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Not enough room in ROOT DBspace
Reduce the size of your PHYSFILE. You probably moved it to another dbspace after setting up the first server. Start it smaller, then create the plog dbspace and move it there and resize. j. On 1/4/17 4:09 PM, STEVEN AB wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to setup a new server with the …
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…
oncheck warning,What impact will it have on the future?
Ok, I make sense. Althrough I can't see that parameter in ONCONFIG, but it really exists with default value. ------------------------------ chuan lu ------------------------------…
Large memory segment vs smaller ones
No ONCONFIG changes are required. ------------------------------ Doug Lawry Oninit Consulting ------------------------------…
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 ------------------------------…
What prevents a RSS to roll forward as fast as its primary?
Art, Here are differences that make sense between the primary and RSS, 236,238c236 < NETTYPE onsoctcp,50,220,NET --- > NETTYPE onsoctcp,40,220,NET 243,245c241 < NUMFDSERVERS 8 --- > NUMFDSERVERS 4 2…
restore through STDIO
HI, ifxclone can change the onconfig on the target instance E.g. it will turn off DIRECT_IO and can also change bufferpool entries! Regards, David. ------------------------------ David Williams ------------------------------…
Problems with temporary dbspaces
Hello, Change the DBSPACETEMP entry in onconfig file , separated them with semi colon (;), instead of comma (,). Rebounce ids, and see whether the error disappear. Hope it works -Fauziah-…
ontape does not finish the backup: tape full
TAPESIZE in the onconfig set to zero? Backups to disk running into a tape full and asking for a second tape should not happen. Hal Maner M Systems International, Inc.…
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…
Phys Log Size Inconsistency?
Disregard. I confused the ONCONFIG parm with the actual phys log. Forgot to actually run onparams! My total bad. DG…
RSS: Different # CPUs?
Those were my thought exactly. But, was uncertain whether RSS required identical settings in ONCONFIG as the primary. Thank you. DG…
25582 error on high volume of short live trans
Hi Ronald, I'm looking at this old post and probably the problem has already been solved. I assume that when the 25582 error occurred there were also several nsf locks records in the onstat -g lmx output. I would say you should increase the NUMFDSERVERS parameter to 35 and try. …
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. …
onmode bug discovered (-wf)
Don't believe in a bug here. When starting the server he knows about the onconfig-file from the environment variable ONCONFIG. If you change this variable when the server is running it will not know the new value. Assuming that variable is only read once during the startup of th…
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…
ROOTDBS file
I did not find the AUTOLOCATE parameter in onconfig file as well as onconfig.std file also. Im using IDS 12.10 FC8 version…
Update Statistics
what kind of things could I check in the onconfig file. They are working on getting me IBM technical support help, but that will be a few hours away.…
IO performance issues
Michael: FWIW, your other post (with onstat -g mgm) doesn't tell us anything useful except that the server's been online for 11 days and 18 hours or 282 hours. Assuming you have not zero'd your stats since startup, I can calculate a rough Buffer Turnover Rate (BTR) across the tw…
IDS 12.10 - Query Slow
Hi, I means value on onconfig 12.10 same or better than value onconfig IDS 11.10. i don't copy onconfig file and put on IDS 12.10. I already rebuild of your statistics is highly. We don't have performance issue for overall our system, only a few program, especially program runn…
ON-Bar database server is dismissing the logical
Thanks Art and Martin. IDS bounce worked as onconfig was changed for LTAPEDEV earlier. Thanks, ~ Pravin Bankar…
DBSPACETEMP Parameter
Hi, The DBSPACETEMP Parameter in onconfig file create automatically the temporally dbspaces ? Or They must be created with onspaces utility. Thanks in advance.…
Mutex logs on logical log flip
What I meant was "that nsf has nothing to do with NFS". The first improvement tried was to increase the number of file descriptor servers.... there's a parameter for that: NUMFDSERVERS But my understanding is that it was not very useful as more FDSERVERS could cause even great…
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)…
Performance issue after migrate to IDS from Online
Questions: 1. After the database was recreated and loaded did you run the recommended suite of Update Statistics commands as described in the Performance Guide manual (or as implemented by my dostats utility) or are you depending on Auto Update Statistics (AUS)? 2. So, you m…
Fetch time on 12.10FC4
Hi Javier! Did you rebuild the statistics of all databases from your instance after the upgrade? This situation (differences between fetch time and exec time) used to happen when table's statistics are not accurate. Regards, Alberto Pessonio 2015-05-15 18:35 GMT-03:00 JAVIER P…
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…
BTS fails after ontape Restore
Hi Mark, Backup is done by 'ontape -s -L 0' Restore was done with 'ontape -r' No extra special parameters. And as I was typing this email, I was collecting the appropriate BTS-related lines from the 4 onconfig's in play (we use a special 'backup' onconfig for ontape). Lo and b…
Root db space fills up
as metioned above, maybe you need set TEMPTAB_NOLOG in you onconfig file…
Error Message in online.log file
Hi André. What setting do you have for ALRM_ALL_EVENTS in the $ONCONFIG file? I have found "alarmprogram.sh" can loop if set to 1. Regards, Doug Lawry…
RSS not working
Fee disk space on the chunk partition ok on the RSS server? Can you post your onconfig?…
Setup HDR
Sounds like the onconfig has the same STACKSIZE but what both servers read in at initialization is different. Bounce both servers and see if it's fixed.…
New IDS / performance & stability
To answer your points more generally than in the other replies, I also run some systems as busy as yours. You can probably infer this from the fact we ran into the VP_MEMORY_CACHE_KB issue, which will only be seen on a very busy system. I am disappointed to hear the FC8W1 fix pa…
Physical Log size 2000 is too small
Hi, the onconfig we are using is from a inf version 9.7 wherein no PLOG_OVERFLOW_PATH located in it. I tried adding it to the onconfig and put a location but the inf instance when restarted still always fails. As for the onmode command we are always using onmode -ky maybe it's b…
ERROR doing ontape
Thanks for your response! So, is it possible to create a new dbspace then set it in $ONCONFIG and restart the instance? best regards…
virtual segment question
Did you try to increase the number of locks in the LOCKS parameter in Onconfig? Lloyd…
ontape error message
Increase the value of TAPESIZE parameter in onconfig and try the backup. Lloyd…
Onconfig name
Hi, I am developing a JDBC application, and need to read from within SQL the onconfig environment variable. From with IDS 11.70, I can extract the need information using the query: select trim(env_value) env_value from informix.sysenv where env_name = 'ONCONFIG'; The code nee…
