
Does anyone know of a way to encrypt the requests sent to/from the database server ? Since the user name and password are sent pain text it is easily sniffed. I tried to port forward with ssh, but keep getting an error about to many files open I have bumped up the kernal param bu…
Re: Encryption...
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Encryption...
Does Informix 9.2 support encrypted data? Can I store encrypted data in the database, if so how does Informix handle this data? Thank you in advance…
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…
Data Encryption
Hi all, Wanted to know if there is a way to encrypt the data on a column on the DB side? Basicly, I has a password column and what it to encrypt the values. Any ideas? Or would it just be easier to have the client encript the data before inserting to the DB? I'm running IIF v9.2…
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…
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…
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…
Consultants - FREE Zero Impact Sql & Service Level Monitor
devdev@my-deja.com wrote: > "It does this on a separate box - the network must be configured such > that it can see all the packets" > > Neil, don't you contradict yourself? Everything has some cost. Nothing > comes for nothing. > > In article <8gcd21$r81$1@slb0.atl.mindspring.n…
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…
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…
Re: read-only access
Hannes Visagie wrote: > > Yes Mark. This works fine but what if the user needs to access the DB with > ODBC because they use some MSoft product, but still needs to use > applications that runs on the application server {UNIX - Telnet}, full > access. > > The only secure way is t…
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…
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…
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!…
Data Encryption
Hi, We plan to encrypt the data stored in one of our databases.Also to encrypt the data in flat files and backup tapes. Our System is : Informix server : IDS with ADS Version 8.21.UD4D1 Unix OS : HP release B.11.00 HP9000/V2200 Do we need a third party tool to enable that, if s…
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…
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…
Informix SE 7.24.UC5 on RedHat Linux 6.2 and password security
I found the same problem, only to find the solution was to simply run [#setup] goto the password encryption settings and turn off MD5 passwords.. I also turned off SHADOW passwords and everything started working.. do a reboot to clear out any remanants, but it solved the problems…
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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Password Encryption?
Hello all, How does one implement password encryption between the client and the server? Our clients are VB, RDO and Informix ODBC 3.3 (on Windows NT) and our servers are 7.3x on both SCO Unix and NT (I do not dare ask the question if it is possible to implement. I just assume …
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…
CSM
Hi, The CSM technology is an API that exists in the client and server. It allows the non-Informix technology to be used as the communication method. You take advantage of the API by building a library module that's loaded on the client and server. The CSM technology will allow …
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…
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…
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…
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…
Question on encryption
Hello, I just received a question about encryption. The question was originally based on encryption of an MS Access database, but Informix was discussed as an alternative. I'm not aware of any encryption capability built into Informix itself. I think that any encryption would…
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…
RE: 7.31 is it the answer?
Nicole Guffey wrote: > > Anyone know when 7.31 for NT will be out, if it's not already? Also, > does anyone have the quick and dirty on what has been fixed/improved in > 7.31, or at least point me in a direction (other than informix sales) > where I can get GOOD technical info o…
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…
Is Dynamic Server 7.22 for NT compatible with Service Pack 4?
Did you use the North American Service Pack 4 or the International version? There are some differences there with encryption levels that could be causing some problems. -- Robert luohuan@my-dejanews.com wrote in article <7cp5oa$3mv$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>... > Hi, > > I just 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…
Expanding IUS with external function
Thomas Forster (fso@ringier.ch) wrote: : in the online Manuals for Universal Server 9.1 I read about "External : Functions" using C-language subroutines. All the doc is talking about is : how to declare such an external function in IUS using SQL but there is : no simple C example…
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…
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: Assert Failures
This has been entered as a bug already. The bug number is 102835. Jacques willie@my-dejanews.com wrote: > It seems that if a user (HP UX 10.20) has a password which is more than 32 > characters (encrypted), the database (IDS 7.30UC3) crashes with an Assert > Failed every time…
Assert Failures
It seems that if a user (HP UX 10.20) has a password which is more than 32 characters (encrypted), the database (IDS 7.30UC3) crashes with an Assert Failed every time the user connects to it. If you get " Assert Failed: Memory free block header corruption detected in mt_shm1" err…
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…
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…
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: +…
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…
AppPage encryption
Hi , Is there anybody know how to encrypt the apppage source in informix, thanks in advance. Wing. PS please also cc to my email address wing@dbz.com…
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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…
How can I read the header tape of the archive created by ontape?
