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What is the load on an individual listener or sqlexec thread?
this help at all ? The CPU time shown for a thread is updated each time the thread yields and is based on the change in clock time since the thread last started. For threads such as the poll threads, which spend the majority of their time in an OS call such as s…
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 ------------------------------…
IDS 14.10.FC5 on Ubuntu 20.04 - can't start shm listener
Before I open PMR, does anyone have this problem: Normal installation, DBSERVERALIAS for shm connection: DBSERVERNAME ifxpri DBSERVERALIASES lo_ifxpri,ifxpri_shm sqlhosts with shm record: ifxpri onsoctcp 192.168.193.209 ifxpri lo_ifxpri onsoctcp 127.0.0.1 lo_ifxpri ifxpri_shm oni…
NETTYPE connections per thread
Hmm, I think I'm getting threads and listeners tangled up. The config is about connections per listener, performance is not affected below 500-700 connections per listener. Per your reply on my other post, the engine will increase the number of connections as required (except for…
Promoting RSS nodes
Well that's pretty comprehensive @Art Kagel ; I'll simulate this on a test rig. Let's say ifxdb01 and ifxdb02 were never down and just that network connectivity was lost to the PROD site. When connectivity is restored, what do how might ifxdb01 react now that ifxdb03 is also a Pr…
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…
listener-thread: err = -951
Good Day , IDS 11.7FC8 HP-UX 11.31 We have set up a completely new server(hardware&OS) and installed IDS 11.7FC8. When the users try to log on we get the following error in the online.log: " listener-thread: err = -951: oserr = 0: errstr = user@server : Incorrect password or u…
listener-thread@soc_be.c:3073: err = -25582:
Hi Folks, Recently we are getting this error at a random intervals . During this error the connection is lost from the client and it goes for a time out. Tried with onstat -g ntt,nta , netstat -an but no luck. Can anyone suggest how to find the root cause and fix the issue. …
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.…
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…
Error -956 Listener Thread
Hi, what is the best place to find information on error logs? Searches on the IBM website haven't been successful for me. Anyone know what this error is telling me? listener-thread: err = -956 =0; errstri=root@servername: Client host or user root@servername is not trusted by th…
create_tcb: cannot allocate memory
> On 7 Feb 2017, at 18:21, HUGO PADILLA <hugo_padilla@terra.com.mx> wrote: > > The settings are: > > NETTYPE ipcshm,4,100,CPU > NETTYPE tlitcp,8,150,NET > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a respo…
dbaccess dbname hangs for seconds
the netstat is working well for the clients who conect to this server, but the problem is that from the server itself I have this phenomena. here my configuration for the NETTYPE: NETTYPE soctcp,10,200,NET Server Windows 2008 r2 (52 GB of RAM) with Informix 11.70 FC5.…
connexion hanging for a moment
I assume "everyone" is connecting via TCP? If they're using shm connection (which is rare now) and you don't have NETTYPE defined, hard limit is 50. Behavior sounds right, error msgs don't. Just a thought. Mark Scranton mark@markscranton.com The Mark Scranton Group…
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)…
SDK degrades IDS
When Web Server connect With SDK client, the IDS degrade. I configure the NETTYPE soctcp,2,600,NET NETTYPE ipcshm,2,500,CPU I need know what happen and if I reconfigure another parameters…
listener-thread: err = -951
IDS 11.7FC8 HP-UX 11.31 We have set up a completely new server(hardware&OS) and installed IDS 11.7FC8. When the users try to log on we get the following error in the online.log: " listener-thread: err = -951: oserr = 0: errstr = user@server : Incorrect password or user ".......…
listener-thread: err = -25580: oserr = 32.......
Frank You need to talk to your network supplier to find out why the connection is interrmittant/very slow and causing the connection loss Keith On 25 March 2015 at 14:49, FRANK <yunyaoqu@gmail.com> wrote: > Guys, > > IDS12.10 FC4 > RHEL > > Recently, suddenly see these error ex…
Trusted context.. error
HI, See the error in log of the newly upgraded . Any comments ? Thanks Frank IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.FC4W1X1 -- On-Line -- Up 05:09:12 -- 5592776 Kbytes Message Log File: /dbbackup/online_log/online_pal.log 21:00:01 listener-thread: err = -28021: oserr = 0: er…
RSS not working
-bash-4.2$ onstat - IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC9 -- On-Line --…
Network driver cannot accept a connection on the p
Has anyone had this and know of a resolution for it. Is it because of Informix, network, or hardware related? AIX: 6.1.0.0 IDS: 11.50.FC6 13:03:03 listener-thread: err = -25573: oserr = 72: errstr = : Network driver cannot accept a connection on the port. System error = 72. 13:…
Informix upgrade
Can we upgrade informix from Dynamic Server Version 11.70 to 12.1 workgroup edition directly?…
set lock mode to wait 5
If we supposing that my application opens 40 connections to db and if i have 10 users, then I need 400 connections. if my configuration is NETTYPE soctcp,2,150,NET This isn't enough to cover connections for 10 users. This is correct? Thank you.…
does this mean a dropped network connection
I started to receive these errors the last couple of days, due they mean that a user was running some sql when the network connection got dropped or other network problems? 09:09:29 ASF Echo-Thread Server: asfcode = -25580: oserr = 32: errstr = : System error occurred in network…
Informix ODBC Error: Read error occured during con
Yes, test connection works. Even web pages works fine. Error shows up intermittently. Following is the log from online.log show error 27001 08:03:11 listener-thread: err = -27001: oserr = 0: errstr = from WIN2K3 to server RHEL6_tcp : Read error occurred during connection attemp…
stopping a server dynamically
I tried theses options but it doesn't work onmode -P stop "server name" EXECUTE FUNCTION task("stop listen" ,"server name") i have this error message in output : Could not stop listen thread for server ol_sga_test1150_odbc…
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.…
IDS with GSSAPI SSO
Thank you very much for your suggestion, but unfortunately I have the same errors in the online log after making that change: 13:43:07 listener-thread: err = -14565: oserr = 0: errstr = : CSS: error reading data. 13:43:10 listener-thread: err = -25582: oserr = 0: errstr = : Netw…
JDBC-System or internal error java.io.IOException
Hi Fernando Nunes , Thanks for you Quick and prompt reply. Question - You should have an Informix error... please check it, and if needed change the exception handling to extract it... Ans - I have checked in the Informix online Message Log File not able to find any errors.Plea…
DB_locale or local naming convention
Hi, I already mention the informix version. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE…
Connecting to a remote server
I get "12:41:15 listener-thread: err = -27001: oserr = 0: errstr = : Read error occurred during connection attempt." On my client screen I had: Trying... Connected to ksotinfx01.ottawa.edu. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed.…
IDS 11.7 Tuning help
We have recently migrated from IDS 11.5 to IDS11.70 FC5 instance running on Linux. We have one application that makes many separate connections to the database. They connect, run small queries and disconnect. The queries usually take less than one second, so these connections …
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,…
1024 incomplete connections at this time.
Original Post: Well that message is coming from the listener thread doing a comparison that is has (in you case) 1024 incoming connections it hasn't gotten to at that particular moment. So basically at the tci/ip layer there's 1024 or more, incoming connection requests queued up…
NETTYPE maximum support to user connections ?
Lets consider the following value of NETTYPE parameter. NETTYPE tlitcp,8,50,NET What is the maximum number of tcp connections this parameter can support with this value? What would happen when the maximum allowed limit (derived through these param value) would reach ? Anees…
Connection Manager fails w/network error -25572
Hello All, I have an enterprise replication environment with a primary machine and a backup machine. I am trying to use the connection manager in order implement failover in a flexible grid, but I cannot establish communications from the connection manager machine to the other m…
NETTYPES nmp
11.70 TC4DE (on Windows): Are named pipes supported in 11.70?…
IDS 7.31 UD5 data(base) recovery
Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD5 I understood that IDS 7.31 entered End Of Support in September 2009 ( 2 and a half years ago) I hope this is not a business critical system…
enterprise replication time to replicate data
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6 Question for enterpise experts Does anyone know a command that will give me time that it takes to replicate data to a node? for example i update on server a and it replicates to server b . How long did it take? cdr view profile gives …
Enterprise Replication queues
How many send - receive queues are there in ER. What is the impact of having one server on a slow network link. For e.g., if servers A & B are connected in ER through a good link, but C is on a slow link. I would expect replication from A/B to C would be slow. But I hope there is…
Re: Isql - Form - Network connection is broken
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 03:39, Weitkamp Heinz <Heinz.Weitkamp@westfleisch.de>wrote: > isql 7.50.UC1 > ISQL 7.50 is still supported. > IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD10X1 > (I know, it's out of support) > > SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 > VERSION = 11 > PATCHLEVEL …
Isql - Form - Network connection is broken
Hallo, isql 7.50.UC1 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD10X1 (I know, it's out of support) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 VERSION = 11 PATCHLEVEL = 1 I start 'isql' then Form -- run If I press Ctrl-c to cancel the current (long) query, very often, not always, the o…
Re: 11.70xC3 conversion
The sysmaster database was not rebuilt after the upgrade. There should be a script, buildsmi.bat, probably in %INFORMIXDIR%\\etc. Run that script and it will drop and recreate the sysmaster database to include the new tables that 11.70.xC3 expects to see. Art Art S. Kagel Adv…
11.70xC3 conversion
This is on Windows Server 2008 32 bit. After uninstall if 11.70xC1 and install of 11.70xC3, and changing root space location in onconfig and then a restart, the conversions ran fine except for this: 11:05:48 Conv/rev: Started conversion for component SECURE 11:05:48 *** SECURE …
User is not trusted (user@machine.domain)
Hi guys. If I delete all the lines and I just add '+=00D' the log file returns the same: 09:11:36 listener-thread: err = -956: oserr = 0: errstr = informix@goncesoto.opensite.com: Client host or user informix@goncesoto.opensite.com is not trusted by the server. But if I add '+=…
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…
Listener thread not starting
Hi experts, we are in the process of migrating some IDS 11.10FC3 / Linux Instances to 11.70 FC3. We are using shared disks via Fibre Channel SAN and cold standby instances in some places, which are configured to start the DB on the same partitions. Until now, we could make sure …
Re: NETTYPE in IDS 10
Yes. Art On Jun 13, 2011 6:17 AM, "Dirk Cornel...." <moolma_dc@mtn.co.za> wrote: > NETTYPE ipcshm,2,300,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype > NETTYPE soctcp,5,300,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype > > Question: Is the tcp NETTYPE in IDS 10 dynamic, ie. Will the d…
RE: NETTYPE in IDS 10
Thank you. What is the IDS 10 rule now ? Is TCP dynamic ? Dirk > -----Original Message----- > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of > Obnoxio The Clown > Sent: Monday, 13 June 2011 01:16 PM > To: ids@iiug.org > Subject: Re: NETTYPE in IDS 10 [239…
NETTYPE in IDS 10
NETTYPE ipcshm,2,300,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype NETTYPE soctcp,5,300,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype Question: Is the tcp NETTYPE in IDS 10 dynamic, ie. Will the database grab more sessions if it needs more, even though your NETTYPE is set to a fixed v…
Setting up HDR- First Time -11.70 Innovator-C
Hi, I am setting up HDR for the first time. onstat - on primary shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- On-Line (Prim) -- Up 0:11:5s onstat - on secondry shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- Fast Recovery (Sec) -- Up 00s onstat -m on sec…
ISAM error 197: Partition recently appended to
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586) I have done a level 0 backup directed to /dev/null and tried again. still it is throwing the same error.…
Can't connect to a developper server
Yes, I found the service name ol_informix1170 at port number 9076 (File: C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\Drivers\\\\Etc\\\\services), configure ILogin Demo whith this port and now network connection is working fine. Thank you very much for your help. Hernando…
-908 when connecting to Windows Dev. Ed.
probably the IP address issue, you can put a '*' before the host name through setnet32, then client can connect to IDS after moving from one network to other network. also you can check if it's IPv6 related. if the server is only listening on the IPv6, the IPv4 client cannot conn…
network errors
OS: HP/UX 11.11 IDS: 9.4FC3 (we are in the process of upgrading, but new server/db not ready for production yet) We started seeing these errors in our log Friday when users complained of not being able to connect. We checked back over time and there have been a few here and ther…
RE: HDR+Connection Manager in intermittent network scenario
Thanks for the advice, I'll give it a try. -Nate PS: I'm new to this list, and the Informix-list Digest emails I get say to include the message number in square brackets in the subject line. I don't see this number anywhere -- am I doing something wrong? ______________________…
RE: HDR+Connection Manager in intermittent network scenario
Cesar, I must have missed the FAILOVER_CALLBACK parameter in the docs. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll take a look. Speaking more generally to both you and Pravin, I must confess, I haven't experimented much with DRAUTO set to 0 or 1. The impression I got from the documentation…
Re: HDR+Connection Manager in intermittent network scenario
I agree with Paul, especially if you have the CM managing failover, but even if not it's a very good idea! 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 i…
RE: HDR+Connection Manager in intermittent network scenario
> On 12/03/2010 07:46 PM, Nate Woodward wrote: > > I'm trying to acheive high availability without data loss. I have an > HDR > > pair configured with a connection manager on each box for redundancy. > > Clients are pointed at an sqlhosts group with the connection managers > in >…
Tool to estimate the size of an index
Sorry, I forgot to provide the version of the installation: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC4 Operative System: AIX Version 6.1…
Re: HDR+Connection Manager in intermittent network scenario
Hi Nate, I guess the manual failover (DRAUTO=0) is the best configuration for HADR and CM environment for handling the conditions described by you in you mail below. (dealing with network issues) Hi Cesar, This look like a little different behavior than in the earlier version …
Re: HDR+Connection Manager in intermittent network scenario
Nate, you will found information about this on the manuals. Check for DRAUTO, FAILOVER_CALLBACK... Just sharing a issues what I got with IFX 11.50 FC7W1GE + CM 3.50 FC7, Linux. On environment with similar configuration, using HDR, I have trouble with CM FOC and DRAUTO configura…
HDR+Connection Manager in intermittent network scenario
I'm trying to acheive high availability without data loss. I have an HDR pair configured with a connection manager on each box for redundancy. Clients are pointed at an sqlhosts group with the connection managers in them, and the connection managers are configured to redirect the…
How to Monitor Open Connection Tiime???
Hello Cesar. Please see the comments below. On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 3:20 AM, Cesar Inacio Martins < cesar_inacio_martins@yahoo.com.br> wrote: > Hi , > > I'm working with Miguel on this situation . > After some debugs with strace, tcpdump, application log we could confirm > the …
IDS tcp listening port on RHEL 5
On Nov 22, 12:53 pm, June Nebab LKINY <jne...@idealcut.com> wrote: > I tried different tcp port numbers (ex: tcp 6975; tcp 55001) for my new IDS 11.7 UC 1 GE to listen to on RHEL 5 but i'm not able to connect to it using OAT or even "telnet hostname portnum". > > service iptables…
listener-thread Network error
Hello Everybody, I have a problem with a instance. I´m runing IDS 11.50.FC7 on HP-UX B.11.31 And every five minutes in the online.log put a message like this:"listener-thread: err = -25582". Almost of the time appears exactly like this: 12:01:25 listener-thread: err = -25580:…
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…
Connections blocked - Connect Timeout Expired
Hi Art, As always thank you for your very prompt and helpful responses. Currently NETTYPE is 'NETTYPE soctcp,7,350,CPU'. Are there any scaling recommendations for this token? 'netstat -an' shows 125 sockets to the turbo port on the database (currently everything is working fi…
listener-thread: err = -27001:
Any help on this error? 00:00:39 listener-thread: err = -27001: oserr = 0: errstr = : Read error occurred during connection attempt. 00:10:39 listener-thread: err = -408: oserr = 0: errstr = : Invalid message type received from the sqlexec process.oca Thanks a lot, juan r…
951: Incorrect password or user informix is not kn
Hi Maybe an excerpt from online.log file : ..... Tue Apr 20 09:35:09 2010 09:35:09 informix password expired 09:35:09 listener-thread: err = -951: oserr = 0: errstr = informix: Incorrect password or user informix is not known on the database server. ...... 14:14:53 informix p…
onmode -P: Unknown option
Hi, I start a drdaexec thread on IDS 11.5 FC6WE with the command 'onmode -P start $DRDA_SERVER'. The $DRDA_SERVER is an Alias in etc/sqlhosts: --------------------------------------- ids_hdw_dr drsoctcp host drdaexec --------------------------------------- The problem: How…
NETTYPE
Tenho um servidor informix na versão 7.31 que roda sobre plataforma Linux onde atualmente temos em média de 450 usuarios conecatados simultaneamente é um servidor para uso em OLTP ... utilizo nele um aplaca de rede 100 Mbs e trabalho com TCP/IP ... gostaria de saber como melhor c…
soctcppoll and soctcplst
OK, thanks very much One more question Once I set the number of soctcplst (NUMCPUVPS) and soctcppoll (NETTYPE) How I realize if the number of soctcppoll threads is too low or too high ? The same for soctcplst…
IDS 9.40 on windows stops working
Hi all, We now have installed IDS 9.40 on Windows XP. When I put connect the standalone pc on a network, the database engine does not respond anymore. I need to do a restart of the service to work with the engine again. I have the same situation when I started our application wi…
IDS 10.00 maximum concurrent sessions
First, you CAN limit the number of concurrent shared memory connections. Since the communications blocks that shared memory connections use and the semaphores that protect them are allocated when IDS starts up, the number of available connections via shared memory is fixed at sta…
Effect of setting NETTYPE on shared memoy
I am going to change NETTYPE Parameter value from the default to NETTYPE onipcshm,1,80,CPU What is the effect of setting NETTYPE parameter on shared memory and other components of IDS?…
NETTYPE for 11.5 in Redhat EL 5
Hi, I did setup yesterday a new box using 11.5 and RHEL 5. I had a problem on setting up the correct nettype parameter... I was able to use "onipcshm" but i'm having problem on setting up the "ontlitcp"... Any suggestion? thanks,…
error 25588 app. process can't connect server
Thank you Mr. S. Kagel, your opinions are helpful and I will try it out. By the way, may I know is the number of NET VP depending on parameter in NUMCPUVPS? For example: "NUMCPUVPS=1" means up to 1 CPU VP is supported, can I have additional NETTYPE with 1 or more NET VP? If yes…
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…
NETTYPES and FASTPOLL = 1
IDS 11.5.FC5 AIX 5.3 One (oldest) server: 10 CPU 1.6Ghz Power 5 Single Thread/CPU System One (newest) server: 16 CPU 3.8ghz Power 6 Multi-Core/CPU System (so, 32 CPU thread allocation). NETTYPE ipcshm,1,350,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype NETTYPE soctcp,9,350,NET # …
CPU consumption and table size
Can we get top queries with respect to CPU consumption/usage? And there is how much impact of poll threads of type NET with CPU high usage, if any?…
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…
Maximum number of connections
KAMRAN HAQ wrote: > Hi, > Can we limit the maximum number of connections to an IDS instance. > With following configuration, connections can be created: > > NETTYPE ipcshm,5,50,CPU ^ These you can limit > NETTYPE tlitcp,5,50,NET ^ These you cannot -- Cheers, Obnoxio The Clown…
How to configure Connection Manager for a protocol onsocssl?
