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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…
Encryption/compression of backups
Can you provide more details about the backup filters and ontape? A pointer to the relevant docs or white papers (Redbooks?) would be appreciated. Thanks. >> You can use the feature backup filters to do compress/encryption with >> ontape also, but you must supply your own filte…
access
i finally used ontape -s -L 0 -U database it works…
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…
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…
Ifx 14.10xc8 - ISAM error: operation illegal on a DR Secondary
yes ... oninit -rv yes best solution is using ontape -s /ontape -r with rsh Thanks ------------------------------ Garcia Benjamin ------------------------------…
start onbar and ontape simultaneously
You should NOT mix onbar and ontape. If you are using onbar for backup DO NOT USE ontape (except "fake" backups) otherwise you will LOOSE your backup data. Onbar is using ixbar file and sysutils database so onbar counts it can get all objects back - if you backup just one logical…
restore through STDIO
Change the restore command to: gunzip -c level-0.gz | ontape -p -t STDIO ------------------------------ Philip Yeh ------------------------------…
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 ------------------------------…
dbexport alternative
If you have space, time, resources - clone your server (e.g. ontape -s -L 0 -F -t STDIO | ssh other_server ontape -r -t STDIO) and then do a dbexport on cloned instance. HTH Hrvoje ------------------------------ Hrvoje Zokovic ------------------------------…
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…
Validate backup : archecker –tdsv and CommVault
If you are using onbar, then the options to archecker should be -b, not -t (that's for ontape). So command should be: archecker -bdsv ------------------------------ Mike Walker ------------------------------…
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…
Configuring backups
you can do that with crontab Level 0 on every monday 0 12 * * 1 ontape -s -L 0 Level 1 on Everyday 0 12 * * * ontape -s -L 1 Level 2 on every 2 hours /2 * * * * ontape -s -L 2…
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.…
Backing up Logs
with ontape - a -d it says could not write log tape…
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…
Issues With Restore
That worked! Thanks! Not sure why ontape -r works and ontape -p doesn't work.…
Backup Help
When I run ps, it only has two things running bash ps I was expecting to see ontape??? arghhhhhh...…
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…
backup_filter gzip ontape duration llog backupsize
Dear Group, I've got informix 11.7 in heritage that did not have any logical log backups whatsoever. Furthermore it was running nightly full ontape backup, which lasted 1H and 10min and makes a file around 600GB. Since there is a disc capacity constraint the next night the backup…
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…
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…
restore evolution
Hi i launched a restore with ontape, and i want to see its evolution, to estimate how much time it would take. thank you in advance…
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.…
Problemas al cambiar mi base a Buffering
David, El comando es ontape -s -L 0 -B prueba Saludos El 16 de junio de 2016, 9:26, DAVID VALLEJO <vallejod@hotmail.com> escribió: > Buenos días !! > > Por favor si alguien me puede ayudar. > > Hice un dbimport de mi base. Pero al momento de cambiar a Buffering me > sale el …
Using ontape in alarmprogram.bat
Do anyone has the experience using ' ontape -a' to replace onbar -b -l to backup the logical log? I make below changes,it does not Work. Alarmprogram.bat Set BACKUP_CMD=ontape -a $ONCONFIG LTAPEDEV=c:\\\\tmp\\\\idslog.dat Copy nul idslog.dat…
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…
Passing control characters to ontape a IDS 9.40 o
Hello, I have a customer using Informix 9.40 on Windows. He uses ontape c command for continous logical backup, but he is not very happy with that because he has to execute the .bat command every time he restart the engine or reboots the computer (actually every day). Not to say…
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)…
new features about dynamic parameter added in 12.1
Attention, this is not documented. For Informix 12.10, another way you can get the list is to use the cf_flags column on syscfgtab to determine which onconfig parameters are dynamic: SELECT cf_name FROM sysmaster:syscfgtab WHERE bitand(cf_flags,'0x1') = 0 --removes Unsupported p…
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…
Root db space fills up
The logical and physical logs reside in there own db space.…
Logical Log Files are Full
If you iset LTAPEDEV to a directory name and set LTAPESIZE to something less than 2GB all will be well. Art Art S. Kagel, President and Principal Consultant ASK Database Management www.askdbmgt.com Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind tha…
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
Have you tried changing: LTAPEDEV /llog/drcallog to LTAPEDEV /dev/null to see if the logical log backup is causing the message?…
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…
backup error
Folk, Any suggestions on the following error? Thanks Frank [informix@leslie ontape]$ ontape -s -L 0 Please mount tape 1 on /dbbackup/ontape/ontape_ncdcops and press Return to continue ... Archive failed - buc_fe.c : Archive API processing failed at line 257 for rc Program over…
backup error
Folks , any idea on the following backup error? Thanks Frank [informix@leslie ontape]$ ontape -s -L 0 Please mount tape 1 on /dbbackup/ontape/ontape_ncdcops and press Return to continue ... Archive failed - buc_fe.c : Archive API processing failed at line 257 for rc Program ov…
Ontape and onbar
Hi, Can I use onbar and ontape to backup an instance? I meant use onbar to send a backup on a storage and ontape to send another backup to the tape in diferents hours. Thanks in advance. Enviado desde mi iPhone…
Onbar Backup
Hi, If I always do a level 0 backup using onbar, Do I need to backup the logical logs to do a restore? Thanks in advance. Enviado desde mi iPhone…
Informix upgrade
Can we upgrade informix from Dynamic Server Version 11.70 to 12.1 workgroup edition directly?…
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…
Can't create table or database but no error shows
Thank you very much. It was really problem with logs. I run ontape -a and everything works now. But it is curious because i run ontape -a a few hours before when the IDS did not want to start at all.…
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.…
logical logs not being read by ontape or onbar
Informix v10.00.FC10 Sun solaris 5.10 I have an instance where neither ontape or onbar appears to read the logical logs when trying to do a logical log backup to Netbackup in the case of onbar or to a file system in the case of ontape. Any ideas why? Please don´t comment about t…
ontape -a and STDIO
IDS 11.50.FC6 HP-UX 11.31 (PA-RISC) I know that I can set TAPDEV to STDIO and then control where the archive goes by using redirection. Can the same be done with LTAPEDEV and the logical log backups? It seems that the 'ontape -a' and 'ontape -c' commands always prompts with "Ple…
Configure ISM for onbar
i suggest using ontape - a lot easier.…
Database backup Archive 0 and Logical Log backup
Spaces between the keywords in the onconfig file and the value, not equals signs. Otherwise looks good. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opi…
DB_locale or local naming convention
Hi, I already mention the informix version. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE…
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,…
RE: Ontape
IDS 11.50.FC5 on Solaris 10 I thought that I heard a while back that ontape can be used to back up an instance, and restore the instance to a different instance on the same server. Am I remembering correctly or not? If not, can a database be restore from an ontape backup to a dif…
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…
ontape backup/restore
Hi, I have IDS version 10: 10.00.FC10W4 and 10.00.UC11 I want to setup two new DB servers with the same versions as above. Using the ontape backup/restore I will restore the original database to the new DB servers. The setup of the new servers should be identical to the old on…
ontape -r Problem
Vouching for myself, an ifx non-expert, could it be that 7.3 backup's are not compatible with 11.70 restore's? If they're not compatible, would an ETL be a viable alternative?…
ontape -s and ontape -r
Hi, Do the ontape -s and ontape -r commands work between different versions of operating systems (HP-UX and Linux) but same version of IDS (version 10)? I want to backup on HP-UX using ontape -s and restore in Linux using ontape -r. Thanks,…
ontape question
This is really silly to have to ask this.... When we do a level 0 archive, does the process start with a checkpoint? I always thought it did but all of a sudden am unsure. This is IDS 11.7.…
ontape on windows when no tape drive attached
Sir, ontape -s works , but ontape -a & ontape -c both give error as ontape -a : Performing automatic backup of logical logs Logbackup failed - Log backup to device 'nul' not allowed Program over ontape -c : Performing continuous backup of logical logs Logbackup failed - Log…
IDS 7.31 UD5 data(base) recovery
Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD5 I understood that IDS 7.31 entered End Of Support in September 2009 ( 2 and a half years ago) I hope this is not a business critical system…
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.…
Informix 10.00.TC5 CKPT REQ Logica Log Full
I tryied ontape -a and ontape -c but logical logs are full so Informix doesn't respond to me. Do you now if it's correct to log in on Windows 2003 server with user Informix and then from the command prompt use Informix commands? I tryied to use su - informix to run commands fro…
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 ?…
HOWTO VERIFY AN ONTAPE
Hi all, How can I verify if an ontape is in good conditions? Are there any way to see the date when the ontape backup was did? Regards Ivo --0015173ff378ff24b404af01d147…