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?…
Problmes using ontape with an IBM TS2900 changer
The TAPEDEV section in the onconfig is as follow: TAPEDEV /dev/IBMTape0 TAPEBLK 512 TAPESIZE 0 We have played with the TAPEBLK from 512 to 4096 to no avail.…
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…
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.…
How to set up temporary space per session
True, but I have noticed that you need register previously the temporary dbspace in onconfig file, I thought there was some way to make the settings "on the fly", by session. Roger…
recover SQLHOSTS file
Do the onconfig files also have that info?…
Auto Update Stats
Hi, I have one more query. I have the below entries in onconfig file for AUS AUTO_STAT_MODE 1 STATCHANGE 10 USTLOW_SAMPLE 0 Now all my tasks(mon_table_profile,Evaluator and Refresh) running fine at scheduled time. Now when I remove the above entries in onconfig file, still al…
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…
Re: IDS 11.7 Tuning help
I'm afraid I'm missing something... Can you better define the slowness? Do the sub-second queries take longer now? Or do you believe it's the connection establishment that takes longer? Make sure you follow John's suggestions... A few more questions: - Are you sure ther is no s…
Re: IDS 11.7 Tuning help
Thanks John - I do already have the cache set up.. NETTYPE soctcp,40,100,NET LISTEN_TIMEOUT 60 MAX_INCOMPLETE_CONNECTIONS 1024 FASTPOLL 1 NUMFDSERVERS 4 NS_CACHE host=900,service=900,user=900,group=900 I will try increasing the number of listeners for the port... Laurie On …
Page size
Where do you set the page size when configuring Informix? I don't see it in the ONCONFIG anywhere.…
Re: manually edit onconfig?
You should never install the new version over the current one. If something goes wrong in the upgrade you'll have much more work to recover. Regards On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:38 PM, June Nebab LKINY <jnebab@gmail.com> wrote: > Planning an upgrade to 11.7UC6GE from 11.7UC5GE. I…
RE: manually edit onconfig?
I would give a try to the new onconfig_diff utility, it seems to help you identify and correct some of them.... Check it out! https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/idsteam/entry/how_to_use_the_onconfig_comparison_tool_onconfig_diff3?lang=en Regards. Alexand…
Re: manually edit onconfig?
I'm a big fan of copying the current settings into the new ONCONFIG file. It gives you a good chance to see the new parameters, like those you mentioned - all of which were available in 11.70.xC5 BTW, so someone used an older ONCONFIG instead of editing the new one last time. By…
Re: manually edit onconfig?
Figure out what each of the new ones do, whether you want to use them or not, then add them to your old onconfig. Ideally on a test environment. j. On Dec 17, 2012, at 1:38 PM, June Nebab LKINY wrote: > Planning an upgrade to 11.7UC6GE from 11.7UC5GE. Installing new version o…
manually edit onconfig?
Planning an upgrade to 11.7UC6GE from 11.7UC5GE. Installing new version on same $INFORMIXDIR and on same server. I noticed new onconfig params (ie: AUTO_READAHEAD, NUMFDSERVERS, etc) that are in the UC6GE onconfig.std that are not in my $ONCONFIG. What is the proper way to dea…
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,…
Error # 40002
Also set AUTO_REPREPARE 1 in your $ONCONFIG file. Regards, Doug Lawry…
Re: help with informix on windows oncheck -pr erro
ok sounds like silly question but how do i find out what ONCONFIG variable is on windows ? which is likely to be correct set ONCONFIG=oncfg_apecert.0 ::set ONCONFIG=ONCONFIG.apecert…
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…
doubt about parameters (PDQ)
Sorry people, I meant the MAX_PDQPRIORITY 100 onconfig parameter.…
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…
NOFUZZYCKPT: onconfig parameter or environment variable?
Is NOFUZZYCKPT an onconfig parameter or an environment variable? Is there any definitive documentation? Still running IDS 10 on Linux.…
Testing the 'free' versions - moving from Dev edition to Innovator-C
Art, thanks - I've gone for the separate INFORMIXDIR install (just had to change $INFORMIXDIR, $PATH and some paths in $ONCONFIG) and it's come up just fine.…
Spatial Data
hello reading thru the manual states that the ONCONFIG parameters for SBSPACENAME and SYSSBSPACENAME must be set for the default sbspace. We are running an HDR pair and have the parameters set on the Primary Server - does it also need to be set on the Secondary Instance ? thank…
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: Mutex wait
Hi, We have tried to set NUMFDSERVERS to 1 on 11.50 but it did not help. Now, we trying to upgrade to 11.70. ________________________________ From: VIKAS HIVARKAR <vikas.hivarkar@gmail.com> To: ids@iiug.org Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 4:20 PM Subject: Re: Mutex wait [24…
Mutex wait
Hello All, One important observation: When Guardium (monitoring tool from IBM) is stoped I do not see this bad mutex behaviour! @Madison Pruet: Yes, nsf.lock waits are a problem, however in my case If I see 200 mutex waits (onstat -g ath |grep mutex / onstat -g lmx)then only 3-…
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…
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…
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.…
ontape -p/r with changed ROOTPATH
Jack Parker Wrote: ================================================================================ Not sure if you noted that you also need to change your $ONCONFIG = ROOTPATH to point to what is on the backup image. j. ==========================================================…
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…
question about Query with joined view
Have you tried "IFX_FOLDVIEW 1" in your environment or $ONCONFIG file? Regards, Doug Lawry…
-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…
sqlerr:-243 and isam err:-111 in esql/c
This "may" be a good place for USELASTCOMMITTED set to all in the onconfig.…
Primary Slowness when RSS is active
You need to set LOG_STAGGING_DIR parameter in onconfig of the rss…
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…
Re: RE: new onconfig parameters added onconfig fil
Typically, I make a copy of the onconfig.std, naming it something like cheetah_online. Then I open up both the old and new onconfig, side by side, and copy from old to new. Obviously, the new onconfig has new params that were not addressed in the old onconfig and may have elimina…
Re: RE: new onconfig parameters added onconfig fil
Isn't that what I said? "If you simply just bring up the instance using your old onconfig, I believe that you will get whatever the default is for the new parameters, even though you do not mention them in your old ONCONFIG." -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.or…
new onconfig parameters added onconfig file 11.5
hello folks Can any one tell me at what stage the new onconfig parameters are added to the onconfig file when upgrading from 11.10 to 11.5. I have converted two instances from 11.10 to 11.50 One onconfig file has the new parameters at the end of the file the other doesnt have any…
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…
Re: performance improvements for dbimport?
