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Not enough room in ROOT DBspace
Hi Jack, thanks for your response. I already created physical and logical log dbspaces, moved the physical log to that dbspaces and created the rest of the logical logs in the other dbspace. But I was wondering why the first dbspaces is the ROOTNAME Thanks…
Error in COMMIT WORK when trying to add a chunk
@Jacob, I may be misremembering, or maybe things have changed in recent versions of Informix, but in general, it is better to have several smaller logical logs than a few (or a single) large ones. This is because the LTXHWM and LTXEHWM percentages are based not on the percentage…
External backups/restores and logical restoring of logs passed last Level-0 backup
Thanks Art. Yes, indeed it works. We have tested it with ontape, onbar and external backups. Logical logs are independant and you can restore older backups, or external backups, and restore logs passing other backups. Best regards, ------------------------------ Jose ------------…
Onbar: Failed to determine archive's encryption mode. Error code 2
Hello Jacob, I would allways make backup/restore with -w (whole system backup flag). You can verify this in the ixbar file if the 4th field is set to 1 and 2nd field contains the dbspace name. It is also impossible to mix backup/restore with/without whle system backup flag... May…
Informix 15 is out! Well sort of...
Test HCL Informix 15: Has the trick with TAPEDEV/LTAPEDEV defined as /dev/null changed? Seems V15 does not allow this anymore. Seb ------------------------------ Sebastien FLAESCH ------------------------------…
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 ------------------------------…
Logical Logs - Flags and backups
Hi Mark, The "B" in the 3rd position means that the logical log has been backed up, which is good! The log backup will be triggered by the script referenced in your onconfig file with the parameter ALARMPROGRAM. It is called each time a logical log is filled or logical log is sw…
restoring informix using the onbar command. problem
Which ixbar file ($INFORMIXDIR/etc/ixbar.<server_num>) are you operating on? Was this possibly also affected and had to be restored? Does it contain the backup you're hoping to restore? ------------------------------ Andreas Legner ------------------------------…
archecker utility on ontape level 1 archive
Hi Arjen, Are you first restoring level 0 and then level 1. As far as i know, Archecker refer the L0 backup as baseline and perform log rollforward restore until given time which is from L1 backup. Or you are directly restoring from L-1 backup? Regards, Gaurav -------------------…
HDR
The secondary MUST be OFFLINE when you do the restore (a COLD restore). The restore of the secondary must use the backup that was taken from the Primary, so the backup MUST be copied over to the secondary BEFORE you begin the restore. Basically it should be similar to the followi…
ontape error
Hi Sergio, DBREMOTECMD is for TAPEDEV/LTAPEDEV remote syntax - not your case. What error are you getting? I think 'ontape --' syntax diagram is slightly misleading in suggesting -e and -encrypt might be synonym - they are not (-e is "external"). Is it working with -encrypt instea…
Logical Logs/Physical logs
IDS 12.10.FC12 Solaris 10 1/13 If you had to choose having a separate dbspace for logical logs or physical logs, but not both, which would you choose? I'm uncertain which is likely to generate more I/O. Thank you. Regards, DG ------------------------------ David Grove -----------…
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…
Spaces and Spindles: Thought Experiment
For extra credit, consider having two dbspaces for logical logs (odd and even). DG…
Number of logical logs growing ?
This is what I've found in logs at the time of crontab ontape -a jobs ( no one was connected to the db, neither no jobs were usign it ): 17:20:01 Logical Log 47416 - Backup Started 17:20:01 Logical Log 47416 - Backup Completed 17:20:01 Logical Log 47417 - Backup Started 17:20:01…
Reading logical logs of informix
Is it possible to find what was being written in database at a certain point of time by reading logical-logs?…
ontape restore problem
A customer want to restore the data from the tape, the date of backup file is about 2002. and No one remember the informix version, How to know the informix version from the backup file? thanks for your help.…
how to change the default location of rootdbs
I think you should be able to do a cold restore from backup, and use the -rename option of 'ontape'. DG…
listener-thread@soc_be.c:3073: err = -25582:
Adding Version details Informix Version : IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.FC6 O/S Version : Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.9 Thanks & Regards, Karthik Rajan…
transation logs problem
Hi, I have todo some frequent changes to database structure, on some customers the operation hangs because the transaction logs became full. I am using /dev/null for LTAPEDEV and configured alarmprogram script to do backups, is anything missing? There is any option to disable it…
How to Restore Level 1 backup after level 0
Hi, let assume, today is Friday and i have level zero backup of Monday and level 1 backup of Wednesday. Now i restored Level 0 backup on an instance via ontape -r, it was done successfully.Now i also want to restore level 1 backup. How is it possible? to restore level 1 backup a…
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.…
Retoring the onbar backup
Hi friends, I want to restore our onbar backup from linux server to windows server, our onbar backup is scheduled through OAT.what is the procedure to restore?. Please help me on this. Thanks…
Rovoke insert permission but still can insert
I am doing it at the command line in the server directly in the directory C:\\\\Program Files\\\\IBM\\\\IBM Informix Dynamic Server\\\\11.50\\\\bin…
Secondary stuck in Fast Recovery
Ok, well I think I read in the Backup and Restore manual that you can from the primary, run a backup and send it over to the secondary and restore it at the same time possibly so this is a good excuse to try that. I will read up on that to see if I have that correct or not, and i…
New Channel of Informix Server (Tech)
Hi guys There is a new channel of Informix Server in Spanish , enjoy It -Install , Backup , Restore , HDR and more. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVGD_IAhd0VGntXiSh_E6ew Best regards Luis devecua.com…
LTAPEDEV
I have a bit of confusion with the LTAPEDEV parameter. If I set a path to this parameter, will the logs automatically start backing up when full, or is there something else that tells the database server to backup the logs?…
IDS not writing to online.log
Hi Art, tried that already. When I add a logical log I will see the corresponding entry in online.log and a checkpoint, and nothing happens after that. And I can't switch the logical logs because onmode -l is not working…
onbar -r -l -X problem
Hi, When I execute the onbar -r -l -X to stop the logical log restore, Do I need set LTAPEDEV to /dev/null? I see below messages in the online.log. logical file not found and IDS don't change quiescent mode. thanks for your time.…
Failed to recover the logs after restore
Thanks Art. I've restored from our backup and works good now.…
Long transaction problem
When IDS will used up all the logical log? i.e. the log file below the current logical log file has open transaction also . thanks for your time.…
ISM restore problem
It appears that ism /onbar are not able to restore a recent backup from another machine this way. The new machine, not member of any domain, was not able to restore from a backup of about 620 files and a size of 1.2TB…
Backup/Restore Primary/HDR
Hi, We are running 11.70.FC7 on Solaris 11. We use onbar for informix backups. How does backup/restores work when switching from a primary to HDR (new Primary) server? Do I need to do another full backup when promoting an HDR server to Primary or can the logs being backed up by …
Need assistance on spreading logical logs
IDS 11.70 I need advice on how to setup a spread of logical logs over at least two disks. the idea behind this is to enable one logical log to be backed up and another being used which may improve performance.…
ON-Bar database server is dismissing the logical
Thanks Art and Martin. IDS bounce worked as onconfig was changed for LTAPEDEV earlier. Thanks, ~ Pravin Bankar…
Mutex logs on logical log flip
IDS 11.50 on Solaris We've only just started noticing this odd occurrence. I t only just have started happening or it may have been happening for ages but there's more focus upon it now. Our customer's monitoring was detecting occasional periods of slow queries, perhaps persist…
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)…
point-in-time restore
Oddly enough - it isn't the issue of the type of backup/restore (whole system versus "normal"). The engine continues to fall over with an assertion failure. Still working on it. Thanks - Mark…
Diffrences between ontape -l and ontape -l -C
My OS is RedHat 6.2 and IDS 11.7. I have some problems to restore the logical logs in the machine backup, If I use the command "ontape -l -C" the logical log are restored, but the chuncks are with inconsistent status. If I use the command "ontape -l", I can't repeat this command…
onbar Backup error
Resolved. Issue was ltapedev var in the onconfif file was reset to /dev/null. Do not know how it happened. Some variables in the onconfig file automatically resets after the DB restarts. Now after setting it back to the correct value, onbar backup works fine.…
Root db space fills up
The logical and physical logs reside in there own db space.…
restore question
Hi all, Is it possible to restore a backup from a 3rd party (Netbackup) into a new FS and get it the data from there using onbar?…
RSS not working
why no let me try that. 11:34:46 DR: The configuration parameter LTAPEDEV on the paired servers must be both set to a NULL device or both set to non-NULL (could be different) devices.…
ontape backup and restore
Hi, I'm running online ontape level 0 backup on my dataserver. The ontape begin at 7 PM and lasts 2 hours While this ontape is running, there are transactions running that modify datas in my instance at the same time. At 8 PM one transaction truncated data in a table called my_ta…
Onbar Backup
If you are "throwing away the logical logs" (i.e. LTAPEDEV set to /dev/null) then you have to use "onbar -b -w" for backups and "onbar -r -w" for restores - which has performance implications (depending on version). But as Martin stated "test your restores and not just your back…
Informix upgrade
Can we upgrade informix from Dynamic Server Version 11.70 to 12.1 workgroup edition directly?…
Checking the consistency of a backup
For this moment,on my production no, i only do archive L0 and L1, not the logs but i resotred L0+L1 of my production on another test server wich the save logs option is activated (LTAPEDEV "a directory", BACKUPLOGS=Y BACKUP_CMD='ontape -a -d" on alarmprogram.sh )…
DYNAMIC_LOGS=2 Functionality?
Hi, Silly question ... do you backup your logical logs? If you do want to backup your logs, then consider using ALARMPROGRAM to backup logical logs when complete (using onbar or ontape) - that way you should not encounter full logical logs because they are not being backed up. …
Logical log backup
Folks, IDS11.50FC8 , Linux We have a couple of boxes , all are setup to do automatic logical backup. Once the current log is full, it triggers the alarm procedure to start a backup. It works great. But, The interesting thing is, some servers do not always backup a full logical…
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.…
onbar restore LTAPEDEV=/dev/null
Our Informix database 10.00.FC6 has been backed up with Legato Networker. We are in the process of a restore and realized that the LTAPEDEV=/dev/null. What onbar command should be used to do a cold restore? We don't have any logical log backups and the database was not backed up …
DB_locale or local naming convention
Hi, I already mention the informix version. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE…
Logbackup failed - function op en log tape failed
Hi, Following is the value of LTPADEV informix@dmba01:dsenksen_tcp:/bases/informix/dsenksen/admin/ontape/sh> onstat -c | grep LTAPEDEV | grep -v "#" LTAPEDEV /bases/informix/dsenksen/arch/logical/archive_logs01 Regards…
Add more logical logs in IDS 9.4
Hi All, I'll be performing adding logical logs into our existing DB. My question are the following: 1. Do the DB needs to be in quiescent state? i believe, there's no need at all. Once i have added the new dbspaces to be used by the logical logs, i will drop the existing ones …
Restore individual dbspace with ontape
Is it possible to restore an individual dbspace with ontape using only a level 0 backup WITHOUT restoring any logical logs? I have tried using ontape -r -D dbspace, and also ontape -p -D dbspace. In both instances the dbspace is restored but left "down" (and I receive messages s…
Error -556 on @ reference
In IDS_A have a stored procedure do_some that has a insert into a local table. In IDS_B have a stored procedure do_some that does: call base@IDS_A:do_some(); Calling this sp works ok. In IDS_C i try to run: call base@IDS_B:do_some(); Fails with error -556 Cannot create, drop,…
Any resolution steps for this failed llogdbs that
IDS: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC9W1X7 OS: Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005 I'm having the Systems Admin to review the disk now. 14:13:25 Assert Warning: I/O error, Primary Chunk '/ifmx/ciboodle/chunks/llogdbs_4' -- Offline 14:13:25 IBM Info…
alarmprogram.sh when LTAPEDEV /dev/null
HP-UX wuast130 B.11.23 U 9000/800 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6 hello does anyone know why this is happening I thought if LTAPEDEV /dev/null then it would not try to back up log - I asume this is whats happening > I am getting thousands of these messages and ta…
ontape backup/restore
Hi, I have IDS version 10: 10.00.FC10W4 and 10.00.UC11 I want to setup two new DB servers with the same versions as above. Using the ontape backup/restore I will restore the original database to the new DB servers. The setup of the new servers should be identical to the old on…
Script for stopping/starting continuous logging?