Disaster Recovery testing and HDR
Does it matter if I do 'ontape -r' or 'ontape -p'. I have always used 'ontape -p' since I thought 'ontape -r' did physical and logical restore. Please clarify. Also, I remember reading somewhere that the scripts you reference were being deprecated. Should I be still using them?…
Continuous Log Restore
Hi, I have an IDS11.10 on windows and I use onbar to take backups. on the same IDS server I use ontape -a & alarmprogram.bat to backup logical logs as the are filled up and store them on disk using the format logical_log.lognum. I want to have a remote standby server in the cas…
Re: backup logical log to directory automatically
Hi, To automatically backup logical logs using the ontape backup to directory feature: 1) In the ONCONFIG, ALARMPROGRAM $INFORMIXDIR/etc/alarmprogram.sh 2) Modify alarmprogram.sh script : BACKUPLOGS=Y BACKUP_CMD="ontape -a -d" This will direct ontape log backups to procee…
backup logical log to directory automatically
After restarting the server, run ontape -c. Then the "ontape -a" will work. At least, that's what works for me.…
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…
HDR setup- Network driver system error
My HDR is running correctly now. Thank you all. Madison was right. A previous aborted attempt at 'ontape -p' had left a number of 'oninit -r' running still listening to the port that the fresh instance of 'ontape -p' was trying to connect. I killed those sessions and HDR was es…
Backup Options for Informix
Just set LTAPEDEV to a directory or filesystem and ontape will create filenames for the logical log archives based on the servername, log number, and time of day in the specified directory. You can then use ontape -a from the ALARMPROGRAM script to archive each log as i fills or …
Setting up HDR- First Time -11.70 Innovator-C
Hi, I am setting up HDR for the first time. onstat - on primary shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- On-Line (Prim) -- Up 0:11:5s onstat - on secondry shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- Fast Recovery (Sec) -- Up 00s onstat -m on sec…
ONBAR performance tuning
Hello All, Is there any way to tune the performance of backup/restore using onbar and ontape?…
ISAM error 197: Partition recently appended to
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586) I have done a level 0 backup directed to /dev/null and tried again. still it is throwing the same error.…
Backup from HDR
Hi, We are using IDS 11.50 FC6 & FC7 on Solaris Sparc. Is it feasible/reliable to get cold/hot backup from HDR ? I have tried and got successful while taking/restoring backup from HDR. Thanks.…
RE: Archive using ontape with incryption
IDS 11.70.FC2 Solaris 10 - 64bit What is the easiest what to backup and restore to tape using `ontape` along with encryption? Has anyone restored, having used encryption for the backup, successfully and without incident? Thank you. Larry…
ontape backup error message
When running from the command line, are you root or Informix? Is the cron job as root or Informix? Has this been working and quit, or is this a new setup? Larry > To: ids@iiug.org > From: kbakarania@pascoclerk.com > Subject: ontape backup error message [22846] > Date: Tue, 22 F…
ontape backup failed
Yup, there were bugs in the End-Of-Tape detection in earlier versions of Informix before 10.00 and with TAPESIZE set to zero, you are relying on that buggy code. Set to a hard value a bit smaller than the rated size of the tapes you are using and you should be fine. Also, set TAP…
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…
Ontape -a
Dear Group IDS, i have the following problem: I have HDR Solution and in the Primary server when the one logical logs full, then will start ontape -a through alarm_log.sh file and the full logical log will be backup. But the job ontape -a still in the background and when the n…
Back up logical log in file IDS 10
So, try LTAPEBLK set to 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, etc until you find a setting that works. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my ow…
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
Our logs are being backed up after setting and bounce the instance with: informix@server [/usr/informix]: $onstat -c | grep log_full ALARMPROGRAM $INFORMIXDIR/etc/log_full.sh informix@server [/usr/informix]: $onstat -c | grep TAPE # TAPEDEV - The tape device path for backups. To…
Import restore issue
Thank you all! It's just that I never experience the ontape utility. This is a good opportunity for me to try ontape. Thanks again.…
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…
netbackup(nbu) and ontape
Hi everyone. Would anyone have any documentation on what the informix dba needs to do in order to setup netbackup (nbu) with ontape. I have done this with onbar but never ontape and can't find any documentation on this. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Will…
ontape -L1
Does anyone know, what is IDS doing when in status OnLine - Blocked:Archive. This happened after issuing ontape L1 to disk.…
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 …
Ontape backup
Hi All, We are running informix 7.13 on HP-UNIX 10.01. We are taking a weekly level 0 backup of informix and writing backup to EMC clarrion. We noticed every time backup will complete at different time, usually it took 14 to 15 hrs to complete. We have a database of size 36 GB. …
Physical restore failed - function write physical
Thanks, I'll try to install 9.40.FC8 as the (ontape) backup was made with this version and try the restore again. You said '.... ontape can only run on .... and the chunk path ....'. Does this means that I can't used the -f otpion on this version ? Regards…
ontape problem on IDS9.4FC5 for AIX
Hi, we are using ontape with 9.40 for backup to disk and backup to tape on Solaris, no problem with 2 Gb limits. Maybe looks stupid, but what are your TAPExxxx parameters in the onconfig file ? TAPESIZE and LTAPESIZE are not on 2048 I suppose ? Regards, Jacques -----Original…
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…
ontape error
Hi All, Can anyone help me to troubleshoot below error. hptest: ontape -r -D sabledbs_6 DBspace 'sabledbs_6' is online; restoring 'sabledbs_6' will bring all chunks comprising the DBspace OFFLINE and will terminate all active transactions and queries accessing the DBspace. OK …
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…
Re: Another archive is already in progress-help [1
Hi, It sounds like your original ontape process is still running.? So, when you started up the ontape backup again the conflict happened.? I suggest that you kill off all of the ontape sessions and then restart the ontape ?backup.? On UNIX systems you could do something like:?? …
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,…
CKPT REQ and Blocked:CKPT
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 14:50, DEEPAK JOSHI <djoshih@hotmail.com> wrote: > What does it mean CKPT REQ and Blocked:CKPT in the below output. > > INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.13.UC6 -- On-Line (CKPT REQ) -- Up 00:15:38 -- > 953176 Kbytes > Blocked:CKPT > It means that your system ha…
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…
Ontape Restore
All, I am archiving a database to disk using a script that does the 'Mount tape and Press enter' bits. Does anyone have a restore script that will do the same thing? I've checked in the IIUG Repository but didn't find anything. Regards Colin There are 10 types of people…
Poor restore onbar TSM
Our network is 1000 Mbps.The throghput speed in the moment to backup was 750 - 950 Mbps. But when restored network used was 10 or 15 % I used ontape and put the backup file in the same disk where is the primary pool (TSM). The difference time of the process to backup and the res…
ontape to disk
Good morning IDS folks! Sorry for the long post, but I have been wrestling with an ontape script for some time now and seem to have hit a brick wall. We currently have 156 instances on 78 servers. We have IDS 7.31 and 9.40 of various levels running on Sun, HP, and AIX. We have s…
Ontape Backup Problem
Rob: I check the permision and owner:group of all the chunks. The permission is 660 and owner:group is informix for all the chunks. I can run ontape level 1 backup without any problem. Only ontape level 0 backup does not work. Thanks Kanti…
ONDBLOG COMPLETE ,returning 18 (0x12)
Thanks for you response , we could resolve the problem with ontape -s -U dbname , it has put the db to logging mode…
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?…
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…
About ontape yet
Hi all, Any one know how can I check if an ontape backup has the right information? I mean, how can I ensure that, in case of an accidente, I will be able to use my ontape tapes to recover? Best Regards, Pedro Ivo --001636920027c21e73046575db9d…
ontape dubts
Hi to everyone, I´m implementing a ontape backup system on Informix IDS 9.4 but I have several questions: I) I use DAT72 tapes. Which is the right TAPESIZE I must write to onconfig? II) I suppose to do one tape per each weekday to do the level 0 (zero) using "ontape -s -L 0" c…
Ontape to Disk
I set the onconfig parameter TAPEDEV to STDIO and backed up a 2 terabyte database to disk. I have been told that restoring a database over 1 terabyte from disk may not work. Has anyone encountered or heard of specific issues related to restoring a 2 terabyte database from disk?…
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
...or you could run 'ontape -c' for continuous log log backups; do it in a spare terminal session or use 'at now' or similar.…
ontape -r
Hi folks We have a problem not experienced before. OS: > cat /proc/version Linux version 2.4.18-14 (bhcompile@stripples.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)) #1 Wed Sep 4 13:35:50 EDT 2002 IDS: Online version: Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.3…
Problem with ontape
Hello, Subject: Problem to make a full level 0 backup of my Database with ontape -s. I use Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31 on a Linux Suse 10 distribution. I want to make a level 0 backup on a tape on Server test4. Here`s an extract of my onconfig file: TAPEDEV /dev/st0 …
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…
ontape backups to disk under 9.4?