Thanks for all your valuable input. I changed some parameters now: 21:09:27 Onconfig parameter BUFFERPOOL modified from size=2K,buffers=262144,lrus=8,lru_min_dirty=5.0,lru_max_dirty=10.0 to size=2K,buffers=524288,lrus=8,lru_min_dirty=10.0,lru_max_dirty=50.0. 21:09:27 Onconfig p…
BACKUP_FILTER in onconfig
Hello, when I using BACKUP_FILTER in $ONCONFIG, parameter for "The tape block size, in KB, for backing up logical logs" is NOT LTAPEBLK, but it is TAPEBLK. Everything work fine (LTAPEBKL for logical log) when I turn off BACKUP_FILTER ... This is happening with ontape, with BAC…
garbage text in SHMNOACCESS parameter
On Jan 21, 8:15 am, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Just a guess. What's the hex value for that string? > grep ^SHMNOACCESS onconfig SHMNOACCESS �����������" ������� grep ^SHMNOACCESS onconfig |cut -c17- �����������" ������� grep ^SHMNOACCESS onconfig…
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…
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?…
DYNAMIC_LOGS in ONCONFIG
Good afternoon, We occasionally have a programmer than needs a large amount of log space to move a very large table. Instead of fiddling with the HTXHWM and LTXEHWM in the ONCONFIG file, has anyone successfully setup DYNAMIC_LOGS with IDS 10.00 on HPUX? Where would the dynamic …
Unsufficient buffer size for error message
Hi Please check your online.log and check also your onconfig file. thanks.…
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…
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
Hamran The 6 in NETTYPE define the number of poll threads you want to bring up. Generally, one poll thread need to run on one VP. Hence the num=6 in VPCLASS. Please refer the details to below text or informix information center. Regards. -Ping =================================…
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 …
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…
oninit fails reporting problem with DBSPACETEMP
But in my ONCONFIG file, i have mentioned the tape device as STDIO…
-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…
Changing TAPEDEV from script
sed -e 's/^TAPEDEV/TAPEDEV NEW-TAPEDEV/g' onconfig > onconfig.other export ONCONFIG=onconfig.other after finishing just set the ONCONFIG to your default and delete onconfig.other Sebastian…
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…
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…
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 …
Re: onconfig recommendations
mosserp@wellsfargo.com wrote: >> mosserp@wellsfargo.com wrote: >> >>>>> RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag >>>>> >>>>> >>>> (Yes = 1, No = >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Don't know HP model numbers, but it this is a PA-RISC machine, you >>>> almost have to …
RE: onconfig recommendations
> mosserp@wellsfargo.com wrote: > >>> RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag > >>> > >> (Yes = 1, No = > >> > >>> > >>> > >> Don't know HP model numbers, but it this is a PA-RISC machine, you > >> almost have to set RESIDENT to -1 to prevent poor performance > >>…
Re: onconfig recommendations
mosserp@wellsfargo.com wrote: >>> RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag >>> >> (Yes = 1, No = >> >>> >>> >> Don't know HP model numbers, but it this is a PA-RISC machine, you >> almost have to set RESIDENT to -1 to prevent poor performance >> due to the >> archi…
RE: onconfig recommendations
> > RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag > (Yes = 1, No = > > > Don't know HP model numbers, but it this is a PA-RISC machine, you > almost have to set RESIDENT to -1 to prevent poor performance > due to the > architectures restrictions of only four active shar…
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…
Re: onconfig recommendations
On Jan 2, 11:09 pm, "Kennedy, Randy" <RKenn...@scottsdaleaz.gov> wrote: > Would like to receive some feedback on our onconfig setup for current > platform. This is the 3rd physical server that the database has moved > to and just want to ensure we are using the best settings for…
[Fwd: Re: onconfig recommendations]
Kennedy, Randy wrote: > Would like to receive some feedback on our onconfig setup for current > platform. This is the 3rd physical server that the database has moved > to and just want to ensure we are using the best settings for given > platform. > > Current Server: HP rp5405 …
Re: onconfig recommendations
On Jan 2, 11:09 pm, "Kennedy, Randy" <RKenn...@scottsdaleaz.gov> wrote: > Would like to receive some feedback on our onconfig setup for current > platform. This is the 3rd physical server that the database has moved > to and just want to ensure we are using the best settings for…
onconfig recommendations
Would like to receive some feedback on our onconfig setup for current platform. This is the 3rd physical server that the database has moved to and just want to ensure we are using the best settings for given platform. Current Server: HP rp5405 4-Way (650 MHz) with 8GB RAM. 1 …
Newbie question-please don't shoot me
I have a newbie question. Please pardon my lack of knowledge with this. I have a Unix server (HP) that houses 2 9.4 Informix database servers (IE: there are 2 separate onconfig files that have unique INFORMIXSERVER parm values). The informix engine stopped (I think because the un…
Informix onconfig file configuration
Hello, We recently moved from a quad proc (hyper threaded to 8), 8GB RAM to a 2 socket dual core, 16GB RAM server. In order to maximize the cores and RAM what entries need to be modified, if any? Thanks, Jared…
Update from Digital 7.31.FD1to ....