We're running IDS 11.50.FC6 on RHEL 5.3. We use ontape for backups, and currently send the log backups to the filesystem with "ontape -c": LTAPEDEV /ifmx_llog_tapes/my_instance/logical_log_week1A I would like to change this to just the directory, so that "ontape -c" will auto…
ontape -r Problem
Vouching for myself, an ifx non-expert, could it be that 7.3 backup's are not compatible with 11.70 restore's? If they're not compatible, would an ETL be a viable alternative?…
IDS 7.31 UD5 data(base) recovery
On 18 Kwi, 19:13, Superboer <superbo...@t-online.de> wrote: > Hello Marcin, > > it sounds like that your LTAPEDEV is set to /usr/informix/ltapedev > in your onconfig file. > > if that ist the case you can set it to /dev/null. > > eq in $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG search for LTAPE…
non-log and logical log buffer
Hi, If a database is non-log, do update/insert/ go into the logical log buffer? thanks for your time.…
Ontape backup and restore with stdio
Does anyone know or recall which version of IDS where "ontape backup and restore with STDIO" feature becomes available? Thanks. Kern --…
enterprise replication time to replicate data
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6 Question for enterpise experts Does anyone know a command that will give me time that it takes to replicate data to a node? for example i update on server a and it replicates to server b . How long did it take? cdr view profile gives …
Restore + Logical log - caution
The last weeks I discovery a behave of the engine what is something new for me. I believe others will be surprised too... IFX 11.50 FC9 When you restore an archive with logical logs , maybe you needed the files/tapes of logical logs backuped before the Archive Level 0. The rea…
CLR vs Long Transactions...
Immediately backing up your log doesn't automatically make it available for re-use. A long transaction is a function of how many logical logs a transaction spans (stays open) with respect to the amount of logical logs you have defined. In your situation every time you do a log sw…
Long transaction
Hi, when long transaction being rollback, could others execute SQL select that don't write logical log? thanks.…
reading: Bad file descriptor
I'm trying to restore an onbar backup that is done to disk does the error reading: Bad file descriptor in ism_watch refer to a corrupt onbar file or something else ?…
backup logical log to directory automatically
ids version : 11.5 os: redhat as4 I follow ids backup and restore manual 's instruction : 1. Set the LTAPEDEV parameter to a existing directory. 2. Set the ALARMPROGRAM parameter to the full path for log_full.sh on UNIX or log_full.bat on Windows. 3. Change the backup progra…
Issues after upgrade
Hi, I have error messages after the upgrade from 7.31 to 11.5 In 7.31, the output of oncheck -pe was: ... LOGICAL LOG Pages - Log 52 456063 8000 LOGICAL LOG Pages - Log 53 464063 8000 LOGICAL LOG Pages - Log 54 …
backup and restore
hello all we have a level 0 backup to disk from AIX 6.1 and were looking to restore on a Linux x86 (red hat) server, infromix version 11.50.FC7. error comes up as "Physical restore failed - function read archive backup failed code -1 errno 0" can this be accomplished between t…
Over 1,000 days of 24x7 database uptime!
On 29.07.2011 20:38 Lester Knutsen wrote: > From one of our customers, their Informix server hit 1,000 days today > .... congratulations;) > > IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC8 -- On-Line -- Up > 1000 days 00:31:45 -- They beat mine just bit ... IBM Informix D…
Setting up HDR- First Time -11.70 Innovator-C
Hi, I am setting up HDR for the first time. onstat - on primary shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- On-Line (Prim) -- Up 0:11:5s onstat - on secondry shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- Fast Recovery (Sec) -- Up 00s onstat -m on sec…
ONBAR performance tuning
Hello All, Is there any way to tune the performance of backup/restore using onbar and ontape?…
ISAM error 197: Partition recently appended to
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586) I have done a level 0 backup directed to /dev/null and tried again. still it is throwing the same error.…
Backup from HDR
Hi, We are using IDS 11.50 FC6 & FC7 on Solaris Sparc. Is it feasible/reliable to get cold/hot backup from HDR ? I have tried and got successful while taking/restoring backup from HDR. Thanks.…
RE: Archive using ontape with incryption
IDS 11.70.FC2 Solaris 10 - 64bit What is the easiest what to backup and restore to tape using `ontape` along with encryption? Has anyone restored, having used encryption for the backup, successfully and without incident? Thank you. Larry…
onbar recovery in IDS v10
I've managed to determine a couple of reasons/answers: 1) if you have LTAPEDEV set to /dev/null then the ims bootstrap saveset does not get written. It seems like it writes the bootstrap to the logical logs and then never sends it to the backup volume. Changing LTAPEDEV will res…
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…
Logical Log Files are Full -- Backup is Needed
You can change the value of LTAPEDEV through onmonitor and it will make the change immediately w/o the need for bouncing the engine.…
Logical log backup aborted (during ontape -r)
Art, I'm trying to restore an production database (backup done with ontape), in a test database (using ontape -r) and I've the messages in the online log Regards…
TSM and Informix 11.10 on Windows
you are getting the message about dismissing the logs because LTAPEDEV is set to /dev/null. Although onbar does not use the tape settings from the onconfig, the engine marks each log as backed up when /dev/null is used in LTAPEDEV thus you can not back them up again in onbar or u…
database backup using commvault simpana
Hi, Is anyone in the mailing list using Commvault Simpana's backup solution to backup their informix databases ?. are there any issues with this product's backup/restore procedures and is it a reliable tool ? any inputs will be appreciated Thanks Savio Pinto…
Can't access sysindexes remotely
Hi, We are using IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6 using Platform: SunOS 5.10 Generic_125100-09 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200 Thanks…
Applying logical logs after level 0 restored
Hi Everyone, I just restored the complete level 0 backup of informix 7.13 on hp-ux 10.01 in our development environment. At the end of restore, I didn't forget apply logical logs to the database. can anyone advise me to apply the logical logs on the database that I restored? P…
Display contents of Logical Log
Is there a way to display the contents of the logical logs if the LTAPEDEV parameter is set to backup the logical logs to a directory? (LTAPEDEV /informix11/inflog) I had a look at the onlog command and in that the -d switch accepts the tape drive path. Appreciate your response…
AIX 5.3 IDS 11.50 FC5 - Performance Advisory
Have any of you experienced this? In reviewing the online.log, I discovered that AFTER a system reboot, and ONLY AFTER a system reboot, the first time the "Auto Update Statistics Refresh" begins, the following performance advisory is recorded. The Backup occurs nightly, the AUS …
Long Transaction Despite DYNAMIC_LOGS = 2
Clifton, my inputs are as followings: The transaction by the user "ifxcmgt" spanned 2.2 GB (LTXHWM=70%) out of 3.1 GB total logical log dbspace (~33000 KBx100 or 3.1 GB); therefore, it was defined as a long transaction and was rolled back. Transaction rollback and other process…
Re: Upgrade from 9.4 to 11.10
One thing I noticed is you have lots of little logs - 85 12M logs for a total of 1Gig. IDS 11 prefers larger log files so that it does not fill and switch too quickly (which might occur during the batch processes). It will give you a warning in the alert log when/if that happen…
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…
onmode -c onmode -l question re: how to freeup log
Hi Art, Thanks once again. You're right. What i did is let the original value of LTAPEDEV but created a link to /dev/null as LTAPEDEV doesn't work if i set it directly to /dev/null. Orig LTAPEDEV = /home/informix/backup/ltapedev filename. I did rm ltapedev, then did a "ln -sf /…
onbar backup to file restore from file
Hi, Just want to ask if onbar can be redirected into file.. instead of tape... I know ontape can be redirected to file by setting LTAPEDEV and TAPEDEV, but not should about onbar. Any idea?, i'm experimenting the backup restore procedure. Thanks,…
onbar
Hi, Maybe you can use "ontape" instead of using onbar... set to /dev/null the ff: LTAPEDEV and TAPEDEV do ontape -s ontape -l…
how to free up logical logs
Hi All, I've encountered problem on logical logs once again... I'm using onbar on backing up the logical logs and dbspaces. Unfortunately, the netbackup failed and causing the "logical logs" full. Q: what is the correct solution, without losing the logical logs? Is there any wa…
Table structure backup/restore
Hi All, How I can take the backup of table structure and all its data and how to restore that table including all data.We are using IDS 7.13 running on HP-UNIX 10.01. Thx,…
ontape -c
I use 'ontape -c ' to backup the logical log, if the 'ontape -c' process was terminated abnormally, for example, the machine crash or it was killed by others, do anybody know if I could restore those logical log sucessful?…
Logical logs backup
Hi Martin, Thanks for your response! Correct me if my clarification is wrong! At one point of time, the status of the logical logs is Logical log 4 to 7 -> U_B__ Logical log 8 -> U_C_L Logical log 9-13 -> U_B__ All the logical logs are 100% full When i did a level 0 backup, th…
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…
HDR with level 1 backup
Hi, Disk containing the log backups got run out of space. So some of logical logs were not backed up. HDR secondary got out of synch. We are trying to make the secondary node again the part of HDR, but because of insufficient logical logs we are unable to do so. We can take 0-lev…
Reducing logical log space
I'm looking for reassurance, really ... IDS 10.0FC8 on HP-UX 11.31. HDR running. My customer is running out of disk space on its production system, and cannot provide any more at all for Informix for a couple of weeks (don't ask!). As the application dbspaces will likely not l…
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 …
need to backup the individual database
Can i do a fake backup using onbar utility to avoid a forced level 0 backup after restore?…
Backup logical logs
Hola, tengo un servidor en Unix con Informix 7. Yo quiero hacer backup de los logical logs a disco... En el ONCONFIG le coloque al parametro LTAPEDEV una ruta de mi disco. Luego como hago el backup? Gracias por su ayuda…
Extracting logical logs from a level1 archive ?
Is it possible to extract the logical logs from a level1 archive to use for rolling forward ?…
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…
Backup & Restore confusion
Hi, I'm a bit confused about backup and restore using ontape. Why do I need to take a logical log backup with ontape -a (log # 15) after a ontape -s -L 0? The full Level 0 archive says it contains the log # 15 but during restore I have to apply the logical backup also containing…
LTAPEDEV /dev/null from ON-Monitor
Hello, IDS 11.10 FC3 on solaris 10. Simple question~ when i set the LTAPEDEV parameter to /dev/null from ON-Monitor utility to make this change effective while the database server is online. The onconfig file shows LTAPEDEV set to /dev/null and previous entry for LTAPEDEV is …
LTAPEDEV to /dev/null from onmonitor
Hello, IDS 11.10 FC3 on solaris 10. Simple question~ when i set the LTAPEDEV parameter to /dev/null from ON-Monitor utility to make this change effective while the database server is online. The onconfig file shows LTAPEDEV set to /dev/null and previous entry for LTAPEDEV is …
Location of physical and logical logs
This may seem like a bit of stupid question but how do I find out in which dbspace the logs are on a system I didn't set up? Thanks -- Regards Scott Newton | R&D Solution Specialist | Integral Technology Group Ltd 95 Ascot Ave, Greenlane | PO Box 302313, North Harbour, North Sh…
Re: Logical Log files MISSING
Bigger logical log files?…
Logical Log files MISSING
Hello Ive checked the online.log file for one of the missing log 20084 23:12:22 Logical Log 20083 Complete, timestamp: 0x8e06d245. 23:12:22 Logical Log 20084 Complete, timestamp: 0x8e06d245. 23:12:22 Logical Log 20083 - Backup Started 23:12:23 Logical Log 20083 - Backup Comple…
use stored proc that return multiple columns in a query
forgot to include version info: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC6W5 -- On-Line -- Up 207 days 22:14:39 -- 1441100 Kbytes…
installing informix dynamic server in linux
hi, I'm new to informix... I tried to install informix dynamic server(iif. 11.50.UC2E.Linux-RHEL4.tar) in my linux machine. I'm getting an error like this... One or more prerequisite system libraries are not installed on your computer. Install libpam.so.0, libncurses.so.5…
TAPEDEV - LTAPEDEV set to dev/null infcfgcheck -a
Hi All, I have upgraded to Informix 10 from 9.40 recently on HPUX 11.23 (we are running with SAP 6.40). When I run the infcfgcheck -a on my 2 Production instances I get the TAPEDEV - LTAPEDEV as stating it is set to /dev/null. All of my other (test/dev) instances do not report t…
Test Restoration failed
Finally i reinitialized the test instance and started the restore using ontape -r. But the restore which was suppose to finish in 7-8 hrs on this server (as tested many times before)is not running over 15 hrs and i can see in onstat -D that one complete chunk is yet to be restor…
Informix Dynamic Server v 11.50 Developer's Edition
Does everyone know that the Informix Dynamic Server Developer's Edition v11.50 that you can download from the IIUG Web site (www.iiug.org) is NOT timebombed, is completely and fully functional (including HDR, MACH11, ER etc.). Do you know that the only limitations on this versio…
Informix Dynamic Server v 11.50 Developer's Edition
Does everyone know that the Informix Dynamic Server Developer's Edition v11.50 that you can download from the IIUG Web site (www.iiug.org) is NOT timebombed, is completely and fully functional (including HDR, MACH11, ER etc.). Do you know that the only limitations on this versio…
CONFIGURATION ONAUDIT-IBM Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, I need to configure onaudit and onshowaudit able to register for each of the consultations that are made to the database, either through dbaccess, ODBC or another application. I've been reviewing the IBM Informix Trusted Facility Guide, but I was not working. What param…
How to use Informix Dynamic Server
I have installed trial version of "Informix IDS Dynamic Server Developer Edition 11.5 for Windows 2003, XP, Vista, 32bit Version 1150TC1DE". But i am new to informix. Can anyone explain how to use IDS in detail.…
Understanding the Logical Log Usage
Am using version 10.00.UC7X1 and have a few *basic* questions on the usage of the logical log file. The database has a logging mode of unbuffered logging with a page size is 2048 bytes (as returned by onstat -b). I have 3 log files with each file being 5000 KB in size. I have a …
Onbar and LTAPEDEV
All, 10.00.UC6 Solaris 2.8 What are the ramifications of setting the config parameter LTAPEDEV to /dev/null as it relates to onbar level 0 backups? For example with our current configuration LTAPEDEV points to a valid file. When we run onbar -b -L 0 the archive process backs up…
Restore backup and Archecker Failed...