Hello, gurus! Does anyone know how to configure Connection Manager for a protocol onsocssl? Dbaccess has established connection directly to the server for a protocol onsocssl without any problems. When CM has started, it started succesfully, but when I want to connect via SLA, C…
Correlation between NETTYPE and VPCLASS
Hello, Is there any correlation between the values of the following two parameters VPCLASS NETTYPE I mean if the value of numcpus is 6 in VPCLASS i.e VPCLASS cpu,num=6,aff=17-22,noage, then is it necessary that the value of NETTYPE should be somewhat like the following NETTY…
Re: Connection manager redirect
A Network error, because the client at the public network can't connect directly to the IDS server at the private network, it's for that reason we use the connection manager between them. We want to know if always the connection manager is used only to the initial connection to t…
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 …
Enabling DRDA
I'm trying, without success, to enable DRDA on Informix 11.10.UC1 running on SuSE LINUX. In sqlhosts I have a line for it: BARDRDA drsoctcp 192.168.1.60 9502 In onconfig I have both a NETTYPE and an ALIAS: ... DBSERVERNAME BARNET # Name of default database server DBSERVERALIASE…
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…
TCP problem upgrade 9.40 to 11.50
Hello everyone. I put in sqlhost (ontlitcp) and onconfig (NETTYPE tlitcp,1,50,NET) and It did not work. I put in sqlhost (onsoctcp) and onconfig (NETTYPE soctcp,1,50,NET) and It did not work. I provee ping informix.on and responde is alive. I use diferent ports and It did not …
-25588 error after CPU & fiber channel failure
John, See if the app can connect if it uses the network connection (carsitcp) instead of the shared memory connection. Mike…
Re: Configuring IDS for multiplexing
does NETTYPE sqlmux place any limits on # of sessions/connections. The output from onstat -a shows max connections of 120 consistently. NETTYP tlitcp,3,250,NET should allow up to 750 connections.…
listener-thread: err = -27001
Hi, Guys, Build Version: 11.10.UC2 Build Number: N158 Build Host: vach Build OS: AIX 5.3 Build Date: Thu Oct 25 22:56:40 CDT 2007 GLS Version: glslib-4.50.UC2 We repeatedly receive the following error msg in online log, 19:43:34 listener-thread: err = -27001: oserr = 0: errstr…
use stored proc that return multiple columns in a query
forgot to include version info: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC6W5 -- On-Line -- Up 207 days 22:14:39 -- 1441100 Kbytes…
installing informix dynamic server in linux
hi, I'm new to informix... I tried to install informix dynamic server(iif. 11.50.UC2E.Linux-RHEL4.tar) in my linux machine. I'm getting an error like this... One or more prerequisite system libraries are not installed on your computer. Install libpam.so.0, libncurses.so.5…
IDS 7.31.UD8 Running out of memory
Are you suggesting that I bump up the NETTYPE numbers? Is this giving me an artificial limitation? If so, is there a better way to set this up so this limitation is no longer an issue?…
Never-encountered-before error
IDS 10.0FC8W2 on HP-UX 11.31: We got these errors this afternoon. Any idea what they might mean? PMR 53773,018,866 refers: 15:51:08 Maximum server connections 107 16:06:19 Fuzzy Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds, 155 buffers not flushed. 16:06:19 Checkpoint log…
Informix Dynamic Server v 11.50 Developer's Edition
Does everyone know that the Informix Dynamic Server Developer's Edition v11.50 that you can download from the IIUG Web site (www.iiug.org) is NOT timebombed, is completely and fully functional (including HDR, MACH11, ER etc.). Do you know that the only limitations on this versio…
Informix Dynamic Server v 11.50 Developer's Edition
Does everyone know that the Informix Dynamic Server Developer's Edition v11.50 that you can download from the IIUG Web site (www.iiug.org) is NOT timebombed, is completely and fully functional (including HDR, MACH11, ER etc.). Do you know that the only limitations on this versio…
RE: ids connections lost to vpn
Thanks to all that replied. I agree with im_gumby's assessment: "... Or just lazy programmers assuming that when you connect to the VPN all network traffic should go through the VPN." There are some network connection settings that could be played with in the ipv4/ipv6 area. I j…
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.…
Network connection is broken
Hello, Im having an error while attempting to execute a command dbschema on an instance of IDS - 9.40.FC2 on aix 5.2., it displays the following message: netuno:/desenv/hotel/htsp>dbschema -d system -t cmp_cmpotp DBSCHEMA Schema Utility INFORMIX-SQL Version 9.40.FC2 Copyright…
[informix]System error occurred in network functi
Hi, I am trying to set up an ODBC connection to a Informix database and I am having [informix ODBC Driver] [informix]System error occurred in network function error message.Does anyone know what causes this problem and how to fix it? Best,…
Adding Logical Log (HDR Enviroment)
Hy, Guys. What do I have to consider to add logical logs to primary server in HDR enviroment ? I got a customer that uses HDR solution and we are haveing some troubles with HDR performance. In some place in online.log I got this message WARNING! Logical log layout may cause Dy…
Re: Lot of "listener-thread: err = -25580: oserr = 0:..."
Cesar Inacio Martins wrote: You day "the solution doesn't work here" but did netstat -s report dropped connection attempts? What does ndd -get /dev/tcp tcp_conn_request_max show is the current setting for tcp_conn_request_max? If it's now 256 did you try to increase that to …
Lot of "listener-thread: err = -25580: oserr = 0:..."
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how to balance CPU VP
roger@star2000.com.tw wrote: >> You'll never get nearly even usage out of all CPU VPs, however, if you >> are using shared memory connections, make sure that the NETTYPE >> parameter for ipcshm has the same number of poll threads as CPU VPs and >> that they are configured to run …
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…
IDS10 ODBC
Tried this. I got a "conection refused". May be the Express Edition did'nt allow connections from the network ?…
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
As I know that HDR is working by HDR buffer for transferring primary data to secondary data. But what if the failure of network connection occurrs intermittently and the primary physical log was backed up to tape for freeing its space, how the informix data server handles it? Wil…
Update from Digital 7.31.FD1to ....
I'm sure others will have good suggestions but here's mine. Increase LRU/CLEANERS significantly, like maybe 64 or more noticed NETTYPE. Put your most used access method on CPU and the other on NET noticed NETTYPE For soctcp was 8,50. suggest trying 3,125 There are various onst…
Listener-Thread Error 25571
Today we saw hundreds of lines in our message log with the following error. The database pretty much came to a halt and nobody could connect or do any work. Only bouncing the engine cleared up this issue. 17:15:47 listener-thread: err = -25571: oserr = 0: errstr = : Cannot cr…
Number of users
Robert Roussey(IT) wrote: > With NETTYPE? 2 threads x 45 connections each > > NETTYPE soctcp,2,45,NET > > I don't think so. The engine will allocate more listeners. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), an…
IDS 10 err = -25580
Hi,everyone The IDS10 always appear "17:35:07 listener-thread: err = -25580: oserr = -1: errstr = : System error occurred in network function. System error = -1. " Someone said it happen because of the configure NETTYPE of $ONCONFIG file. But I really don't know the relation. B…
Re: NETTYPE NET/CPU
On Sep 17, 12:37 pm, "Art S. Kagel" <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 17, 12:59 pm, mohitanch...@gmail.com wrote: > <SNIP> > > > I am posting it again as this is a separate question: > > > But when NETTYPE is set to NET it spawns different set of oninit, > > which is addition…
Re: NETTYPE NET/CPU
On 25 Aug, 06:35, mohitanch...@gmail.com wrote: > On Aug 9, 6:50 am, "Art S. Kagel" <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Aug 8, 8:57 pm, mohitanch...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Version: IDS 10 > > > I'll leave you mostly with Jonathan's entries and just add a bit as > > we…
Re: NETTYPE NET/CPU
On 15 Sep, 05:06, mohitanch...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sep 12, 11:59 am, "Art S. Kagel" <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Sep 12, 1:28 pm, mohitanch...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Aug 9, 6:50 am, "Art S. Kagel" <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Aug 8, 8:57 pm, m…
Re: NETTYPE NET/CPU
On Sep 16, 1:52 am, Cats <ramwa...@uk2.net> wrote: > On Aug 9, 5:54 pm, Carsten Haese <cars...@uniqsys.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 09:31 -0700, mohitanch...@gmail.com wrote: > > > 1. If an application runs on the same box asInformixthen does it > > > connect through s…
Re: NETTYPE NET/CPU
On Aug 9, 5:54 pm, Carsten Haese <cars...@uniqsys.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 09:31 -0700, mohitanch...@gmail.com wrote: > > 1. If an application runs on the same box as Informix then does it > > connect through socket or uses shared memory directly. Reason I am > > aski…
Display servicename/port no. of listner or user thread
Version: Informix 10 How do I display which listner or user thread is listening to which port. I am looking for something that tells me which thread is using ports/service names listed in sqlhosts. I tried onstat -g ath and onstat -g glo.…
Re: NETTYPE NET/CPU
On Aug 9, 6:50 am, "Art S. Kagel" <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 8, 8:57 pm, mohitanch...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Version: IDS 10 > > I'll leave you mostly with Jonathan's entries and just add a bit as > well. For a full explanation of why to use CPU VPs versus NET VPs for…
Error 25588 : IDS 7.31UD1 on Solaris8
Thank you Art for your quick response. First of all sorry for dropping the threat in the second message I posted! I thought the number specified in the parameter NETTYPE was the maximum of concurrent connections of that type. We are having the problem after 50 sequential connec…
Re: Network connection is broken
On Jul 9, 9:52 am, "LoicPhil" <l...@nospam.org> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm experiencing a strange issue with my Informix server. > > When I try to connect from a PHP script, I get the error > "(-25582) Network connection is broken". > > There is no problem on the network though, the se…
Re: informix connection interrupt within 10 seconds
I want to know what network problem caused the connection to drop.Are there any settings on OS or informix can cause this problem?…
Configure HDR over dedicated link / interface
mohitanchlia@gmail.com wrote: > Version: IDS 10 > > How to configure Informix to run HDR threads on dedicated link to > secondary server ? As I understand we'll have IP address for this new > Interface Card, but how do we tell informix to send/receive logs over > this link/interf…
Re: NETTYPE NET/CPU
On Aug 9, 6:50 am, "Art S. Kagel" <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 8, 8:57 pm, mohitanch...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Version: IDS 10 > > I'll leave you mostly with Jonathan's entries and just add a bit as > well. For a full explanation of why to use CPU VPs versus NET VPs for…
informix connection interrupt within 10 seconds
On Aug 22, 4:14 am, starduo...@gmail.com wrote: > WINSQL reported error like this:Error: System error occurred in > network function. (State:S1000, Native Code: FFFF9C14). FFFF9C14 maps to the integer -25580 which is the Informix error: > finderr -25580 -25580 System error oc…
Re: Cpu vp usage
On Aug 17, 1:02 pm, "Art S. Kagel" <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 17, 4:31 am, "malcolm.iiug" <mali...@btopenworld.com> wrote: > > > > > AIX 5.3 > > > IDS 10.00.UC5 > > > We have had reports of slow performance so I have been monitoring the > > system. When I check with o…
database informix hang!
I'm using IDS 9.4 on a HP-UX 11 on an rx4640 machine My instance is hang and I get error log on informix log: 16:35:16 listener-thread: err = -25580: oserr = 1: errstr = : System error occurred in network function. System error = 1. 16:35:38 listener-thread: err = -25580: oserr …
Re: NETTYPE NET/CPU
----- Original Message ---- Makes it more clear. However, I have few more questions: >1. If an application runs on the same box as Informix then does it >connect through socket or uses shared memory directly. Reason I am >asking is because in sqlhosts file I see entry one for …
Fwd: NETTYPE NET/CPU
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jonathan Leffler <jleffler.iiug@gmail.com> Date: Aug 8, 2007 10:56 PM Subject: Re: NETTYPE NET/CPU To: "mohitanchlia@gmail.com" <mohitanchlia@gmail.com> On 8/8/07, mohitanchlia@gmail.com <mohitanchlia@gmail.com> wrote: > Version: IDS…
NETTYPE NET/CPU
Version: IDS 10 I am trying to understand NETTYPE better so that we can configure our connections appropriately and perhaps make it more efficient. My questions is: 1. Is VP Class NET synonymous to OS's CPU and Vp Class CPU synonymous to oninit. 2. After reading about Vp Class …
ODBC to Solaris 10
Test connection was NOT successful.[Informix][Informix ODBC Driver][Informix] System Error occurred in network function. This is the error return from the test ODBC. What could possibly be the problem.…
Network connection is broken
Hi, I'm experiencing a strange issue with my Informix server. When I try to connect from a PHP script, I get the error "(-25582) Network connection is broken". There is no problem on the network though, the server correctly receives the connection from the client, the request …
IIUG TV
Great job on the video work!! I look forward to seeing more! -t- -- -- Informix Dynamic Server Database Engine -- http://www.informix.com --…
Network Connection is broken
we got ID 10 FC4 on solaris 10, suddenly we notice the above message in the log, and the connections are becoming very slow.... can anyone please help..... regards...…
ONSTAT -U Question
Christine, that's true for TCP and STRPIP connections, but for SHM connections, the NETTYPE does actually create a hard limit since the number of shared memory communications segments and semaphores for shared memory connections are created at startup and the engine will NOT crea…
listener-thread: err = -27001: oserr = 0: errstr =
Respected all, We have Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC3 on HP UNIX 11.11.and currently in online status. We are getting the following error in the online.log continously after every minute listener-thread: err = -27001: oserr = 0: errstr = : Read error occurred during c…
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…
HDR Connectivity (IDS 10.0)
Hi, The problem was related to network connectivity. Primary was able to connect to the secondary, but not the other way. I was able to ping each other, but traceroute was giving error while running from the primary. After clearing the ip tables entries in secondary, using the …
IDS on Solaris(spark server)Multiprocessor Setup
Hello All, I want to set up IDS 10.0(FC4)instance on Sun Spark server, which has one 24 core processor. So i am not sure how should i give the multiprocessor settings in the onconfig files parameters related to that instance. Please find below the parameters about which i need t…
TCP Listeners: Preferences?
Hello, all. We're in the process of setting up several new IDS 10 servers which will run TCP/IP listeners (onsoctcp on AIX) _only_. In the past, we've set up shared memory (onipcshm) poll threads to run on CPU VPs, with the TCP/IP poll threads running on NET VPs. Since the new…
Error : listener-thread: err = -25572:
Hello I am new to this !! On the system many instances of the IDS server are up (nothing other than IDS is running on that). When i am trying to initialize ids, its giving me error : listener-thread: err = -25572: oserr = 98: errstr = : Network driver c annot bind a name to the …
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: listener-thread: err = -408
How does CSM cause error -408? -- r0b ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r0b's Profile: http://unixadmintalk.com/1202 View this thread: http://unixadmintalk.com/showthread.php?t=194103…
Deny connect over network user informix
Hi, it's possible to deny connection to the informix database over tcp with user informix? So user informix works local only. Thanks Marco…
Re: listener-thread: err = -25582: oserr = 9: errstr = : Network connection is broken.
On Feb 20, 7:03 pm, "Davorin Kremenjas" <davorin.kremen...@alfatec.hr> wrote: > Some script or similar agent is "pinging" your instance every 5 minutes. > It has no username and/or password so it cannot finish the handshake. > Monitor the Informix port and analyze network traffic…
listener-thread: err = -25582: oserr = 9: errstr = : Network connection is broken.