Back to one of the origional issues, performace goes South when there are 150 users on the box. Believe this issue has been discussed before, how many NETTYPE threads can be configured of each configured CPU. You have configured 3 CPU's but list: NETTYPE soctcp,8,50,NET # Config…
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: 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?…
Re: NETTYPE NET/CPU
> Read more about NETTYPE and have few more questions: > > 1. What determines the polling cycle of poll thread having class of > CPU VP. You mentioned it polls only periodically. What does it do when > it's not polling ? A poll thread running on a cpu vp will poll at a minimum o…
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 …
BAR_MAX_BACKUP and BAR_WORKER_MAX
What's the difference between BAR_MAX_BACKUP and BAR_WORKER_MAX. Both seem to be doing parallel/concurrent log backup. Which one should be specified in onconfig ?…
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...…
Re: Digital UNIX V4.0F + 7.31.FD1 Performance
Thank you, today on evening we make this changes in $ONCONFIG, restart the machine and hope it works! Greetings from Austria…
ONSTAT -U Question
Hi guys, I got a old question, at least "old" for me. The last line of onstat-u output show something like that 13 active, 128 total, 25 maximum concurrent I got NETTYPE setting to NETTYPE ipcshm,1,5,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettypeNETTYPE soctcp,1,5,NET # Configure …
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…
onconfig problem
when i try to initialize server using oninit following message appears on screen "ONCONFIG can only specify a simple filename whith no path components" plz do replay me how to solve this one…
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…
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…
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: Listing all the tables in using a dbspace in Informix
> Make sure $INFORMIXDIR and $ONCONFIG are set and that you have > permissions with your login ID to access them. There is also system > tables that can give you this information. System tables which can list out all the tables in a particular dbspace ?…
Re: onconfig
Hello, apart from editing ONCONFIG directly, some parameters are dynamically changeable: Usage: onparams ... -m <param> <value> ... -m - Modify the value of one of the following configuration parameters: AFFAIL, AFCRASH, AFW…
RE: onconfig
I don't run onbar, but I suspect you're right. LTAPEDEV, etc. would also probably be in this group as well. Either way, restore the old onconfig and you're OK. It may be a good idea to check the permissions on the file before you're done, though... --EEM -----Original Me…
Re: onconfig
I think the onbar config parameters can be changed on the fly as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Everett Mills" <eemills@nationalbeef.com> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 11:45 AM Subject: RE: onconfig > Stan- > TAPEDEV, TAPEBLK and TAPESI…
RE: onconfig
Stan- TAPEDEV, TAPEBLK and TAPESIZE can be modified on the fly through onconfig. Restore your old onconfig and you should be fine. --EEM -----Original Message----- From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Stan Sent: Friday, …
onconfig
Hello. What will happen when during work (online state) IDS unfortunately someone modify onconfig. Which paramaters takes effect immediately (without restrart IDS). Thanks in advance Stan…
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…
Informix produces error -1263 after system time is changed
Also I forgot to mention that the onconfig USEOSTIME is set to 1 (gets time from the host)…
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…
Re: infdump
couldn't we at least ask him for a tiny snippet of his online.log - maybe there's more wisdom in such file than you might imagine. Tip: set MSGPATH (in onconfig) to ... ... and don't forget to restart the engine ;-)…
HELP : All logical logs are FULL
Hi All Thanks for your response. I solved the "All logical logs are FULL" . I did the following : ShutdownServer : onmode -ky Change Onconfig : LTAPEDEV in the onconfig to /DEV/NULL Restart Server : oninit After RECOVERY : onmode -ky Change Onconfig : LTAPEDEV change…
Re: Performance tuning suggestions needed
On 1 Oct 2006 20:10:51 -0700, calyanram@hotmail.com wrote: >this my onconfig file. > ...onconfig file snipped... Please give us a bit more information. Hardware specs (number of CPUs, memory, OS. etc.) would be good . . . JWC…
SHMADD and EXTSHMADD
Hi, What is the difference between SHMADD and EXTSHMADD? We know the meaning of the SHMADD onconfig parameter. Thanks, Khaled Bentebal ConsultiX Email: khaled.bentebal@consult-ix.fr…
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…
DBSPACETEMP
Hello All, Just a quick question for you to ponder. Is it possible to include random dbscpaces in the DBSPACETEMP parameter with the onconfig file to prevent space problems in the temp dbspace when creating indexes etc. on very large tables?…
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…
Re: ONCONFIG and AIX
Hi, I would enable KAIO, too. Apart from KAIO the B-Tree Scanner usually benefits from some configuration: >From my experience increasing threshold (default: 500) reduces I/O significantly, enabling range scans (rangesize=500), too. BTSCANNER num=1,prio=low,threshold=50…
RE: ONCONFIG and AIX
> -----Original Message----- > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- > bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of tomcaml@yahoo.com > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 12:57 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: ONCONFIG and AIX > > Hello All, > > I am looking for feed…
ONCONFIG and AIX
Hello All, I am looking for feedback, comments, etc. We are currently on IDS 10.FC4 on HP-UX 11 - migrating to IDS 10.FC5 on AIX on an LPAR partition on the i595 I have gotten this message in the log while performing some loads/alter tables/indexes, etc in development phase.…
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…
Parametro TXTIMEOUT
Hola, quisiera saber si alguno de ustedes me puede informar que quiere decir el parametro del onconfig TXTIMEOUT 0x12c, a cuantos segundos se refiere. Gracias de antemano. Salu2...…
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?…
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/…
Can't INSERT blob into specific blob space using JDBC
I tried an example with 3.00.JC3 and it works fine without having a default SBSPACENAME in the onconfig file. VG.…
program hangs
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:05:30 +0100, "Danny De Koster" <ddk@fidelity-soft.be> wrote: >OS: Linux SuSe 9.2 >IDS. 9.40 > >The program can't make any connections too the INFORMIXSERVER > > Are these connections shared memory or network? JWC…
Fragmentation Elimination Problem
I am on version IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC4.…
Re: MaxConnect
Shouldn't network poll threads run in NET VP's?…
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: Validating the 'SBSPACENAME' sblobspace
"Is a command-line call significantly different from file system access?" Well for SQL yes. In sysmaster.sysconfig there is a cf_effective column. This is the value in use by the database server NOW, this does not have to match the ONCONFIG value. You can change the onconfig …
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…
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.