Hi, IDS 7.31 FD2 HP-UX 11.00 first, sorry my poor english.. I tried restore a archive Level 0 and failed... When test the backup file with archecker , failed too... The backup file is create over file system: TAPEDEV /backup/L_backup TAPEBLK 1024 # Tape block size (Kbytes) TA…
Restore backup and Archecker Failed...
Hi, IDS 7.31 FD2 HP-UX 11.00 first, sorry my poor english.. I tried restore a archive Level 0 and failed... When test the backup file with archecker , failed too... The backup file is create over file system: TAPEDEV /backup/L_backup TAPEBLK 1024 # …
Re: Backup/restore compatibility
On 18 Feb, 22:09, Fernando Nunes <s...@onlinedomus.net> wrote: > Troels Arvin wrote: > > Hello, > > > On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:36:27 +0000, Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > >> This is what dbexport exists for. > > > Thanks - it looks like dbexport will be of use. And the dbexport word le…
parallel backup and restore w onbar
hello, In IDS10, using onbar, can I do parallel backup and restore on an instance that has no database transaction logging ? I think I should be able to, as long as I backup the logical logs and logs will need to be restored during a parallel restore. Is that correct ? ps. I rea…
Re: Restoring a logical log
ian.miell@gmail.com wrote: > We have some scripts which parse the output of onlog -n/-l and > produces user-friendly output. > > We've been given a log file from backup which has the header: > > [xxxxxxl@xxxxxxx] 43$ hd llog.631510 | less > 00000000 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 0…
Restoring a logical log
We have some scripts which parse the output of onlog -n/-l and produces user-friendly output. We've been given a log file from backup which has the header: [xxxxxxl@xxxxxxx] 43$ hd llog.631510 | less 00000000 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 0a 00 09 00 9d 07 5f |..............._| …
Backup/restore compatibility
Hello, In the DB2 World, there is a (very annoying) constraint concerning backup/ restore: Data backed up on a big-endian host cannot be restored on a little-endian host, and vice versa. The constraint is very illogical considering that one of DB2's selling points is the possibi…
Re: How can fetch cause long transaction
> I have one more question: > > When DYNAMIC_LOG is set 2, does it starts to add more logical logs > dynamically when next logical log in the sequence has open > transaction. Does this become active only during roll back and next > logical log has an open transaction or could it …
Logical Log
Version IDS 10 When DYNAMIC_LOG is 2 and logical logs gets full Informix starts to write to rootdbs and Informix uses LOGSIZE from what was used initially for disk space initialization. And it appears like even if the LOGSIZE is changed using onparams or in onconfig file, Inform…
What is IPA abbreviation ?
Hi all IBM INFORMIX DYNAMIC SERVER 10.00 PRODUCT RELEASE bug_number 168928 description WITH NON-DEFAULT PAGE SIZE AND ACTIVE IPA'S, TABLE LEVEL RESTORES FAIL product_code ONUTILS component_code ARCHECKR What is IPA ? Thanks…
Windows XP Registry
One way to backup the registry is to create a System Restore snapshot. System Restore returns your computer to a previous snapshot without losing recent personal information, such as documents, history lists, favorites, or e-mail. It monitors the computer and many applications fo…
Never ending Checkpoint
IDS 9.40.FC4W2 SunOS 5.8 Last Saturday we had a "never ending checkpoint". There are no loggings about the event except the lines in online.log: 11:41:01 Fuzzy Checkpoint Completed: duration was 2 seconds, 2789 buffers not flushed, timestamp: 0x60364810. 11:41:01 Checkpoint …
How HDR resync after network connection resumes
With "RETAIN_TYPE" is set to 1, HDR would be reestablished from secondary server when old primary is up once again. When the logical log backup has been performed on secondary server, how the oustanding logical log could be retrieved for resync to old primary server? 1) Do I ne…
HDR failure handling on network disconnection
Is the process of logical log rolling forward by "ontape" or "onbar" are automatic?…
Difference between Physical and Logical Logs?
It seems the work done by logical log is more than physical log. What is the point of having physical log? As logical log already including post and pre image of database chanages.…
Logical Logs
Hi All Gurus, I'm new to this forum and IDS. Please advise me how to remove/delete the logical logs No.1 till No.3 from onstat -l, i assume flag D indicates DELETE ( pls corret me if wrong) And would it possible to readjust LOGSIZE to smaller value say "16384" from any availabl…
Informix Engine not starting
Can you please try to increase Physical & Logical log file sizes in Onconfig.bnm Thanks Tara…
Continuous log restore
Version IDS 10 I read in IBM's redbook for version 10 that continuous log restore can be used. I wanted to know the following: 1. Can onbar be used for backup and restore ? 2. What commands can be run to setup continuous log restore ? There is not enough information available a…
Process taking most of Logcal Log
Version: IDS 10 Is there a way to tell which process on the box is filling up the logs. I was thinking if there is a way to tell which process / thread is writing the logical logs or filling up the logical logs…
Fatal error in shred memeory creation
FYI - My UNIX Administrator has restored a system backup taken before the power failure and my Database server is now up and running.…
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 Secondary mode Log transfer handling
How the transcation is delivered from Primary Database to Secondary Database? - In a full logical log ? - Any committed transaction at Primary Database? If the transaction is delivered from Priamry to Secondary Database in a full logical log, then any recommendation on the size …
Restoring Level 1 Backup ONLY - INFORMIX 9.4
Dear All, I am trying to restore level 1 backup ( with ontape -r ) on a machine ( solaris 8 )on which I have a level 0 backup already restored preveiously ( while restoring I terminated restore at the point when level 0 was completed and system was asking for level 1, my idea wa…
Performance Question - Loading of Database and LTAPEDEV
I have a question regarding LTAPEDEV being set to /dev/null and performance, and will not have a chance to test until tomorrow. During a mass load process, will having LTAPEDEV set to /dev/null increase performance significantly over having LTAPEDEV go to a disk file backup trig…
Backup worked...restore doesn't...
Hi All, I was able to get my backup done the other day just using ontape -s -L 0, everything seemed just fine, total space of backup 497 GB. Now today I'm trying to restore that same tape onto another server. Informix has been installed, onconfig file was mirrored from original …
IDS Primary down
Hi all.... In it completes week, my IDS Primary has down in 4 opportunities having shown the following message of error: 03:10:47 Maximum server connections 567 03:11:21 Assert Failed: Exception Caught. Type: MT_EX_OS, Context: mem 03:11:21 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10…
IIUG TV
Great job on the video work!! I look forward to seeing more! -t- -- -- Informix Dynamic Server Database Engine -- http://www.informix.com --…
Logical Logs in Enterprise Replication
Hi All, I am using Enterprise Replication on IDS10 UC5. I have 33 Logical Logs for IDS, each of 5000 pages i.e. 20,000KB. Test >onstat -l IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC5 -- On-Line -- Up 09:00:11 -- 81408 Kbytes Physical Logging Buffer bufu…
Re: admin tools like PC client
Mike, What version of Informix are you using? Informix SE? Informix OnLine? Informix Dynamic Server? Most Informix versions these days come with a product call I-Connect that needs to be installed on the PC and rovides the Informix ODBC drivers.…
Error when initializing
06:36:20 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version [b]10.00.UC6TL[\\b] I believe this is likelt ot be a new ish instance to a newish user of the software…
Allocation of the 80-90% of resources for dbexport
I'm use ext3 filesystem. I need this backup mechanism for restoring database on other sides/servers. Is it possible to allocate more resources for dbexport process namely?…
problems with Informix dynamic server 9.4 @ WIndows 2003
I have problems with connecting the server. I use correct user/password to connect to the server, but the server do not known the server. I'm sure the user exist and is one of the user in Informix_Admin group. I have installed Informix dynamic server 9.4 in a windows xp system in…
Re: Splitting logical logs
news.arcor.de wrote: > IDS 9.4 WE, Sola�ris 9 > > Hi everybody, > > we use to back up our logical logs using "ontape -c", for example in a file > named "trans.log". > As a consequence, when restoring a Level-0 backup using ontape -r, we can > only restore *all* logical logs con…
Splitting logical logs
IDS 9.4 WE, Sola�ris 9 Hi everybody, we use to back up our logical logs using "ontape -c", for example in a file named "trans.log". As a consequence, when restoring a Level-0 backup using ontape -r, we can only restore *all* logical logs contained in the trans.log or *no* logic…
Informix backup & restore
We have an IDS version 10 installation containing a number of dbspaces. We have created a database on each dbspace eg dbspace1 database1 dbspace2 database2 dbspace3 database3 Is it possible to restore a database (eg restore its correspondig dbspace) to a point-in-time withou…
change LTAPEDEV in onlne mode
HI, Folks, Can we change LTAPEDEV by running onmode(?) command (NOT through Vi or ONMONITOR) and make it effective immediately in online mode? Thanks, Frank…
RE: onconfig
Everett Mills wrote: > I don't run onbar, but I suspect you're right. LTAPEDEV, etc. would > also probably be in this group as well. Either way, restore the old > onconfig and you're OK. It may be a good idea to check the permissions > on the file before you're done, though...…
Ontape backup/restore to disk
Hello All, I would like to use the Informix ontape utility for both Level 0 backup/restore and transaction log backup/restore. Instead of using an external tape device, I would like to back it up to disk (files). Currently we are running IDS 7.31 on Sun Solaris 9 servers. To …
RE: Trouble restoring database on test/recovery system
Mike Badar wrote: > I had exactly the same problem several months ago. I discovered > LTAPEDEV was set to a non-existing device. When I changed LTAPEDEV to > /dev/null - or the device of your choice - and restarted the engine, all > was well. Check the value of LTAPEDEV in th…
Logical log backups
Hi I am having a dreadful time with a autochanger tape device for which my logical logs and archives are backed up to. Problem being the device frequently stops working and unless it is fixed before the logical logs run out, I get downtime. I am using the networker software to …
TAPEBLK and LTAPEBLK
I am looking for some advice on how to tune TAPEBLK and LTAPEBLK when using disk devices for TAPEDEV and LTAPEDEV. Is there any reason to move away from the default of 32KB and match the values to the block size of my filesystem, i.e. 8KB?…
Backup Of Specific Tables
Hello All, Wondering if there is a way to script a backup operation for specific tables as opposed to an entire database? Our scenario involves backups being written to a tape drive. We would wish to backup a couple of tables to tape and then restore if a job to update said ta…
HELP : All logical logs are FULL
Hi All Thanks for your response. I solved the "All logical logs are FULL" . I did the following : ShutdownServer : onmode -ky Change Onconfig : LTAPEDEV in the onconfig to /DEV/NULL Restart Server : oninit After RECOVERY : onmode -ky Change Onconfig : LTAPEDEV change…
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: Re 2: Onbar problem
Hi Martin, the IDS 10 guide is more clear, indeed. I bounced the db several times but in sysconfig table the value was always /dev/null; when I builded the db LTAPEDEV was /dev/null, and probably a value is needed to change it and placing spaces is not accepted. Many thanks for …
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…
not write Log
Can I control the writing Logical LOG? I mean I have a large job and it will use up all my Logoical logs, so I would like to avoid writing log temporarilly for this job. Thanks, Quman…
restoring just from logical log tape
When I run 'ontape -r', it asks me if I want to restore from an archive tape (an 8mm tape) after restoring from level0 backup (a DLT tape). Is there any way to just go straight to that 8mm tape for restore and bypass the hour I have to wait for the level0 restore to complete befo…
Re: Upgrading to version 10 ontape question
"Table Level Restore (TLR) is based on a normal backup/archive. Normal backups/archives are platform dependent, therefore TLR also is platform dependent." That is not what John Miller III said to me at the Atlanta conference! Table level restore can restore to remote instances …
Re: Upgrading to version 10 ontape question
For a platform independent backup/restore use version 10 and table level restore to restore all tables from a level 0 archive. This is platform independent. Backup/restore will always be version dependent since each new version has more features. David.…
Initialising Informix
I am trying to initialize informix on a new server and I am getting this error. The server is HP UX 11.11 and Informix IDS 7.31 What could be the problem / This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible …
Informix Connection From WIN CE.NET Emulator?