Every 5 minutes I am seeing the error below in the online log file. However, there have been no complaints from users. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC8 13:09:07 listener-thread: err = -25582: oserr = 9: errstr = : Network connection is broken. 13:14:07 listener-th…
Thread Migration Statistics
Hi, onstat -g sch gives two informations: VP Scheduler Stats and Thread Migration Statistics. I'm looking for any information about Thread Migration Statistics. Does anyone know what is it about? What does it mean: 'steal-at steal-sc idlvp-at idlvp-sc inl-polls Q-ln'? I couldn't…
Re: NETTYPE's poll thread number
Version of IDS from 9, number of max connection is number of poll threads multipy by user per thread e.g NETTYPE soctcp, 2,100, NET : Max connection is 2x100 = 200 So first you have to monitor number of user connections before fill the number in by command : onstat -u , onst…
NETTYPE's poll thread number
Hi, My box has singel processor , NUMCPUVPS =1 . A lot of user will access this server, maximum will be 1500 user threads. How shoud I set up the NETTYPE in onconfig file. On informix's manual , says poll thread should not be greater than NUMCPUVPS . and user thread can no…
Re: Slow Connection - HP 11 9.30
Sebastian, Norma J. wrote: > Brian, > > Did something get garbled in your post? > Your ONCONFIG shows: > NETTYPE # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype > > If you don't have NETTYPE set, maybe that's the problem. > I don't know what the default is for NETT…
Re: Slow Connection - HP 11 9.30
Sebastian, Norma J. wrote: > Brian, > > Did something get garbled in your post? > Your ONCONFIG shows: > NETTYPE # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype > > If you don't have NETTYPE set, maybe that's the problem. > I don't know what the default is for NETT…
listener-thread: err = -25573
IDS 10.00.FC4 Solaris 10 New server, New Database Database has been up for 6 days. Received this error last night: 08:36:56 listener-thread: err = -25573: oserr = 13: errstr = : Network driver cannot accept a connection on the port. System error = 13. 08:36:57 listener: poll ret…
Re: Odd network error message
I once experienced a kind of network attack with similar consequences. Check the network logs. "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message news:4nuov3Fc7kt4U1@individual.net... > On every Informix server on the subnet - dev, test, production, doesn't > matter - we've …
NETTYPE for db server
If I've got - a db server and a remote app server connecting to it - 12 cpu vps - a few local shm connections for maintenance / monitoring jobs - mostly tcp connections for apps What would be the preferred setting for my NETTYPEs? Bob Roussey robert.roussey@spiritair.com…
Odd network error message
On every Informix server on the subnet - dev, test, production, doesn't matter - we've been getting this message for a day or two. Any ideas what it means?: 08:33:30 listener-thread: err = -25580: oserr = 104: errstr = : System error occurred in network function. System error…
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…
Informix 9.21 on Solaris 10
Hi! I'm running Informix 9.21UC4 on Solaris. We've been running on Solaris 8 x84 for 5 years, and are now testing on Solaris 10. We are getting the following errors in online.log, and the database stops accepting connections. -------------------------------------------------- …
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…
cpu-vps and number of physical cpus
Hi Art, Just need to thwo in one caveat in the whole NETTYPE discussion. At least in version 9, and 10, and I can check other versions as well, if #of polls threads is > than number of CPU VP's, we put all the Poll thrads on the NET type. eg. VPCLASS CPU,num=3,aff=1-3,noage …
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…
668 System command cannot be executed - 1: Not owner
Dous it "login" to the host? gavinrifkind wrote: > I am connecting over a network using a JDBC driver which uses tcp-ip to > connect to the server. > I am not sure what you mean by "the relationship" between the client > and the host…
sporadic listener-thread errors
Hello, we are seeing listener-thread errors sporadically (once or twice a day): OS: HPUX 11.11 IDS: 9.40FC7W3 Error messages in the message log on server side: listener-thread: err = -25580: oserr = -1: errstr = : System error occurred in network function OR listener-thread: e…
Initialising Informix
My file settings are as follows SERVICES srvr0001 8001/tcp #Informix port sqlhosts ok_srvr onipcshm 10.0.6.2 ipcs0000 ok_tcp onsoctcp 10.0.6.2 srvr0001 onconfig DBSERVERNAME ok_srvr # Name of…
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?…
How to get the host which attempt to connect to IDS with fake username/password
Recently I found many lines of error in my online.log indicating that a connect attempt is failed because of invalid username/password. I guess that someone is tring to attack our system and want to know at which host(the ip address) the connect is made from. How can I achieve it…
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/…
the error in the online.log
this morning ,I exam online.log find flowing error: 03:55:51 Checkpoint loguniq 280608, logpos 0x32018, timestamp: 1692764495 03:55:51 Maximum server connections 527 04:02:25 listener-thread: err = -25587: oserr = 0: errstr = : Network receive failed.. 04:12:06 listener-thr…
program hangs
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:33:12 +0100, "Danny De Koster" <ddk@fidelity-soft.be> wrote: >Thanks Dirk, > >This instructions gives me 'ipcshm sqlexec' for 99% of the cases and 2 >times 'scotcp soctcplst' > > What are the values of NETTYPE in the configuration file? JWC…
Fragmentation Elimination Problem
I am on version IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC4.…
Re: MaxConnect
" posed a similar question several months ago and the concensus was with that number of users Maxconnect is unnecessary. Regards Colin " Well I am seeing problems when we get >30 simultanous new connections. It can hang IDS 9.40.UC7/ 7.31.UD(7/8) on Solaris even on a 10 cpu ma…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Ronald Schwingel wrote: > Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) > Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use > before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide > documentation that I can pass on also? It looked to…
RE: 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!…
Re: HDR over secondary network
Andreas Legner wrote: > Hmmm ... if two networks are used, srvB and srvB-sync would resolve to different ip addresses, > similar would be true for srvA and srvA-sync, wouldn't it? > Correct. The machines are on two networks. as srvA and srvB they have IP addresses such as X.X.…
HDR over secondary network
HPUX machines, Informix 9.4 We have a primary database server, srvA, and a server we want to use HDR to back the database up to, srvB. Both machines are on our primary network, as well as a sync network, where they have a different set of IP addresses (which are identified in…
listener-thread: err = -931: oserr = 0: errstr = t
I had installed Informix-IDS 7.31, but when the installation file try to make a new instance of IDS on My WindowsXP -SP2 i noticed about this error message: 11:51:14 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) 11:51:21 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.TD5 Software Serial Number SOS#J123456 11:51:…
MULTIPROCESSOR settings on a multiple CPU server with
Is it a must to set MULTIPROCESSOR to 1 on a multiple CPU server even if you only using 1 CPUVP and SINGLE_CPU_VP is set to 1? Some posts on c.d.i say yes, some say no and the IDS docs do not give a concrete answer. Also, it has been said that when configuring ipcshm poll threa…
Network driver cannot accept a connection on the p
Hi all, any one has encountered this problem, while I have this settings as my NETTYPE and about 200 connections through odbc and IDS socket connection in onconfig file: NETTYPE ipcshm, 1, 250, CPU NETTYPE soctcp, 1, 250, NET using IDS 7.3 on AIX5.3 platform any comment will be…
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: Select from 2 Servers
"Omar Mu�oz Perez" <omunoz@segurosatlas.com.mx> schrieb: > From Server#2 it would be: > >select * >from Server#1@xx1:abc > > I'm supposing that Server#1 and Server#2 are informix-server names >as defined at first field in sqlhosts file. There is one additional…
Re: Configuring remote tcp connections.
You also need to add entries to sqlhosts and add NETTYPE parameters to onconfig. Read the manuals Nuno!…
Re: Configuring remote tcp connections.
Hi, I've got this line on my $ONCONFIG file: NETTYPE ipcshm,1,120,CPU # Configure Poll thread for nettype I need this line. How can I define other NETTYPE values? Can you show me an example of two distinct configurations? Regards, Nuno Paquete…
Re: Configuring remote tcp connections.
Hi, "Depending on how many clients you want to be able to connect to the server you may have to consider a NETTYPE entry for this protocol in your $ONCONFIG file (for the server). " Can you be more specific? Regards, Nuno Paquete…
Thread network information (onstat -g ntu) header
Header from output onstat -g ntu : Individual thread network information (basic): netscb type thread name sid fd poll reads writes q-nrm q-pvt q-exp Explain 'read' and 'writes' fields ? There are in Kb, network buffers or other ?…
Oninit from cron leaves engine in permanent fast recovery
Hi We have a requirement to automatically bounce our 9.40.FC6 instance on AIX 5.2. The idea is to use cron (informix) to run a script that sets the correct environment, etc. and then issues a 'onmode -yuk', sleeps for 30 seconds then issues a 'oninit -v'. This script ... and a…
Config for OLTP system
NETTYPE blank? Is that right? Try setting AFF_ paramaters. LOGBUFF of 1024? PHYSBUFF that large?Are databases using buffered logging? Readahead params are blank? I would set them. OPTCOMPIND is 2? I would set it to 0.…
New IDS Forum on IBM Developerworks website
This forum provides a place for Informix Dynamic Server developers and users to share their questions, thoughts, and ideas with others. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_forum.jsp?forum=548&cat=19…
RE: Error message in online.log
I suspect that these messages are related to the network. I see them periodically on different systems, and generally when ODBC or JDBC connections are in use. I suspect that they onl occur when the network is busy. Regards Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: owner-info…
RE: Error message in online.log
Just to add some more info: I have isolated the offending application (by using DBSERVERALIASES), it is Java written, is there anything special about connecting Java apps to IDS7.31 ? This app has worked perfectly for years and has only recently started generating these errors …
Error message in online.log
We received the following error messages overnight, can anyone add any thoughts on why this would suddenly start happening when the system had been working fine all day. The errors occurred continuously until I rebooted the server when I saw 4 messages in the log before everythin…
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:…
Users cannot access database
Hi, Any body know what was the problem? System and network was fine. The problem only last for 10 minutes. Thanks to anybody help me. Owen Primus Canada Toronto,ON. 416-2077143 4:35:58 listener-thread: err = -25573: oserr = 24: errstr = : Network driver cannot accept a connect…
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: Network connection (onsoctcp) issues with 9.20.UC4
if on linux: remove the files on the /INFORMIXTMP/ directory. Whem the engine is properly shutdown the files are removed, but when the engine starts the sempahpre files are still present. HTH clmerten@gmail.com escribi�: > We're having an odd problem with a 9.20.UC4 database:…
Network connection (onsoctcp) issues with 9.20.UC4
We're having an odd problem with a 9.20.UC4 database: following a system crash yesterday, the database is refusing to accept network connections (onsoctcp), though onipcshm connections work fine. This behavior persists across oninits. The port is open (netstat -a shows LISTEN plu…
Re: connect to database error
I try to oninit the database but is failed Forking 1 'soctcp' listener threads...succeeded Starting tracing...succeeded Initializing 1 flushers...succeeded FAILED onstat the message shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'demo_on' I must to do it thanks -- Message …
Informix Dynamic Server information Centre
Great new utility just posted under IDS 10 on the docs site has uses for other products and versions than just IDS 10 so take a look even if you are not using 10 yet!! http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp…
Cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG.
im trying to run the oninit -i in the command prompt when the message appear... we installed... IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.40 IBM INFORMIX-4GL Rapid Development System Version 7.32.UC2 IBM INFORMIX-4GL Version 7.32.UC2 set up sqlhosts, services, onconfig, path... but when tr…
Re: Informix 7.23 connection problem
Obnoxio The Chav wrote: > Cristoff said: > >>There is no chanse for upgrading. The system just close any next >>connection. After some time it blocks the network card. We have NETTYPE >>set up, but it probably needs initialisation. > > > What do you mean "blocks the network card"…
RE: Informix 7.23 connection problem
> Our NETTYPE is set: > > NETTYPE tlitcp,1,100,NET > NETTYPE ipcshm,1,250,CPU Change these settings somehow (to NETTYPE tlitcp,1,60,NET for example), change some other parameter, like LOCKS (add 1000 more locks, it should not be very harmful), restart yor informix server, and se…
Re: Performance Issues
Roger Cariah wrote: Here's what I see: NETTYPE ipcshm,1,30,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype NETTYPE soctcp,5,25,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype You should never use CPU VPs for TCP listeners (ignore the manual). Also shared memory listeners…
Resolution for '-25557 Network internal error'
'-25557 Network internal error' is resolved by adding this to the Path environment variable : C:\\Program Files\\Informix\\Connect\\bin sending to informix-list…
-25557 Network internal error
Hello, When a user tries to connect through PowerBuilder 10 to Informix 9 he gets an error 25557. Description of the error is -25557 Network internal error. If this internal error recurs, please note all circumstances and contact Informix Technical Support. I-Login test work…
Error numbers 25572,25574, 27001
Hi We are currently using Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC4 on Unix SysV R4 MPRAS. We keep getting frequent Informix freezes on our server caused by the error numbers 25572,25574, 27001. In this state connections to the application fail: listener-thread: err = -25572: os…
Installing IDS 7.x on Windows NT
david.reed@compuwin.co.za wrote: > I would like to install IDS 7.x for workgroup on Windows NT machine What exact IDS version? If your "7.x" is below a certain version it won't necessarily work with your NT Service Pack version. > that do not have any network installed on it. …
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'?…
RE: Slow network connection
Erwin- Another possibility might be to uninstall the server and reinstall without the domain components. The downside there is that all users must have a local account. --EEM > -----Original Message----- > From: Erwin Lotter [mailto:lotter_NO_S_PAM_@zsw-bw.de] > Sent: Frida…
Re: Slow network connection
Everett, that's a very nice idea. However, I thinks I will not be able to follow it: First, the database NT is a workstation, not a server NT. Also, our domain controller is a Win2K server. With a lot of help from Murray I found out, that the authentication at the domain takes l…
RE: Slow network connection
Erwin- You could set up the database NT box as a backup domain controller, allowing it to authenticate its own requests...If it isn't too busy otherwise. If you're running HADR, you could set the redundant server as a domain controller and hopefully, since you can't guarantee t…
IDS V7.30 and Windows 2000
Can Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.TC6 be run on a Windows 2000 host system? TIA Erwin…
Re: Slow network connection
I have to make a correction: The database does accept windows users from the domain too, but I don't need that.…
Re: Slow network connection
It seems that you are right. I have found out the following: In dbaccess, a connect takes (less than) a second, except after I have changed the user password: the first connect then takes a minute, subsequent connects take a second again. The very same happens when I start a cli…
RE: Slow network connection
This sounds like a Windows authentication problem. Where does this take place - locally or at a DNS? How many users exist in the user table - and can you reduce that list? When you dbaccess from the command line on the database server, how long does it take for the authenticat…
Slow network connection
Hi there, I'm running Informix Online V7.3 on Windows NT4 (sp3). In the beginning all worked fine, but after about 1 year I observed an extended delay when I connect to the server (via the native Informix driver that come with PowerBuilder 5) over the network from any client. In…
Error listener-thread: err = -27001 in online.log
Does anyone know the cause of this error in online.log. This slows down conciderably the response time 11:01:41 listener-thread: err = -27001: oserr = 0: errstr = : Read error occurred during connection attempt. 11:02:44 listener-thread: err = -27001: oserr = 0: errstr = : Read…
Re: Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Art S. Kagel wrote: > On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 05:05:41 -0400, madiego wrote: >>I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : >> >>This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix >>Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do…
Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y Checking group membership to determine ser…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
I am experiencing similar problems with users migrating from Standard Engine to IDS 9.30. It appears that some applications are more susceptible than others. What application(s) are you running? We also have experience of adding more BUFFERS, LOCKS, etc and not improving the sit…
RE: Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
Muthana Increase BUFFERS in onconfig file. UPDATE STATISTICS for each table (as a minimum) rerun the query and see what improvements you get. If you still have problems post the results of:- onstat -p onstat -m onstat -R and sqexplain.out of any particularly slow query or updat…
Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
Dear Sir, The question how can make DB Tuning for Informix Dynamic Server version 9:30 to get the query faster. I used IDS 9:30 and it's not quick enough like our old Standard Engine. which Parameter can i change to make that or what shall i do? Regards Muthana AL-Temimi…
Can IDS accessing Informix SE Tables.
Hello, Now we are using Informix SE. We are planning to go Infomix Dynamic Server 9.x. Before migrating our current applications to IDS 9.x., first we have to develop a new application in IDS 9.x, in that we need to use some of the tables from informx SE. Could you please answer…
Re: listener-thread: err = -408 (What is CSM?)
Muthana wrote: > I found error in online.log when i type in shell command the following > onstat �m > > Thu May 27 08:06:29 2004 > 08:06:29 listener-thread: err = -408: oserr = 0: errstr = : Invalid > message type received from the sqlexec process. > > Then I use the finderr t…
listener-thread: err = -408
Dear Sir, I found error in online.log when i type in shell command the following onstat �m Thu May 27 08:06:29 2004 08:06:29 listener-thread: err = -408: oserr = 0: errstr = : Invalid message type received from the sqlexec process. Then I use the finderr to get more informa…
Re: Error forking ipcshm listener thread
Theres a memory segment "stuck" and you will need to either bounce the box (shutdown) or determine the PID for the the VP with the segment in question and kill that - which could create consistency probs if you get the wrong one. I would bounce the box, but sometime in the past …
Error forking ipcshm listener thread
Hello, IDS 9.30 FC3 AIX 5.2 I had an instance which had been running for months. Yesterday I decided to test connection multiplexing by making the recommended two changes: (1) add a new NETTYPE with 'sqlmux', and (2) add option "m=1" in the sqlhosts file for the line …
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.…
What does on mean
Hello to all, Just trying to work out why commands begins with on? For example oninit, onmode etc. I figure its because Dynamic Server uses on (as per the nettype). Therefore, In the nettype the first part asks for on or se, now I worked out that se stands for Standard Edition…
listener-thread: err = -27004
Hi Gurus I am having this problem on my test server that on the windows 2000 server. And i am using IDS 9.4. It was ok after install and get this error after restart. And need your help. Thanks Punithan sending to informix-list…
listener-thread: err = -27004
Hi Gurus I am having this problem on my test server that on the windows 2000 server. And i am using IDS 9.4. It was ok after install and get this error after restart. And need your help. Thanks Punithan sending to informix-list sending to informix-list…
Re: No NETTYPES!