Hi Will, I share you that I have version 9.40FC9 running. At this time I use ontape and I get a 40Gb Backup without problems. I recomend you that you always check your ontape backup with archecker. It has been my warranty. Regards…
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…
ontape an CPIO
Hi We have SCO Unix 5.0.6 And Informix 7 We would like to do a level 0 backup to the hard disk instead of tapes. But we have this 2GB file size limit on SCO 5.0.6 Maybe it is possible to do a ontape and the pipe it to CPIO (CPIO would allow us to split the output file) …
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…
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 …
Full Proof way to determine if ontape is restoring
Hey has anyone seen during an ontape -r that the status on the system CHPT REQ for the past 4 hours> Anyone see this?…
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 # …
stopping ontape
Hi all, When I run a ontape -s -L 0 and then by mistake I run ontape -s -L 2, instance generate an af file, but aditionally last ontape never ends until I send a CTRL+C. I reviewed that are ontape threads that remaind running for certain perdio of time. Is there any tip to avo…
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.…
Error in ontape
hi I am trying to replicate IDS10 in another system thru ontape. I took Level 0 backup of source IDS10 and trying to restore in destination IDS10. ontape -s -L 0-t STDIO>level-0 (In source IDS10) I copied this level-0 file into Destination IDS10 and run the following command 1)c…
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…
Newbie onbar vs ontape question..I hope that's ok
Hello everyone. I have a newbie question - I hope you don't mind. I have an IDS 9.4 database, although that should not really be relevant to my question - I think. Question is using both onbar and ontape. I understand of course that one cannot use an ontape archive tape and use o…
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…
Backup worked...restore doesn't...
Hi All, I was able to get my backup done the other day just using ontape -s -L 0, everything seemed just fine, total space of backup 497 GB. Now today I'm trying to restore that same tape onto another server. Informix has been installed, onconfig file was mirrored from original …
Re: Lazy IDS Onbar Backup
On Jul 18, 9:02 am, Guto <gutom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All! > I'm trying to make a 23Gb Level 0 Backup of a IDS 9.20UC2 instance, > testing the new Tivoli Backup System, but I'm facing this issue: > > The dbspaces backup starts fine, but then comes the logical log > backups ( …
Lazy IDS Onbar Backup
Hi, make sure that you have setup Tivoli to use separate (different) volumes and pools for dbspaces and logs. This is the equivalent to the ISM_DATA_POOL and ISM_LOG_POOL onconfig parameters for ISM. Then make sure that Tivoli can access (i.e. write to) these volumes concurrentl…
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…
Problem while taking backup
hi I take it manually using ontape -s -L 0 its not even crossing 100MB.…
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…
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 …
ontape encryption?
Hello, I am a Linux admin with some past database experience, however I am new to Informix. We are running Informix IDS 9.4.0 on RedHat ES 3 and 4, and we do backups via ontape to a tape device. I have been asked to look into how to encrypt the data on the tapes. I noticed the…
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 …
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…
behaviour of ontape
Hi, I've got a question regarding backing up with ontape. Our database is not big. The idea is to have a nightly Level 0 backup to STDIO. The procedure takes less than 13 minutes and results in a 18GB file. This can be copied elsewhere later, without overloading the informix da…
Re: OnTape to Tape and Disk
Martin Thanks. I understand the concept but need to think through (and test) whether ontape -c would handle this correctly and hold the local tape drive open and positioned, or whether I would have to use ontape -a from a log_full script. Another solution I have thought of is to…
Re: OnTape to Tape and Disk
Hi, not officially. The trick is to create a named pipe and have a program running that reads from that named pipe. In your case it would read and duplicate the data to the local and to the remote tape device. Regarding the implementation of this program you are on your own (cl…
ontape -r
HI, Looks in the following command, ontape -r -rename -f /dbbackup/ontape/info/chunks, file "chunks" can not have more than 30 lines about the renamed chunks, (Error at line 31 in input file /dbbackup/ontape/info/chunks.) Any idea? Program Name: onstat Build Version: 10.00.…
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…
ontape & archecker
Hi Platform: IDS 9.21 UC5 - Solaris 8 Does anybody know why when a level 0 backup fails, archecker report that it's OK? Tonight my level 0 backup failed: Please mount tape 1 on gestion:/dev/rmt/2u and press Return to continue ... 10 percent done. 20 percent done. 30 percent do…
ontape & archecker
Hi Platform: IDS 9.21 UC5 - Solaris 8 Does anybody know why when a level 0 backup fails, archecker report that it's OK? Tonight my level 0 backup failed: Please mount tape 1 on gestion:/dev/rmt/2u and press Return to continue ... 10 percent done. 20 percent done. 30 percent do…
Re: ontape -l roll-forward of many logs
You can not just cat the files together for patently obvious reasons, i.e. each log file has it's own individual header It is trivial to script the process though Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 Web: www.oninit.com GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THERE FASTER with …
RE: ontape -l roll-forward of many logs
Neil, Log backup has a header, and it's impossible to simply concatenate several log backups into one huge file. The best solution is to create a Perl wrapper around ontape, that can properly replace logical log file for restore with a sequence of files. -Alexey -----Origina…
ontape -l roll-forward of many logs
IDS v7.31 UD8 on solaris I'm doing a logical log rollforward. The logs are backed up by an ontape -a process, to disk, and are about 10m each in size. It's all working fine if i roll forward one log then in a seprate screen move the next one into position. But this is a pain …
Onbar problem
Hi, hmm. Maybe it is not the clearest description. It is correct in that onbar does not use the value of LTAPEDEV (or TAPEDEV). But the server is still using it ... I'm currently not 100% sure about the fallback rules for default values when a value is missing (but the paramete…
Ontape security when shipping tapes
We have a need to ship a level-0 ontape backup that will contain sensitive data. How secure is the data when backed up using ontape? Could a potential threat use a UNIX utility such as dd to read the tape? Thanks, Kevin -- kxk0912 ----------------------------------------------…
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…
Ontape question
Hello, On June 15 I posted: 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 l…
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…
RE: DLT 80gig Confuguration to speed backup
:-) I did say it was unscientific and read the manual :-) Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THERE FASTER with Informix. Attend the IDUG 2006 European Conference. Vienna, Austria. 2-6 October 2006 Visit http://www.iiug.org/conf for more…
RE: DLT 80gig Confuguration to speed backup
But only if you are testing using dd. I had a 7.31 engine crash on me when attempting to use ontape with a block size the tape drive couldn't handle. Suggest you use dd and test with block sizes of 8192, 16384 (and possibly 32768). DLT's are sloooow, future proof and improve spee…
DLT 80gig Confuguration to speed backup
It is very very unscientific but it has always worked for me, increase the block size until the light stops flashing (check your manual) Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THERE FASTER with Informix. Attend the IDUG 2006 European Confere…
Ontape and STDIO
Just for information if people are interested :-) The system is a 4way HP with direct storage, ontape via STDIO and gzip to disk is giving us 40GB an hour. Throw the data over a 100Mhz cross over to another identical server via rsh and gzip'ing at the remote end and we get over…
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…
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.…
Question: onbar and onstat -g ntu or onstat -g ntt
Hello, Are we suppose to see any of these "ontape" processes when we are not running any ontape or onbar backup? We start having some onbar failures (abort by client on some dbspaces...), and we haven't found the cause of the problem. Thanks onstat -g ntu | grep ontape c00000010…
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…
Re: Automated Continuous Log Backups?