How do I connect to informix dynamic server from WIN CE.NET Emulator? Is there a WIN CE informix driver?…
Re: Table Editor for Multiplatforms
Enhancements in Version 4.3 ..... also supports the Informix Dynamic Server 9.x. http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools/db2tools/db2te/…
HP Data Protector restore
Hello, How can I restore informix backup on other instance with Data Protect.…
logical log size
Hello, The logical logs on my system are configured as 30 32MB logs. The system has been growing rapidly and currently cuts 2-3 logs every 5 minutes. Backup is to a spectralogic tape unit, which is fairly slow to spin up. In order to not run out of logs due to backup issues, I w…
Alter a big table
Hi all, in a table with logging and fragmentation by round robin I have to add two columns at the end: alter table xxxx add (yyy smallint, zzzz money(8,2)) ; The table contains about 171,000,000 with a row size of 650 byte. In my testing-system with nearly the same number …
Not using the 100% logical log page size alloacted to informix
No, i meant the logical log page file that i have appended in my query.…
Fragmentation Elimination Problem
I am on version IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC4.…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Ronald Schwingel wrote: > Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) > Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use > before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide > documentation that I can pass on also? It looked to…
Restore Informix-Emc-Data Protector 5.1
Valeriano V.... wrote > I want to restore the logs until 13:45:00, with Omni Back > Data Protector v5.1 > > On the GUI of Omni Back Data Protector, I don´t see the > option for do this. > > What is the Unix intruction for do this ?? onbar -r -l -t <point_in_time> Read the Infor…
RE: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
First off you shouldn't be getting shared memory access errors. That sounds more like a bug that technical support should address. I wouldn't be surprised if your getting can't allocate additional shared memory segment messages. Informix 32-bit on AIX is a bitch. The problem …
Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide documentation that I can pass on also? We are looking at providing one of cust…
create a DB on Linux
Hi! I have installed Informix dynamic server on Linux. Now I want to create a data base. What should I do? Thanks…
Re: flagship sunk
Funny I have been able to download IDS 10 for Solaris, Windows and Linux am I just smarter than everyone else? www.informix.com Support and downloads In the middle trials and betas Oh look Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) V10.0 easy!…
return code 164 during logical log backup
Hi all, I have following kind of problem with logical logs backup: When the current logical log is comming full, it does'nt make logical log backup and in online log of informix following message appear: -------------------------------------------------- 16:13:14 Logical Log 524…
Backup on inst1 and restore on inst2
Hi all, I have 2 instances IDS 10 (inst1 and inst2) on the same machine Windows 2003. The 2 instances have the same configuration, unless DBSERVERNAME and SERVERNUM and the same structure. I would like to know if is it possible to backup the datas of the inst1 and make a restore…
ids10.force to drop a chunk
Can't onspace bring the chunk back online? Use onspaces -s <spacename> -p <path> -o <offset> -O Otherwise restore from a backup.…
Re: IDS 10 - documentation questions
Oops! I mean IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.TC3ET Althought the release notes (idse_win_release_notes_10.0.html) start with:- "Release Notes for IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition for Windows Platforms 10.00.TC3E, 1 July 2005 " so it is TC3E or TCE3T? and …
Re: Sql to concatenate multiple rows to a single row / column
Thank you SaltTan - it works beautifully. BTW, we have IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC6.…
Re: External backup/restore - an idea - comments please
Thanks Martin for these links. Extremely valuable information on EBR those who are reviewing their backup & restore process. Hari…
Copy more than one instance on a single tape in Informix IDS 7.31
Hi. I would like to knwo whether is it possible or not to backup more than one instance in Informix IDS 7.31 on a single tape for later restore all of them. I tried it but after each backup the tape is automatically rewinded and so the other backup superposes the first one. The …
Dynamic Logical Logs
I need to get a clarification on the Dynamic Logical LOgs in IDS 9.4. We having few sites running in IDS 9.4 FC6 on IBM pSeries AIX 5.3 Below are the parameter values which have been set :- # Logical Log Configurationd LOGFILES 6 # Number of logical log files LOGSIZE 2000 # Lo…
ROWID functionality
rowid is not unique for fragmented tables. but then maybe the logical log record will include the fragment id for fragmented tables?…
New IDS Forum on IBM Developerworks website
This forum provides a place for Informix Dynamic Server developers and users to share their questions, thoughts, and ideas with others. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_forum.jsp?forum=548&cat=19…
Re: 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:…
ISAM error: illegal argument to ISAM function
A couple questions. How do you restore a dbspace from a point in time? I use onbar. Since it is no longer there & I took another backup since I dropped it, I can't just use onbar -r. I've tried restoring the entire instance from the backup but then I get error messages. Shou…
setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux error
I setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux execcute oninit -ivy is failed the online.log is write /// 16:31:32 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment (size 8192KB) 16:31:32 Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 Software Serial Number AA…
RE: Logical Logs's
begnadigen Sie mich, Ich verstehe nicht -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Bono Vox Sent: 04 May 2005 11:02 PM To: ids@iiug.org Cc: iiug-esp@iiug.org; informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Logical Logs's Co…
Logical Logs's
Consulta: Cuando ejecuto el comando: $onstat -m y tengo la siguiente salida: 15:50:55 Logical Log 27225 Complete. 15:51:32 Logical Log 27222 - Backup Completed 15:51:32 Logical Log 27223 - Backup Started 15:51:36 Logical Log 27223 - Backup Completed 15:52:00 Logical Log 27225 - …
Logical Logs's
Consulta: Cuando ejecuto el comando: $onstat -m y tengo la siguiente salida: 15:50:55 Logical Log 27225 Complete. 15:51:32 Logical Log 27222 - Backup Completed 15:51:32 Logical Log 27223 - Backup Started 15:51:36 Logical Log 27223 - Backup Completed 15:52:00 Logical Log…
Re: PANIC: Attempting to bring system down
looking at their log file that happened before logical recovery completed! looks like they had another problem before they got this one otherwise they wouldn't have had to perform logical recovery…
PANIC: Attempting to bring system down
looking at their log file that happened before logical recovery completed! looks like they had another problem before they got this one otherwise they wouldn't have had to perform logical recovery…
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…
ontape -r failed.
9.21 restores restore on 9.21 9.40 restores restore on 9.40 9.21 restores do not restore on 9.40 restore on 9.21 and then upgrade or dbexport on 9.21 and dbimport on 9.40 F. David wrote: > Hello, > I need help in restoring between different Versions of Informix. > We updated…
Logs Full
Hello: I'm working with IDS 7.30 on SCO Open Server. The LTAPEDEV is set to /dev/null but I get Logical Log Files are Full -- Backup is Needed. Then I could not shutdown the Engine. Restarted the server. Change the LTAPEDEV to /dev/rmt0 oninit -s ontape -a But nothing occurs, P…
Restoring a level-1 backup at a later date?
Actually, I buggered up the timing calculations <fx:chagrin>. What I meant is that if we do a level-0 on the Friday night after the last user logs off then restore this to the new box this means the users are off for 7 hours for the backup and then 12 hours for the restore to the…
RE: Logical Logs not full
Brice, What you have described is not quite accurate; The logical log is not backed up the instant the transaction is committed when in unbuffered mode, it is written directly to the logical log as opposed to being stored in the current logical log buffer. Buffered logging us…
RE: Logical Logs not full
Muthana, The logical logs are fine, I wouldn't be dropping and recreating them, there is only one reason I can think of as to why a logical log would not reach 100% and that is onmode -l (force next logical log) this may be for any number of reasons, but typically it would be a…
Onmonitor changes from the command line
Dirk Moolman wrote: > Is it possible to script onmonitor changes from the command line, for > example to change the backup device using a script ? > > Dirk Moolman > Database and Unix Administrator > MXGROUP Dirk, you do not need onmonitor to change TAPEDEV, ontape reads the ONC…
Logical Logs not full
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Restore from Level 0 Backup
With ontape, yes; with onbar, yes if you did a whole system backup, no if you used a parallel backup strategy. Take care. Clifton pamadeo@cespi.unlp.edu.ar wrote: Hi, in IDS9.21, is possible restore from backup without restore logs. When recovery starting, the process ask you …
Help !! - Logical Logs are full
IDS 9.21 UC4 LINUX RH 7.1 There was a long transaction aborted, an the IDS stuck in an eternal CKPT. The online.log said : "09:51:44 Waiting for Next Logical Log File to be Freed 09:51:44 Process exited with return code 127: /bin/sh /bin/sh -c /home/informix /etc/log_full.sh 3 …
Cold restore with ltapedev nul
I have informix 9.40 under windows 2000 and i'm trying to make a cold restore of an informix database where LTAPEDEV is set to nul . I'm using onbar with CA brightstore storage manager software . I want to restore a level 0 backup , without the point in time option so i should no…
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'?…
Ontape/logical logs
Hi all, I'm reasonably new when it comes to Informix, so I hope this isn't an often- asked question. I've set up a disaster recovery server for our main Informix server, to which I automatically send my level 0/level 1 backups and logical logs, as they're written to disk. I've p…
HELP - RESTORE A TABLE
Can one table be restored from a backup created with ontape -L 0 (On version 7.31UD)?…
backup help/understanding needed with transaction logs
I have a 7.31UC6 Informix DB where I backup using ontape daily using the cmd ontape -s -L 0. Currently LTAPEDEV is /dev/null. I do not have two tape drives. The backup is hot and the DB is changing during the backup. It takes about 7 hours to complete using a DLT35/70 drive. …
onbar -r -t "..." -p -w, recovery not successful
what is LTAPEDEV set to? "James Zheng" <james.zheng@gmail.com> wrote in message news:7d321437.0409011012.5f59cb7a@posting.google.com... > Database was backup in "onbar -b -w", but when perform point in time > restore, say if pick a time in between two full backups, only rootdbs …
ontape forma
Hello list. Does anybody know the format of an "ontape" backup? Can it be copied to another media and still be used for a restore? To be precise: we have an ontape backup on DDS3 format but we need DDS2 . Thanks Henk sending to informix-list…
IDS V7.30 and Windows 2000
Can Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.TC6 be run on a Windows 2000 host system? TIA Erwin…
Query on informix backup strategy
It depends what type of backup you are doing. With level-0 backup, there should be any problem. In case of incremental backup, it is recommended not to mix onbar and ontape. There may not be any issue with incremental backup too. But you cannot mix level-0 backup from one backup …
Re: Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Art S. Kagel wrote: > On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 05:05:41 -0400, madiego wrote: >>I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : >> >>This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix >>Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do…
ONBar Restores and Tivoli Storage Manager
I am having problems with restores from ONBar via Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM). I can perform backups that complete fine according to the logs, and the verification using "onbar -v" reports successful with no errors. However when I go to attempt a restore, I get one of two situa…
Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y Checking group membership to determine ser…
ontape -c stop archiving logical log on 9.21UC7
Dear All, I'm using 9.21UC7 on AIX4.3.3ML11, normally "ontape -c" archives logical log when the log is full(the logical log status changes from U---- to U-B---), but sometimes, it stops archiving logical log, even if you use "control+c" to stop it and restart it, it still cann't …
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…
RE: Logical logs - how to tell if full?
Notbeen on anysystem admin courses whatsoever - and unlikely to.. Is it safe to back up the logical logs at anytime?…
onbar error message
Hello! I have an Informix backup configured as an onbar + Legato Networker combination with IDS 9.40 UC3 on Solaris 9 machine. We take dbspace backups every night and continously backup logical logs using log_full.sh script. All works well except one thing: if logical logs start …
Database Restore Error
Dear All, I was restoring an ontape backup of 7.31 ver and got the following errors. 1) In online.log file Aborting physical restore of ROOT DBSpace Aborted by client. Informix Dynamic Server Stopped. 2) On the Console: physical restore failed function archive backup failed c…
logical log record failed
Hello all, IDS 9.21 UC4 Solaris 8 We have two systems replicating through HDR. the secondary server which is receiving the logs from the primary server suddenly starting giving this error message " rollforward of log record failed" then it gives the logical log number and the p…
onbar backup logical logs
Hi All, I am using onbar to backup my informix 7.31 databases with Legato networker. I dont want to backup my logical logs. Before using onbar, with ontape, I backed up my logical logs to /dev/null. How can I do that with onbar and Legato networker. Thanks for any help ______…
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…
AIX logical logging question
My sysadmin wants to know if I can send the logical logs to a rewriteable DVD drive? Seems like new AIX boxes are coming equipped with these devices instead of 8mm tape drives. Anybody doing this currently? -- Phillip…
Physical and logical log placement
It's often recommended that the physical and logical logs be moved from rootdbs. Apart from performance, is there some reason I've missed why they should be kept separate? And does it make any difference if the whole instance is going in a RAID 1+0 array? Andy Kent…
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,…
logical logs in 9.40.FC3
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3FA52.A6808A50 Content-Type: text/plain I just went into production this weekend on release 9.40.FC3, AIX 5.2. On my…
onbar script for logical logs
Anyone have a script to perform continuous logging using onbar to filesystems? I would like to write to a separate file on disk daily. Thanks for any help in advance.…
Re: Transaction support in informix dynamic server(IDS)
chaithra wrote: > i wanted to know, if in IDS we can get to know the status of a > transaction at any given time. or once any transaction commits or > rollsback we should be able to know the status. > is it possible through c++ interface provided by the IDS. I'm not quite s…
Transaction support in informix dynamic server(IDS)
hi all, i wanted to know, if in IDS we can get to know the status of a transaction at any given time. or once any transaction commits or rollsback we should be able to know the status. is it possible through c++ interface provided by the IDS. thanx in advace chaithra…
Calculate Logical Log Required
I have read DB Adm reference and some other Informix manuals and cannot find how to calculate the required logical log need for following cases. Can anyone tell me? Just some example :- 1. Say I need to load 1,000,000 rows with record size 100 bytes to DB. How many logical l…
ISM on Aix
I am currently using TSM and a 3583 library to backup informix using onbar - I am trying to somplify the situation and am going to use ISM and backup to file space on a local SSA array and clone my backups to tape during the day onto an external 3580 LTO2 drive. Another setup I h…
Write Logical Logs To Disk
Hi, Greetings, The situation: I am trying to write the logical logs on the first instance to the disk instead of the tape so that I may transfer these to the second instance and use recovery to bring it upto date. I am trying this to implement production backup at the database…
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…
REgarding the Error in Logical Logs
Hi, We are running Informix 9.3 on Sun OS 5.8 . I cannot get my database engine up because of following error : 12:36:39 Results: Log record (OLDRSAM:HDELETE) in log 95507, offset 0xdf352c was not rolled back 12:36:39 Action: Use 'onlog' to view the transaction and repair manua…
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.…
Logical log backup on XPS
Hi All, We have XPS 8.40 installed on HP UX 11i. Ther server was initialised and we were trying to load data into a table . Now the server is in Blocked state and the online.log file mentions that we need to take logical log back. Pls let us know the process for taking logical …
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…
TRUNCATE TABLE command in 9.3?