It should use the defaults, I forget what they are. Personnally, I tend not to trust the defaults and would rather set them by hand, I've been bitten many a time by the "trust me I know I'm a doctor" approach. Five Cats wrote: > > I was asked to look at an IDS installation on a…
Re: No NETTYPES!
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:24:53 -0400, Five Cats wrote: > I was asked to look at an IDS installation on a Linux box (9.4x) and when I > checked the config file found *no* NETTYPEs setup - the default lines were > there both commented out! > > To be honest I was surprised anyone cou…
Re: Performance advice
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 03:46:36 -0400, Andrew Hamm wrote: > Andrew Hamm wrote: >> sumGirl wrote: >> >> NETTYPE soctcp,2,150,NET >> NETTYPE ipcshm,2,150,CPU > > I missed one. You have 3 CPUVP's allocated, so change the ipcshm to: > > NETTYPE ipcshm,3,100,CPU …
Work group edition - Unlimited edition??
Taken from IBM web site:- =========================================================================== The following Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup Unlimited editions have been added to the IBM Data Management Gold Transaction Processing Bundle for SMB Unlimited: IBM Informix…
RE: listener-thread: err = -25572
Bill, You are on Windows. Most probably, one of two things has happened: 1. Computer network configuration was modified (server renamed, etc) 2. Setnet32 (equivalent of SQLHOSTS file on UNIX) was modified. Try to verify both and get them into sync -----------------------------…
listener-thread: err = -25572
Sometimes on Win2000, when I stop the IDS, it will not restart with a reboot. The message in the log says: 13:48:06 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.TC2 13:48:06 listener-thread: err = -25572: oserr = 48: errstr = : Network driver cannot bind a name to the port. Syste…
Re: Informix Network Connection
Michael Krzepkowski wrote: > If you have typed the below stuff, you're excused. > If it was pasted, see below: > > Thomas Ronayne wrote: > >> Please excuse me for being so stupid, but I've been through the >> administrators guide and all the helpful information provided here and…
RE: Informix Network Connection
Hi Thomas. Just thought. > 09:39:00 listener-thread: err = -27100: oserr = 2: errstr = : > Internal Communications Error: NSF subsystem error. > System error = 2. System error 2 is "No such file or directory". Try strace oninit. What file is missing in your mach…
Re: Informix Network Connection
With much thanks to all who contributed, I've solved it. I was running the Slackware distribution version of Apache (1.x.x) and had upgraded the Slackware distribution of PHP to 4.3.4. I finally gave up and removed both the Apache and PHP packages and configured httpd-2.0.48 and…
Re: Informix Network Connection
On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 00:18:47 -0500, Thomas Ronayne wrote: Is there a domain set on the Linux box? Linux is rather pedantic about domains, if you run 'ping fubar' on fubar and it comes back with something like: 64 bytes from fubar.mydomain.com .... then you MUST specify the do…
Re: Informix Network Connection
Lello, Nick wrote: > I believe the correct network connection type for linux is tlitcp not > soctcp. No - olsoctcp is correct and oltlitcp is incorrect on Linux. -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Gua…
Re: Informix Network Connection
Gorazd Hribar Rajteric wrote: > There is something bothering me in your configuration: > > When using shared memory connection it doesn't make much sense to > specify TCP port number i.e. "informixa" in your /etc/services > file. We usually set these connections to dummy in SQLH…
Re: Informix Network Connection
Try to comment out the following: #NETTYPE ipcshm,1,100,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype #NETTYPE soctcp,1,100,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype Dorn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Data Goob" <datagoob@netscape.net>…
Re: [Informix Dynamic Server (IDS):] Digest 2671
For a course in the US, check out: http://www-306.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss?pageType=course_description&co urseCode=L1760&country=us&language=en (IBM course L1760). There is probably a similar course offered in Europe somewhere. Hope this helps. Kevin Doiron Toronto,…
Re: Informix Network Connection
So do I. "Lello, Nick" <Nick.Lello@nielsenedi.com> wrote in message news:c2vte7$r5e$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > > Thomas, > > I believe the correct network connection type for linux is tlitcp not > soctcp. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.or…
Re: Informix Network Connection
Thomas Ronayne <trona@REMOVETHISameritech.net> writes: > and sqlhost entries > > fubar_a onipcshm fubar informixa > fubar_anet onsoctcp fubar informixanet > > and /etc/services entries > > informixa 1625/tcp …
Re: Informix Network Connection
Just to pick a nit... Thomas Ronayne <trona@REMOVETHISameritech.net> writes: > and sqlhost entries > > fubar_a onipcshm fubar informixa > fubar_anet onsoctcp fubar informixanet Shared memory doesn't even look at the last fi…
Re: Informix Network Connection
Michael Krzepkowski wrote: > > For 9.40 it is onsoctcp. I have it running like that. (Suse 9.0) > > It will be in release notes anyways. > > Michael > Yep, that's what I thought, but no joy in Mudville! Configured for onsoctcp, no connection, no nothing -- but, on the upside, on…
Re: Informix Network Connection
scottishpoet wrote: >Not sure if it is related to your problem, but IDS 7.30 hasn't been >supported since March 2003. > >http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/support/plc > >Not sure why, Linux seems to be quite particular about making sure you >are running the Kernel th…
Re: Informix Network Connection
Five Cats wrote: > > Have you tested if you can connect via the network connection on the > same machine as Informix is running on? If that works, then have you > amended /etc/services on the client machine? > No, it will not connect to the network connection (that, I think any…
Re: Informix Network Connection
Nope, nothing on either of those ports but Informix. And NFS? Who knows what evil lurks in the dark of night! Michael Krzepkowski wrote: > > Are you sure that 1725 is not used (defined) for anything else in > /etc/servies ? > I just looked at my sqlhosts (Suse 9.0, IDS 9.40) an…
RE: Informix Network Connection
Thomas, I believe the correct network connection type for linux is tlitcp not soctcp. -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ronayne Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 7:03 AM To: informix-list@iiug.or…
RE: Informix Network Connection
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_01C40920.383B4B70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The fourth column of your sqlhosts file for the shared…
Informix Network Connection
I am unable to figure out how to make a network connection and would appreciate someone pointing me in the right direction. On my Slackware Linux 9.1 system, Informix Dynamic Server 7.30.U, I'm trying to get the network connection working (so I can use PHP with Informix). The sha…
On Nettype Configuration
Hi forum, Looking for high level thought on these two configurations for Nettype. Using soctcp,,500,NET (without # of poll threads) for nettype value in onconfig. If left blank does it take a default value. vs. soctcp,4,500,NET (with # of poll threads) for nettype value in onco…
OnLine Connection Error enabling/disabling the network connection
Hello, All! I've set-up a Toshiba Tecra with Win-Xp Pro running a Perl web based application on IIS and Informix OnLine 9.4: all the pieces seems work fine but if the PC is turned on without the network connection and after that I active a network connection (locale, via a netwo…
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…
RE: -25587 network receive failed
Remember that you also use tcp (network) connections on the server, to connect to Informix - check your server limits (kernel parameters), or the number of allowed connections to Informix -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@…
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…
Conexiones tcp's se pierden y se congelan.
NETTYPE ipcshm,4,100,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype NETTYPE soctcp,4,100,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype creo que las conexiones de TC/IP son tipo NET y no CPU, connectivity information page 3-30 Administration Guide…
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…
Network encryption for Data Director for Web
I am using IDS 9.40.UC2. I want to use the new network encryption that was introduced for my connection from the client running Data Director for Web. Is there anyone out there that has done this? The documentation for this feature is somewhat lacking. Or better yet, is there…
Where can I get the client API?
Hi, does anyone knows where to get the client API for Informix Dynamic Server 7.x? Perhaps we want to access the server via api directly. Kind regards, Joachim Engel.…
Informix optimizer
Hi, Does anyone know if the Informix Dynamic Server (7.31 or 9.4) database optimizer uses star schema optimizer techniques? Thank you, Tony…
listener-thread err -930
Hi Folks: I've just got a listener-thread err -930 on a new instance I put up last Friday. This box is in my test bed and is not critical but I would like to know why when I load data from my production server on this test server then shutdown Informix it generates this -930 er…
TRUNCATE TABLE command in 9.3?
I am aware that Informix Dynamic Server previously has not included the TRUNCATE TABLE command. Does anyone know if 9.3 or 9.4 include this command?…
Linux fgl_getenv
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.30.UC3 on Linux. Do I have to do something before I can use the fgl_getenv call in a stored procedure? When I try I get 674: Routine (fgl_getenv) can not be resolved.…
Listener-thread errors
We are running IDS 7.31.UD5 on SCO OpenServer 5.0.5. We have a recurring problem when approaching 128 active user threads. We begin to see the following in our logs: 11:00:28 listener-thread: err = -27001: oserr = 0: errstr = : Read error occurred during connection attempt. At …
hello, could some one help me
i am geeting the following error log.: Wed Oct 22 11:44:39 2003 11:44:39 Booting Language <c> from module <> 11:44:39 Loading Module <CNULL> 11:44:39 Booting Language <builtin> from module <> 11:44:39 Loading Module <BUILTINNULL> 11:44:44 Warning: Number of poll threads fo…
Instance startup time
Try onstat -g ntt, and use the open time of the poll or listener threads? On my system it's a few seconds before On-Line Mode appears in the message log. -- Phil@oninit.com…
NETTYPE Question on Windows
I have heard that on Windows NT that it does not make a difference how many listener poll threads you set in the onconfig, only 1 get created and used. They are alos only NET threads and CPU. I wanted to confirm this same behavior on 2000 Advanced Server. It does appear that only…
Problems with Shared Memory
I have problems with Shared Memory. Only 5 or 6 users can login at the same time at database using shared memory INFORMIXSERVER. All run ok changing them to tcp... but they are running a 4gl app and I want them throw INFORMIXSERVER shm. I check the sqlhosts and NETTYPE and I t…
nettype
hi, i have a ifx 9.21 engine on a linux RH 7.3 server. i have my client applications on the same server. must i use a SHM nettype or a TCP nettype for better performance ?…
IDS 9.4 install
GlacierAfter a fresh install of the trial 9.4 on Windows 2003 server, the log shows this everytime I start the service: Thu Sep 04 20:47:34 2003 20:47:34 Booting Language <c> from module <> 20:47:34 Loading Module <CNULL> 20:47:34 Booting Language <builtin> from module <> 20…
Changed the IP address on an informix 9.3 machine
I changed the IP address on the informix 9.3 machine and now when I try to bring informix online it says that the network is not connected? Is there something inside of informix 9.3 that references the IP address of the machine that I need to change…
Re: Listener -thread error -27001
You'd normally put the TCP connection on a NET VP and not a CPU. Check out http://www.oninit.com/reference/reference.php?page=vp RPhillips@ce-a.com wrote: > > I have a similar error. > listener-thread: err = -25573: oserr = 72: errstr = : Network driver cannot > accept a conne…
RE: Listener -thread error -27001
I have a similar error. listener-thread: err = -25573: oserr = 72: errstr = : Network driver cannot accept a connection on the port. System error = 72. It's on a dual CPU box running AIX. One processor will sit at 100% Usr utilization while the other sits at 0. Sometimes it w…
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…
RE: Listener -thread error -27001
Thanx I'll try that! -----Original Message----- From: Michael Mueller [mailto:michael.mueller01@kay-mueller.de] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 4:51 PM To: Mukanyi Tariro Cc: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: Listener -thread error -27001 Try reducing INFORMIXCONTIME to just a…
Re: Listener -thread error -27001
Try reducing INFORMIXCONTIME to just a few seconds (set on the client side!). Set it as low as you can. You can use onstat -g ath to see how long the soctcplst thread will be sleeping. During this time nobody else will be able to connect: Threads: tid tcb rstcb pr…
RE:Listener -thread error -27001
Hi We are currently using Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC2 on UnixWare 7.0.1. We keep getting frequent Informix freezes on our server caused by the error numbers 27554, 27001I. In this state connections to the application fail:- listener-thread: err = -27001 :oserr = 0 …
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…
My first time...
Ok with ontlitcp, but if I want to make a connection from a client installed on a Windows machine to the server installed on the Solaris machine, is still valid this nettype? -- Posted via http://dbforums.com…
Shared Memory Problems, Informix IDS 7.31 install on SCO UnixWare 7.1.1
> What are your settings for NETTYPE, BUFFERS and SHMVIRTSIZE ? Here are the settings you requested. Through the IDS docs that I am using it says to make BUFFERS = 25000, I tried that but the problem still persists. NETTYPE ipcshm,1,13,NET BUFFERS 200 SNVIRTSIZE 80000 …
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…
IDS 9.3 On Windows 2000
On my Windows 2000 server system, there are two network adapters installed and each was configured with TCP/IP protocol.When IDS 9.3 started, it will select one of them to bind with it.If IDS 9.3 binds with a network adapter which is not connected with twisted-pair, remote comput…
Re: Bloody ERP schema
Hi everybody, Well, yesterday we have tested the recommended NETTYPE parameter on a hpux machine as it could be set on this one of course. That is to say: #NETTYPE ipcshm,2,200,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype NETTYPE ipcshm,5,80,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for n…
listener-thread: err = 0: oserr = 0: errstr = :
I'm working with informix 7.31.FD3W1, recently I found this message in the logs 17:03:18 listener-thread: err = 0: oserr = 0: errstr = : 17:03:18 (91127) sockets error - registering a file 17:03:18 listener-thread: err = 0: oserr = 0: errstr = : 17:03:21 (91129) sockets erro…
cpu time
This may have to do with affinity, but may also have to do with poll threads. Check the NETTYPE config parameter to see how many poll threads you have of the type that is used to connect most often, and to see if they run on CPU VP's. This is the way we have it, and we always see…
NETTYPE
Dear All, Recently I have been looking on each parameters on the ONCONFIG, and I found the NETTYPE setting on our production system has following setting. NETTYPE tlitcp,4,100,NET Does it resonable?? since I found a doc saying if you are using single-CPU, 300 sh…
NETTYPE
I get the following error occasionally on my IDS7.3 box: 10:29:28 listener-thread: err = -25573: oserr = 72: errstr = : Network driver cannot accept a connection on the port. System error = 72. I talked with IBM and they had me run onstat -u which yielded ~1000 maximum concurren…
Re: Time delay on ipcshm connection versus tlitcp
If you did the test exactly as noted below, without bouncing the instance between tests, then maybe you got better results the second time because the rows selected were already in the buffers? Paul Mosser -----Original Message----- From: ART KAGEL, .... [mailto:KAGEL@bloomberg…
Re: AW: NETTYPE
Dan, I've researched and tested this one to death long ago and it still holds. To explain. We originally went with the recommendations in the admin guide and had only one CPU listener for shared memory connections and a couple for TCP connections. Since most connections here are…
Re: AW: NETTYPE
AHHHH! NEVER put TCP listeners in CPU VPs and NEVER put shared memory poll threads in NET VPs. Either will burn CPU time, slow down response time, and cause the machine to do little else but poll for Informix connections & requests. Also unless you have at least 6 CPU VPs, the co…
NETTYPE
I would just like to clarify on the setting of NETTYPE on the ONCONFIG. Can I put several NETTYPEs on the one file, like: NETTYPE ipcshm,3,,CPU NETTYPE soctcp,,20,NET because I use the DBSERVERNAME and the DBSERVERALIASES with different connections? I wasn't so clear to me in t…
Network driver cannot accept a connection on the port
What happen? My database can't be open! ======================================================================== ====== 20:05:58 listener-thread: err = -25573: oserr = 233: errstr = : Network driver cannot accept a connection on the port. System error = 233. 20:05:58 listener-t…
Re: Server hangs with "mutex wait nsf.lock"
Art S. Kagel wrote: > Also I notice that your shared memory NETTYPE only specifies > one listener poll thread, shared memory listeners should always > be run in ALL CPU VPs for best responsiveness and to keep > CPU VP#1 (which handles the first poll thread) from > running flat o…
RE: Nettype
> How do you judge whether you need 100 per thread or 200 ?? onstat -g ntd > We have an average of 1300 sessions. From zero users to 1300 sessions, what is your timeframe, if that is small ie < 2 minutes then there is mileage in reducing the number of connections and starting …
RE: Nettype
> Although the manuals don't differ they are not particularly > explicit in this > regard. Your first nettype defines 1x200 connections and the > second 3x384 > connections making a total of 1352 connections that are > catered for. However > the manual does state that each poll t…
How to determine shm vs. net connection?