Simmons, Keith wrote: > Toby > > If I understand correctly you are using ontape -c to backup tapes to disk? > This won't work as each time a log is backed up it will overwrite the disk file, > ontape -c only works to a 'no rewind' tape device. Not sure about ontape -a Wrong Keit…
Re: Automated Continuous Log Backups?
Simmons, Keith wrote: > Toby > > If I understand correctly you are using ontape -c to backup tapes to disk? > This won't work as each time a log is backed up it will overwrite the disk file, > ontape -c only works to a 'no rewind' tape device. Not sure about ontape -a Wrong Keit…
Backup on inst1 and restore on inst2
Hi all, I have 2 instances IDS 10 (inst1 and inst2) on the same machine Windows 2003. The 2 instances have the same configuration, unless DBSERVERNAME and SERVERNUM and the same structure. I would like to know if is it possible to backup the datas of the inst1 and make a restore…
RE: Automated Continuous Log Backups?
Hi Keith, that's fine. Use what works for you. I didn't want to imply that everybody with a working environment should change it to fit my description. I rather meant to say that for somebody working on a new scheme (which was the original question), I would not recommend no-re…
Re: Automated Continuous Log Backups?
I though IDS 7ontape does - open tape - read header - close tape (expecting rewind) - open tape - reread header The reread will fail if you use a no-rewind device certainly for restore. The manual says - ontape rewind devices - onbar norewind devices I always follow the manu…
RE: Automated Continuous Log Backups?
I will bow to superior knowledge at this point, however received wisdom has always said use a no-rewind device (perhaps a hang-over from OnLine 5.x days). I am still using no-rewind and have successfully restored and rolled forward logs using the resulting tapes. Not got the tim…
RE: Automated Continuous Log Backups?
Hi, hmm. Not quite. "ontape -c" is continuous log backup. It will backup logs as soon as the server has switched to the next log, but it will continue to write these logs to the same tape (or disk file), until the tape (or file) is "full". It is full when the amount of data spec…
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…
ontape to filesystem
Greetings, I would like to use ontape to backup to a unix filesystem. Is there a certain why the filesystem needs to be created to enable this or will I need to use onbar. I'm currently using IDS 9.40FC2 on HPUX 11i V1and an attempt to backup to a filesystem erros as seen belo…
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…
Ontape not starting - IDS9.4TC4 on Win2K
Everyone, We have a problem with an IDS server running ontape from the command line: it executes but immediately returns to the command prompt. It doesn't matter what parameters are used, ontape -s, ontape, ontape -- all perform the same. There are two instances installed on t…
Re: IDS 10 Express Edition
Note 10.00.xC3 = Enterprise Version 10.00.xC3E = Express Edition http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.relnotes.doc/uc3E/idse_win_release_notes_10.0.html Then click on "IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition" in the right pane:…
RE: ontape on hard drive - Could not write archive tape
Genti- Informix cannot write to a directory, it needs a file or a device. Try this, instead: Create a file in each directory that looks like this: -rw-rw-rw- 1 informix informix 0 May 11 18:21 backup.info example: $pwd /tape $whoami informix $touch backup.info $…
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: Perl script for running OnTape, Someone???
Diveman wrote: > Hi, > > Would be thankful if someone could provide me with a Perlscript for > OnTape, > or explain how to call OnTape from within Perl. > > I try to solve it with a system() call, but get stuck on the question > when OnTape asks for tapedrive,,, > > /Christian Yo…
Perl script for running OnTape, Someone???
Diveman wrote: > Hi, > > Would be thankful if someone could provide me with a Perlscript for > OnTape, > or explain how to call OnTape from within Perl. > > I try to solve it with a system() call, but get stuck on the question > when OnTape asks for tapedrive,,, > > /Christian Yo…
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…
ontape
Hi! When using 'ontape', is it possible to exclude (no backup) databases that are static and recoverable? Thanks! Reyna _________________________________________________________ Reyna Sabina Phone: (305) 361-4324 NOAA/AOML/PHOD Fax: (305) 361-4392 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Em…
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…
Logical Logs not full
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Automatic ontape
Hi, I have informix 9.40.TC4 on Windows 2000 and I would like to automate the ontape. I have created a batch file as follows: cd C:\\Program Files\\Informix echo ol_ctseu11.cmd ontape -s -L 0 When I run the batch file it returns the following: Please mount tape 1 on E:\\DB…
Informix UC7.41 - slow
Geezer From The Freezer wrote: > Hi, > > My Informix installation seems to be running quite slowly. It's running on a Sun > Blade > 1000 with 2 x 750Mhz processors and 2Gb RAM. > > Here is the onconfig file - anything obviously wrong or tuneable? Yes :D No such version as UC7.4…
ontape failed
hi, i've made a level 0 archive using ontyape on a remote filesystem TAPEDEV host2:/backup/SL0 when i try to restore the archive on host1 with ontape -p (for HDR) i've got an error message : Please mount tape 1 on host2:/backup/SL0 and press Return to continue ... Physical rest…
remote ontape
hi, (I hate to say this, but it was working)I used to backup my local machine using a remote tape drive, until recently a message came saying permission denied..!!! (as far as I know nothing has changed, but...) can any one please give a hint....…
Re: RE: ontape -s to disk
How can I check a tape that has been backed up with ontape ?…
ontape -s to disk
How can I test that an ontape backup has been successfully completed ? Can I run a verify or a listing from the tape ? ... dependant on what version you have check out archecker. for ontape stuff something like archecker -tdvs make sure you configure ac_config which resides…
Re: RE: ontape -s to disk
How can I test that an ontape backup has been successfully completed ? Can I run a verify or a listing from the tape ?…
Ontape header
Is there a way to read the header info of an ontape archive to determine what version of IDS created it? Thanks, Wayne Please do not transmit orders or instructions regarding a UBS account by email. The information provided in this email or any attachments is not an official tr…
restore with ontape
Hi to all; MachineA 9.3 FC2 --SunOs 5.8 MachineB 9.4 FC4 --SunOs 5.9 We defined MachineA archive tape to be MachineB:/dev/rmt/0. Although the backup operation ontape s is succeeded the restore operation ontape r is failed with the following message physical restore fai…
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 …
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)?…
any way to know the progress of a level1 (or level0) ontape save?
