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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 …
DB taking delay of 15 min to get connected.
It's in the ONCONFIG file. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 5, 2016, at 5:57 PM, SIDDHARTH RAVINDRAN <siravind@cisco.com> wrote: > > Hi Edcel, > > Thank you for the swift response, could you please let me know where I can > find the configuration parameter NS_CACHE ? > > Thanks, > …
Informix: oncheck -pr in Fast Recovery mode
Actually, folks, I was wrong about the HA situation. It had been refreshing from an archive, which also displays "Fast Recovery" mode. Hence my error. The recovery failed, leaving the server in that fake Fast Recovery state. I have opened a ticket with HCVL over the grossly m…
Quickie question: Release 12.10: What is max size of physical log?
Before performing such a move to a new dbspace to store your physical log: 1/ Determine whether adequate contiguous space in the target chunk is available by running the oncheck -pe command before making the physical log move using onparams. …
DRDA redirection to HDR primary
Hi Doug, I vaguely remember having dealt with this, my notes having things like alternateserverlist and enableAlternateServerListFirstConnect and a pointer to https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/11.5.x?topic=njcshads-non-java-client-support-high-availability-connections-informix-serv…
Update to myschema available!
Okay Art and Community we're stumped; why would someone want to shrink a physical log within a plog space? If there's no good reason to do this we'll disallow it. TIA. ------------------------------ John Lengyel ------------------------------…
12.10.FC15W1AWE Blocked in LONGTX
Hello everyone. How is it possible that 12.10.FC15W1AWE gets Blocked on LONGTX? DYNAMIC_LOGS is set to 2 but the engine was not adding any new logs (although there was more than enough space in ROOTDBS.) onmode -ky was impossible (it just hung) so rebooting the server was the on…
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 ------------------------------…
Is it possible to import the copy made with ontape from one database to another PC?
I've already checked everything, and it doesn't work. Now he also does not raise the case. Obviously the ontape has restored the logical logs but cannot do the physical restoration. ------------------------------ Gustavo Echenique ------------------------------…
Replication of Informix
Hi Kirit, I am only simulating replication between Primary and Secondary. The primary is online state and secondary fast recovery, The primary is not able to connect to the secondary and vice versa. This is the discussion here to sort the issue. Now, i am surprised when you said …
Manual Switch Primary , Secondary while RSS exist
ABeMie Absolutely agree with @David Williams; Do not wait for your RSS node to checkpoint before you convert your original Primary into your new HDR Secondary if you do not want to untangle spaghetti. If you think you will not be able to complete the switch before the CKPTINTVL…
"Physical Logging while in Critical Section" in online log
I'm getting the message below in the online log, and I want to know in which case it occurs. Looking at the transaction log at that time with onlog, this message seems to occur at the time of truncate and chfree. It is currently suspected that truncate caused the message. Is this…
Logical Logs/Physical logs
IDS 12.10.FC12 Solaris 10 1/13 If you had to choose having a separate dbspace for logical logs or physical logs, but not both, which would you choose? I'm uncertain which is likely to generate more I/O. Thank you. Regards, DG ------------------------------ David Grove -----------…
Block during checkpoint
You are only using around 5000 pages of physical log space between checkpoints so you definitely do not need more log space. The problem is probably the number of dirty pages at checkpoint time. What type of checkpoints are being reported by onstat -g ckp?…
Strange message in online.log
Hi Snorri, this message can safely be ignored. Its main intent is to ensure a certain mini-feature (irrelevant to most) is configured equally on primary and all its secondaries - which it will be if you don't have this (intentionally undocumented) parameter in any of the server's…
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…
Physical Log size
IDS 12.10.FC9W1 AIX 7 I am trying to calculate if our Physical Log size is big enough. My reason: Checkpoint Completed: duration was 171 seconds. Sometimes we get hit by large checkpoints. From the manual: ---------------- To ensure that you have an abundance of space, set the …
Moving the logs, or not?