Hi, looking at the "onstat -u" output, I would like to separate the connections into those that come accross the network and those that come via locally shared memory. Any onstat-command that might help? Thank you, Jens…
Nettype
Hello all, NETTYPE ipcshm,1,200,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype NETTYPE soctcp,3,384,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype Does the above setting mean that 3 poll threads will handle 384 connections or each of the 3 poll threads will handle 384 c…
RE: listener-thread: err = -25572:
Also, try killing any connection open to the port number on which informix is running. Look in netstat output and grep for the port number and try closing hte connection. Also, kill any other informix connection or oninit running -----Original Message----- From: Mark D. Stock [m…
Re: listener-thread: err = -25572:
Wolfgang Brandl wrote: > > After starting Informix Version 7.23.UC1 with oninit no daemon is > running and i get the following error in online.log: > > ************************** > /usr/informix> pg online.log > 19:21:42 VP pid=11876 priority fixed at 65, former = 93 > > Fri Jan…
listener-thread: err = -25572:
After starting Informix Version 7.23.UC1 with oninit no daemon is running and i get the following error in online.log: ************************** /usr/informix> pg online.log 19:21:42 VP pid=11876 priority fixed at 65, former = 93 Fri Jan 26 19:21:46 2001 19:21:46 Event alar…
Listener threads and CPU VP imbalance
Art, I saw in the FAQ that way back (11th Dec 1997) you wrote something about insufficient number of listener threads causing skewed CPU VP activity, and recommended increasing the number of listeners. Is this still a problem with the latest engines? Is there any way to see se…
Nettype
Hello all, NETTYPE ipcshm,1,200,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype NETTYPE soctcp,3,384,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype Does the above setting mean that 3 poll threads will handle 384 connections or each of the 3 poll threads will handle 384 c…
Nettype
I have been experiencing some network errors in my online.log. Is there anything that I can tune? There is about 1300 users connecting and this is my network configuration. NETTYPE soctcp,20,100,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype 11:24:54 listener-thread: err =…
Nettype
Hello all, NETTYPE ipcshm,1,200,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype NETTYPE soctcp,3,384,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype Does the above setting mean that 3 poll threads will handle 384 connections or each of the 3 poll threads will handle 384 c…
How Does IDS Handle Dead Connections?
Red Valsen wrote: > What happens internally with IDS when a connection is cut abruptly? My > developers are experiencing problems after their Java servlet > applications bomb, usually in the midst of a transaction. When they > attempt to continue a short while later, errors me…
Re: Database is on line ,but has warnings
Hi! Look, if your NETTYPE - parameter is set correctly in your onconfig-file! Should look like that: NETTYPE <protocol>,1,<max userthreads>, e.g.: NETTYPE soctcp,1,150, HIH, MAX. honglus@my-deja.com Sent b…
first two characters of nettype
As I understand the first two characters of nettype can be "ol" or "on" for Online servers, is there any difference between the two?…
What requires an IDS Linux?
Jacqueline Romero wrote: > What requires an Informix Dynamic Server Linux a desktop and/or a network > version of Linux? If you want to use multiple connections or network connections, you need a network version of Linux. Otherwise, you can get away with a standalone system an…
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…
Console message
Using INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.23.UC1 on Unixware 2.1.3 with a COMPAQ Proliant Server (Dual Xeon processor), when there are many connection on DBMS Server, I receive the following error message on unix console: listener thread: err = -25574: Network driver cannot open the netwo…
Identically named instances, different hosts
You can't have two listener threads listening to the same port. You will need to create a second TCP alias which I think that you have done, however, it must have a differend port number. Red Valsen wrote: > Is there a way to reference two different instances which have identi…
Exceeding Number of Connections
What are the practical effects of exceeding the number of connections that a poll thread is set to handle via onconfig file's NETTYPE parameter? During functional testing, we inadvertently created over 750 connections (as reported by onstat -u) with NETTYPE set to tlitcp,1,128,…
IDS hungs
We installed a new porting Set to Baan server last weekend. At the same time we installed Iconnet version 2.4 to our IDS 7.31 FC2. Iconnect installation was required by new Porting set. After that we have had major problems with Baan client logging when there is over 300 Baan us…
server dies immediately after startup
This means that the listener thead is not able to bind to the tcp port. This can be due to various reasons including 1) TCP keep-alive, 2) The old listener thread is still there, or 3) insufficient permissions. dhassman@my-deja.com wrote: > Hi, > > Our faithful Informix Online …
security on sqlexec port
Hi, it seems we will have to rearrange our network topology so that server with IDS will be connected to our intranet directly. Is it possible to allow connect to sqlexec port only from a list of hosts ? Is sqlexec robust against scanning ports or any other kind of non-IDS conne…
Insert performance is poor
mr_potato_head@my-deja.com schrieb: > DBSERVERNAME n36_shm # Name of default database server > DBSERVERALIASES n36_tcp # List of alternate dbservernames > NETTYPE ipcshm,1,50,NET # Override sqlhosts nettype parameters > NETTYPE tlitcp,1,50,CPU …
Retrieving product name
Hi all, Is their a system table somewhere on an informix server that stores the product name. For example 'Select owner from systables where tabname = � VERSION� will return the version of the server. I would like to be able to tell if a server is a Universal server or a Dynamic …
RE: no tli vp class
Run onstat -g ath, and look for the tli poll (tlitcppoll) thread. If you did not specify anything in the NETTYPE parameter the tli poll thread will be running in the CPU vp. If you want the tli poll thread to run on a TLI vp, specify it in the NETTYPE parameter. Example: NETTYP…
IDS 7.3x on Win2000?
Does Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3x runs on Windows 2000 (Professional)? Thanks for your help. Guy Dillen…
NETTYPE revisited
Gary -- Found more stuff.... We should have NETTYPE ipcshm,22,25 (Instead of ipcshm,2,200) This site shows more info: http://www.iiug.org/resources/faq/ifaq06.htm#6.15 If this is correct, we have 2 listeners serving all the apps... on the first to CPU. The other CPU may be …
Re: IDS 9.21 shared memory question
Art S. Kagel <kagel@bloomberg.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: 39BD0187.BFE583D2@bloomberg.net... > 'NETTYPE onsoctcp' is incorrect, s/b: > > NETTYPE soctcp,,, > > The server type prefix 'on' or 'ol' must not be present only the protocol > string and all of the fields must be pres…
Access ODBC
I have a problem with my access application. If I am connected to the network, I can refresh data from the server. On the other hand if I dial in to the network I am unable to refresh data from the server. I can ping and telnet the server. Please help Thanx -- Posted via CN…
sockets error?
Has anybody seen this before? We had this problem today on your hpux N9000 11.00 server running 7.31FC4 .... we finally rebooted 13:57:07 (3915) sockets error - registering a file 13:57:07 listener-thread: err = 0: oserr = 0: errstr = : 13:57:07 (3916) sockets error - regist…
sockets error?
Has anybody seen this before? We had this problem today on your hpux N9000 11.00 server running 7.31FC4 .... we finally rebooted 13:57:07 (3915) sockets error - registering a file 13:57:07 listener-thread: err = 0: oserr = 0: errstr = : 13:57:07 (3916) sockets error - regist…
Database Connection Failures
The fact that you have 370 active threads and are only configured for 100 shared memory connections and 100 network connections is not a clue? Yes, increase the NETTYPE number of connections to 400 each, it costs very little. Art S. Kagel drucej31@my-deja.com wrote: > > Hi All…
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…
Re: Informix IDS & ODBC
From: "W. J. Hsu" <wjhsu@pti.com.tw> > > I have installed IDS 7.x on a Solaris 2.7 box. However, I encounter the > problem to connect to database by ODBC connection. >The nettype only support 'tlitcp' for IDS 7.x Solaris edition. But I have >found that nettype for 'soctcp' on …
Informix IDS & ODBC
Hello, I have installed IDS 7.x on a Solaris 2.7 box. However, I encounter the problem to connect to database by ODBC connection. The nettype only support 'tlitcp' for IDS 7.x Solaris edition. But I have found that nettype for 'soctcp' on Linux edition. My question is: 1. Do…
Re: NETTYPE parameter
mars1972@my-deja.com wrote: > > Per poll thread. Right now what you have is 4 poll threads, each > handling 300 connections, or 1200 connections total. You want it set to > 75? I'd just make it: > > NETTYPE soctcp,1,75,NET No, I think the point was he wanted 300 connections,…
Re: NETTYPE parameter
Todd Roy wrote: > > Is the number of concurrent connections in the NETTYPE option > per poll thread or total? > > I have: > NETTYPE soctcp,4,300,NET > and informix tells me that I have 1200 connections, and should set it to 75. You have defined 300 users per poll thread, …
Re: NETTYPE parameter
From: Todd Roy <troy@holstein.com> > >Is the number of concurrent connections in the NETTYPE option >per poll thread or total? Per thread. >I have: >NETTYPE soctcp,4,300,NET >and informix tells me that I have 1200 connections, and should set it to >75. >I am forcing each…
NETTYPE parameter
Is the number of concurrent connections in the NETTYPE option per poll thread or total? I have: NETTYPE soctcp,4,300,NET and informix tells me that I have 1200 connections, and should set it to 75. I am forcing each poll thread to handle up to 300 connections. Thanks, …
NETTYPE parameter
Is the number of concurrent connections in the NETTYPE option per poll thread or total? I have: NETTYPE soctcp,4,300,NET and informix tells me that I have 1200 connections, and should set it to 75. Thanks, Todd. ********************************************************…
Problem with connection trougth network (DBAccess Connection or ODBC)!
I have Informix 7.22 on SCO Unix 5.0.3. Informix works ok but when I connect trougth DBAccess (Menu Connection) I get error '952 -User's password is not correct for the database server.' with additional information 'Permision denied !' Service in /etc/services is online 1540/tcp.…
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?…
change of server made network problems
Hello again, I have some informix network problems. I moved my Informix ON-Line Dynamic Server to another Server (diferent host and IP), and when I startup the server, it starts OK, but says this: ** WARNING: Network Down **--On-Line--- So I have no network connections. I chan…
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: Warning! Physical log size is too small.
In article <8it62j$p8n$1@news.xmission.com>, Don Ignacio <dignacio@openratings.com> writes > >Vinod Bhansali wrote: >> >> Hello guys, >> >> Our current NETTYPE settings are as follows : >> NETTYPE ipcshm,1,64,CPU >> NETTYPE soctcp,2,128,NET >> >> Previously the se…
ERROR: -25574: Network driver cannot open the network.
Hello, Server: SCO Open Server 5.0.2 256 MB Ram Online 7.22 UC2 10:54:55 NSF putlocal: t_open error: t_errno = 8, errno = 6. 10:54:55 listener-thread: err = -25574: Network driver cannot open the network. Thanks in advance.…
Re: Warning in message log after tuning CLEANERS
In article <8ib6iv$a0r$1@news.xmission.com>, Vinod Bhansali <iiug@hotmail.com> writes > >Last time as I had wrote I got following alarm : > >Mon Jun 12 11:40:49 PDT 2000 >Severity : 3 >OnLine Initialization failure. >WARNING! Physical Log size 40960 is too small. Physical Log ov…
Network driver cannot bind a name to the port.
Edward Rosenthal wrote: > if you do a netstat -an | grep <your port number > Nothings is grepped > 'when i try to run connect...' i.e.; do you have the instance up > and you are connecting across a network using a network protocol > program? > or are you trying to use dbaccess…
Help Error 908 Connect Error ...
Hi all. Environment Server RedHat 6.2 + IDS2000 for linux + csdk2.40 Client Windows2000 + DDWeb2.0 (include connect module runtime) I Try connect the Server...but 908 Error was founded in ILogin sever setting sqlhosts, services, INFORMIXDIR, …
RE: Listener-Thread Errors
You'll have a FIN_WAIT(2) reporting on the netstat, either wait for it to timeout (~15 mins) or trace it through using lsof and might be able to shoot the offending process. Under Solaris 2.7 the tcp control/Informix interface must have been re-worked 'cos even if the port is in…
Re: Listener-Thread Errors
I resolved this problem rebooting the machine or changing the port number in the services. Bye On 7 Jun 2000, at 17:48, Stacey Windsor wrote: > > COMPAQ Proliant 1600 > 4/200 MHz cpu > SCO UNIX 5.05 > INFORMIX 7.30_uc2 > > Problem: > Errors in online.log file: > > 16:28:00 li…
Listener-Thread Errors
COMPAQ Proliant 1600 4/200 MHz cpu SCO UNIX 5.05 INFORMIX 7.30_uc2 Problem: Errors in online.log file: 16:28:00 listener-thread: err = -25572: oserr = 4: errstr = : Network driver cannot bind a name to the port. System error = 4. 16:28:01 listener-thread: err = -25572: oserr…
Informix Online on NT 4.0
I'd like to know how I can execute the onstsat command from an informix client on nt connected to an informix server on nt. Thanks, * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free…
Help about IDS2000
Are pipes supported on NT? On UNIX you would use ipcstr in NETTYPE and onipcstr in sqlhosts. Look in the release notes (%INFORMIXDIR%\\release\\*\\*) in the SERVER* file for supported protocols and the values for sqlhosts and NETTYPE. Art S. Kagel Alessandro wrote: > > Hello,…
Informix cost???
Someone can said how much does Informix cost? I need to know: -Informix costs -cost for client Thanks very much. I need the last version of dynamic server for Unix. Ciao, Berna…
Re: listener-thread: err = -952
B Check /var/adm/messages it should show you the IP address of the client who is attempting to connect. HTH Sujit "B. Dana" <bgdana@hotmail.com> on 05/30/2000 08:18:35 AM Please respond to "B. Dana" <bgdana@hotmail.com> To: informix-list@iiug.org cc: Subject: listener-thr…
listener-thread: err = -952
Getting many "listener-thread: err = -952: User's password is not correct for the database server" in the log file. How can I determine which userid is trying to log in, or at least the host where the attempt originates?…
Re: NETTYPE settings
From: "Vinod Bhansali" <iiug@hotmail.com> > >Our nettype settings are as follows : >NETTYPE ipcshm,1,64,NET >NETTYPE soctcp,2,128,CPU > >Looking at the informix manuals I feel it should be : >NETTYPE ipcshm,1,64,CPU >NETTYPE soctcp,2,128,NET The latter. _________________________…
Re: NETTYPE settings
You are right ... soctcp is should be bind to NET --> socket connection (i.e. TCPIP), and ipcshm is should be bind to CPU --> share memory connection. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vinod Bhansali" <iiug@hotmail.com> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Friday, 26 May, 2000…
NETTYPE settings
Hello friends, Our nettype settings are as follows : NETTYPE ipcshm,1,64,NET NETTYPE soctcp,2,128,CPU Looking at the informix manuals I feel it should be : NETTYPE ipcshm,1,64,CPU NETTYPE soctcp,2,128,NET What is your opinion? Vinod Bhansali __________________________________…
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…
Funny network error
Hi there... I had a long transaction that aborted and then got the following error : 10:49:04 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 3 seconds. 10:50:03 listener-thread: err = -25587: oserr = 0: errstr = : Network receive f ailed. 10:50:05 listener-thread: err = -25587: oserr …
NETTYPE question
I have 8 physical CPUs with 6 CPUvps assigned. Which NETTYPE setting should I use or does it matter? Please copy tienp@wholefoods.com on the reply. NETTYPE ipcshm,4,64,CPU NETTYPE ipcshm,1,256,CPU -- Phillip Tien Database Administrator Whole Foods Market, Inc. If you e…
Re: Re: IDS 2000...don't work. please help
Madison Pruet wrote: > This looks like it might be a permissions problem. The listener thead is > responsible for accepting the initial connection to the engine. I'm > guessing that you are using TCP and the listener thead is not able to > connect to the socket that it is supp…
How can i connect to database(informix) at second time?
Lyo wrote: > I am programming with ESQL-C recently.When i test my program,i find it halt > itself,and i kill it(i think the connection to database was without normal > close).I test it again(just run it again),it failed to connect to > database,the message is "IX000:Network driv…
How can i connect to database(informix) at second time?
i am programming with ESQL-C recently.When i test my program,i find it halt itself,and i kill it(i think the connection to database was without normal close).I test it again(just run it again),it failed to connect to database,the message is "IX000:Network driver cannot open the n…
NETTYPE question
I have a question regarding the NETTYPE parameter. Which one of the following is more efficient? And does each configure communication parameters for 256 users? In other words, does the first NETTYPE parameter configure 4 poll threads of class CPU each capable of handling 64 u…
dynamic server with Informix distant database
We have this problem : - write of a html page (this pages will contain many many fields). - Receiving of the page data on a http server based on a M1 machine. - Using of 4gl/informix programs based on the M2 machine with the pages data - 4GL programs will set up a � result � tabl…
HELP! Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
I'm trying to install a new IDS on Linux (RedHat 6.1) on a cooked file. Everything looks right, but upon oninit, I receive the following: oninit: Cannot open chunk '/u1/naf_chunk'. errno = 2 oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization Log reflects: 09:11:07 Informi…
UDR Support in Informix Dynamic Server.
Can someone tell me what exact version of Informix Dynamic Server that first supported C User Defined Routines. I've tried searching for this on their website with no joy. (their advanced search doesnt work at all !) Rgds, Peter. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before y…
Informix Client SDK on Solaris 2.7
I am attempting to connect to an Informix server running on an HP-UX machine from a Sun Solaris box. I installed the Client SDK 2.40 on the Sun box and I am not able to connect. I get the following error from a simple esqlc program: Error -25574 while connecting to the database:…
Re: Memory problems? Please help.