Just wondering if anyone knows of a way to check the progress of an ontape backup?…
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 …
Informix using onbar + ontape together
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 10:39:47 -0400, Nat wrote: You cannot mix ontape and onbar. If you have to restore IB that onbar cannot read the logical log tapes/files that ontape makes. Change your alarm program to use onbar. Art S. Kagel > I am doing backup with onbar. I have also se…
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…
Ontape problem
I am running IDS 7.31 and SCO 5.05. A vendor setup a new server and transferred my database. Database was transferred by copying /usr/informix and then updated using ontape -r. When I attempt to do an ontape -s -L 0 the backup gets 50% complete and then returns an Archive failed …
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 …
ontape Info
Hi All, i'm not a DBA, my question is very simply. I have executed the following command: ontape -s -L 0.…
ontape -r
Salut , je n'arrive pas remonter une sauvegarde avec l'outils ontape sur une autre machine avec un informix de differente versions pourquoi et comment faire sinon MERCI yann.…
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.…
Re: Unattended ontape
Simmons, Keith wrote: > -> > -> Andy Kent wrote: > -> > I thought unattended anything was expressly discouraged > -> with ontape? > -> > -> Unattended ontape is pure evil. [watch the accusations fly now!] > > See previous posts on the benefits of expect ! Expect cannot change th…
Unattended ontape
Some recent threads implied that you cannot use ontape unattended. I disagree! See Shell script below. Regards, Doug Lawry www.douglawry.webhop.org # Run an automated Informix "ontape" backup # Doug Lawry, 20/11/95 case $1 in '') set -- 0 ;; [012]) ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 level…
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…
ontape vs onbar
Hi all Is onbar a viable backup solution with IBS 9.x or is ontape still the best ? I keep reading in the newsgroup, talk about using ontape as backup and not onbar. Why ? thanks…
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,…
alarmprogram.bat and ontape
In alarmprogram.bat, I set: SET BACKUPLOGS=Y SET BACKUP_CMD=ontape -a the onconfig file has ALARMPROGRAM C:\\PROGRA~1\\Informix\\etc\\alarmprogram.bat When the logs filled up, the log file showed 15:38:44 Logical Log Files are Full -- Backup is Needed but a backup did N…
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: Informix Ontape restorals fails from disk
Randy, "BLOCKSIZE 512K" looks starnge. Should be "TAPEBLK 512", "LTAPEBLK 64" Though, I'm not sure that this is the problem Also, don't forget to set correct '660' 'informix:informix' ontape file permissions. ------------------------------------------ Alexey Sonkin Seni…
RE: Informix Ontape restorals fails from disk
Randy, "BLOCKSIZE 512K" looks starnge. Should be "TAPEBLK 512", "LTAPEBLK 64" Though, I'm not sure that this is the problem Also, don't forget to set correct '660' 'informix:informix' ontape file permissions. ------------------------------------------ Alexey Sonkin Seni…
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…
Replication and Ontape
A very simple question here. I'm using Informix 9.21 UC 5 on Sun Solaris. Can I use ontape to do a level 0 backup and log backups on the secondary ? In the event of failure, I assume I can use these on the primary. I have not seen any documentation contrary to what I am trying t…
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…
ontape/onbar
Hi, we are proud owners of two aix pseries. On each server we have one online system with 25 databases. We use ontape (Level 0) to save the online system, but we have the problem that we can't restore one special database. Anybody better experiences, may be with onbar? Thanks f…
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…
Does ontape rewind the Tape BEFORE archiving?
Hi, Does ontape rewind the Tape BEFORE archiving? Is it possible to "ontape" to a Tape already written with "No rewind" option?…
list ontape backups
Hi all, Is there a way to list the informix backups taken from ontape command.? Regards, Yasela.…
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-…
ontape in 9.4
Hi. I am in the process of migrating from IDS 7.30 to 9.4 on HP-UX 11. We currently run a full archive nightly and backup the logical logs every hour. We archive to tape and backup the logs to disk. The logs are handled by a=20 cron job, while an operator handles the archive. For…
ontape -r
Is there a bug with ontape -r on Informix IDS 7.31UC2 on AIX 4.3.3? Product defect query is no longer available on the IBM/Informix web site I attempted a cold restore yesterday to a seperate server with the same architecture and received the following error. funtion ioctl fail…
ontape online
Sorry, for the newbie question but my background is oracle. Is it possible to backup an Informix instance online using ontape and then backup logs. I want to restore this to another server and roll the logs to point in time. It seems we have an old version of onbar and restore…
Re: DB backup of logical Logs to disk v tape...
Rajesh: I am currently using "ontape -c" to perform continuous backup. Here is the procedure I follow : You can have two scripts to perform the disk backup. First script does check whether ontape -c running for the given instance .. if it's not running, it start the LL backup i…
Re: Onconfig file parameters
Sometimes even the ontape parameters (TAPEDEV, LTAPEDEV, TAPESIZE, etc.) are not dynamic. What you can do is change a parameter in the onconfig file and then dump out the reserve page that holds the onconfig parameters with: oncheck -pP 1 1 Hope this suggestion helps. Brice Av…
Can you back up a database using ontape ?
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Re: Onconfig file parameters
An even better way to determine whether bor not your need to make the change is to select * from sysconfig where cf_name = "parameter". This shows original, effective, and default values for the parameter concerned. But remember that the onconfig parameter is in upper case. re…
Re: Onconfig file parameters
The answer is, some are static and some are dynamic. If memory serves me correctly, you can get a good idea which ones are static by running onmonitor. Changes to the config here will trigger the utility to ask if you want to shutdown to make changes effective. I have never seen…
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???…
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…
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…
Ontape
Hello All Friends, We do ontape to tape device on Aix 4.3.3 with Informix Online 5.10 UC1 and normaly it takes about 1 hour but sometimes it can take much more time with the same busy system . Can anyone explain this situation.? I heard that posibly there is bug in Online Informi…
Ontape - Onbar - Ontape
Hi Guys, I've been working with this problem since 1 week ago, we have a Storage Manager that was Set up last month, before this we used ontape to make full backups and for logical logs, the software(Legato) was configured on the server and then we migrate from ontape to Onbar .…
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…
Re: Backups larger than 2gb
I would recommend that you use Informix Storage Manager and OnBAR. It takes a bit more complicated to configure than OnTape, but it will be able to handle large database backups. ------Original Message------ From: Norman Erickson Lugtu <elugtu@my-deja.com> To: informix-list@iiug…
Backups larger than 2gb
If the backup is a file, is it not possible to just set TAPESIZE to let's say 10 GB and let the OS deal with it ? We actuall had a backup of 6GB in a file, without palying with multiple 2 GB pieces. Bogdan Neagu Norman Erickson Lugtu wrote: > Yes, its possible. > > The TAPESI…
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…
Archive failed-
'finderr 28' gives 'no space left on device'. I suspect TAPESIZE has been set incorrectly for your drive. Perhaps your data isn't as compressible as you may think? Also check LTAPESIZE to see whether that's correct. In article <93mkpr$jc$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, chivaviro1379@my-dej…
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.…
Turn Transaction Logging OFF
> I've tried to use % ontape -N databasename but nothing... ondblog nolog ...…
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…
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 -r quitting with code -1 errno 22
What are your log files saying? Do you have truss under Digital Unix, if so then truss and find out what system call is being 22'd. My starter for ten would shmadd, or brk, both are SHM problems and are probably down to your kernel configuration Paul Watson …
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 …
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…
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…
ontape
I need to know if ontape does any compression of data when it writes it to tape. Is there any way to control compression of data written to tape? We are using DLT tape drives on Sun Solaris machines. Thanks for any input. -- BillS Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Befor…
Ontape restore questions? certainly I am missing some thing!
With ontape and OnBar, you can always restore the WHOLE system without needing the logical logs. Then the system is restored to appear as it was at the start of the backup. When you wish to restore only one dbspace, Informix MUST process the logical logs to bring the dbspace up…
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…
onbar onarchive or ontape which one??
onbar onarchive or ontape. Which one should we use for backups? We use IDS 7.30 UC2 Thanks, Isaac…
ontape -r from cooked to raw dbspaces?