IDS 12.10.FC12 Solaris 10 1/13 Consider an instance in which the logical and physical logs are retained in the rootdbs. Do you think there would be any benefit in moving the logs to their own dbspaces, IF those spaces were still on the SAME SPINDLE as the rootdbs? DG…
Informix 7.30 failed to start
Mohammad, 1. If there is a level 0 archive image around you can simply restore using that image with NO logical log recovery as there is most likely logical log corruption. 2. If not then tech support has the ability to null out fast recovery providing you have a valid support …
HDR simulation and docs
Hi, I am developing one project to have several HDR replicas over version 12.10.xC12 from customers, as I have seen over ONCONFIG there are several new parameters concerning replication Where can I find recent documentation about this and also any step by step guide to follow? Th…
Updatable Secondary (RSS)
P.S. If, after observing the log message that all transactions have been completed, I immediately down the server, edit the ONCONFIG to "UPDATABALE_SECONDARY 1", and then restart the RSS, it comes up the same. Perpetual Fast Recovery, and no "Finished with transactions" message.…
listener-thread@soc_be.c:3073: err = -25582:
Adding Version details Informix Version : IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.FC6 O/S Version : Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.9 Thanks & Regards, Karthik Rajan…
Continous logical log backup stuck - primary
Hi Marcus, yes, the the log backup is done in a directory, all the permissions are ok. It's the same as the other FC7 informix ha cluster that I configured beside few onconfig parameters, not related to backups. Thanks, Steven.…
IDS 12.10.FC8 AIX 7.1 VPCLASS autotune=1
Ended up setting both in the onconfig: AUTO_AIOVPS 1 VPCLASS aio,num=2,noage,autotune=1 Got the following information on startup from oninit -vy not the online.log Reading configuration file '/ifmx/ids/etc/onconfig'...Warning: VPCLASS setting for aio class overrides AUTO_AIOVP…
Informix and speculative execution
Hi all, I have seen speculative execution patches for Firefox and SQL Server. Are there speculative execution patches for Informix in progress? There is no IBM Flash for Informix Dynamic Server and speculaative execution! Regards, David.…
Re: HDR Question
I got by that error. Now the HDR won't start and in the message log, it says the physical log is too small for automatic checkpoints. I also tried to do an oninit and the secondary will start and says it is up and running, but in the message log it says the physical log is too s…
Rovoke insert permission but still can insert
I am doing it at the command line in the server directly in the directory C:\\\\Program Files\\\\IBM\\\\IBM Informix Dynamic Server\\\\11.50\\\\bin…
Secondary stuck in Fast Recovery
Ok guys, I need your help again ugh. So I have this dev setup Ive been working on. Sounded simple. I have two Version 11.5F9DE instances running with a primary and secondary set with HDR replication running. I wanted to try a FULL and DIFFERENTIAL backup and restore on the pri…
Creation of another IDS instance
Dear All, In my CentOS 7 linux server we installed IDS 12.10FC8. Now we need another instance for another database project. How to do this. I am very new to Informix. 1. What steps need to follow. 2. What are the prerequisites. 3. How to differentiate both configuration files l…
Connection Manager configuration
Hi All, I implemented High availability data replication (HDR) on my two dedicated servers. They are working fine. Presently they are configured as manual switchover. Now we want to make this a automatic failover. I had searched in goolge and finally came to know that is Connect…
Automatic Failure in HDR Setup
Sample cmsm.cfg.* files in $INFORMIXDIR/etc, together with the docs, would = be a good starting point. From: "MUKESH TANUKU" <mukeshbt1328@gmail.com> To: ids@iiug.org Date: 13.06.2017 13:20 Subject: Automatic Failure in HDR Setup [39357] Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org Hello All…
HDR Implementaion
But the issue is not solved still my secondary server is in Fast Recovery mode. I had run onmode -m. but still no use. I had used ontape -p to restore in secondary. Could you help me to move forward.…
Physical Log Sizing
Hi, We are running Informix 11.70.FC7W2 on Solaris. We recently started getting alerts that the Phys Log was going over 65% used between checkpoints. Usually it will max around 35% between checkpoints though we have been having more spikes over 65% due to increased activity. Cu…
Free Webcast - Informix Disks & Database Layout 3/
Be sure to register the next free webcast "Disks and Database Layout", presented by Art Kagel on Thursday, 3/30/17 at 2 PM EST. Register at: http://advancedatatools.com/Informix/NextWebcast.html This is the 3rd in our continuing series of Informix Best Practices webcasts. If y…
Move phisical log
You can do this online using the onprarms utility, no problem. Consider creating a new Physical Log type dbspace (onspaces -c -p ... ) for this if you are using v12.10+. The Physical Log type dbspace is auto extending by default and can only be used for the physical log. A physic…
Physical log chunks almost full
Hi, I have a physical log of 2GB, but when I do onstat -d I notice that the free colum is "1179", is it risky if that chunk is full and how can I free the space from this chunk. thanks…
IDS 12.1- Query cost High
Hi, Based on our query cost ids 11.10 return 00:00:39 second and ids 12.10 return 05:34.13 second. A lot of different running on ids 11.10 and ids 12.10. I try found this parameter "OPT_SEEK_FACTOR" on onconfig file ids 12.10, but not exists. If we want add this parameter, what…
Physical log and checkpoints
All, Informix 11.70.FC5. A question about whether it is better to increase the size of the physical log or to reduce the checkpoint interval. I have an instance which has recently had some work done to it which has sped up the rate at which transactions are processed. This has …