I am aware that Informix Dynamic Server previously has not included the TRUNCATE TABLE command. Does anyone know if 9.3 or 9.4 include this command?…
IDS 7.31FC1 restore problem
I am having a problem restoring level 0 dbspace backups . the restore starts and root dbspace gets restored but the system then appear to hangs while waiting for a checkpoint. please help…
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.…
Restore certain Logical Logs
Hi guys, restoring a Level-0-archive using ontape -r and after that restoring logical logs using ontape -l works without any problem. Now, I have to restore a database-state, given after certain logical log. Is it possible, to restore a Level-0-archive (which includes the log…
Backup/Restore
Hello, We're running on AIX 4.3, ids 7.31. The backup of the system lasts for about 30 minutes, but the restore(on a duplicate test-system) lasts 3 hours. I heard that the restore may last 2 or 3 times the backup time, but 3 hours is too long. Nobody could find anything in soft-…
Can you back up a database using ontape ?
Is it possible to backup just a database as opposed to backing up dbspaces ? I want to only backup a database and restore it on another box. Is that even possible ?…
logical log recovery problem
Hi All, I'm getting the following error when trying to start up a database: 09:57:10 Results: Log record (OLDRSAM:HINSERT) in log 988, offset 0x3ab0098 was not rolled back 09:57:10 Action: Use 'onlog' to view the transaction and repair manually. 09:57:10 stack trace for pid 228…
onbar error on openserver 5.05
when I backup small data ,backup and restore all are normal.…
RE: Dynamic Server versus Universal Server ??
Originally, Version 7.x was called 'Informix Dynamic Server', Version 9.0x was called 'Universal server' Starting with 9.1, Universal server became 'Dynamic server with Universal data option'. With 9.2, new names 'Internet Foundation 2000 ' and 'Dynamic server 2000' ware given…
Applying Logical Logs for a restore ?
I'm an informix newbie. So my question is very basic. After I have backed up the logical logs how is the process of reapplying them to the database to get it current done ? The logs have been backed up using ontape -a Thanks, Jack…
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…
Logical log buffer
Version: IDS 7.30 UC7 Question: We have 3 logical log buffers, 32K each. And databases use buffered logical log (>/dev/null), altogether 8 logical logs. One day users complained they can't do anything and when we ran onstat -u, we found out something like this: ..... e940e864 G…
Re: Logical Logs Size
What about the following : onstat -l (LOGBUFF will be shown here) What log mode on the database (Buffered, Unbuffered, None) Version of IDS O/S running on Are temp tables in use?? Do you have temp dbspaces?? Do you use into temp with no log?? Some of the online log that shows lo…
RE: Logical Logs Size
Fred 30 Gb seems rather large for total log space (in fact almost 19 Gb seems large). What is the size of your database? How quickly are you using the logs? What are your Long transaction limits set to? How often do you hit this long transaction? Can you (should you) split these…
Logical Logs Size
Hi, Well, in order to avoid amongother things several Long transactions aborded, I have decided to increase to size of the logical logs. This is what the actual configuration is : Total Logs Size : 18957068 KB Logs Number : 375 35 Logs of 15000 KB 340 Logs of 50000 KB …
Re: restore logical log
Andrey Mischenko wrote: > How to restore logical > log if a parameter LTAPEDEV there was /dev/null on a moment of shaping of a > log If you are asking how to restore logical logs when you have thrown them away using /dev/null, then the answer is; you can't, because they don't ex…
Re: restore logical log
Hello Andrey, If you had been backing up the logical logs to the bit bucket, I'm afraid there's no way you can restore the logs.... The only way is to go to a full Level 0 backup. Thanx much, Rajib Sarkar Advisory Support Engineer (RAS) IBM Data Management Solutions Ph: 602-217-…
restore logical log
How to restore logical log if a parameter LTAPEDEV there was /dev/null on a moment of shaping of a log…
Where are the logical logs?
Hi there, Is there any way to know which dbspace are the logical logs in? Thx.…
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: /dev/null device being used by onbar
Your getting this message because LTAPEDEV is set to /dev/null. The storage manager has nothing to do with the error. Though LTAPEDEV and TAPEDEV are used with ontape, if LTAPEDEV is set to /dev/null the Informix instance discards the logical logs, thinking that the Informix DBA…
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…
an other Onbar-Networker question
Hi all, Previously I did not backed up my logical logs with ontape (LTAPEDEV=/dev/null). So I want to have the same thing with onbar (LTAPEDEV=/dev/null). Following the documentation I can have LTAPEDEV set to /dev/null if I want to use serial backup (onbar -b -w). But when I use…
Re: onbar question
if ltapedev is set to /dev/null onbar will not back up logs. ltapedev must be ste to something meaningful. See the backup and restore guide. Malcolm ----- Original Message ----- From: "samir BADAOUI" <samir_badaoui@hotmail.com> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Thursday, June …
ontape -r
Hi, I am trying to restore a 7.21 IDS DB on a DS10 box. The problem is that the database was first running on a DS20 dual-processor machine. Now I would like to restore the DB from a backup to the DS10 uniprocessor machine. While the restore begans (ontape -r) the machine stalls.…
ISA slow with logical logs
Hai, When requesting the logical log information via ISA this tool is very slow. Does anybody know a solution? Bickel…
RE:informix log backups
HI, =20 I have a particular question about transaction logs which get backed up using ontape. =20 I know that you can do a... =20 Physical backup & restore (which is a backup/restore of a dbspace(s) or blobspace(s) Logical backup & restore (which is a backup/restore of a l…
Re: Logical-log backup
----- Original Message ----- From: Woi Yew Fong <yfwoi@tpl.com.sg> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 9:40 AM Subject: Logical-log backup > > Hi there, > > I am confused with the automatic logical-log backup (with ontape -a) and > > continues logical-l…
Logical-log backup
> Hi there, > I am confused with the automatic logical-log backup (with ontape -a) and > continues logical-log file backup (with ontape -c). Can somebody clarify > the doubt for me. > > 1. Does automatic logical-log backup mean an operator need to execute the > command ontape -a…
HELP URGENT: Level 0 backup from system A (Solaris) to be restored to System B (SCO UNIX) - IS THIS POSSIBLE???!!!
Is there a way for a level-0 backup from a Solaris 2.5 Informix Online 7.x backup to be restored to an informix 7.0 instance running on SCO Openserver 3.0. We need to test the backup of System A to another place so we can perform some system upgrades confident that our backups a…
Enterprise Replication log
Enterprise Replication does not have a seperate set of logs. It snoops from the normal logical log file buffers. It only snoops from the log files themselve during recovery or if for some reason it falls behind.…
Onbar Backup/Restore
we have decided to stop logical logs, putting LTAPEDEV to /dev/null backups are good but restores fail. we do not want to use onbar -b -w option due to single thread. pushing database to 6 drive tape library via Veritas Datacenter. Any suggestions, Please reply kwood@acs.roadw…
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…
Which Informix software to restore a database?
Hi all, I'm using ontape command to do backup our Informix server everynight but the Informix's ontape command only allows to restore the whole Informix engine or dbspaces. I'm looking for Informix backup software which allows to restore a single database of Informix Server. T…
RE: Why does it still think the LTAPEDEV is nul?
I did used ONMONITOR to change the LTAPEDEV parameter. However, it's only work for changing the parameter from /dev/null to device BUT NOT from device back to /dev/null. WHY? -----Original Message----- From: Art S. Kagel [mailto:kagel@bloomberg.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2…
Why does it still think the LTAPEDEV is nul?
I shutdown transaction logging for a software firm who wanted to dial in and make some upgrade changes. To do this, I changed the onconfig file to reflect my tape backup devices for level 0 and logical logs to nul (that's null to you unix guys). No problem, transaction logging tu…
Drop the last transaction from logical log
Does any body know how to drop the last transaction from logical log before startup the database instance?…
RE: ontape and LTAPEDEV = /dev/null
I will assume that question 1 and 2 are using ontape. 1. Yes, however you can only do a physical restore. 2. Yes, make sure you have enough temporary dbspaces. 3. OnBAR has two types of backup Dbspace and Whole-system backup. Whole-system backup does not necessarily need …
ontape and LTAPEDEV = /dev/null
Hello, I have two instances where LTAPEDEV is set to /dev/null. I did this because I do not care about restoring to a point in time doing logical restores, I only need to be able to restore to a specific point in time (in this case when the backup was taken). I have not tes…
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 …
onbar with no-logging
Does anyone know of a way to use onbar to backup the database and not use logging, and still NOT have the logs fill up? (Simular to using /dev/null for LTAPEDEV?) Thanks, Tina Bradley Tina_Bradley@HomeDepot.com - -…
Logical Log Files are Full
Is there any way to flush out the contents of the LOgical Log Files through a script or command without manually setting it ? Thanks, Gavin…
IDS 7.3x on Win2000?
Does Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3x runs on Windows 2000 (Professional)? Thanks for your help. Guy Dillen…
Re: Onbar & Logical Logs backup
>We then have to stop and restart the engine. At that time, we get > Warning: Checkpoint appears stalled and may not complete before the >database server shuts down. >Once we shut down and restart - of course- everything is fine until the next >evening - same time, same place.…
full, backed-up logs causing slowdown?
Am I missing something? If your LTAPEDEV=/dev/null, why are you doing an ontape -c ?…
Remote ontape backup/restore
Does anybody know how I can do an ontape backup/restore using a tape drive on a remote server? Thanks in advance, John.…
logical logs
Hi all, How to find out which session causing the logical logs to fill up. Regards Aboo…
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…
Backup and Restore
Hi all, Does Informix support recovery of up to the last transaction? I was told Oracle did, ???, wanted to know if that was true and if so, does informix. Thanks in advance for the info. Marco Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.…
Re: Informix logfiles truncating
The engine has to be brought up with LTAPEDEV set to /dev/null. If you just change LTAPEDEV in onconfig or onmonitor it does mark the logs as backed up. If you bounce with LTAPEDEV set to /dev/null logs are marked as backed up. Jonathan Leffler …
Re: Informix logfiles truncating
Valeriy Tsuryk wrote: > > Sorry for one more question. > As far as I can understand even if I will have LTAPEDEV as /dev/null I > should schedule ontape -.... > or something else in order to wipe out log dbspace? > > "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message > ne…
backup and restore
I create a demo datebase on dbspace1 and I backup the IDS with ontape -s and ontape -a then I drop the demo datebase when I restore with ontape -r -D dbspace1 online I find the dbspace1 is down but I can not online the dbspace1 with onspaces -s dbspace1 -p PATH -o offset -O sor…
Create user in Informix Dynamic Server
Hello all I`m new in INS. Could you help me? I have Database server with one user Informix. How to create another user to Database?…
Informix ODS on Win 2000?
Does Informix Dynamic Server V7.31.TC5 for Intel Pentium Windows NT 4 also run on Windows 2000? Thanks for any help. Guy Dillen ITP…
Re: Logical logs?
Logical logs reside on disks. Logical log buffers reside in memory. If you want to increase the size and number of Logical logs then just add more disk space. Don "Josep M. Marti" wrote: > > Hi all, > I have a problem with the logical log. I need to add more logical logs > be…
Logical logs?
Hi all, I have a problem with the logical log. I need to add more logical logs becouse I can't run any proces, but the logical logs need memory space or disk space? If I put a lot of logical logs I needed add memory or disk? thanks all, -- ------------------------------------…
Questions about sysprofile in sysmaster?