Is there an option to ontape that will allow the restoration of an archive of cooked dbspaces to raw dbspaces by the same name (not chunk/file names)? When the spaces are created onspaces doesn't know whether a file is raw or cooked. Why does ontape care? Another anomaly with o…
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.…
Backup to HP SureStore 2/20 (DLT8000)
Does Informix backup tools support this device on a HP L1000? onachive, ontape, onbar? Thank you, Jens…
Re: Changing from Informix to Oracle
From: Boscia <rwboscia@worldnet.att.net> > >onstat - >Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC5 -- On-Line -- Up 13 days >06:48:25 -- 901120 Kbytes > > >onstat -c >PHYSDBS logs # Location (dbspace) of physical log >PHYSFILE 10000 # Physical …
Error 139 in logical log backup (resubmitted with additional info)
In article <8leran$li1$1@news.mch.sbs.de>, Pierre Henrotay <Pierre.Henrotay@skynet.be> writes >We are running ontape -c and often (but not always) get the following >message in online.log: > >Process exited with return code 139: /bin/sh /bin/sh -c /home/informix >_s/etc/log_full.…
shmat:(22) operating system error
During an ontape -a we are getting a shmat:(22) operating system error We get this message 4 times and it appears the ontape is hung. Informix v7.23 under HPUX 10.20…
Logical logs on filesystem (VXFS)
Logical logs get backed up to LTAPEDEV. Your ONCONFIG also indicates the size of LTAPEDEV using the parameter LTAPESIZE. During a logical log backup using "ontape -c", the file specified by LTAPEDEV will continue to grow until it reaches LTAPESIZE. You will then be prompted to "…
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…
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…
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…
Restore Informix database
Hi, I'm now restoring an Informix-database (IDS 7.30 on NT 4.0) using ontape -r. Backuptime : 2 hours (ontape -s) Any idea how long my restore (ontape -r) will take ? Franky Thiel Infohos Tel : 050.45.99.93 Fax : 050.45.99.69 mailto:franky.thiel@infohos.be…
dynamic server with Informix distant database
We have this problem : - write of a html page (this pages will contain many many fields). - Receiving of the page data on a http server based on a M1 machine. - Using of 4gl/informix programs based on the M2 machine with the pages data - 4GL programs will set up a � result � tabl…
Can Ontape restore a database?
Hi all, I run ontape level 0 backup every night but I feel stuck in restoring a single database of the IDS 7.30UC2. Does someone know an Informix Backup software which allows me to restore a single database as need it? Thanks in advance for any advise. H.V…
HELP! Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
I'm trying to install a new IDS on Linux (RedHat 6.1) on a cooked file. Everything looks right, but upon oninit, I receive the following: oninit: Cannot open chunk '/u1/naf_chunk'. errno = 2 oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization Log reflects: 09:11:07 Informi…
UDR Support in Informix Dynamic Server.
Can someone tell me what exact version of Informix Dynamic Server that first supported C User Defined Routines. I've tried searching for this on their website with no joy. (their advanced search doesnt work at all !) Rgds, Peter. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before y…
RE: "ontape aborted by client"
Yes, I thought the "aborted by client" bit can only mean that the termination was completely external to informix, i.e.: OS. We also seem to be having some problems with people who should change tapes not changing tapes, our operators severely need geeing up. Thanks Dominic --…
"ontape aborted by client"
<D.Penfold@Libertel.nl> wrote in message news:8b5fga$b$1@news.xmission.com... > > Informix Dynamic Server 7.30.UC7 HPUX 10.20 > > Hi there > > We get this message sometimes in the online log, and we're trying to work > out if its down to informix, hardware, etc. Does anyone kn…
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…
question
Try backing up the logical logs with ontape. Nona…
RE: question on logical logs restore
Suggestion: After the restore of the level-0 archive is done, edit the ONCONFIG file, pointing LTAPEDEV to the DDS2 device, and setting LTAPEBLK and LTAPESIZE appropriately. I'll bet it will pick up the LTAPE from the ONCONFIG, overriding what's in the reserved pages. HTH, Pau…
ontape -a
I have found a script for running ontape -s to run from cron ontape -s -L 0 << hit hit Is there a similar way to run this script for ontape -a to answer the Do you want to back up the current logical log question with a Y/N?…
ONCONFIG for logical logs to disk
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, LTAPEBLK and LTAPESIZE be?…
System catalogue
Hello! Can anybody explain me how I can create trigger on "informix".systables? (The server I deal with is Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3.) Max…
Archive spanning tapes...
>Worse since ontape will not write more than 2GB to a disk file. What he (or she) actually asked was "Is an ontape to a disk a viable option?" And the answer is "Yes" - or at least "Maybe". It's perfectly possible to use ontape to archive to disk beyond 2GByte, provided you wr…
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…
Logical Restore
Is there some way of joining log files up that were created by ontape -a so that its like an ontape -c. Greg E…
ontape
Guys is there some way of stringing logs together created with an ontape -a into one file for a logical restore eg like an ontape -c. Could it be just as simple as cat file1 file2 > file 3 or does the tape header upset the apple cart . Thanks Greg…
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…
ontape (was ontape -r failed)
Hi there, we see in on other Informix pages, that the ontape we use (INFORMIX 7.31 UC2 for DataGeneral dgux) has an bug when restoring BLOB's into the BLOBSPACE. Is anybody out there who is willing to give us an ontape 7.31 UC3 or higher for dgux. We try it with an 7.30 UC2 a…
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?
Hi Patrik Basically, you just want to touch a file in the directory where you want to store your logical logs (be sure to give privalages as user and group informix with read, write privalages at least) and in your onconfig file give it the location to that file. This file gets…
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
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installing Informix dynamic server
hi all, can anybody give me an URL where to find a good description of how to setup and install an Informix Dynamic Server with using RedHat Linux ??? I've searched a whole day but founf nothing useful.. :( thx ind advance joerg…
ontape -a and ontape -c
Hello, I run ontape -a on a weekly basis and backup up the database to disk device(\\ifmxbkup\\bkupmmdd). and run ontape -c during midweek. Will this help me in recovering any database if required Also, during other times I keep the ltapedev and tapedev parameters to NUL so as …
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…
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!!!…
Re: How to store logical logs to disk
Sounds like permissions to me! The file, /logs/logical, must be owned by informix, group informix, permissions 660 just like any chunk. Also make sure that the filesystem has room for the LTAPESIZE you have configured. What else?..... Oh, did you change LTAPEDEV in the ONCONF…
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…
Q: archive-tapesize OL 5.08+7.24
Hello! We use Online 5.08+7.24 with Digital-UX 3.2D on Alpha-Servers with Tape TLZ09 (DAT, max. 120m, DDS2) If we use a DDS2/120m DAT-Tape with 4 GB uncompressed and 8 GB compressed capacity. (2:1 ratio for the max hardware compression, in our tape-manual). Is it correct to se…
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 …
ontape verification
I do not have a manual for the Informix OnTape utility. Does anyone know how to verify the archives created using OnTape?…
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…
Re: TAPESIZE & LTAPESIZE question
Set them to the size of your data and logical tapes in kilobytes. If your tapes support compression set the size of your tapes to the uncompressed tape size (at least as a start value). Best Regards, Octav On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 02:05:03AM -0400, Huy Vu wrote: > Hi all, > > Wh…
TAPESIZE & LTAPESIZE question
Hi all, What is the value should I set for TAPESIZE & LTAPESIZE in $ONCONFIG file? By default is 16 but I don't understand that will equal with how many bytes or kilobytes? Thanks in advance for any help. H.V…
onconfig paramters for ontape backup db
The default ONCONFIG values can be used, but they're unlikely all to be suitable. From memory, the default for TAPESIZE is tiny - about 10,000 pages - so you'd want to beef this up to at least the size of your database server, and you might as well set it to slightly below the c…
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.…
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…
Ontape Restores
Does anyone have a Unix script to automate the Ontape -r (archive restore) function? Thanks for any assistance.…
Help!How can I run ontape utility by other?
My project has a requirement. I want other user to run ontape utility! But ontape can only be run by informix user how can I do it? please give me some advise!…
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…
ONTAPE performance
Hi, Anyone know of published performance figures for backups & restores using ontape on various sw/hw platforms ? Cheers, John…
Need help w/ ontape -r
I was trying to restore a test database using ontape. It went fine when I just restored off the system tape (ontape -s -L 0), but I encountered problems whenever I tried to restore the logical logs. I ran out of room in /tmp and the restore just came to a halt! Is there a way …
not enough memory in /tmp for ontape -r
I was trying to restore a test database using ontape. It went fine when I just restored off the system tape (ontape -s -L 0), but I encountered problems whenever I tried to restore the logical logs. I ran out of room in /tmp and the restore just came to a halt! Is there a way …
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…
TAPESIZE & LTAPESIZE
Hi all, We have 2 (two) 12GB tape devices for data and log backups. Is it good to set TAPESIZE and LTAPESIZE as 12,288,000 or leave some cushion space ? Thank you. * MS Windows NT 4.0 SP 3 * Informix DS 7.23 TC1 Gursoy YERLI…
Starting Informix Dynamic Server !