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…
v 9 stopping
search for a dir called informix (assume you installed it there) in there you should have a subdir called etc in there you should find a file called onconfig.<informixserver> search for MSGPATH which has the name of your logfile Superboer.…
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 ?…
Redirected restore failure
>From the backup and restore manual renaming chunks duing a restore..key considerations... "During a cold restore, ontape performs the following validations to rename chunks: 3. If renaming the primary root or mirror root chunk, it updates the ONCONFIG file parameters ROOTPATH…
hyperthreading and onconfig parameters
We are upgrading our database servers to HP ProLiant DL380 G4 two-way systems. This platform supports enabling or disabling "hyperthreading". (See, for example, http://sysadminforum.com/t36970.html.) With hyperthreading enabled, the OS (Solaris 9, x86) sees 2 logical processors …
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: recording ONCONFIG changes
Tripwire or AIDE would do the trick too. -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Leffler Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 2:16 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: recording ONCONFIG changes mw…
Re: recording ONCONFIG changes
mweallans@panacea.co.uk wrote: > Scanning the old messages I came across a "suspicion" from Neil Truby > that IDS 9.2 was't recording all changes to ONCONFIG in the message > log. > I've recently spent many days trying to find why a problem had recurred > and eventually I discove…
recording ONCONFIG changes
Scanning the old messages I came across a "suspicion" from Neil Truby that IDS 9.2 was't recording all changes to ONCONFIG in the message log. I've recently spent many days trying to find why a problem had recurred and eventually I discovered that it was because a previous change…
Re: ONCONFIG - comments
Juan Pablo wrote: My comments below: > Hi: > Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this group. > I wanted to offer my config for comments. > thanks > ============================================================ > Hola: > Muchas gracias por el tiem…
Re: ONCONFIG - comments
"Juan Pablo" <in4mixperu@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1120173312.07d6de6c2486de67e3cad47cd40e6341@teranews... > > Hi: > Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this > group. > I wanted to offer my config for comments. > thanks > ====================…
Re: ONCONFIG - comments
Juan Pablo said: > > Hi: > Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this > group. > I wanted to offer my config for comments. > thanks > ============================================================ > Hola: > Muchas gracias por el tiempo y su ayuda. Est…
ONCONFIG - comments
Hi: Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this group. I wanted to offer my config for comments. thanks ============================================================ Hola: Muchas gracias por el tiempo y su ayuda. Estoy dejando mi archivo ONCONFIG para pode…
ONCONFIG - comments
Hi: Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this group. I wanted to offer my config for comments. thanks ============================================================ Hola: Muchas gracias por el tiempo y su ayuda. Estoy dejando mi archivo ONCONFIG para…
Re: IDS 10 Express Edition
Note 10.00.xC3 = Enterprise Version 10.00.xC3E = Express Edition http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.relnotes.doc/uc3E/idse_win_release_notes_10.0.html Then click on "IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition" in the right pane:…
setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux error
I setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux execcute oninit -ivy is failed the online.log is write /// 16:31:32 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment (size 8192KB) 16:31:32 Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 Software Serial Number AA…
ONCONFIG comments
Hi: Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this group. I wanted to offer my config for comments. thanks ============================================================ Hola: Muchas gracias por el tiempo y su ayuda. Estoy dejando mi archivo ONCONFIG para pod…
ONCONFIG comments
Hi: Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this group. I wanted to offer my config for comments. thanks ============================================================ Hola: Muchas gracias por el tiempo y su ayuda. Estoy dejando mi archivo ONCONFIG par…
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: New installation
Yes I agree with Brian, you put something in the onconfig that required 161MB but you have defined the root dbs size 60MB that is not enought to cover all the requests. Check the PHYSFILE, LOGFILES LOGSIZE in the ONCONFIG file. If you need more help give us the full ONCONFIG. b…
Help with ONCONFIG needed
Having a problem with a client connection to an informix database. The server has two databases, db1 and db2. Each database has a separate ONCONFIG file which lists the different db names in them. ONCONFIG_db1 includes db1,but not db2 in the DBSERVERNAME/DBSERVERALIAS …
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…
The onconfig FILLFACTOR
My day for asking questions ... but that is how one gains knowledge :) The lead DBA for the company for which I am now working for as a consultant wants to establish an initial FILLFACTOR of 100 for those indices that represent a serial column. Since none of the tables having a…
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: 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…
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: parametros ONCONFIG
Los parametros del ONCONFIG que tienes que setear para inicializar tu instancia como MINIMO son: ROOTPATH Path completo del chunk creado para almacenar el root Dbspace ROOTSIZE Tama�o del chunk en Kbytes (Ejemplo: 2048000 # 2Gb) DBSERVERNAME Nombre l�gico del server.(Eje…
parametros ONCONFIG
Me podrian ayudar con los parametros del ONCONFIG. No las tengo muy clara cada parametro, por lo que la misma me trae problemas para el momento que quiero OPTIMIZAR el servidor de bases de datos. Si alguien me puede ayudar a conocer mejor cada uno de estos parametros .... les agr…
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…
onconfig for analisis
Hi, I post the onconfig file for its analisis: Operating System: SuSE 9.0 RAM: 1024 Mb Informix version: 9.40 UC2 All chunks are raw devices. Thanks. #************************************************************************** # # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC. # # Title: onconfig…
ONCONFIG for 9.40 offered for comment
9.40 FC3W2 on HP-UX 11.11 The server has 6 cpus and 6G of RAM. 3 other, small, IDS 9.40 instances run on the server, and one small 7.31. kaio is enabled. Just put 9.40 live, and it's running about 5-10% more slowly on some key processes. This reflects what happened in testing. …
Re: OnConfig parameters tuning
Laverio wrote: > Hi guys, I'm trying to speed up an IDS 9.30 on a Sun 7.5 system w/ > 2Gb ram and 4 processors that seems very slow on a large sequential > write (I suppose that the problem resides in the dbspaces on > filesystem...). Any suggestion? The following is my standard…
Re: OnConfig parameters tuning