In Informix << Adminstrator reference>> book, It tells me that the table sysprofile in sysmaster contains columns such as llgrecs,llgpagewrites,llgwrites and it wrote: llgrecs: Logical-log records llgpagewrites: Logical-log writes llgwrites: Logical-log page writes 1.What doe…
Re: ontape
Hi Keith, Informix always starts it restore using the Level-0 backup. If you have Level-0 backups from different dates. You can restore whatever Level-0 you want. Don "Lewis, Keith A." wrote: > When using ontape as the backup and restore mechanism can the database be > restor…
ontape
When using ontape as the backup and restore mechanism can the database be restored to a previous backup or can you only restore to your latest archive?? Keith A. Lewis The Timken Company lewis@timken.com (330) 471-4119 (330) 471-4034 (FAX)…
Logical logs
Hi All, I have a informix database of 7.30 where in the logical log is getting full very frequently. > What might be the reason. I think the "size" / "physize" of each log is > very less. I am giving below the output of "onstat -l". Is there any > parameters in onconfig tha…
ALARMPROGRAM
yes, the engine will still send the alarmprogram the documented messages. the two are unrelated... mdelerme@my-deja.com wrote: > Hi, > > Can the alarmprogram be used if LTAPEDEV is set to /dev/null? This is a > portion of my onconfig : > > Diagnostics > > MSGPATH /opt/i…
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…
RE: Any experience with log restore from disk
You need to test your log backup strategy. I suspect that it may not work. We have similar situations, but create the log, then move it in ALARMPROG. AFAIK you cannot change LTAPEDEV during the restore. mw -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.iiug.org [ma…
Any experience with log restore from disk
Hello, I just setup my log backups to run continuously to disk using "ontape -a" and got it working with the ALARMPROGRAM in the onconfig file. So that each time a log fills, a new disk log file is created with the time stamp by changing the LTAPEDEV value in onconfig. I haven'…
Logical logs
In our system, I am noticing Long Transactions being caused sometimes. We have 80 log files, each of size 2048. LTXHWM & LTXEHWM are 50 & 60. I don't want to increase them. I am planning to increase the no. of log files to 120 or to 160. Are there any pros and cons of having more…
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…
Can Ontape restore a database?
Hi all, I run ontape level 0 backup every night but I feel stuck in restoring a single database of the IDS 7.30UC2. Does someone know an Informix Backup software which allows me to restore a single database as need it? Thanks in advance for any advise. H.V…
HELP! Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
I'm trying to install a new IDS on Linux (RedHat 6.1) on a cooked file. Everything looks right, but upon oninit, I receive the following: oninit: Cannot open chunk '/u1/naf_chunk'. errno = 2 oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization Log reflects: 09:11:07 Informi…
UDR Support in Informix Dynamic Server.
Can someone tell me what exact version of Informix Dynamic Server that first supported C User Defined Routines. I've tried searching for this on their website with no joy. (their advanced search doesnt work at all !) Rgds, Peter. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before y…
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…
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Try backing up the logical logs with ontape. Nona…
RE: backing up logical logs to nul on windows nt
When you set LTAPEDEV to NUL on NT (or even to /dev/null on UNIX), then you don't have to do an ontape -- the engine is smart enough to see that you just want to throw away the logs, and does that for you. I.e., after it moves to the next log, usually after the prior one fills, …
backing up logical logs to nul on windows nt
[Sorry if this issue has been discussed before, I just can't seem to find it in the archives...] Appparently the equivalent for /dev/null as an LTAPEDEV destination for logical logs on Unix is NUL on Windows NT. However, when I set LTAPEDEV to NUL in my onconfig file and try to …
ONCONFIG for logical logs to disk
Paul Jazwierski <uszko@earthlink.net> writes: > What should the ONCONFIG file look like if you plan to save logical logs > to disk? Can the logical logs be sent to a unix directory? or does it > have to be a block device? In either case, what should the values of the > LTAPEDEV,…
System catalogue
Hello! Can anybody explain me how I can create trigger on "informix".systables? (The server I deal with is Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3.) Max…
On-line vs Off-line Backups
Sean Kelsey wrote: > I can't even believe I'm posting this, but I've exhausted all my arguments > for performing on-line backups over off-line backups specifically within a > 24 x 7 x 365 operation. Namely, > > On-Line Backups > > Pro's > > 1. The database backup will be consist…
Compatability between Informix products
Hi, I need some version compatability information for the following products. Hardware Platform: Hewlett Packard OS Platform: HP-UX version 10.20 Informix s/w: Informix Universal Server 9.20 Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 Informix Gateway to DRDA vers…
Help: Ontape Warm Restore
Also sprach "Bashar Chalabi" <bashar@ctl.com> : :Hello, : :IDS7.31 on NT4. : :I am trying to do a warm restore using ontape. I first do a cold restore :(not all DBSpaces), which works fine. I then bring the server online, and do :a warm restore of the remaining DBSpaces. After t…
ontape -r (restore error)
Hi all, I am perform test for the backup and restore by using "ontape" utility. But I am unable to restore it. I got the follow error: Physical restore failed - restore reserved pages failed The backup "onstat -s -L 0" is success completed but unable to restore. An…
Informix Backup with Omniback 3.1
We restore our Informix 7.31 database with Omniback 3.1. What is the right way to do full backups every night. When configuring Informix backup to Omniback, you must choose several options. Omniback manual says that "to select a whole system backup, click Backup all DbSpaces and …
Re: Confirm backups
From: "Tony Costa" <tcosta@bellatlantic.net> > >I am a bit concerned that the ontape -s backups I am running are infact >good >backups. How can a backup be confirmed to be a quality restorable backup? Restore it? :-) Archecker? __________________________________________________…
Confirm backups
I am a bit concerned that the ontape -s backups I am running are infact good backups. How can a backup be confirmed to be a quality restorable backup? -- tony.costa@usa.net "Every man dies, but not every man really ever lives" -Mel Gibson as William Wallace…
Re: /dev/null on NT
On NT the parameter is NUL (one L instead of 2) >>> <najaa@mail.itsq8.com> 12/16/99 7:53:33 AM >>> Need to know the null device on NT for my LTAPEDEV onconfig parameter ? '/dev/null' is not working nor 'null' TIA…
Re: /dev/null on NT
From: najaa@mail.itsq8.com > >Need to know the null device on NT for my LTAPEDEV onconfig parameter ? > >'/dev/null' is not working nor 'null' NUL ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com…
Restoring backup on other system
Yes it is possible. I have done this successfully on a UNIX system with onbar and networker. But there was some steps to do before the restore. INF-ONL 7.24; Reliant UNIX V5.43; Networker V4.? 0, scan (networker) the backup tapes on the restore system. Maybe you have to add the…
informix dynamic server on linux help
Hi all, I am an informix newbie, and i have problems running it on redhat linux 6.0. The installation went just fine, but now when i start dbaccess and try to create a new database i get this error message: 25584: Network driver can not access server program /opt/informix/lib/sq…
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…
backup and restore
Hi, I have an IDS 7.30 on Solaris 2.6 with 5 databases. Which is the best method to backup and restore the databases. I need to restore the databases separately.…
Please help me!
Hello! 1, Can somebody give me information, what is the new features for Version 7.24 of Informix Dynamic Server according to Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server? 2, Are Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server and 7.20 INFORMIX-ESQL/C 2000 Year Compatible? 3, W…
Backup of logical log to file?
How do I set LTAPEDEV in onconfigure.ifmx in order to direct ontape to backup logical logs to files instead of a tape station? --Patrik…
move dbspace/chunks on NT
Is there any way other than backup/restore to move a chunk on NT to another disk. Can I move the root dbspace this way? TIA,…
Re: installing Informix dynamic server
From: "Joerg_Mauz@abs.org" <Joerg_Mauz@abs.org> > Is there something wrong the the gateway, Hotmail or are there just loads of idiots posting today. (Apart from me, that is! :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hot…
Re: ANSI mode DB's and DBIMPORT
ghansen@ecc.com wrote: > > Gary D. Hansen@ECCI > 10/15/99 09:31 AM > > I have a DB that runs in ANSI mode. When you do a dbimport -ansi your logical > logs will fill at a rapid rate. What I do before doing the dbimport is set my > logical log tape device to /dev/null and bounc…
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…
ontape -c
When using 'ontape -c', for continuos backup of logical logs, what is the proper way to terminate the command? Is it simply a CTRL-C?…
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…
Q: HADR and LTAPEDEV = NUL
Greetings, We have two identical Netfinity servers running NT4/SP3 and Informix 7.30.TC7. Would it be possible for us to use High Availability Data Replication to have one Netfinity act as PRIMARY (accepting updates), the other act as SECONDARY (read-only) and backup logical log…
Backup and Restore
Hello All- I am new in the Informix world. I've inherited an Informix database system with little documentation. One of the first things I'd like to do is know the procedures to backup and restore. The Informix version is 7.3. Is there something out there in print or someone…
HELP!!!
im looking at every logical log at 100% and naturally a blocked checkpoint. whats the best, and next best thing to do in a case like this!!!…
Ontape -r failed
I am trying to do a restore of a level 0 backup. It is failing with an error "Physical restore failed - [db_sort ] Invalid DBspace list. I am getting this error eventhough the dbspaces and ids on the backup tape matches exactly to the dbspace list in onmonitor. Any ide…
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…
backup / restore
Hi I have on my IDS 7.30 for solaris 2.6 5 databases, which I want to backup and restore separately. Which ist the best method ? Thanks…
pricing for informix info?
Hello, Was wondering what other people out there paid for informix dynamic server 7.3... Basically, i wanted to know if they had a web server licensing schem like microsoft. or ibm's db2 (per cpu license). and would the licenses be transferable if I decided to move from le…
logicallogs
Hi there In the IECC database list my databases have the status LOGGING MODE - no. But the logical logs (onstat -l) are in use. Why ??? Thanks…
ontape
Well.... You ONLY performed a level 0 backup so you CANNOT restore a level 1 backup because you do not have any level 1 backup that corresponds to the level 0 you have already restored. So? So reply 'n' no 'y'! Art S. Kagel Andreas Lommel wrote: > > Hi > I backuped my system …
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.…
Logical logs
Hi Everyone , I am new to the administrative side of Informix Dynamic OL Server and would be gratefull if someone is able to give me a clear answer pertaining to increasing the size of my logical log file. I have tried adjusting the parameters in my confiuration files that did…
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…
Log Files Full
Error message: Logical Log Files are Full -- Backup is Needed Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance, Joao…
Backing up tables or complete databases ?
Hello, Is it possible to make a backup from a table in one database to another (backup)database (by VB sourcecode) and restore earlier made backups ? Can I even make a backup of the complete database and also restore it by using VB-code ? I like to make an button which the use…
cdr command line utility in informix 7.24
Hi, Is there a cdr command line utility in informix dynamic server 7.24? I tried to locate it, but the executable is nowhere to find. Thanks, Lu…
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.…
HELP: ontape -c error
Huy Vu wrote: > > Hi all, > > Today I tried to backup logical log with command ontape -c but It refused to > work.... > > After modified TAPEDEV /dev/null and LTAPEDEV /dev/rmt/0m > in $ONCONFIG file > > I ran the 'ontape -c' command. > > It asked me to put the cassette in /dev/r…
Out of buffer?
Hi, I got the following error message from an Informix IDS 7.30: <<Informix Dynamic Server>>> WARNING! Buffer pool size may cause Dynamic Server to get into a locked state. Recommended minimum buffer pool size is 4 times maximum concurrent user thre…
Re: URGENT: DRAIN LOG FILES
I think that on NT the equiv. of /dev/null is simply NUL. Christian Winterhager wrote: > Esperanza schrieb: > > > How can I drain logfiles in IDS 7.3 NT? I am developing so I don't need to > > save data, I just want to clean the log. I can do it by executing ontape -a > > and i…
Re: URGENT: DRAIN LOG FILES
Esperanza schrieb: > How can I drain logfiles in IDS 7.3 NT? I am developing so I don't need to > save data, I just want to clean the log. I can do it by executing ontape -a > and if LTAPEDEV and TAPEDEV are set to NULL, but I don't know how exactly I > must do it: Have tried: >…
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: Q: ontape -a to /dev/null
In article <7esbt8$8vs$1@news.xmission.com>, mdstock@informix.com wrote: > > Fred Lee wrote: > > > > Does anyone know it will work for onbar? We are currently implementing onbar > > in our servers. But we have no need to backup the logical logs on the > > development and testin…
Q: ontape -a to /dev/null
Indeed you can't use ontape to back up logs to /dev/null. I'm surprised that it works on any other servers either; in fact I'd almost be prepared to bet that it doesn't. When LTAPEDEV is set to /dev/null logical logs are automatically marked as free as soon as they fill (provid…
onbar question
I am a little confused regarding the difference between a whole-system backup and a dbspace backup which backs up all dbspaces. If all my disks get blown away, can I use my dbspace backup (all dbspaces) to rebuild the database, or must I have a whole-system backup to recover? Th…
Starting Informix Dynamic Server !