Hi Gurus, Just wondering is there any difference in starting the informix engine as root user versus as Informix user. ? The reason why I ask this question is , the IDS 7.23 UC6 on HP-UX 10.2 crashes due to a bug (declared as bug by Informix Technical support)when we start in…
Informix Dynamic Server Archive/Restore
Hello All: We have a large scale Informix DB resident on an HP 9000, K460, with AutoRaid Disk Subsystem (218gb). And we are running IDS 7.30. Currently, we are using the Informix ontape archive/restore utility to archive the DB and to perform continuous logical logging. We u…
Any one know this?
Hi folks: Is there a script that can check informix on-line dynamic server is up and running or not? If not it will e-mail a note to D.B.A. groups Thanks in advance Garry…
process ontape remaining
Are you running the ontape -a in the background or from a dedicated terminal. Does ontape -a ever come back to the prompt??? The ontape -a should go away. Check the permissions on ontape, oninit. And you could run ontape -a through truss to give you additional information. Da…
Logical Log
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0084_01BE5CC0.3EFB85E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear User, I have been trying to get a large file loaded on a database with = transaction loggin…
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?…
lower and lower performance when restore logical log
Hi every one: I have a question about restore logical log. I have two identical instance on two box,one box is HP NetServer LX PRO with SCO UNIX 5.0.4 and IDS 7.30 ,another box is IBM Netfinity 7000 TM0 with SCO UNIX 5.0.4 and IDS 7.30. HP box is our production machine, IBM box …
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…
Re: ontape -a log backup to disk
Actually, what this post says is that you can't do a "Point in Time" recovery using ontape, which is true (unless your chosen point in time happens to fall between two log tapes, or files (in your case). This would be true whether you backed up to disk or tape. His statement "Y…
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.…
ontape
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BE0281.EF7A9EE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've noticed that when we run ontape, ODS allocates extra shared memory = segments. Can anyone ex…
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…
ontape
Hello , Working on a Digital Alpha runningWindows NT 4.0 sp 3 , we use ontape -s -L 0 to backup our Informix 7.23TC1 database. I want to use a "at" command to schedule the backup. The problem I have is that the ontape needs a <newline> at the command line after asking for the ta…
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 …
ontape exit status
Hi All, I am trying to prevent ontape's "Please mount ..." messages piling up in the log file. I also want to catch the exit status of ontape. I have tried to use the suggested solution to pipe the output through 'head', as follows (I'm using ksh) : echo '\\n\\n' | ontape ... |…
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…
ontape -a
Hi All, When U run the 'ontape -a' command on same tape for 2nd time, will it append th the first backup or it will overwrite the 1st time backup taken by same command Does the device name for eg. /dev/rmt0 or /dev/nrmt0 make diff. for that…
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…
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: 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 …
RE: Ontape archiving to disk
in-pipe compress using gzip: mkfifo my-pipe configure TAPEDEV=my-pipe gzip --to-stdout --verbose <my-pipe | dd of=some-tape bs=32k & ontape -s -L 0 multiple files: touch bkp-file-1 bkp-file-2 bkp-file-3 ... ln -s bkp-file-1 bkp-dev-link configure TAPEDEV=bkp-dev-link conf…
Ontape archiving to disk
We currently run ontape for several of our Informix database and write the output to disk. We have run into a problem when the file size exceeds 2G. We know the limitation is a bug in online dynamic server 7.23 uc1. What I need is a work around to do either an in-pipe compress …
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: unsupervised ontape question
Sorted - used the following solution: echo '\\n0' | ontape -s -L 0 | head -1 Dan…
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.…
Ontape
Hi there! I'm looking for an alternatif for the 'ontape' instruction of the Online Workgroup Server database of informix. It enoys me to press return to start it. I want to take a backup during the nite. There is nobody to press return!! Can anybody help me or has the same prob…
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…
RE: continuous log backup to disk (ontape -c) ...
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, > If I'm using tape and it got filled and prompted "mount a new tape" > and I > hit ENTER what will happend, the content will be overwritten?? So It's > the > same, informix didnt support this very well? Or am I wrong? > [Toma…
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…
I need help with ontape
I have a AIX box running 4.2.1 with Informix 7.23.uc1. I am trying to automate ontape by piping a carriage return to ontape.... ontape refuses to see the carriage return... anyone have any clues? Thanks Paul cornett doctorx@kdsi.net Clow Valve Company…
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 ? …
Re: continuous log backup to disk (ontape -c) ... again
Glenn, The way I solved this problem was to create a script to turn logging off as well as turning it on. The logging off does a kill -2??(equivalent of <CTRL-C>), renames the old log file, then recreates the original log file. We run these scripts 4 ti…
continuous log backup to disk (ontape -c) ... again
I am wanting to run continuous log backups to disk and have been successful in laying out the initital strategy; . full backup (ontape -s -L 0) nightly . then start a script to the log backup in the background; ontape -c <<EOF >ontape.c.log ^M EOF . kill the ontape -…
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: ontape failures
In article <350C1931.26E6@netcomuk.co.uk>, Neil Truby <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> wrote: > > ontape -s / ontape -r seems to give a zero return code irrespective of > whether it's worked or not. Does anyone have any tips for checking > success or otherwise from wothin a script? > >…
ontape failures
ontape -s / ontape -r seems to give a zero return code irrespective of whether it's worked or not. Does anyone have any tips for checking success or otherwise from wothin a script? Thanks Neil neil.truby@chase.com…
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: 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…
ONARCHIVE problem : define volume
Hi everybody, I'm trying to define a volume for the back up of the logical logs (on disk). I'm using the following commands : #onarchive 'define/vset=dbs_vop/accessibility=0/device_type=dbs_vop/class=system/driver=disk/permanently_mounted/location=(/opt2/informix_bu/dbs_vop)' …
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…
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: Ontape Error
Cosmo Lee wrote: > > Mark D. Stock wrote: > > > You can change the tape parameters using tbmonitor/onmonitor, without > > bouncing OnLine. If you make ANY changes to parameters in your > > tbconfig/onconfig file, you must bounce OnLine before they become > > effective. > > > > I'…
ONTAPE as cron
Can I run ONTAPE as a cron??…
Re: ONTAPE: space used status?
That's fine and good, I already know this. But it was not the answer to the question I was asking. What I would like to know is how much data has been written to a tape _before_ it is asking me for a new tape. I.e.:, I want to know how much data has been written to the tape to…
Re: ONTAPE: space used status?
Informix will write to the amount stored in LTAPESIZE, then prompt for another tape. If you set LTAPESIZE too high and Informix encounters the end of the tape before it expects to, it bombs. This is the behavior for a Level 0 archive, so it is likely the same for continual logi…
RE: online logical log tapes only partially fill !!
Check your LTAPESIZE parameter in the onconfig file. -----Original Message----- From: Des Mayell [SMTP:derek.mayell@virgin.net] Sent: Sunday, October 12, 1997 6:13 PM To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu Subject: online logical log tapes only partially fill !! Hi, I have a S…
Re: online logical log tapes only partially fill !!
On 12 Oct 97 at 22:13, Des Mayell wrote: > Our continous logical log backup tapes keep filling prematurely ?? > i.e. - the backup asks for fresh tape and yet only contains 20 > logical logs. This amounts to 20 meg of data in our setup - but our > 90metre cartridges should hold o…
Re: Remote tape Help.
In article <343FFB70.7999026@genesyslab.com>, georget says... > >Host1 (running Informix. Online Dyn. Server 7.22) >HP-UX host1 B.10.01 A 9000/715 2004337075 two-user license >w/o local tape > >Tape defined as remote in 'onconfig.std': > ># System Archive Tape Device > >TAPEDEV…
Re: online logical log tapes only partially fill !!