"Laverio" <laverioNO@z-1000.net> wrote in message news:cac7sg$e8v$1@newsreader.mailgate.org... > Hi guys, I'm trying to speed up an IDS 9.30 on a Sun 7.5 system w/ 2Gb ram > and 4 processors that seems very slow on a large sequential write (I suppose > that the problem resides in…
Re: OnConfig parameters tuning
Laverio wrote: > Hi guys, I'm trying to speed up an IDS 9.30 on a Sun 7.5 system w/ 2Gb ram > and 4 processors that seems very slow on a large sequential write (I suppose > that the problem resides in the dbspaces on filesystem...). Any suggestion? > > My onconfig it's set as fol…
OnConfig parameters tuning
Hi guys, I'm trying to speed up an IDS 9.30 on a Sun 7.5 system w/ 2Gb ram and 4 processors that seems very slow on a large sequential write (I suppose that the problem resides in the dbspaces on filesystem...). Any suggestion? My onconfig it's set as follow: # System Configura…
Howto for Onconfig
Hi everyone, This is probably a question which has been asked often. But I could not find proper documentation on how to calculate and set correct parameters for Onconfig. I understand this is a complex question. But are there any articles on this ? Maybe they covered the topic …
Dose anybody have the dbtop script in the Troubleshooting informix course?
Dears, I study the Troubleshooting ibm informix dynamic server course. At the module 4 exercise need the dbtop script. Dose anybody has this dbtop script and post for me? Thanks. Philip Yeh.…
Work group edition - Unlimited edition??
Taken from IBM web site:- =========================================================================== The following Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup Unlimited editions have been added to the IBM Data Management Gold Transaction Processing Bundle for SMB Unlimited: IBM Informix…
Re: 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…
SHARED MEMORY LIMIT
Is posible to use with informix of 32 bits more than 2GB of shared memory in a Linux Machine? The base address in onconfig is: SHMBASE 0x41000000 Thanks in advance,…
Re: Transaction support in informix dynamic server(IDS)
chaithra wrote: > i wanted to know, if in IDS we can get to know the status of a > transaction at any given time. or once any transaction commits or > rollsback we should be able to know the status. > is it possible through c++ interface provided by the IDS. I'm not quite s…
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…
Changing database local / dbexport tapesize
Hi, Did you change TAPESIZE on your onconfig file? That could be the restriction! REGARDS…
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.…
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…
Re: onconfig and sqlhosts
Hi Thomas. Administrator's Guide for Informix Dynamic Server, Version 7.3 http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/pubs/library/ids_73.html HTH. -- Tsutomu Ogiwara from Tokyo Japan. ICQ#:168106592 >From: Thomas Ronayne <trona@ameritech.net> >Reply-To: Thomas Ronayne <trona…
onconfig and sqlhosts
I've managed to blow away my installed Informix system and cannot for the life of me find the notes I had about onconfig and sqlhosts. It's version 7.30.UC5 running on Slackware 9.0 -- can someone point me at the right document in Answers for the appropriate settings? Thanks.…
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…
Re: Onconfig file parameters
Sometimes even the ontape parameters (TAPEDEV, LTAPEDEV, TAPESIZE, etc.) are not dynamic. What you can do is change a parameter in the onconfig file and then dump out the reserve page that holds the onconfig parameters with: oncheck -pP 1 1 Hope this suggestion helps. Brice Av…
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: 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…
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…
RE: HPL Unloading error [1467]
Here's my onconfig file SHMVIRTSIZE 147456 SHMADD 8192 SHMTOTAL 0…
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…
onconfig file
The system administrator at my current site thought he would be very clever and he linked the onconfig files to different directories using ln -s. We have now discovered that these links are being lost when we use onmonitor and replaced by a local file, but not when we use vi. I…
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…
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
What was odd to me was that it is set to 1,100 and 2 CPUVPS. Which would allow for 200 concurrent connections. For the past two years we have been around ~1000 maximum concurrent connections. How can the server report that I have had a maximum of ~1000 concurrent connections when…
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
Don't confuse the poll thread with the listener thread. The listener thread accepts a connection and spawns the sqlexec thread. The poll thread looks for network/sharedmemory-IO completion. When the poll thread is TCP and running on the CPUVP, it issues a short select in a loop…
NETTYPE
Hello, yes it's posssible to put several NETTYPEs in one file. I also have two entries in one file: NETTYPE tlitcp,4,96,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype NETTYPE ipcshm,2,64,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype ciao, Thomas -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von:…
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 ?? We have an average of 1300 sessions. "Watson, Paul" <Paul.Watson@aggregate.com> wrote in message news:95dtqj$q9c$1@news.xmission.com... > > > Although the manuals don't differ they are not particularly > > explicit in th…
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…
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
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…
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…
IDS 7.31.Txx Windows NT Alaramprogram
i have change the path in the onconfig-file and restart the server but the alarmprogram will not be start if a event (logs) a generated! thomas…
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…
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,…
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…
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: ONCONFIG History
put it under source code control? SCCS and RCS are free tools and dont take too much resources. HTH Sujit testNews <mtabunda@amellar.com> on 10/04/2000 09:05:30 PM Please respond to testNews <mtabunda@amellar.com> To: informix-list@iiug.org cc: Subject: ONCONFIG History I…
RE: ONCONFIG History
Look at your online message log onstat -c |grep MSG -----Original Message----- From: testNews [mailto:mtabunda@amellar.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 9:06 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: ONCONFIG History Is there a way to know/track the changes made to ONCONFIG …
RE: ONCONFIG History
Changes are recorded in the message log at startup. Wayne E. Martin Informix Database Administrator Kmart Corp. -----Original Message----- From: testNews [mailto:mtabunda@amellar.com] Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 12:06 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: ONCONFIG History…
ONCONFIG History
Is there a way to know/track the changes made to ONCONFIG files?…
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…
TBLSPACE_STATS
Hi, what is the meaning of TBLSPACE_STATS variable in onconfig file? thank in advance.…
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…
Query Optimization: Wrong execution plan?