Hi Gurus, Just wondering is there any difference in starting the informix engine as root user versus as Informix user. ? The reason why I ask this question is , the IDS 7.23 UC6 on HP-UX 10.2 crashes due to a bug (declared as bug by Informix Technical support)when we start in…
Informix Dynamic Server Archive/Restore
Hello All: We have a large scale Informix DB resident on an HP 9000, K460, with AutoRaid Disk Subsystem (218gb). And we are running IDS 7.30. Currently, we are using the Informix ontape archive/restore utility to archive the DB and to perform continuous logical logging. We u…
Log file full, no tape backup to reset it
Well, in future, set LTAPEDEV to /dev/null. Then your logs won't fill. What is your LTAPEDEV value set to now? Can you do an ontape -a to get going again? Even if LTAPEDEV is set to a non-existing device, you could delete this device then link to /dev/null. Neil Elizibeth Lo…
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…
Logical Log
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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?…
RE: Informix for NT and /dev/null
For NT you setting LTAPEDEV to NUL achieves the same effect. Zdenik wrote: Hi! I was install Informix 7.30 on Microsoft NT server 4.0 (with SP4). How set tape device to the /dev/null on Informix NT 7.30 ? original onconfig: ... TAPEDEV=\\\\.\\TAPE0 # What do…
RE: Logbackup failed -/dev/null
If you have LTAPEDEV set to /dev/null and the logs are not getting automatically backed up, then the customer must have set LTAPEDEV to /dev/null after the engine came online. That is why you are getting the error described. It sounds like what you want, is for the logs to get …
Backup/Restore Question
Hi all, Is there backup/restore system in Informix Online DS where I can restore an individual table, not complete dbspace? Thanks in advance.…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.31?
Is any information available regarding the release of IDS 7.31 for Unix? We have Sun E3000 and E4000 machines and are experiencing problems with both 7.30.UC3 and 7.30.UC5 and are curious about 7.31. Thanks. Carleen Avant Naval Safety Center Internet < cavant@safecen.navy.mil …
STRING FUNCTIONS
Are there functions for manipulating varchar type, like upper() or lower() in Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2? Thanks in advance.…
Netscape Enterprise Connection for Informix Dynamic Server
Hi: Does anyone know the procedure for setting up a Netscape Enterprise Server to connect to an Informix Dynamic server on a remote machine? Michael…
oninit: shared library problem
I'm having problems when initialising the DB using oninit. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR…
Initi DB
I'm having problems when initialising the DB. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR/esql help wo…
Index on Informix Online 7.22 ?
I have installed a new Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.22UC3 on our server (HP-UX 10.20). I find it is much much slower than the Informix 7.12 Online DS server if I do not create index for a same program. Why and what is the difference between the two version of Dynamic serv…
RE: Backup and Restore Question
SQL Bactrack (a product from BMC) provides the functionality of restoring a single table from the backups. We tried it and it actually worked. - Sri Chava -----Original Message----- From: -=Eclypse=- [mailto:eclypse@cdc.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 3:26 PM To: informix…
Backup and Restore Question
Is there a good plan with Informix (we use BaaN as our app) for backing up and restoring individual tables/dbspaces? I've mentioned this to a couple of people. When we set up our new server, we're going to create a larger number of individual dbspaces so that we can restore them …
Re: esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
Tim Jones wrote: > > I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 > servers. Let's call them Server A and B. > > Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. > > After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" > and got this : > I…
esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 servers. Let's call them Server A and B. Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" and got this : INFORMIX-ESQL Version 7.22.UC1 …
Roll Forward Logical Log
Hi, Just wondering if I create my temp table 'with no log' option in my stored procedure. Do I have a problem rolling forward my logical log as the temp table will not be logged ?? Thanks JH…
Logical Logs
Hello, just two simple questions: What is a logical log ? Are the logical logs stored on tape automatically with the "ontape -s" command? Best regards Andre…
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…
Re: Log backup on /dev/null
Hi Jean, As per your mail, your parameter value for LTAPEDEV is /dev/null, you cannot take a restore from /dev/null, no backup is done if you use this value for the LTAPEDEV, unless and otherwise you have a tape backup you cannot recover your logical logs after you have done…
Re: Restore to previous Zero level
There are two parts to this questions: 1. How to I get a previous archive to restore, onbar by default choose the most current? You will have to add into you restore command line a "-t <date/time just after the level 0>" If you do not …
Restore to previous Zero level
Hi, I'm using want to restore my informix database to the previous level zero backup. So for example I've done a level 0, some level 1's and another level zero backup. I now want to go backup to the first level zero backup. I'm using onbar to do both backups and restores and als…
Deployment Licenses of Informix Dynamic Server
I need a free Deployment Licenses of Informix Dynamic Server!…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server blocks
In article <3609EB18.2AB1B1CD@bull.net>, Helmut Leininger <Helmut.Leininger@bull.net> writes >Hi, > >Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect >or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I >find the following message: > >09:03:…
Informix Dynamic Server blocks
Hi, Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I find the following message: 09:03:42 mt.c, line 8362, thread 2139, proc id 17096, mt_notifyvp timed out. Informix server is 7.22.UC2…
Informix Dynamic Server blocks
Hi, Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I find the following message: 09:03:42 mt.c, line 8362, thread 2139, proc id 17096, mt_notifyvp timed out. Informix server is 7.22.UC2…
Appending to Informix backup
Hello. I need to append a NT4.0 backup on top of Informix database backup (using ontape ) tape. Does this override the existing informix backup. If not, will the ontape be able to know where to restore it's previous backup? TIA, Aik Khoon…
Appending to Informix backup
Hello. I need to append a NT4.0 backup on top of Informix database backup (using ontape ) tape. Does this override the existing informix backup. If not, will the ontape be able to know where to restore it's previous backup? TIA, Aik Khoon…
Re: Automatic Clearing of Logical Logs
> > You realize, of course, that if your logical log archive device is a > tape drive, or even a file, that you are overwriting your previous > archive with each ontape -a command, assuming that there are any logs > to backup, and certainly with each cron execution. If your log …
Logical Logs
Hello List, I have ten logcal log under IDS 7.30 and when I take backup through ontape -a and when I see the status of logical logs using onstat -l the percentage used does not change however I get a backup flage B additional. But Is it not that the %used should become Zero ? …
logical logs
Hi, The L.Logs on my system after a L.log backup normally shows a status of "U_B_ _ _ _" They are backed up as soon as they are full thro' the ALARMPROGRAM. 1) However suddenly some of the logs show a status of "F _ _ _ _ _ _".Though this might mean the same as "U_B____" , Any id…
Re: Logical Logs - store on tape, disk or to /dev/null?
On 8 Aug 1998 08:45:01 GMT, paulw@wfsoftware.co.uk (WF Software) wrote: >In article <35CB9067.4CDB7087@segel.NOSPAM-.KING.OF.MYDOMAIN.-NOSPAM.com>, >mikey@segel.NOSPAM-.KING.OF.MYDOMAIN.-NOSPAM.com (Mike Segel) wrote: > >> Stephan Stresing wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > recently I po…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:40:44 -0500, Ben Jazi <bjazi@fallschurch.esys.com> wrote: >What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server >7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? No, IDS 9.x is the ORDBMS. This autumn the 7.3 and 9.x code lin…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
Ben Jazi wrote: > > What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server > 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? > > Thanks, > Ben I don't know the differences in detail but you could check the following pages, where IDS 7.3 is described …
OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? Thanks, Ben…
Re: Backup & Restore
Mike Morris wrote: > > We have a new informix database based application and we were following > the vendor's backup and restore procedures (as best we could) and we > have run into a few problems. > > First, what we did: > onmode -k (offline?) I don't see any need to do this - …
Backup & Restore
We have a new informix database based application and we were following the vendor's backup and restore procedures (as best we could) and we have run into a few problems. First, what we did: onmode -k (offline?) ontape -s (archive level 0 backup, no logs) drop a user table ontap…
free: Backup - Restore Seminar
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Informix computer Base classes
Has any body used the Informix computer base training classes. I am wondering if any of the computer based training classes: "Informix Dynamic Server System Administration" or the "Managing and Optimizing Informix Dynamic Server Databases" is good. Thank You…
Free Backup and Restore Seminar!
Target Audience: IT, I/S and CIO professionals concerned with the backup and restoration of their mission critical data. Seminar Description: This Seminar will address a growing concern among IT professionals in the area of backup and restore and define EMC's highly automated E…
Free Backup & Restore Seminar!
Target Audience: IT, I/S and CIO professionals concerned with the backup and restoration of their mission critical data. Seminar Description: This Seminar will address a growing concern among IT professionals in the area of backup and restore and define EMC's highly automated E…
Re: Informix Online Dynamic Server 7 on Linux
Piet le Roux wrote: > > If anyone has succeeded to run Informix ODS 7 (SCO) on Linux help would > be appreciated. > I have installed iBCS and the shared libraries and the binaries work, > except that the engine cannot initialize shared memory: Error message > semctl: errno 22…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7 on Linux
If anyone has succeeded to run Informix ODS 7 (SCO) on Linux help would be appreciated. I have installed iBCS and the shared libraries and the binaries work, except that the engine cannot initialize shared memory: Error message semctl: errno 22 create_vp: cannot allocat m…
Problems with Informix Dynamic Server for NT
Hi Has anyone tried downloading and running the dynamic server product for NT? I have it installed, but get the following error when I boot the system: AdmAgent.exe - Applicatioin error The instruction at "0x10087c69 referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be r…
RE: 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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Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai wrote: > > Hello, > > We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we > convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the > index search. For example, a table: > > table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records…
Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai <rwie@netvigator.com> offerred: +We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we +convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the +index search. For example, a table: + +table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000…
Ontape - Any way to verify if the level 0 backup is any good?
Hi there, Is there any way to tell if your level 0 backup (ontape -s) or continous backup ( ontape -c) is any good. Basically is there a way to verify the data is readable without restoring it. thanks, Pat Militzer pmilitzer@ultracom.com…
Index for Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the index search. For example, a table: table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records index : ith_1 on ithitno, ithn…
Informix 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: +…
Logical Logs
Hello, When I do a restore using ontape and then rollforward the L.logs . When finished with the Logical logs, the message into the logfile is "Logical Log nnnn Complete" where nnnn is The first log with which the rollforward started and not the last log which was rolled forward.…
Informix Dynamic Server & Text columns
Hi everybody, Can you help me ? I've created a table with the following structure : column type -------- ---- code smallint obs text How can I insert into this table with Java program ? I'm using Informix Java AP…
Intermittent Problem - error 529 Cannot attach to transaction
We have a HP-UX box (Ver 10.20) running Informix Online Dynamic Server Ver 7.13 and a NT Server (NT4.0) running Informix Online Dynamic Server Ver 7.23. We are trying to access some of the database tables resided in the HP-UX box from the NT Server via synonyms. But we faced inte…
How to size the logical log ?
Hello Guys, Does anybody know how to calculate the size of the logical logs ? What does the logical log size based upon ? What are the factors ? I want to backup the logical logs very often to avoid disaster. How does informix backup logical logs ? …
onbar without locical logs
Im am using the onbar utility of INFORMIX V7.23 with NetWorker. The hardware platform is a risc system from SNI (Siemens Nixdorf) called rm600 and the system software is a UNIX System V (SINIX V5.43). Now my problem. I have set LTAPEDEV to /dev/null because I don't want to use …
My weird problems
Thanks to all who replied. The Logical Log problem was with memory parameters in the onconfig file. DBSPACETEMP problem still exists however Regards Lee Robertson…
Re: What is the best way to backup logical logs ?
Timothy_Lam@crow.bmc.com wrote: > > Hello, > > What is the best way to backup logical logs to remote machine? > Should I kick it off when the logical log becomes full ? > Does anyone has any examples ? > > > What is the recommend size of logical logs ? Ho…
What is the best way to backup logical logs ?
Hello, What is the best way to backup logical logs to remote machine? Should I kick it off when the logical log becomes full ? Does anyone has any examples ? What is the recommend size of logical logs ? How do you calculate ? Rdgs Timothy…
Re: LTAPEDEV
In article <6f12r5$1to$1@news.xmission.com>, ANTS <sui@naseej.com> writes > >Hi, > >For Logical log device, the Informix Guide >says that the block factor of the tape device >should be set to maximum, how can >I know that factor. I have check the operating >system and it's set to…
LTAPEDEV
Hi, For Logical log device, the Informix Guide says that the block factor of the tape device should be set to maximum, how can I know that factor. I have check the operating system and it's set to 512. If I backup the logs to hard drive, will Informix overwrite the log files or…
verifying a (ontape) backup
Is there any way to verify the contents of a backup tape (used ontape for the backup) other then doing a restore? Chuck Wrobel Bellevue School District…
How can I read the header tape of the archive created by ontape?