>>What is the connection type? shm or soc ? >> >What are these? See NETTYPE in your onconfig file. HTH Michael…
OFFICE Connect V.1
Informix Office Connect, Version 1.0, is compatible with the following Informix servers: Informix Dynamic Server, Version 7.3 or later Informix Dynamic Server with Universal Data Option, Version 9.14 Informix Dynamic Server 2000, Version 9.2 or later e Informix-SE 7.23 n�o func…
Posting from the Informix-list
Hi list, I have following paramters in onconfig. NETTYPE ipcshm,1,60,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype NETTYPE tlitcp,2,250,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype I wanted to know how can I find active no of connections through each type at a given …
CPUvps
Madison Pruet wrote: > > I think that Mark Stock has already raised the question of 'more CPUVPs than > physical CPUs'. I'm going to attempt to address CPUVP scheduling. > > We don't attempt to equalize the load of the CPUvps because unlike disk IO there > is nothing to be gaine…
dbserveraliases connect slower than dbservername
Hi, A connect issued through Dbserveraliases seems slower than through dbservername. They are using both ontlitcp. They are each mapped to a network card. If I switch the names, the one with the dbservername became faster. Nettype is tlitcp,1,100,NET Thanks for any idea ? Regard…
RE: Connectivity: authentication over ssh instead of rsh?
Thomas B Tatum schrieb: > > Along these same lines, is there a way to run dbaccess on the Unix command > line from a client machine so it will use a network connection to connect to > the DB? > > If Im on the same machine as the instance, its simply > > dbaccess dbname sqlfile.sq…
onstat -g con
Generally means that the thread (waiter) has no task pending at the time (i.e. doing nothing). e.g Start up dbaccess, connect to a database using a tcp connection and monitor it with onstat -g con. If the connection is a shared memory connection, the equivalent is "sm_read' Rud…
Re: NETTYPE
Paul Watson wrote: > > > From: Gerson Finlev <gerson@informix.com> > > > > > >NUMCPUVPS 2 (You should never have more CPUvps that processors) > > > > > >-- > > >Gerson Finlev, Performance Engineering, i.informix > > Sorry disagree this used to be the case but with the …
Re: NETTYPE
> From: Gerson Finlev <gerson@informix.com> > > > >NUMCPUVPS 2 (You should never have more CPUvps that processors) > > > >-- > >Gerson Finlev, Performance Engineering, i.informix Sorry disagree this used to be the case but with the faster processors e.g. 450M Sparcs y…
Re: NETTYPE
From: Gerson Finlev <gerson@informix.com> > >NUMCPUVPS 2 (You should never have more CPUvps that processors) > >-- >Gerson Finlev, Performance Engineering, i.informix Well, here's me picking a fight with someone from Informix, and a performance engineer, no less! I ag…
Re: NETTYPE
From: mars1972@my-deja.com > >In article <61CEA8293505D211A0E90000F87AAD7D2E02EE@srrcex1.srrpa.es>, <PabloF.Herrero@srrpa.es> >wrote: > > Hello everybody. > > We have a DEC-UX Alpha8200 with 2 CPU and Informix 7.31. I have the >next > > values in ONCONFIG: > > > > NETTYPE …
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…
Re: NETTYPE
Just a quick thought that the 8200 has only 2 physical cpu's so by the book that allows 1 cpu vp A far better approach would be to use the set up Art suggests with a 3rd cpu in the 8200 We have noticed over a number of years that the third cpu and therefore 2nd cpu vp makes the s…
NETTYPE
Hello everybody. We have a DEC-UX Alpha8200 with 2 CPU and Informix 7.31. I have the next values in ONCONFIG: NETTYPE soctcp,1,50,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype NETTYPE ipcshm,2,200,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype RESIDENT 1 …
NETTYPE Setting.
Hi all. Can anyone guide me to where i can find a good discussion on how ( and wy ) to configure the nettype setting ( especially with multiple cpu's, 4 ), and the advantages/disadvantages of specifing the protocol soctcp to NET or CPU, and the ipcshm to NET or CPU, and the numb…
listener-thread: error
Hi! I got messages in /opt/online.log approx. twice an hour: ... listener-thread: err = -27001: oserr = 0: errstr = : Read error occurred during connection attempt. ... But all works normal. In onconfig: NETTYPE ipcshm,5,,CPU NETTYPE soctcp,15,,NET Those m…
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…
Re: Bufwaits and Foreground Writes
Rick, While I'm running IDS 7.24UC8 and my response may not be totally correct the ideas may be relevant. Your: NETTYPE ipcshm,2,30,CPU # Override sqlhosts nettype parameters NUMCPUVPS 4 # Number of user (cpu) vps but until NETTYPE references 4 CPUs…
Bringing up a new instance of Informix
I need some help. Platform HP UX 10.20 Informix version 9.20 UC1 Informix version 9.14 UC7 Informix version 7.31 UC4 I am configuring a new instance of informix 9.20 UC1. I am having problems if I add DBSERVERALIASES. I have the 9.14 and 7.31 configured and working properly. …
Re: Informix on SuSE Linux 6.2
In article <385FA8D4.5F3306F3@bloomberg.net>, kagel@bloomberg.net wrote: > [Earlier discussion SNIPPED] > > No. The ONCONFIG file parameter NETTYPE configures the listeners and > replaces the OL5.xx parameter USERS to configure the number of concurrent > users that can attach …
HELP- database won't start !!
Check $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts, /etc/hosts, /etc/services. The listener thread of Informix request valid IP/PortNumber. This wish helps you... Curtis Whitworth wrote: > Informix error is 25572, os err 227. Network driver cannot bind a name to > a port.... Any assistance is …
Bug 104328 ? Bug 121447 ?
In article <JkAs2IABucP4EwjD@smooth1.demon.co.uk>, David Williams <djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk> wrote: > In article <81j41o$ch7$1@news.xmission.com>, michael martin > <michael_martin@komatsu.co.jp> writes [SNIP] > >NETTYPE ipcstr,4,50,NET > >NETTYPE soctcp,4,50,CPU …
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…
Please help me!
Hello! 1, Can somebody give me information, what is the new features for Version 7.24 of Informix Dynamic Server according to Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server? 2, Are Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server and 7.20 INFORMIX-ESQL/C 2000 Year Compatible? 3, W…
Re(2): Write cache hits slipping !
J.Cooper@MS03.dss.gsi.gov.uk wrote: > Tony Flaherty wrote: > > > > Ok, here goes my first EVER attempt at advising on someone elses onconfig, > > I'd go with any advice Art gives you ;o)) > > Good advice more comments below. I agree. Keep it up Tony. [SNIP] > > >NETTYPE …
ASF_INIT_DATA
Either: 1. your nettype in sqlhosts is invalid or it's unsupported. Check your release documentation to neee what nettype's work for your hardware. 2. your servicename in sqlhosts doesn't match.…
Re: installing Informix dynamic server
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installing Informix dynamic server
hi all, can anybody give me an URL where to find a good description of how to setup and install an Informix Dynamic Server with using RedHat Linux ??? I've searched a whole day but founf nothing useful.. :( thx ind advance joerg…
Help! Cant start database service
Hello All I had my informix dynamic server (7.3) running fine till a few days back. Now the dynamic server service and the informix messenger service won't start automatically and if I try to start the server, it does start but I'm unable to connect to it. If I try to start the…
number of connections in NETTYPE
What is the limitation on numbers of connections in parameter NETTYPE in IDS7.31FC2…
IDS7.30 + Linux Kernel 2.2.10 +onsoctcp ?
Is it possible to connect to an IDS running on Linux (suse 6.1) Kernel 2.2.x via onsoctcp ? The only way I get access to the db-server is local via shared memory. I need to connect to the db-server over the network from other clients via onsoctcp. When I try to set up the server…
NETTYPE values
Hello ! I need some information how to define NETTYPE values in onconfig, when i need 3000 onsoctcp connections ( onstat -g ses). Which one is correct: soctcp,1,3000,NET soctcp,6,300,NET Also sqlmux is defined. What would you recommend ?. Application is baan (client/server, 3-t…
NETTYPE parameter missed
Hi! I just wonder, what will happen, if there's no NETTYPE field in ONCONFIG.ol_servername file? Shouldn't this parameter be set to something? Thanks for answering! Andris…
INFORMIX BUG !!!
Hi Gurus, Today I have faced a strange problem. Some users was not being able to log in database. Online.log was showing following error: 10:06:45 listener-thread: err = -951: oserr = 0: errstr = dispatch: Incorrect i password or user dispatch is not known on the database serv…
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…
Error 25572
Hi, OS : Aix 4.2.1 Database : INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.23 UC1 After rebooting my machine, I tried to restart Online and a error occured : 14:38:14 listener-thread: err = -25572: Network driver cannot bind a name to th e port. System error = 68. 14:38:14 Attempting to brin…
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…
Informix on SCO Unixware
Hi there! (sorry for the other empty message pressed the wrong key) I have a problem with Informix 7.30 on SCO unixware.. after a while when running this error starts to happen when we try to connect listener-thread: err = -25574: oserr = 24 errstr = : Network driver cannot op…
SHARED MEMORY NOT INITIALIZED
> SERVERNUM 9 # Unique id corresponding to a Dynamic Server instance Try to decrease this to 0 or 1, if you are not using multiple residency. > NETTYPE soctcp,1,100,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype > NETTYPE ipcshm,1,100,CPU # Confi…
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.…
Re: Listener Thread Error
pkedar@hotmail.com wrote: > > Hi Art, > > Thanx for your answer. > > I guess tcp listener thread is getting too busy to handle more requests as > finderr of error 27001 shows: > > When you encounter this error on the CLIENT side, it indicates that a > network I/O error occurred w…
Re: Listener Thread Error
Sounds like a SCO network driver problem to me. Contact SCO. Art S. Kagel pkedar@hotmail.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > We have Informix 7.3.UC2 running on SCO Unix > V5.05 Rel. 3.2 ( 8 processor machine). > > We have setup NETTYPE as tlitcp,3,100,NET and NUMCPUVPS as 3 though we…
listener-thread : err = -25580, oserr = 35
I suspect we got this error after we installed RAS on Windows NT. listener-thread : err = -25580, oserr = 35 We are using IDS TC6 and it was running fine until the RAS installation. Now, it has a very long connection time. Can anyone help ?…
Problem in isql - dbaccess
I normally see this when my network is experiencing problems of some sort. Normally, all I have to do is reselect the database and repeat my query though, at work, we have been experiencing some network problems (using NetWare) and it has caused me to have to reboot the client …
Help! How to connect Erwin to 7.3?
Hi all I usually use 7.3 in local unix mode and have never therefore connected a client to it. Does anyone know how to connect Erwin to 7.3 over a TCP/IP network? Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.…
Re: listener-thread: err
Hi, Have you checked using 'netstat -a' the port on which you have configured the server to listen to in sqlhosts is not used by other programs ? Best Regards, Octav On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 03:25:19PM +0200, Svend E. Hansen wrote: > HP-UX B.10.20 > Informix Dynamic Server Vers…
listener-thread: err
HP-UX B.10.20 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC2 When i try to start the server I get: 15:20:13 listener-thread: err = -27006: oserr = 226: errstr = : Network driver cannot establish listen endpoint. System error = 226. 15:20:13 Attempting to bring listener thread down. …
64bit IDS for Solaris 7/SPARC ?
Is there a 64bit Informix Dynamic Server 7.3x for Solaris 7/SPARC available? tia, joerg…
Posting from the Informix-list
what is the last version of Informix Dynamic Server for HP-UX 10.20, where can i find more Information about this.…
Latest versions for various Informix products ???
Which are the latest versions for Informix Dynamic Server Informix Dynamic Server, Workgroup Edition Informix 4GL Informix SQL on Solaris 7/SPARC ? Where can I find such informations on Informix's website ? tia, joerg…
cdr command line utility in informix 7.24
Hi, Is there a cdr command line utility in informix dynamic server 7.24? I tried to locate it, but the executable is nowhere to find. Thanks, Lu…
HP OpenView w/Informix
I see that Informix has what they call a 'smart plug-in' to monitor the database and it's network connections through HP OpenView ( http://www.informix.com/informix/press/1998/hpjoint.htm ). Has anyone used this, and if so, is it any good? Any info will be appreciated, Tom Gre…
error 951
Hi guys, When trying to connect to a network server from a client, I get an error 951. any ideas would help. I'm sure that the user name i'm using is correct, and I can access the server and database without any problems from the console through the network port.…
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…
TLITCP and JDBC
Hello, I just installed the Informix's JDBC driver, but have been unable to connect to the DB. I've tried the JDBC URL with port 1533. Is that the standard port? Anyway, here's the sqlhosts file: sac_online onipcshm libra sac sac_tcp ontlitcp lib…
Re: What is NETTYPE
kbg wrote: > > I don't understand how the NETTYPE parameter affects the performance of > the db and how I must configure it, > is it necessary to define it in the onconfig file? > what is the diffrence between the NET and CPU NETTYPE, > It's not well described in the Informix lit…
What is NETTYPE
I don't understand how the NETTYPE parameter affects the performance of the db and how I must configure it, is it necessary to define it in the onconfig file? what is the diffrence between the NET and CPU NETTYPE, It's not well described in the Informix literature... Thank's for…
Network problems with IDS 7.3 and Linux Kernel 2.2.x
The network connection works fine with Kernel 2.0.36. So if you don't need to use Kernel 2.2.x ... Harald Raffelt…
Network Connection -Linux IDS
We are trying to setup the network connection in Linux IDS.The shared memory connection is fine, but we cannot create a connection using dbaccess to the network connection, we get error -908 " Attempt to connect to database server "linuxidstcp"failed". We have in the onconfig …
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.…
poll-threads on NT
Hi all, currently I am involved with a customer that runs 7.30TC3 on Windows NT. Please read on... When I specify multiple poll-threads by means of the NETTYPE parameter (in the NET class of course on NT, since I have no other choice), I see things which I am not used to see on…
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…
IDS refuse connection on NT when connected to Internet?
>The strangest thing; > >I just noticed that whenever I connect to Internet, I can't connect to my IDS 7.3.TC7 >on NT (connection refused - Agent_log: Attempt to connect to database server (%s) >failed.) > >As soon as I disconnect from internet, connect works. > Sounds like some…
Re: SCO & INFORMIX:Network driver cannot bind a name with the port
Alex Can you please include the original thread because I dont remember the problem anymore and I am sitting at the end of a email list feed? To answer some of your questions: AFAIK, USERTHREADS is not supported in 7.x anymore. It is calculated by multiplying number of poll-th…
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…
How do I monitor a checkpoint thread?
I've been reading a lot lately about the debate over whether to run the soc poll threads on CPU or NET vp's. Art Kagel's argument for NET discusses the possiblity of the checkpoint thread hogging CPUVP #1 unless there are no page cleaners available. Is there a way to see the ch…
Re: Tracing ALL sql queries - is it possible?
> The facility to monitor with ZERO impact -- shared memory connections or > IPC to an Informix database server from a network telnet session will be > available in the product next week. This reeks of marketing-speak. Your product does NOT monitor shared memory connections nor…
Re: ZERO Impact Performance Monitor for Informix BETA program
> C.1 The functionality for the monitoring of a SHARED MEMORY CONNECTION > when the SQL was issued across the network (e.g. telnet session) will be > available next week. Okay, but wouldn't this also work for a network connection for a telnet session also? What relevance does …
Re[2]: Long checkpoints (LRU_xxx_DIRTY/LRUS)->NETTYPE values
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999 11:25:10 -0800, MOPSOMER@raychem.com wrote: > Here is some additional information regarding these long checkpoints > we have in our productional SAP R/3 environment (Informix 7.24.UC3). [snip] > Yesterday, I had to extent a couple of dbspaces, whic…
Slow connectivity to NT4/7.30
Hi, I'm having connectivity probs from Win95 client to NT4 (SP3) running IDS 7.30. The response is like 15 secs for each new connection. Specs: 1 CPU, 256MB RAM, db on NTFS, swap=64K Tested using ilogin demo on server - response of 1-2 secs. Tested using ilogin on client - resp…
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…
RE: LISTENER -THREAD ERR:25580
Whoops Just re-read what I'd said. What are your other NETTYPE settings, you are limited to 250 soctcp connections so what is handling the other 1150? I'd still look for kernel parameters but I'd look at it from a semaphore side Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd …
RE: LISTENER -THREAD ERR:25580
Anything in /var/adm/messages? I suspect you are overrunning a kernel parameter, if its always 1400 PCB would be my favourite. If it always around 1400 I'd look at the process control parameters Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd # If it ain't broke Tel: +44 1463…
LISTENER -THREAD ERR:25580
Hi there! Do you have any idea what might have caused this error? listener-thread: err = -25580: System error occurred in network function. This message appears on my online.log whenever I reached 1400 connections and all goes to a single listener thread. Here's my platform: …
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…
Re: Connection Problem
Lyzander Marantal wrote: > > > And if you do not have any NETTYPE entries in the ONCONFIG file or do > > not have any number of connections configured in the NETTYPEs you do > > have the default is 50! > > > > Art S. Kagel > > Hi! > > I was wondering how is it possible for 150 co…
Re: Connection Problem
>Watson, Paul wrote: >> >> Check your NETTYPE settings, first guess would be the connection is >> configured to a max of 50 > >And if you do not have any NETTYPE entries in the ONCONFIG file or do >not have any number of connections configured in the NETTYPEs you do >have the def…
Redbrick
Does anyone know how to connect to a V3 Redbrick database via ODBC on an NT platform? -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own…
RE: Connection Problem
Watson, Paul wrote: > > Check your NETTYPE settings, first guess would be the connection is > configured to a max of 50 And if you do not have any NETTYPE entries in the ONCONFIG file or do not have any number of connections configured in the NETTYPEs you do have the default is …
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…
linux 2.2.x onsoctcp
I didnt have a NETTYPE set but putting that in didnt change anything : What do your NETTYPE settings look like ? Did you use NETTYPE soctcp,1,50,CPU. : According to the realse notes this is a must. : Bye : Stefan Weideneder…
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…
query maxed out problem.