Xavi Tarafa Mercader wrote: > Any suggestion about how to improve the query performance? Set OPTCOMPIND parameter ( in onconfig file ) to 0. > Xavi. Leonid.…
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: 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. ********************************************************…
WSTATS and Performance
Hi, does anybody know the performance degradation by setting WSTATS 1 in the onconfig file? Is this 1%, 5% or 10% ??? TIA Ruediger Papke…
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…
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, …
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…
Informix cost???
Someone can said how much does Informix cost? I need to know: -Informix costs -cost for client Thanks very much. I need the last version of dynamic server for Unix. Ciao, Berna…
Replication
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
Re: Dumb question
Sorry all, I think I found the answer to my own dumb question in the documentation (last place I would have thought to look). "The database server uses the ONCONFIG file during initialization" >Is it safe to edit my onconfig file when the database is live ? > >Or should I stop…
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 …
Re: installing Informix dynamic server
From: "Joerg_Mauz@abs.org" <Joerg_Mauz@abs.org> > Is there something wrong the the gateway, Hotmail or are there just loads of idiots posting today. (Apart from me, that is! :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hot…
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…
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…
Lock Table Overflow - onconfig
We get an error in the Informix log-file. Lock table overflow. What do we have to change in the onconfig-file ? Kind Regards, Franky Thiel franky.thiel@Infohos.be…
Setting up shared memory connection
Did you add the DBSERVERALIASES line in the onconfig file? -- James Edmiston Quest Information Systems, Inc. www.questisinc.com…
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…
Re: ontape in HP-UX
You need verify the sintax of onconfig file for this entries: TAPEDEV /dev/rmt/0m # Tape device path TAPEBLK 512 # Tape block size (Kbytes) TAPESIZE 7800000 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes) (This is my onconfig fil…
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.…
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.…
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…
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.…
Re: Informix 7.3 UC5 on RH Linux 5.2
Additional INFO: Please see attached "sqlhosts" and ONCONFIG files...…
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…
Re: onconfig parameters
> onstat -c shows you the contents of the ONCONFIG file, but then so does vi > $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG. Perhaps I did not understand the question? Does onstat -c reflect changes made by onmode commands? I should try that and see...that, to me, would be the compelling reason …
Re: onconfig parameters
Thomas onstat -c shows you the contents of the ONCONFIG file, but then so does vi $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG. Perhaps I did not understand the question? HTH Sujit "Thomas G. Smith" <tsmith@wdn.com> on 04/28/99 12:19:10 PM Please respond to "Thomas G. Smith" <tsmith@wdn.com> …
onconfig parameters
Is there a command to force the engine to show me what all the onconfig parameters (and other perhaps unknown parameters) have been set to?…
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…
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…
onconfig tuning
Hi all! I have posted to the web my collection of notes on onconfig parameters. It is not yet complete but pretty far along. http://home.earthlink.net/~mildness/bamph/informix.htm It has helped me over the years to have this list in my PDA. If you think it useful feel free…
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…
converting Informix Online 5.1 esql/c to Dynamic Server esql/c?
Hi converting Informix Online 5.1 esql/c to Dynamic Server esql/c? What is the easiest way to do this? Is there a parser that could do this? edward…
RAID Technolgy
We are using Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2. We are going in for a new DEC UNIX Server with RAID Technolgy. It incorporates mirroring at the hardware level. So is it not necessary to do mirroring using Informix?. Can anybody give suggestions regarding mirroring and other feat…
Informix on Linux
Does anybody know how much a copy of Informix Dynamic Server would run me for use on Linux?? Thanks in advance -steve…
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 …
Regarding calling an INFORMIX procedure from a UNIX shell script
I use dbaccess for this purpose. Syntax is "dbaccess <database> <text file with sql commands>. Just be sure your informix environment variables are set properly (INFORMIXSERVER, ONCONFIG).…
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: 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: IECC Server Discovery Failed 2nd
Hi Dale, sorry for not reading your article correctly: Are both agents running admagent and osagent ? If so, when you run stopsa, do both stop? If not, kill them and run startsa again. Is your onconfig still up to date? The agents seem to take all information from onconfig ra…
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…
Updating databases
What must be done,eg onconfig, to get the fastest result on updating a database alter tables, inserts etc.…
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:…
ONCONFIG on UNIX
What kind of use if the parameter "SYSALARMPROGRAM" for. And which input parameters are used. Thanks for mailing to baumschlager@pfeiffer.co.at…
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…
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…
sizes in onconfig
OWS 7.2 on SCO UNIX: Does anybody know why all sizes of dbspaces or logs, etc. are just half as big as they are in the onconfig file. If I check the size of a dbspace, for example, its file size is 2 GByte, but oncheck -pe says it's 1 GByte. Thanks in advance, Pascal…
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: Doubt regarding L.Log size
Sadagopan, Sathish wrote: > > Hi, > LOGSIZE in the onconfig is shown as 1000 Kb, whereas size in onstat -l shows > > a figure of 5000 , Page size is 2K. > How can that be ? It looks like someone used onparams to add logfiles with sizes different from that stored in the onconfig.…