I have Informix Dynamic Server 7.23.UC1. I would like know the tape header structure created by ontape.…
Re: Trusted user question
> > > > > > Check your hosts.equiv file? > > > Check to see if you are in a *trusted/secure* mode of the OS. > Simple check, see if the encrypted passwords are in /etc/passwd. > > If not, then you are in a secure mode. > Even using hosts.equiv or .rhosts wont work. HP-UX will ove…
Re: Trusted user question
Mark Collins wrote: > > > Mark > > > > Check your hosts.equiv file? > Check to see if you are in a *trusted/secure* mode of the OS. Simple check, see if the encrypted passwords are in /etc/passwd. If not, then you are in a secure mode. Even using hosts.equiv or .rhosts wont work…
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 …
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: Encryption
In article <66ovbv$7q0@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Susik Lee <slee@gus.net> wrote: >If you look into iiug, you will found 4glcrypt program. That program and several others can be found in the repository file "fgl_crypt". Walt. -- Walt Hultgren Internet: walt@rmy.emory…
Re: Encryption
If you look into iiug, you will found 4glcrypt program. I used this program to encrypt some of information in a table (ex. ssn, sarary, address etc..) Within program, I check for login ID, if user has permission to view this information, I just de-crypt data before displaying on…
Encryption
Hi, I have this problem: i need to protect sensitive data in an Informix OLDS 7.13 database in a way that they can be accessible only from an application but not via direct sql queries (i can't use access control because i don't administer the system). I'm looking for some middle…
Re: Do I must buy "On-Bar" utility?
On-Bar will work fine standalone, without the use of an XBSA-compliant storage manager. In fact, it's the command used by Command Center (included with OnLine Workgroup Server) to implement Backup and Restore. All that the storage manager buys you is advanced data management and…
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…
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: SECURITY - NewEra/ODBC
billy@west.co.za ("Billy Wheeler") wrote: :On 18 Jun 97 at 15:17, David Lapsley wrote: : :> One other question: Does INET encrypt passwords before passing them :> over the network and if not should this be considered a security :> risk. : :I-NET does not encrypt passwords AFAIK.…
Re: SECURITY - NewEra/ODBC
billy@west.co.za ("Billy Wheeler") wrote: :On 18 Jun 97 at 15:17, David Lapsley wrote: : :> One other question: Does INET encrypt passwords before passing them :> over the network and if not should this be considered a security :> risk. : :I-NET does not encrypt passwords AFAIK.…
Re: SECURITY - NewEra/ODBC
On 18 Jun 97 at 15:17, David Lapsley wrote: > Are we correct in saying that NewEra uses OBDC to access Informix > databases (via INET) ? NewEra can connect via Informix-Net _or_ ODBC. > If so how do we prevent users using other ODBC compliant products > such as MSQuery ( which…
Re: SECURITY - NewEra/ODBC
On 18 Jun 97 at 15:17, David Lapsley wrote: > Are we correct in saying that NewEra uses OBDC to access Informix > databases (via INET) ? NewEra can connect via Informix-Net _or_ ODBC. > If so how do we prevent users using other ODBC compliant products > such as MSQuery ( which…
SECURITY - NewEra/ODBC
We are considering the use of NewEra (V3 ?) to develop a client/server application accessing an Online 7.2 database. Are we correct in saying that NewEra uses OBDC to access Informix databases (via INET) ? If so how do we prevent users using other ODBC compliant products such a…
Re: Security Vs DBA ?
Hi Richard: Why not try to save sensitive column information in encrypted form? The encryption algorithm is best known only to the HRD Manager. PS: If you want more information contact me. I'm happy to have more discussion on this. Cheers…
Re: Security options at different SQL-Databases with ODBC - who is best ?