Yan Zhu wrote: > > hi all: > > I am running informix 7.22 on solaris 2.6. > I wrote a web interface for the user to construct sql statement, > then I save it to a sql file, and call dbaccess to execute it. I just > found out that if I submit the query very quickly, say 50…
Upgrade Dynamic Server 7.13 - 7.24
I need to upgrade Informix Dynamic Server version 7.13 to version 7.24. Can anyone advise of any problems they may have had whilst doing this?…
Informix JDBC Driver setup on SCO OpenServer
I can not install Informix JDBC Driver on SCO OpenServer. It reported a error: java.lang.InternalError:Can't connect to X11 window server using ':0.0' as the value of the DISPLAY variable. How to setup DISPLAY variable? -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network …
IECC over a dialup connection
I'm trying to use IECC over a dial-up connection, and cannot seem to connect to the server. When I'm directly connected to the network, I can connect to the server fine, but when dialed in to the network, I can't seem to see the server(s) (but I know they are there, and accessabl…
Re: Need help with Windows NT client connectivity
Call it a guess... Every time I've encountered this slow connection problem (albeit on UNI*) the issue was that the server system and/or Informix's idea of same was mal configured or suffered from failed startup. This then means a timeout or timeouts need to occur before the netw…
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…
Re: Poll threads again
I have to admit I goofed. The poll thread simply issues a poll() to determin network completions. An array of file descriptors is passed to the poll() function and completed statuses are returned for any connections that have data ready. This is a bit different with shared memo…
Poll threads again
Ok, so some say yes, some say no, and some are not clear on the question. So here it is again in a different form. If the sql hosts file has two entries for socket/tcp connections: DBSERVER NETTYPE HOSTNAME SERVICES server2 onsoctcp ibm1 infmx_service2 server3 onsoctcp ib…
Re: Poll threads
OPPS - Major embarassement - red face and all ;) Jacques P Renaut wrote: > Luse Harold wrote: > > > A quick question. > > > > If the sql hosts file has two entries for socket/tcp connections: > > DBSERVER NETTYPE HOSTNAME SERVICES > > server2 onsoc…
RE: Poll threads
Luse, I think by specifying only 1 unique type of Interface/Protocol combination in your sqlhosts file, you only get 1 poll thread anyway. By specifying the Interface/Protocol entries as your DBSERVERALIASES, the poll thread will run on a NET VP by default. Thus, your NETYPE ent…
Re: Poll threads
Luse Harold wrote: > A quick question. > > If the sql hosts file has two entries for socket/tcp connections: > DBSERVER NETTYPE HOSTNAME SERVICES > server2 onsoctcp ibm1 infmx_service2 > server3 onsoctcp ibm1 …
Re: Poll threads
Luse Harold wrote: > A quick question. > If the sql hosts file has two entries for socket/tcp connections: > DBSERVER NETTYPE HOSTNAME SERVICES > server2 onsoctcp ibm1 infmx_service2 > server3 onsoctcp ibm1 …
Poll threads
A quick question. If the sql hosts file has two entries for socket/tcp connections: DBSERVER NETTYPE HOSTNAME SERVICES server2 onsoctcp ibm1 infmx_service2 server3 onsoctcp ibm1 infmx_service3 And the onconfig file has the following DBSERVERALIASES and NETTYPE entries: …
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: Informix Warning: network down/no permission
huesing@my-dejanews.com wrote: > > H1 > Environment:SOLARIS 5.6 --INFORMIX 7.3 > > we try to create a new chunk by using onmonitor. > When onmonitor starts up a warning appears:network down. > The create fails with :no permission to write to network or user unknown . > > Is someo…
Re: listener-thread: err = -25587
We're running 7.24.UC5 on HP-UX 10.01 and we also get this error. On a previous version of On-Line this error was crashing the server but now with this error the server recovers itself. Of course we have recently started having segmentation violation crashes <sigh>. Looks like…
Re: listener-thread: err = -25587
In article <365013AF.7B24E33D@mx3.redestb.es>, Juan Rueda <juanrueda@mx3.redestb.es> wrote: > I have a question. > > System: Solaris 2.6 > Hardware: Sun EnterPrise 5000 > Informix Version: Informix 7.30 UC3 > > I have this error: > > listener-thread: err = -25587 > > Can any he…
listener-thread: err = -25587
I have a question. System: Solaris 2.6 Hardware: Sun EnterPrise 5000 Informix Version: Informix 7.30 UC3 I have this error: listener-thread: err = -25587 Can any help me?…
Re: esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
Tim Jones wrote: > > I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 > servers. Let's call them Server A and B. > > Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. > > After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" > and got this : > I…
esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 servers. Let's call them Server A and B. Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" and got this : INFORMIX-ESQL Version 7.22.UC1 …
Informix Dynamic Server Personal Edition
What development apps are known to work with IDS-PE for 95? Infrmx wants to sell me licenses for Dynamic 4gl, esql-c, ddvb for 150usd. Do these work and are there others? 150 sounds ok but the catch is is that the Open-Line Support is outrageous for this (3K usd for unlim. suppor…
Will informix 7.24.uc5 compatiable with solaris 7?
Hi there, I was wondering if Informix Dynamic Server 7.24.uc.5 will be compatiable with solaris 7 when it comes out? Thanks advance, Pat Militzer pmilitzer@ultracom.com…
Re: Follow-up: CPU poll threads ...
On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Art S. Kagel wrote: > Schaeflein, Paul wrote: > > > > Would you please describe the difference between NET VPs and CPU VPs? And > > why is one better than the other? > [Original reply SNIPPED] > > OK. Basically a NET VP (shown as class tli, soc, ipx, shm, s…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2.2
When I try to iniailize the shared memory I get an error "oninit: Critical error initializing shared memory" I checked the log and it says the base memory address is 0x80080000 and should be 0x80400000 when I change it it reverses. this is on a SCO open server 5. nay ideas.…
Re: Follow-up: CPU poll threads ...
Schaeflein, Paul wrote: > > Would you please describe the difference between NET VPs and CPU VPs? And > why is one better than the other? [Original reply SNIPPED] OK. Basically a NET VP (shown as class tli, soc, ipx, shm, str in the onstat -g glo report) is a Virtual Processor …
Follow-up: CPU poll threads ...
Would you please describe the difference between NET VPs and CPU VPs? And why is one better than the other? TIA. -----Original Message----- From: Art S. Kagel [mailto:kagel@bloomberg.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 4:22 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: What means…
RE: What means: CPU poll threads exceeds 'NUMCPUVPS' NETTYPE 'nam
My Informix On-line Dynamic Server (7.2) classroom material dated 01-97 states: "Only one protocol can run a poll thread on a CPU VP." Has this restriction been removed in IDS 7.3? -----Original Message----- From: Art S. Kagel [mailto:kagel@bloomberg.net] Sent: Tuesday, October…
Re: What means: CPU poll threads exceeds 'NUMCPUVPS' NETTYPE 'name' ......?
> >From: dengelsen@my-dejanews.com > > > >Informix (7.23) produced the following error in the message Log File: > > > >CPU poll threads exceeds 'NUMCPUVPS' NETTYPE 'name' poll threads > started on > >NET VP's. > > > >What does this message mean? > >What must I do to solve it? It…
Re: What means: CPU poll threads exceeds 'NUMCPUVPS' NETTYPE 'name' ......?
Hi Detmar, What's your plattform? --babak >From: dengelsen@my-dejanews.com >To: informix-list@iiug.org >Subject: What means: CPU poll threads exceeds 'NUMCPUVPS' NETTYPE 'name' ......? >Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 16:48:48 GMT >Reply-To: dengelsen@my-dejanews.com > >Hello, > >Informi…
Re: What means: CPU poll threads exceeds 'NUMCPUVPS' NETTYPE 'name' ......?
dengelsen@my-dejanews.com wrote: > > Hello, > > Informix (7.23) produced the following error in the message Log File: > > CPU poll threads exceeds 'NUMCPUVPS' NETTYPE 'name' poll threads started on > NET VP's. > > What does this message mean? You have requested that your poll th…
What means: CPU poll threads exceeds 'NUMCPUVPS' NETTYPE 'name' ......?
Hello, Informix (7.23) produced the following error in the message Log File: CPU poll threads exceeds 'NUMCPUVPS' NETTYPE 'name' poll threads started on NET VP's. What does this message mean? What must I do to solve it? Thanks for the help Greetings, Ditmar den Engelsen --…
Informix Dynamic Server on Linux NOW!
Check out the Informix WEB Site. There is an announcement that IDS 7.3 is shipping on Linux TODAY! http://www.informix.com/ Art S. Kagel…
Problem installing to NT4.0 server
I'm trying to install Informix dynamic server workgroup edition to Primary domain Nt 4.0 Server. I have created Informix-Admin group and Informix account and grant it all Administrators rights and also Domain administrator rights. The server setup runs ok, but when setup is tryi…
Re: Oninit Fatal Error
Len Haasbroek wrote: > > Hi All, > > Anyone seen this type of error before ? (Im running oninit -i) > > oninit: Fatal error in initializing ASF with 'ASF_INIT_DATA' flags; > asfcode = '- > 25580'. > > Cheers > Len Hi, possibly you made a mistake in your NETTYPE settings. Either…
Re: Oninit Fatal Error
Len Haasbroek wrote: > > Hi All, > > Anyone seen this type of error before ? (Im running oninit -i) > > oninit: Fatal error in initializing ASF with 'ASF_INIT_DATA' flags; > asfcode = '- > 25580'. > > Cheers > Len Hi, possibly you made a mistake in your NETTYPE settings. Either…
Re: Screen interaction slow after AIX upgrade
On Tue, 29 Sep 98 09:16:00 PDT, Willaert Doris <sdwilla@suzuki.be> wrote: [snip] The first thing I would do is connect a PC/terminal direct to a serial port and see how your application behaves. Depending on the results you will be able to determine whether it is a network traf…
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…
IECC VisiBroker 3.0 Osagent!
When I try to start this service, the following error appears: Could not start the IECC VisiBroker 3.0 Osagent service on \\\\COMPUTERNAME. Error 0002: The system cannot find the file specified. Which file?? It is not described even in Event Viewer. I installed and uninstalled…
Re: shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER
The fact that you can work when 'if I telnet to the server, everything works fine. ' may indicate that you have no NETTYPE for shared memory in your onconfig and sqlhosts files. Hope this helps, Carl…
Informix ODS V7.3 on NT V4.0 , Problem with IECC
Hi, we have installed the ODS Server on a new NT V4.0 Workstation - standalone without network connection. We also configured 2 Server Instances on this host with the Server Instance Manager. Starting IECC Console involves the problem "Cannot determine server domain " What to…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:40:44 -0500, Ben Jazi <bjazi@fallschurch.esys.com> wrote: >What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server >7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? No, IDS 9.x is the ORDBMS. This autumn the 7.3 and 9.x code lin…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
Ben Jazi wrote: > > What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server > 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? > > Thanks, > Ben I don't know the differences in detail but you could check the following pages, where IDS 7.3 is described …
OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? Thanks, Ben…
Re: onload performance
According to last year's Informix conference: NUMCPUVPS set to number of CPUs NETTYPE Configure one poll thread for each CPU VP and be sure to run poll threads on CPU VPs BUFFERS Maximize CLEANERS Set to number of chunks allocated for the largest table CKPINT…
Re: onload performance
According to INFORMIX here are guidelines for loading environment: NUMCPUVPS Set to number of cpus NETTYPE Configure one poll thread for each CPU VP and be sure to run poll threads on CPU VPs BUFFERS Maxim…
Informix computer Base classes
Has any body used the Informix computer base training classes. I am wondering if any of the computer based training classes: "Informix Dynamic Server System Administration" or the "Managing and Optimizing Informix Dynamic Server Databases" is good. Thank You…
Re: Informix Online Dynamic Server 7 on Linux
Piet le Roux wrote: > > If anyone has succeeded to run Informix ODS 7 (SCO) on Linux help would > be appreciated. > I have installed iBCS and the shared libraries and the binaries work, > except that the engine cannot initialize shared memory: Error message > semctl: errno 22…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7 on Linux
If anyone has succeeded to run Informix ODS 7 (SCO) on Linux help would be appreciated. I have installed iBCS and the shared libraries and the binaries work, except that the engine cannot initialize shared memory: Error message semctl: errno 22 create_vp: cannot allocat m…
Problems with Informix Dynamic Server for NT
Hi Has anyone tried downloading and running the dynamic server product for NT? I have it installed, but get the following error when I boot the system: AdmAgent.exe - Applicatioin error The instruction at "0x10087c69 referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be r…
Re: Problem with "Changing data structure forced command termination"
I experience the problem all too often. I'm sure it is a bug in the version I'm running (7.23.UC1). I only see it when there are networked connections (ODBC or not). I think it concerns sessions connected from hosts with hostnames which exceed 8 characters in length. I believ…
Re: Network Connection Failure
In article <6n8csn$gdt$1@news.xmission.com>, Mario B. Agustin <mbagusti@sprintparanet.com> writes > >Hello Everyone, > Our database engine has failed twice in the last two days. Here is what the >online.log shows during the time the engine failed. > >14:30:01 Assert Failed: …
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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Network Connection Failure
Hello Everyone, Our database engine has failed twice in the last two days. Here is what the online.log shows during the time the engine failed. 14:30:01 Assert Failed: Internal Error - Segmentation Violation 14:30:01 Who: Session(303, arsadmin@awvsun1, 5697, 242010456) …
Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai wrote: > > Hello, > > We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we > convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the > index search. For example, a table: > > table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records…
Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai <rwie@netvigator.com> offerred: +We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we +convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the +index search. For example, a table: + +table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000…
Index for Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the index search. For example, a table: table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records index : ith_1 on ithitno, ithn…
Re: Temp tables and Network Connections
Informix 7.14 and HP-UX 10.20 I haven't seen the server crash. Livewire creates the temp tables but then can't use them. HARINATH VENKATA wrote: > Which version of INFORMIX server ? Which operating system ? > > Informix 7.10 under HP-UX 10.XX, > If the livewire creates a tempe…
Re: Temp tables and Network Connections
Which version of INFORMIX server ? Which operating system ? Informix 7.10 under HP-UX 10.XX, If the livewire creates a temperory table using stored procedures and the server will implicitly drop them. During dropping of these temperory tables the server crashes. This is a bug in…
Temp tables and Network Connections
We are trying to use Server Side Java using the Informix supplied Vendor Libs. Livewire seems to create a temp table but then cannot use it. All other sql works fine. Any ideas? Thanks.…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
Hello, Since I'm planning a Data Warehouse, I would to do it with the new version of Dynamic Server. Impressions, stability and on which platform? Regards. Fernando _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Fernando Collalti Phone: +…
Re: Connection rejected - too many users
malvarez@antena3tv.es wrote: > > Hello, > I had just migrated from ODS 7.14UD1 to 7.23UC4 yesterday and everything > seems to be OK up to now. However, today I am having a few messages in > the log saying "conection rejected - too many users" and there are only > 70 users active.…
Re: Connection rejected - too many users
malvarez@antena3tv.es wrote: > Hello, > I had just migrated from ODS 7.14UD1 to 7.23UC4 yesterday and everything > seems to be OK up to now. However, today I am having a few messages in > the log saying "conection rejected - too many users" and there are only > 70 users active. …
Replication on X.25 network
We are looking at a project which would have about 30 servers distributed across a remote geographic region. 5 are connected on an 56 kb WAN, the rest are intermittantly connected on an X.25 network. We want to user asynchronous replication to propagate updates to all servers whe…
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: poll threads
Can't give you an exact answer, except to confirm that changing our poll threads from 2 to 4 (with about 400-600 active connections) fixed our connection errors as well. ...Terry.…
Re: poll threads
Bill, We have recently gone through (and still experience some connection problems) the same problem. In our environment, we had the following settings: DATABASESERVER sparky_shm DATABASERVERALIAS sparky_tcp NETTYPE tlitcp,4,500,CPU # This number is hi…
poll threads
What's the best way to monitor poll threads to determine if you need additional ones? We have been having a problem with sessions taking a while to actually make a database connection. When additional poll threads were added, this problem seemed to go away. My question is what…
Intermittent Problem - error 529 Cannot attach to transaction
We have a HP-UX box (Ver 10.20) running Informix Online Dynamic Server Ver 7.13 and a NT Server (NT4.0) running Informix Online Dynamic Server Ver 7.23. We are trying to access some of the database tables resided in the HP-UX box from the NT Server via synonyms. But we faced inte…
Re: listener-thread err
At 10:26 AM 3/6/98 , Paul Watson wrote: >Scott Black wrote: >> >> HP-UX 10.20, OnLine 7.22.UC1X2 >> >> Throughout the day the engine will temporarily hang up, there will be >> zero ISAM calls. No one can do anything with Informix. This condition >> will last anywhere from a few…
Re: listener-thread err
Scott Black wrote: > > HP-UX 10.20, OnLine 7.22.UC1X2 > > Throughout the day the engine will temporarily hang up, there will be > zero ISAM calls. No one can do anything with Informix. This condition > will last anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes. Afterwards > when…
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: listener-thread err
In article <6d4go9$3rs$1@news.xmission.com>, Scott Black <sblack@elsouth.com> writes > >HP-UX 10.20, OnLine 7.22.UC1X2 > >Throughout the day the engine will temporarily hang up, there will be >zero ISAM calls. No one can do anything with Informix. This condition >will last anyw…
listener-thread err
HP-UX 10.20, OnLine 7.22.UC1X2 Throughout the day the engine will temporarily hang up, there will be zero ISAM calls. No one can do anything with Informix. This condition will last anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes. Afterwards when the engine begins to respond ag…
Re: Question: UPDATE STATISTICS and CPU usage
Georg Winkens wrote: > > While running UPDATE STATISTICS HIGH FOR table (colname) on a big > table we have the effect that nobody can connect to the informix engine > anymore (no matter to which database). We are running Informix 7.23 on a > single processor HP machine. It seem…
Re: Poll Threads
In article <6anilu$b75$1@news.xmission.com>, Harold Luse <hluse@vth.colostate.edu> writes > > >I have a question about poll threads that some of the gurus may be able to >answer. > >We are starting to use our first multi-processor machine (specifics below) >and I don't see any ev…
Re: Poll Threads
Harold, >NETTYPE ipcshm,1,100,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype You are telling online to use one CPU poll thread for shared memory connections. Either take this line out or change it to 3. Jason…
Poll Threads
I have a question about poll threads that some of the gurus may be able to answer. We are starting to use our first multi-processor machine (specifics below) and I don't see any evidence of it running multiple threads for a single user. The TFM is a little vague on the use of p…
Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
Seth Grimes wrote: > > Jane Vohden wrote: > > > > I have been talking with Informix about upgrading our site from the > > 5.xx Online engine to 7.2x Dynamic Server. They said there was no cost > > I don't think that anyone has pointed out the mistaken terminology > h…
What's the difference between ODS 7.22 and 7.23?