I have Informix Dynamic Server 7.23.UC1. I would like know the tape header structure created by ontape.…
Re: (TAPEDEV, LTAPEDEV to same device. Was: No subject given)
Hao asks: > [...] is it possible I can backup both data and log to a single tape? What > happens if I define both TAPEDEV and LTAPEDEV the same tape drive? If > I can backup both data and log to a single tape, will that need human > intervention? It is possible, …
No subject given
Hi there, I had a question about the ontape. Right now, in my onconfig file, I have TAPEDEV and LTAPEDEV point to two different tape drive to backup informix data to one tape and log to another tape. My question is is it possible I can backup both data a…
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…
Re: onarchive
Deepa Sankaranarayan (deepa_sankaranarayan@hp.com) wrote: : What does the Informix manual mean when it says that onarchive will NOT : work with LTAPEDEV set to /dev/null ? I could do a cold restore with : this set. If you set LTAPEDEV to /dev/null, Informix will mark logical …
onarchive
What does the Informix manual mean when it says that onarchive will NOT work with LTAPEDEV set to /dev/null ? I could do a cold restore with this set. Deepa…
onarchive
What does the Informix manual mean when it says that onarchive will NOT work with LTAPEDEV set to /dev/null ? I could do a cold restore with this set. Deepa…
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…
Logical Logs
Hi users, The env i am using is Informix OWS 7.20. The database i am using dosen't have logs. So in my esql/c programs if i user BEGIN WORK it gives me an error. Can anybody tell how to create log for existing database or if i export the database how to import it into …
Logical Logs
Hi users, The env i am using is Informix OWS 7.20. The database i am using dosen't have logs. So in my esql/c programs if i user BEGIN WORK it gives me an error. Can anybody tell how to create log for existing database or if i export the database how to import it into …
Logical Logs
Hi users, The env i am using is Informix OWS 7.20. The database i am using dosen't have logs. So in my esql/c programs if i user BEGIN WORK it gives me an error. Can anybody tell how to create log for existing database or if i export the database how to import it into …
logical logs
Hi I am running Online 7.23 on HP 10.20 Why was logical log backed up every 2-3 minutes? Is there any hint not to make that backup too fast? Here is the info... 11:07:08 Logical Log 608 Complete. 11:07:09 Process exited with return code 133: /bin/sh /bin/sh -c /usr/informix/…
RE: Backup/Restore times
I have been experiencing a strange problem with backup and restores using ontape and onbar on my HP box. I have a small test database of 300Mb on a HPUX 10.20 box running 7.23 of Informix. I can backup the database in 5 mins but it takes 23 min to complete physical recovery and…
Re: Logical Log Backup Method
Mr Cheuk Kong Lo wrote: > > Hello, > > If I'm pointing the LTAPEDEV to a tape device, and I understand > if the tape is full, then logical log can't backup and the database > will eventually hang. > > In this case, e.g., if the tape drive is bad, can I just change the LTAPEDEV > …
Logical Log Backup Method
Hello, If I'm pointing the LTAPEDEV to a tape device, and I understand if the tape is full, then logical log can't backup and the database will eventually hang. In this case, e.g., if the tape drive is bad, can I just change the LTAPEDEV device to /dev/null and do a ontape -c t…
Re: Informix Restore Question
Marc Hopkins wrote: > > I am running UNIX with Informix 7.20. I was wondering; > If I have a DLT 4000 tape device, and perform a level 0 backup (ontape -s > -L 0) to the DLT, yet I backup my logical logs on an internal DDS 2 tape > drive....When I do a full restore from the DLT,…
Informix Level-0 (restore ?)
RE: Informix backup/restore, DLT4000 tape drive, HP70, HPUX9.04, Informix 5.3 Tape Device [/dev/rmt/3hc ] Block Size [64 ] Kbytes Tape Size [30000000 ] Kbytes Our Level-0 backup use to take 10 hours (DDS), we now have the DLT4000, Level-0 backup =3D 2 hours. On …
Next Extent Calc.
Hi, I have INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server Version 7.14.UD2. Does anyone know of a script or program to calculate the next extent size ? Thanks in advance Manuel…
RE: Logical Logs on OWS 7.20 UC2
Hi Ramp! Even in a non-transactional environment, the Logical Logs will be used. The administrative tasks performed by the Informix threads will be using the logical log space, even if you don't any database with LOG. When you set the /dev/null, Informix automatically will set …
Logical Logs on OWS 7.20 UC2
What i don=B4t know is what happen when the logical logs get full in a no= t transactional evironment and with then devicel for logical logs set to /dev/null . I will get a dead lock or the logs get empty when On-Line need more space. -- = Un saludo civil http://www.svalero.es/…
OnLine 7.2 3rd Party Backup / Restore Utilities
I have been using ontape to backup my database for about a year. I only have 1 (about 2GB with 300 tables) and I do a full backup every night onto DAT. The problems I have: - I cannot restore one table only. - I cannot "verify" backups (perhaps by restoring one table) - I cann…
Re: Backup and Restore Help!!!
Neal Leitner wrote: > My problem is: I want to backup my On-Line database each night to tape > and be able to selectively restore tables if needed. Ontape does a good ........... > I thought about a dbexport, but my users complained each night when I > kicked them off the syste…
Re: Backup and Restore Help!!!
Neal Leitner wrote: > My problem is: I want to backup my On-Line database each night to tape > and be able to selectively restore tables if needed. Ontape does a good ........... > I thought about a dbexport, but my users complained each night when I > kicked them off the syste…
Re: Backup and Restore Help!!!
Some salient issues for this debate: 1. onunload/onload do not support fragmented tables. 2. Why do you want to restore individual tables? If using OnBar (with 1 table per dbspace) then be aware that: a) you can only restore dbspaces that are 'down' (i.e. you c…
RE: Backup and Restore Help!!!
David, ONBAR system doesn't allow backup and restore operation at the table level. But you can backup and restore and the DBSPACE level. If you fragment your table you can backup and restore and the partition level ( That sounds good but it is still at the DBSPACE le…
RE: Backup and Restore Help!!!
Neal How about onload(tbload) and onunload(tbunload)? I haven't used it very = extensively but you can restore specific tables within a database if you = want to, and it is faster than dbexport/dbimport. I am not sure if you = need to kick your users off when you do it, but I ex…
Re: Backup and Restore Help!!!
Neal Leitner wrote: > > I have a problem, which I thought was a simple one to fix, but after > consulting with Informix, there is no current Informix utility to solve > my problem. > > My problem is: I want to backup my On-Line database each night to tape > and be able to select…
Re: Backup and Restore Help!!!
In article <33C6AC29.411B@netcomuk.co.uk>, Neil Truby <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> writes >Neal Leitner wrote: >> >> I have a problem, which I thought was a simple one to fix, but after >> consulting with Informix, there is no current Informix utility to solve >> my problem. >> >> My …
Backup and Restore Help!!!
I can think of 2 ways to work around this problem: 1. You can redo your production database to place the target restore tables each in their own smaller dbspace. You can then restore at the dbspace level. 2. If you have the luxury of a test box, restore your produc…
Backup and Restore Help!!!
I have a problem, which I thought was a simple one to fix, but after consulting with Informix, there is no current Informix utility to solve my problem. My problem is: I want to backup my On-Line database each night to tape and be able to selectively restore tables if needed. …
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…
Individual database backup/restore
Does anybody know what the best way is to is the setup Informix so that I can individually backup and restore databases on an Online 7.14 UD1 engine is without restoring the other databases as well. I have about 20 or 30 databases and splitting them up into there own dbspaces is …
Re: Why long transaction cannot rollback?????
I am not sure whether this applies to your version of Informix; however, I was told in a performance and tuning class that the system will examine the logical logs after passing the high water mark and examine the processes active in the current logical log. If one has five logic…
Re: Logical Logs full, can not be freed!!! Need Help, Urgent!!!
Thanks for your suggestion. However, we had already set the logical log backup device to /dev/null. In this case, what causes logical log full? Sincerely yours, Xiaohui Shen…
Re: ONBAR (backup and restore)
Are you doing your archive to a single dat device? Do you have spare disk drives laying around? When I was confronted with this problem I created multiple archive directories on cooked drives. Then I defined multiple dbspace groups for my archive and ran it in parallel. Then I…
ONBAR (backup and restore)
Anyone using Online DSA v7.2 onbar for backups on an hpux10.10 server? Am interested to know what third party vendor you interface with. What backup devices are you using? What kind of performance are you getting? I am currently running onarchive and ontape for level 0 archives t…
Backup & Restore Granularity
I am fairly new to Informix admin. I was surprised (and disappointed) to learn that On-Tape, On-Archive (and, I believe the up-coming On-Bar) back up and restore only at the dbspace level. WHY NOT AT THE TABLE LEVEL? If a user is in dbaccess, it is frightlenly easy to drop a tab…
logical logging
Hi I have a question to ask. I am on HP 9.0 O/X with online 5.12 When I changed to /dev/null on the primary drive from /dev/ifmx/1m and then turned off the B logging, then I ran the sql script after long transaction aborted. Once the script was done, I turned the logging back …
verify that backup tapes are good
I have a customer who has had some problems recently with backups that can not be restored for various reasons. Are there any products that will perform a backup and then read the tapes to see that they are correct? Many Thanks, Cecil Broom broom@best.com…
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…
Restore life database backup to testing database
Dear Sir, Our informix Online Engine is version 5.0 and using raw disk device. We try to restore our life database backup to testing database so as to fix a program bug. When restore start, the online engine restore the backup to life database again since the system restore acc…
Re: INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server intallation
copy the standard onconfig file and make as few changes as possible to the different parameters. after you are sure you can bring informix online, should you begin to make changes to the onconfig parameters. Use ONMONITOR to make the changes. It will protect you from many mista…
INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server intallation
I'm about to install INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server V.7.1 on a SPARC 1000. Has anyone installed this database on a sparc before? If yes...do you have any suggestions or could you give me any advice on certain aspects of the installation you felt might be important to take notice?…
Re: Long transaction
I was being silly - I was thinking it was the percentage of the last log file not a %age of the whole logical log space. -- Tony McCartan Tony Mc (UK)…
Physical Log and Logical Log
Hi Folks, I found some case at my friend's site. His Physical Log and Logical Log setting is : Physical Log size = 2000 Kbytes Logical Log size = 10000 Kbytes No. of Logical Log = 10 When he run daily 4GL-application with 70-80 users simultano…
Logical Logs
>Sender: news@srgenprp.sr.hp.com (News Administrator) > > We are running ONLINE 5.02 UC1 on a HP9000 series 867 under HPUX 9.04. > Our tbconfig said LOGFILES 6 >>>>stuff deleted > LOGSIZE 500 > My question is: Is there an optimum balance between LOGFIL…
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
In <1993May10.141515.1374@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> aburt@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (Andrew Burt) writes: >I wasn't making myself entirely clear: The restore should then restore >only those pages that reside on the dead chunk. So if table A lived on >chunks 1, 2, and 3, and chunk 2 went …
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
->From: ijk@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (ihor.j.kinal) ->Subject: Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :? ->Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 14:13:01 GMT ->Reply-To: ijk@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (ihor.j.kinal) ->Organization: AT&T -> ->> Maybe I'm being simplistic, but wouldn't it make some sense to address ->> t…
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
Andrew Burt writes: |> |> Maybe I'm being simplistic, but wouldn't it make some sense to address |> this issue? Regardless of mirroring or raid5 type recovery ability, |> Informix still *ought* to provide a way to rebuild a table or all tables |> on a chunk that goes down. It s…
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
In <1993May10.095816.15007@pyra.co.uk> graeme@pyra.co.uk (Graeme Sargent) writes: >In <1993May8.140157.9963@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> aburt@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (Andrew Burt) writes: >>keep >>track of which chunks a table is on (kept redundantly on different chunks); >>if a chunk is…
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
> Maybe I'm being simplistic, but wouldn't it make some sense to address > this issue? Regardless of mirroring or raid5 type recovery ability, > Informix still *ought* to provide a way to rebuild a table or all tables > on a chunk that goes down. It sounds simple to me: Have i…
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
In <1993May8.140157.9963@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> aburt@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (Andrew Burt) writes: >Maybe I'm being simplistic, but wouldn't it make some sense to address >this issue? Regardless of mirroring or raid5 type recovery ability, It depends on how you define the issue. H…
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
In <1993May7.121212.23160@pyra.co.uk> graeme@pyra.co.uk (Graeme Sargent) writes: >In <1993May05.131535.949@sco.com> chrisw@sco.COM (Christopher J. Wood) writes: >>Is it possible to perform table backups/restores with >>Informix? >No. 6.0 is reputed to have dbspace level backup s…
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
In <1993May05.131535.949@sco.com> chrisw@sco.COM (Christopher J. Wood) writes: >Is it possible to perform table backups/restores with >Informix? No. 6.0 is reputed to have dbspace level backup support. >For example: if I'm running Informix OnLine and >multiple databases over …
Re: ?: Table Restore/Backup :?
Chris, This will be available when OnLine 6.0 (scheduled towards end of '93 I believe) is released. With 6.0 administrators will have the ability to backup/restore at the dbspace level. Since you can specify which dbspace you wish to create a table or database in, you could cr…
?: Table Restore/Backup :?
Hi, Is it possible to perform table backups/restores with Informix? For example: if I'm running Informix OnLine and multiple databases over multiple disks, would I have to restore the entire database to recover from one (1) disk going bad? Ideally I could simple restore the pa…
table backup/restore question
I tried to post this article yesterday however I doubt it made it outside our site since our news system is flakey. Sorry if this is a re-post. I would like to be able to backup/restore a database table to/from a tarfile (actually any type of file but a tarfile is preferred). …
Informix backup and archive
We currently run continuous logical log backup with our LTAPEDEV being a UNIX file. Nightly, we stop tbtape, perform an archive, change the LTAPEDEV to the new filename (with a $DATE extension), and restart tbtape. Does anyone have a script I could put in the cron that will do …
logical logs
I am running informix-online 4.00.UH2 on a Pyramid MIS-12/05 (OSx 5.1a). Part of the output from 'tbstat -l' is listed below: address number flags uniqid begin size used %used e0068944 1 U---C-L 5 100d64 250 66 26.40 e0068960 …