In <53qrcr$8dk@nntp.idgonline.no> Nils.Myklebust@idg.no (Nils Myklebust) wrote: : Micorsoft seems to believe that free access by everyone to all data in : all databases is the best situation for everyone. No comments. : There is *no* mechanism built into ODBC to protect any d…
Re: Change UNIX password from Windows
wyang@aerotek.com (Weimin Yang) writes: >It is not necessary to change password in Setnet when unix password is >changed. Password in Setnet is only for testing connection purpose. You >can set asking password at runtime. Once connection is Ok, you can >connect with different us…
Re: Change UNIX password from Windows (with Sample Powerbuilder Code)
Derrek Poulson wrote: > > Mike Segel <mikey@segel.com> writes: > > >Derrek Poulson wrote: > > >> the UNIX password is changed, it'd sure be nice to be able to update the > >> encrypted password Setnet puts in informix.ini. Any suggestions on this one? > > Theoretically, you are …
Re: Change UNIX password from Windows
Derrek Poulson wrote: > Theoretically, you are of course correct. Passwords shouldn't be stored > anywhere where they're readable by anyone other than system administrators, > even if encrypted. > > Realistically, I see only 3 ways to manage UNIX/Informix passwords in a > client…
Re: Change UNIX password from Windows
Mike Segel <mikey@segel.com> writes: >Derrek Poulson wrote: >> the UNIX password is changed, it'd sure be nice to be able to update the >> encrypted password Setnet puts in informix.ini. Any suggestions on this one? >Boy, >Being a UNIX security freak,[ can we say paranoid?] …
Re: Dataencryption for Informix
: swing@cumulus.blitz.de (Andreas Huemmer) writes: : Hello! : : Is there any posibility to encrypt the data between an Informix 7.1 : Server and a workstation on the LAN? : : All ideas welcome! OpenLink has an encryption option in their ODBC drivers that would do this. I h…
Re: Dataencryption for Informix
Andreas Huemmer, writes: >Is there any posibility to encrypt the data between an Informix 7.1 >Server and a workstation on the LAN? YES, CI-Link does it ! (have a look at www.cornut.fr) With CI-Link you can plug your own encryption module on each side of the middleware. The low …
Dataencryption for Informix
Hello! Is there any posibility to encrypt the data between an Informix 7.1 Server and a workstation on the LAN? All ideas welcome! ciao…
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…
Short Courses on Multi-level and Network Security from UC Berkeley
U.C. Berkeley Continuing Education in Engineering Announces 2 Short Courses on Computer and Network Security MULTI-LEVEL SECURITY: Information Security Issues for Effective Systems Development (February 28-March 1, 1996) Course Description This intensive course presents a compr…
Secure or encrypted access over LAN
Does any one know of a secure LAN access method to INFORMIX OnLine 7.1. We want to encrypt the login and password going to the server on a LAN from a client running INFORMIX-NET. Charlie Foster Charles.H.Foster@att.com…
Data Security
Does anyone know about a data encryption/decryption package that would would work in conjunction with an new app being built with OnLine 7.1 and Powerbuilder 3.0C? OnLine will reside on an NCR 3455 (UNIX V 4.x) PB wil be running under Windows For Workgroups or Windows 95. The de…
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?…
Question: The data encrypted (while using I-OnLine)
What am I to do to store the data encrypted on a hard disk while using I-OnLine ?…
Column Encryption
I need a method to take entered data (passwords), encrypt the value, and store the value in a column. Obviously, I would need to decipher the stored value for future validations. The purpose of this is to merely keep any individual from scanning the database for passwords. Any…
Re: Encryption under I4GL
In <3egsgv$sfn@mother.usf.edu> smorrow@dotrisc.cfr.usf.edu (Steve Morrow) writes: >I am interested in encrypting this PIN number. Since such a function >doesn't exist (yet) in 4GL, has anybody written such a routine, or has >anyone made use of the UNIX encrypt() call from withi…
Encryption Functions?
I need to develop an encryption/decryption mechanism for password fields that will be stored in an Informix database. Because it will be stored in a database, the task is slightly complicated by the fact that I've got a fixed length that I can output and that the password can co…
Re: Informix and trusted host access
John Carter wrote Re: Informix-NET and trusted host access > > This involves using DES and a fair amount of C code on both client and > server to perform the handshaking between systems and ensure that > someone isn't trying to sneak in their own packet and break in. > It is nece…
Informix database security
Path: emory!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!iWarp.intel.com|ogicse!psgrain!m2xenix!quagga!ucthpx!oct1!aim1!chan From: chan@aim1.UUCP (Neville Chamberlain) Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.databases.informix Keywords: database security informix Message-ID: <53@aim1.UUCP> Date: 15 Oct 9…
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…