In article <01bcd75c$a852e820$2745a8c2@default>, "Des says... > > >Hi, > >I have a Sun Ultra enterprise server running Informix under Solaris 2.5.1 >and using a 4mm cartidge drive for backup purposes. > >Our continous logical log backup tapes keep filling prematurely ?? >i.e. - t…
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 …
Ontape
Hi, Please see attached out output from onstat -d below INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.13.UC2 -- On-Line (Prim) -- Up 40 days 10:27:58 -- 133184 Kbytes Chunks offset size free flags pathname 0 100000 99209 PO- /ws/PRD1/root1 0 1000000 11650 PO- …
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/…
ontape
Hi I am with Online 7.22 on HP 10.20. Our SysAdm has installed a straight O/S 10.20 and then I have installed Online 7.22. Everything worked fine except restore. Once archive is done, then I dropped that database. And then, I restored from the archive tape. Restore locked up tha…
ontape
Hi We are running Online 7.22 on HP 10.20. I have just installed it recently. I was not able to restore from the archive tape on other machine after answering y or n to the back up logical logs. The Informix Tech Support told me that we need to have symbolic debbuger installed …
Ontape
Hi, A question on onarchive. After reading the documentation on onarchive we found that we should go for onarchive. At the moment we are using ontape to backup our system. We have just now migrated our system from 5.06 to 7.23 in Sequent/Dynix PTX platform. The query is wheth…
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…
ontape -s & ontape -c
All, The scenario is as follows: ontape -c at approx. 4.00pm ontape -s -L 0 at approx. 2.00am. if database need a restore from scratch could it be done ? Thanks, Manoj Schroff (manoj@twowaytv.co.uk)…
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 …
Ontape and jukeboxes
Hi! I=92m new in the informix-list but I=92ve already taken advantage of som= e good ideas brougth to the net... I=92m wondering if anyone can help me... Our installation has Online 7.13UC1 running in a Sun Sparc 2000 with Solaris 2.5. Database size: 25GB ( all raw device in …
Re: Trouble reading Informix backup on DLT device.
In article <5ieb98$frj@mn5.swip.net>, Christer Widell <mg17224@mailbox.swipnet.se> writes >Trouble reading ontape backup on DLT tape ! >Compressed or uncompressed backup om DLT-tape ? > >System: SUN Sparccenter 3000, Solaris 2.5.1, Informix 7.20.UC2 > >We take an Informix backup …
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…
ontape -c
We use ontape to do continuous log backups. On Sundays, we bring down the instance (onmode -yuk). This effectively knocks off all users so that we can perform system maintenance. Before the recycle occurs, I would like to gracefully stop ontape -c and trap the output generated …
Re: Help!! ontape -s in background
Try echo "" | ontape -s...…
Onarchive ------to-----> Ontape
Hi, Currently we are doing our Logical Log backups and Archives using Onarchive, but we are facing some difficulties with it, like:- 1. onautovop process dies without any reason. so we have a cron job that executes every 20min to check whether autovop process is running,…
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 …
Re: Log files to disk
Jake Salomon wrote: > > Kerry Thompson wrote: > > > > Has anyone tried backing up transaction log files to disk, and being > > able to retrieve them later for recovery. Would appreciate any > > experiences, good or bad. > > > > Kerry Thompson > > Kerry, the precise answer is: It…
Re: Log files to disk
Kerry Thompson wrote: > > Has anyone tried backing up transaction log files to disk, and being > able to retrieve them later for recovery. Would appreciate any > experiences, good or bad. > > Kerry Thompson Kerry, the precise answer is: It depends. Informix will NOT support yo…
Re: ontape
In article <542srh$co6@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, NCLBTLong <nclbtlong@aol.com> writes >Greetings, work with a large relief and development organization which >runs version 7.2 of informix on a hp9000 version 10.10 of the os. We have >a need for our operators to use the ontape util…
Re: ontape
nBrian Hampson wrote: > > Juan R. Guzman (jguzman@transre.com) wrote: > > : . /u/trc/sysadmin/scripts/ubkup > : else > : echo '0\\n' | $INFORMIXDIR/bin/ontape -s | head -14 >> /tmp/arc.log > : 2>&1 > > I gather that your echo null is to give the <cr> that ontape looks for? …
ontape
Greetings, work with a large relief and development organization which runs version 7.2 of informix on a hp9000 version 10.10 of the os. We have a need for our operators to use the ontape utility but do not want them to sign on as root or informix. Is there any way to accompli…
Re: ontape and logical log questions
Mark Christmas wrote: > > Two unrelated questions: > 1) is it possible to launch an ontape -c command from an executable, and > if it is, how do we detect when the tape is full - is there a message > that we could scan for? > > 2) is it possible to determine where the logical lo…
Re: ontape
Juan R. Guzman (jguzman@transre.com) wrote: : . /u/trc/sysadmin/scripts/ubkup : else : echo '0\\n' | $INFORMIXDIR/bin/ontape -s | head -14 >> /tmp/arc.log : 2>&1 I gather that your echo null is to give the <cr> that ontape looks for? What happens if the tape isn't in the …
Re: ontape
Stefan P. Romankiw wrote: > > I am in the process of putting together backup procedures using the = > ontape utility. If you have scripts that you use that automates you = > daily backup procedures, I would be interested in getting a copy of your = > scripts. =20 > > Thanks. > >…
ontape
I am in the process of putting together backup procedures using the = ontape utility. If you have scripts that you use that automates you = daily backup procedures, I would be interested in getting a copy of your = scripts. =20 Thanks. Steve Romankiw Executive Risk Inc.…
Re: TRANSACTION LOGGING
Remember that once you turn on ansi logging you can't turn it off unless you completely re-load the data. Rob. > For turning on ansi logging: ontape -s -A databasename > For turning off logging: ontape -N databasename.…
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…
ontape verification?
What is the best way to verify an ontape archive? I don't really want to do a straight restore to check it. I'd rather just get a verification from ontape or something else. Thanks for any help…
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…
DLT's and ontape
Has anyone used a Digital Linear Tape(DLT) device with Informix-DSA 7.11? I would like to know the type of success/failure people have been having. We are looking at a DLT4000. They say we can get upto 40GB with compression. A must for the size of the databases we will be bac…
autochangers and ontape
We are purchasing a HP9000 T520 which will have around 80GB of disk space. 60GB will be for the Online database. We are investigating the use of autochanger for the tape backups, but I understand that Informix does not support them. Also, Informix tells me that the max tape si…
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: tbtape bug?
>Has anyone had any trouble with the tbtape process that is suppose to >continously backup logical logs to tape (tbtape -c). We are running this >in a Sun/Solaris 2.3 enviroment with Informix 5, and are having trouble. It >seems that the tbtape process thinks the 14Gig tape we …
Re: tbtape bug?
Jeff, Have you checked the value of the LTAPESIZE parameter in your tbconfig file? This specifies how much data to write before prompting for a new tape, even if you are using continuous backups. You can change this value on line in tbmonitor while you are user informix. T…
ontape problems
} we are attempting to run ontape (level 0) on a sun sparc center 2000 running } solaris 2.4 and online 7.10.UC1. it runs for about 3 hours before displaying } the following message to the screen: } } 20 percent done. Archive failed-function write to tape failed code -1 errno 2 …
ontape problems
we are attempting to run ontape (level 0) on a sun sparc center 2000 running solaris 2.4 and online 7.10.UC1. it runs for about 3 hours before displaying the following message to the screen: 20 percent done. Archive failed - function write to tape failed code -1 errno 2 Program…
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)…
Re: **HELP***with tbunload]
> > Running Informix online 5.0 HP-UX 9.0 UNIX > > when I do: > $ tbunload -l -t /dev/rmt/0m perform2 > Check the LTAPESIZE and associated parameters or add -b and -s tape parameters on the command line. -- Naomi Walker (aka N7FSA) | naomi@anasazi.com…
Re: **HELP***with tbunload
Robin, You need to check the value of the tbconfig parameter LTAPESIZE. By using the -l option, you are saying to use the logical log backup device parameters, instead of the archive tape device parameters. If your LTAPESIZE is set to the default of 10240, then you will s…
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…
Re: Load Online archives on other machine ?
Ian Macdonald (ikm@labsys.com.au) wrote: > Hello. > We are currently experiencing problems with creating & restoring > Online archives on one of our client's two machines. We are > thinking of reloading level 0 archives from both machines onto our system > to see if the tapes w…
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). …
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 …