What's the difference between Informix Online Dynamic Server version 7.22 and version 7.23? Thanks in advance. Bill Westphal Rodney District Council mis@rodney.govt.nz…
Re: trusted user ...?
Dave Otto (dotto@themoneystore.com) wrote: : IPCSHM is only available from a local session (shell account, local app, : etc.), and is usually installed as NETTYPE = CPU. This tells the engine : that you have already passed basic Unix authentication. If the NETTYPE : is set to N…
Connection to the database is slow
I am running online 7.12 on solaris and it seems that the initial connection to the database is extremely slow through the PC clients via New Era applications and ilogin. Once the connection is established the response seems to be OK. Any ideas why that is so? Pinging to the data…
ODBC unix and dynamic SQL
Hi, Can someone give me some help on using informix odbc drivers (unix) with dynamic SQL on Informix-online dynamic server (7.22 unix) when I use "SQLprepare" I receive the message "too many or too few host variables given" but I think all is Ok R. Gueye…
Re: Changing network connectivity
Can you use onsoctcp on Informix 7.2? I have used ontlitcp on Unix side and onsoctcp on I-Connect running on PC without any problem. On PC side, it using sockets. Any reason why you want to use onsoctcp on Unix side? Susik Lee slee@gus.net } } } I'm trying to change from usi…
Re: Changing network connectivity
Dirk Reinshagen wrote: > > I'm trying to change from using Streams on my > Informix 7.2 Unix machine to use sockets. I changed > the line: > production ontlitcp homefair.com ifmx_srvc > > in my sqlhosts.ifmx file to: > production onsoctcp homefair.com …
Changing network connectivity
I'm trying to change from using Streams on my Informix 7.2 Unix machine to use sockets. I changed the line: production ontlitcp homefair.com ifmx_srvc in my sqlhosts.ifmx file to: production onsoctcp homefair.com ifmx_srvc but Informix complains s…
Unable to bring up informix Server.
Hi I am trying to install informix7.2 server on a HP 10.20 box. I am getting the following error message. Online.log ----------- Wed Nov 19 13:58:54 1997 13:58:54 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/usr/informix/log_full.sh' 13:59:00 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) 13:59:15 listener…
Re: Gaping security hole? (network db connections)
I'm not getting in to this discussion if .rhosts/hosts.equiv is bad or not. I'll just comment on a factoid. As you state that anyone can play with the PC hostaddresses, connecting from a DOS/WIN/NT PC to Informix is different than connecting from a UNIX box. Last time I check the…
Re: Gaping security hole? (network db connections)
> > and look at what a connection looks like, and then send that same data to > > our central server. > > > > The problem here isn't the usual security problems with BSD .rhosts / > > hosts.equiv mechanism. We've accepted those. And if it were only that, > > this wouldn't be a pr…
Re: Gaping security hole? (network db connections)
That is quite a price. With an entry in hosts.equiv, the remote user can login as ANY user. I much prefer .rhosts, more of a pain to administer, but less of a gaping security hole. cheers j. At 07:58 PM 10/31/97 +0000, you wrote: }Nathan Neulinger wrote: }> }> Is it just me m…
Re: Gaping security hole? (network db connections)
At 08:58 PM 11/1/97 +0000, you wrote: >> >.rhosts exist in each user's home directory. Anyone can write anything >and the UNIX system will consider it valid. (Milage will vary on >different UNIX systems which also have private lists of trusted sites.) .rhosts is ineffective unle…
Re: Gaping security hole? (network db connections)
Michael Segel <"MailerDaemon"@[127.0.0.1]> wrote: > > The sqlexec process on the client is running as 'joeuser'. Anything that > > a process running as 'joeuser' can do, so can a process running as > > 'freduser'. > > > > The only way .rhosts/hosts.equiv works is that remsh/rlogi…
Re: Gaping security hole? (network db connections)
Michael Segel <"MailerDaemon"@[127.0.0.1]> wrote: > Nathan Neulinger wrote: > > > > Is it just me misreading things, or is there no security whatsoever in the > > network sqlexec connections to an informix DB server? > > > I'll give you the short answer. > Yes and No. > Don't use…
Gaping security hole? (network db connections)
Is it just me misreading things, or is there no security whatsoever in the network sqlexec connections to an informix DB server? I was under the initial impression that the informix server used the .rhosts/hosts.equiv mechanism to validate users - where the remote connection say…
Enterpriseserver & Informix DB
Hello, has anyone from this comunity got experience in connecting the enterprise server to a Informix SE 7.22 Database under SCO. I've got the Netscape Enterprise Server 3.0 running on WINNT. Using the connect 7.2.TE2 I successfully tested the connectivity with the ilogin tool. W…
Re: HELP: Informix Performance on Tandem Non-Stop
Bergero Claudio wrote: > > My problem sounds like this: > > Trying to add connections to Online up to 65-75 the server isssued this message in online.log: > > 16:43:35 listener-thread: err = -25574: Network driver cannot open the network device. > 16:43:39 NSF putlocal: t_open …
HELP: Informix Performance on Tandem Non-Stop
My problem sounds like this: Trying to add connections to Online up to 65-75 the server isssued this message in online.log: 16:43:35 listener-thread: err = -25574: Network driver cannot open the network device. 16:43:39 NSF putlocal: t_open error: t_errno = 8, errno = 28. My…
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: Changing Nettypes
In article <5rapur$skl$1@nntp2.ba.best.com>, Harold Sasaki <***$$$@harold.com> writes >Before I try this ... (INFORMIX On-Line 7.2 on Sparc Solaris) > >I've got a database setup on a machine using "onipcshm". I need for this >database to talk to clients on other machines now. C…
Changing Nettypes
Before I try this ... (INFORMIX On-Line 7.2 on Sparc Solaris) I've got a database setup on a machine using "onipcshm". I need for this database to talk to clients on other machines now. Can I change the nettype to "ontlitcp" or have multiple nettypes? Or do I have to create a…
Re: Network connection.,,
In article <5ps3u8$dh1@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, thabib@bob.zentropy.soft aware.com writes >Hello all, > >I'm trying to connect to a INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.12.UC1 (online >dynamic server) with a esql/c application (INFORMIX-ESQL Version 7.12.UC1). >I have doubled-checked the sq…
Re: Network connection.,,
Hi Tony. thabib@bob.zentropy.softaware.com wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to connect to a INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.12.UC1 (online > dynamic server) with a esql/c application (INFORMIX-ESQL Version > 7.12.UC1). > I have doubled-checked the sqlhosts files, onconfig, hosts.eq…
Java and Informix Dynamic Server 7.x
Hi friends! I am trying to do server-side java cgi programming to connect to I-ODS 7.x. Do you know how I can do that? I heard it is possible to use the jdbc-odbc bridge( intersolve or openlink's), but the performance is too slow, because of jdbc to odbc and odbc to jdbc convert…
Re: Network connection.,,
You can check your connection by using dbaccess. For each INFORMIXSERVER in your sqlhosts file, access the database via dbaccess (i.e. dbaccess somedb@somehost). If this works, then you can try running a very simple ESQL/C program such as the following: #include <stdio.h> $incl…
Re: Network connection.,,
>From: thabib@bob.zentropy.softaware.com >Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 17:25:59 -0700 (PDT) >X-Informix-List-Id: <list.15334> > >I'm trying to connect to a INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.12.UC1 (online >dynamic server) with a esql/c application (INFORMIX-ESQL Version 7.12.UC1). >I have doubl…
Network connection.,,
Hello all, I'm trying to connect to a INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.12.UC1 (online dynamic server) with a esql/c application (INFORMIX-ESQL Version 7.12.UC1). I have doubled-checked the sqlhosts files, onconfig, hosts.equiv, hosts files, and restarted the database engine, only to ge…
Re: Assert Failed: Internal Error - Segmentation Violation
I've had a similar problem with A Dec Apha using the same version of Online and the only way I could resolve the problem is not use the shared memory connection and use the network connection instead. Hope this helps. Poul Pedersen <pp@q8.dk> wrote in article <5nobvi$iq7@cssun.…
Re: UserID/Password error.
In article <5nq0m7$1n8@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Rajesh Koilpillai <rajeshk@hcla.com> writes >Hi > > I have tried all the suggestions which some of u have suggested. > But still i get the following error in 'online.log' when i try > to start my server on a Solaris …
UserID/Password error.
Hi I have tried all the suggestions which some of u have suggested. But still i get the following error in 'online.log' when i try to start my server on a Solaris 2.51 machine. - Rajesh Email : rajeshk@hcla.com 15:32:51 Error: Unable to reset open files limit, must run…
Re: UserId/Passwd error.
Rajesh Koilpillai wrote: > > Hi > > I am getting this error message when i try to start the > Informix server > > 12:32:27 listener-thread: err = -951: Incorrect password or user informix is no > t known on the database server. > > 12:34:47 listener-thread: err = -9…
Re: UserId/Passwd error.
Rajesh Koilpillai wrote: > > Hi > > I am getting this error message when i try to start the > Informix server > > 12:32:27 listener-thread: err = -951: Incorrect password or user informix is no > t known on the database server. > > 12:34:47 listener-thread: err = -9…
UserId/Passwd error.
Hi I am getting this error message when i try to start the Informix server 12:32:27 listener-thread: err = -951: Incorrect password or user informix is no t known on the database server. 12:34:47 listener-thread: err = -951: Incorrect password or user informix is no t k…
Hit 956 error when bring up informix Online Dynamic Server
Hello, When I startup informix online dynamic server (version 7.12.UC1), it always give warning message saying Network deamon is down. I get these messages in the online.log: : 19:09:42 Dataskip is now OFF for all dbspaces 19:09:42 Quiescent Mode 19:09:42 Checkpoint Complet…
Q : Wanna know detail configuration of Web DB
Could anyone tell me the DB configuration that can be accessed by Web. DB is online 7.22. And use Webkits cgi library. Wanna know how can setting the DB. Http demon is NCSA. Use port 80. Sever is SUN solaris 2.4.(it uses tlitcp for nettype) Thank you...…
Migrating from SE to ONLINE
I'm migrating from SE to ONLINE. I work with NETTYPE ipcshm, and I have a problem: Sometimes the users can't access to the Database, and the server writes into the log file: Error -27001 Read Error during conection attempt. The only way to solve temporaly the problem is doin…
Bug in 7.2.2 for Digital UNIX possibly others
At least on my system using a streams connection to the database has the following peculiarity. Online is up and running using streams as the nettype. an abnormal shutdown, such as a power off will prevent the server from being started in streams mode again, even after a power …
Re: Network connection is broken Message
Well one thing you can try is create a link to this directory whiere the link path is less than 75 chars. -Bill } } Has anyone encountered this type of problem: } } We are running an Informix application using INFORMIX-4GL Version 6.03.UD1 } on a SunOS sparcstation running solar…
Network connection is broken Message
Has anyone encountered this type of problem: We are running an Informix application using INFORMIX-4GL Version 6.03.UD1 on a SunOS sparcstation running solaris under CDE. When we invoke the Informix application from a directory whose length is > 75 characters (including the '/'…
soctcp Error
I'm trying to set up an instance of 7.12 Online on 10.20 HP-UX. Whenever I configure a nettype of soctcp I get the following error in the $INFORMIXDIR/online.log: 10:55:08 listener-thread: err = -25572: Network driver cannot bind a name to the port. System error = 227. 10:55:0…
Tuning I-Net/I-Star or Connect
Is there anyway to improve I-Net/I-Star throughput? My client has two machines that are co-located and connected via a 100MBit FDDI connection. Yet the time to run a 4GL program on the host box is less than half for that going across the network. What gives? Kerry…
Re: Performance / Internal Q's -- Online 7.2
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------24681CC654CE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit jimlenahan@aol.com wrote: > > I have a 4way HP Kclass machine as server connected to a pair of HP > G class machines. On th…
Re: OnLine Internals and Performance Questions
jim, > - The IFMX docs say that MAXCPUVP should not exceed the real number > of processors in the system. However, my CPU's are typically running at > 50-65% utilization. Is there really anything that could go wrong if the > number of CPU VP's were greater than physical p…
Re: Userthread increase in Informix 7.11
cw.Lin wrote: > > WE would like to know how to increase userthreads in Informix 7. The User Threads can be add by add NETTYPE in $HOEM…
HELP NETTYPE!!!
I have 2 Sun Solaris machines. On one (called transgis), it has the following: SQLHOSTS: trans7 onipcshm transgis sqlexecx (sqlexecx is not in services) trans7t ontlitcp transgis sqlexec7 ONCONFIG: DBSERVERNAME tran…
Multiple NETTYPE Definitions in ONCONFIG
I discovered that NETTYPE is defined twice in the ONCONFIG files for 5 Informix databases that I'm taking over responsibility for. One definition is for tlitcp and the 2nd for streams str??? or something like that. These 5 instances are on the same machine. We have been experi…
Multiple NETTYPE Definitions in ONCONFIG
I discovered that NETTYPE is defined twice in the ONCONFIG files for 5 Informix databases that I'm taking over responsibility for. One definition is for tlitcp and the 2nd for streams str??? or something like that. These 5 instances are on the same machine. We have been experi…
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…
Problem of ESQL/C in Online 6.0 under HP-UX9.X
Hello, I get problem in running the demostration files. I am using ESQL/C 6.00 UC2 and Online 6.0 under HP-UX 9.X. My error is -25505 when connecting database. However, I get no problem in access the database under dbaccess. I find the following in the log file when running the…
Changing DBSERVERNAME - correction
In a previous note I indicated that we had successfully created an onipcshm alias - this is not the case. We had no problems with a tcp alias, but since each alias starts a listening thread - the second onipcshm thread gets heartburn. Yours in trial by fire cheers j. _________…
Client Server on an OSI Network
Has anyone else had experiance of running a Windows 3.1 application using Intersolve Q&E drivers, I-Net 5.01, with a 5.01 Informix Online back-end using OSI rather than TCP/IP? If so I would be more than interested to hear of any problems you may have encountered. The setup we …
Problems connecting across network using IStar/INet
Hi there. I have two boxes running SCO Unix, one has OnLine and Star 5.03. The other has Net 5.03 for TCP/IP and various Informix tools version 4.13. I have got the Star and OnLine configurations working ok as I can access these details from elsewhere on the network. But I ca…
Informix/ESQLC 7.1....Error 25574 ..Help ???
I am trying to establish a client-server environment.. using ESQLC 7.1..which is the client running on a SUN SPARC 5 with solaris 2.4 as the operating system. The server is a DEC5900 ultrix operating system which runs Informix Online 5.0.. I am trying to establish a connection …
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…
INTERSOLV's ODBC & VB
I've been trying to use INTERSOLV's ODBC package for INFORMIX 5 to write a Visual Basic program that connects to a database via Chameleon's TCP-IP package (and INET). When I try to connect, I get the following error message: [INTERSOLV][ODBC Informix Driver][Informix] Error on …
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?…
Network Systems Engineer - Xircom - 1000 Oaks, CA
Xircom, Inc., designs, develops, manufactures, markets and supports easy-to-use computer networking and connectivity products that extend networks to computer users who previously could not readily connect to a LAN. The company is the leading supplier of external LAN adapters, w…
Network Systems Engineer - Xircom, 1000 Oaks, CA
Xircom, Inc., designs, develops, manufactures, markets and supports easy-to-use computer networking and connectivity products that extend networks to computer users who previously could not readily connect to a LAN. The company is the leading supplier of external LAN adapters, w…
Database Connectivity and Networking Issues
Hi, I am posting this on behalf of a friend of mine - Manoj - who is a Masters student in CS at the Univ of Pennsylvania. He is in California for the summer and is working on a project entitled 'Database Connectivity Issues' and is comparing the various connectivity solutions pr…
Connecting to CASE 6000 OSI network
I've tried speaking to Sphinx the distributors and I've tried speaking to Informix the manufacturers and they're about as good as each other. At the moment we are tendering for a job whereby we need to be able to interface our application with applications running on other compu…