Doubt regarding L.Log size
Hi, LOGSIZE in the onconfig is shown as 1000 Kb, whereas size in onstat -l shows a figure of 5000 , Page size is 2K. How can that be ? TIA Sathish…
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: +…
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…
My weird problems
Thanks to all who replied. The Logical Log problem was with memory parameters in the onconfig file. DBSPACETEMP problem still exists however Regards Lee Robertson…
Onconfig Question
I sent this a few weeks ago and didn't get any responses. I am rephrasing the heading and trying again. We are not currently having any performance problems, but I am interested in hearing some opinions from the experts out here. One of our systems is as follows: Sun SPARCcen…
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: 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…
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…
Re: Freeing Logical Log with Status U
What's LOGFILES set to in your onconfig file? Try forcing a checkpoint? Jon.…
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…
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: 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: Resizing Logical Logs
Also, there is a MAXLOGS parameter in the onconfig file that should be increased. Madison Pruet…
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 '/'…
Re: ONCONFIG
Kerry Davids wrote: > > Jacob Salomon <jake@apparel.net> wrote: > > >Patrick, > > >onconfig.std is meant as a template to copy from. If I had my druthers, > >I would have it shipped with 666 permissions so that even user Informix > >could not (or at least is less likly to) inadv…
Re: ONCONFIG
>From: satriguy@aol.com (SaTriGuy) >Date: 21 Jan 1997 06:01:04 GMT >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.32813> > >If I had my way, I'd remove it from the system all together so that it >would not be possible to 'accidentally' use the wrong onconfig. ;) >Madison Pruet I think the 'it' refe…
Re: ONCONFIG
If I had my way, I'd remove it from the system all together so that it would not be possible to 'accidentally' use the wrong onconfig. ;) Madison Pruet…
Re: ONCONFIG
Jacob Salomon <jake@apparel.net> wrote: >Patrick, >onconfig.std is meant as a template to copy from. If I had my druthers, >I would have it shipped with 666 permissions so that even user nformix >could not (or at least is less likly to) inadvertently modify it. >(Actually, in …
RE: ONCONFIG
Hi Patrick! OK. please check with env command to see the ONCONFIG environment variable, this sould containg the file being use at this moment, and please, make a copy before you make any changes, Regards :) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Mario…
RE: ONCONFIG
You have to check your env variables. One of them is ONCONFIG which will be set to either of the files. Munaf g086mnf@bomplant3.appl.ge.com ---------- From: informix-list-owner[SMTP:informix-list-owner@rmy.emory.edu] Sent: Friday, January 17, 1997 4:04 PM To: informix-list S…
Re: ONCONFIG
In <32DF327E.1DBB@mediacity.com.sg>, Patrick Stacey wrote: }I see 2 onconfig files in my etc directory (sol 2.5.1 platform). } }one has .ifmx and the other .std } }which do I edit in order to change the system configuration? }Specifically I want to configure informix for a multip…
Re: ONCONFIG
Patrick, Type the command "onstat -c | more". This option prints a copy of the current configuration to the screen, but more importantly, the second line gives the path and filename of the current configuation in use. Tracy > > I see 2 onconfig files in my etc directory (sol …
Re: ONCONFIG
If you have to ask this you shouldn't attempt to modify the file. This is RTFM, very much so. You'll depend on knowing so much before tuning OnLine in this way that if you have missed this in the manuals, you may also have missed a lot of other info. Sorry for this. I don't mean …
Re: ONCONFIG
Patrick Stacey wrote: > > I see 2 onconfig files in my etc directory (sol 2.5.1 platform). > > one has .ifmx and the other .std Patrick, onconfig.std is meant as a template to copy from. If I had my druthers, I would have it shipped with 666 permissions so that even user nform…
ONCONFIG
I see 2 onconfig files in my etc directory (sol 2.5.1 platform). one has .ifmx and the other .std which do I edit in order to change the system configuration? Specifically I want to configure informix for a multiprocessor machine (4 CPUs actually). many thanks, /pks -- [ Pat…
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: Help I'm in crisis
Hi Tony, Check you $ONCONFIG file if the PDQPIORITY > 0, modify it to be 0, that means disable PDQ in $ONCONFIG. Please set PDQPIORITY as user environment variable for large report/ bach job only. Otherwise, every single session takes a lot of memory. Regards Eric Lam Taipei/Tai…
Re: onconfig
Hi Sue, >Hi there. I am an Oracle/Sybase dba. I've just been put on a project >which uses Informix Workgroup Server V7.12 on Windows NT. I have no >training or manuals in either Informix or NT, so this question may >appear to come from a simpleton. Stop right there. Go and fin…
Re: onconfig
> From: Sue Alsbury <salsbury@mdshealth.com> > Date: Friday, October 18, 1996 4:11 PM > > Hi there. I am an Oracle/Sybase dba. I've just been put on a project > which uses Informix Workgroup Server V7.12 on Windows NT. I have no > training or manuals in either Informix or NT, so …
Re: onconfig
In article <3267E47A.54DA@mdshealth.com>, Sue Alsbury <salsbury@mdshealth.com> writes >Hi there. I am an Oracle/Sybase dba. I've just been put on a project >which uses Informix Workgroup Server V7.12 on Windows NT. I have no >training or manuals in either Informix or NT, so this …
onconfig
Hi there. I am an Oracle/Sybase dba. I've just been put on a project which uses Informix Workgroup Server V7.12 on Windows NT. I have no training or manuals in either Informix or NT, so this question may appear to come from a simpleton. I issue a select * from tablename. The tab…
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…
Client Server on an OSI Network
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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?…
Process Priority with onilne 4.10
Does Online ver 4.10 have fixed priority support like ver 7.0 does with the NOAGE onconfig param. Thanks Chris…
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…
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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…