IDS 12.10.FC- Installation
Hi. I reinstall again informix and not more issues or serial number.Now i just reduce our physical dbspace & as log as your advice to bring up informix online. I will restore data from old version informix (11.50) into latest version informix (12.10) using #ontape command. Aft…
Fast recovery slow
Hi, My environment is Informix 11.70 FC8W1 on HP-UX 11.31. I shutdown a server with onmode -ky. There was a "heavy" transaction in progress. After running oninit -v, and after an hour, I see that the instance is still in "fast recovery". With onstat -u, I see that there is a thr…
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)…
Number of bit map pages to be logged in critcal se
Folks, IDS 12.10 FC4. Any comments on the following info ? Thanks Frank 7:47:44 Logical Log 149588 Complete, timestamp: 0xf7354a06. 17:47:50 CDR Spool transaction queue completed 17:50:54 Physical Logging during partition extend: Number of bit map pages to be logged in critc…
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…
Informix High Availability
If you do HDR, then the network between the primary and the secondary is only dealing with the transfer of the logical logs. If you do anything requiring disk mirroring in any form (including VMWare motiong), then you also have to transfer the updated page, the physical log, any …
Informix Fail to Online
Hi, Our informix instance crash after server restart.refer below error message. 10:08:49 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. 10:08:51 Segment locked: addr=c00000000fb1a000, size=643399680 Thu Apr 16 10:08:52 2015 10:08:52 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/usr/informix/etc/…
HA Checkpoint Trigger
Dave - Have never encountered HA as a trigger for CKPT, but it sounds like it's simply the plog is too small. We raise a "chkpt request" when the plog hits 75% full, but will keep writing pages to the plog. (We must let critical sections finish before we start flushing pages - b…
Faster Dbimport
Hello Forum People! What is the best ONCONFIG configuration file for a dbimport a database that has a size of 60GB flat format ?. The server is an IBM x366 with a quad-core processor, 8GB of RAM, and fiber channel disks 2 Gbits / second. The engine is a Windows TD6 IDS 7.31. …
Root db space fills up
The logical and physical logs reside in there own db space.…
Number of bit map pages to be logged in critcal se
Folks, Build Version: 12.10.FC4W1X1 What does " Physical Logging during partition extend: Number of bit map pages to be logged in critcal section: 222 Remaining Phyical Log: 1659413" mean ? Thanks Frank 04:15:20 CDR Spool transaction queue completed 04:16:41 Logical Log 18192…
RSS not working
-bash-4.2$ onstat - IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC9 -- On-Line --…
Physical Log size 2000 is too small
Hi, You could try PLOG_OVERFLOW_PATH ... http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGU8G_11.70.0/com.ibm.adref.doc/i ds_adr_0135.htm Once (if) the engine comes online, obviously change the Physical Log to a decent size. I wonder how you shut the engine down? onmode -ky O…
AF when instance starts because plog overflow
Hello I have a 11.70FC4 instance that fails to start because of physical log shortage, here is the extract from online.log : 04:44:38 Logical Recovery has reached the transaction cleanup phase. 04:44:38 Performance Advisory: The physical log is running out of room during checkpoi…
Fast recovery problem
Hi, We did have database which was in nonloggin mode and checkpoint did hang. We shutted down the informix and started it up. When we started the informix, it did perform Fast Recovery. Last checkpoint was 14.8.2014(DMY) 03:00 and this happended 15.8.2014 17:49. So all that day …
fast recovery
Aix 6.1 IDS 11.70.fc3 Had a transaction reach the long transaction HWM after running for about 5 hours...I know .. error in the sql statement to switch the table to raw before doing this mass delete .. anyways ... attempted to onmode -z sessionid .. that resulted in the engine g…
Physical Log Size
IDS 11.70.FC8 AIX 1 6 00CC96664C00 I received the following message in the online.log file ..... is it something to be concerned about ? Based on the current workload, the physical log might be too small to accommodate the time it takes to flush the buffer pool during checkpoi…
Fast Recovery (CKPT REQ)
Hi there, There was a electricity failure in my data center and my informix database server was also down. After restarting the DB server, we are facing following errors in the online.log file and below is the output of (onstat -) command: #onstat - IBM Informix Dynamic Server V…
Informix upgrade
Can we upgrade informix from Dynamic Server Version 11.70 to 12.1 workgroup edition directly?…
Database in (LONGTX) need identify case user
Hi All, i have informix 11.70.FC6X5 some time database hang with LONGTX can i track the case user at this point and is there any way to avoid this issue also in this point if i restart the engine it's taking long time to come online (it's in fast recovery status long time). Tha…
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.…
Error building 'sysmaster' database
Hello everyone, I am a new user with informix. I am trying to configure and initialize informix server. But I have the error with "oninit -ivy" command. The message in online logs as the following: 17:31:16 Error building 'sysmaster' database. 17:31:16 See '/tmp/buildsmi.26451'…
Fast Recovery (CKPT REQ) state
Hi all, Our database is in Fast Recovery mode, waiting for a checkpoint. The Logical Logs got full, and apparently LL number 317, the next to be freed, is corrupt. We are not able to back it up (with on "tape -a"), nor delete it (in this state), nor skip it. We cannot add new l…
Performance Tuning Discussion
Ok it seems you have a big hardware, what´s your Informix version? What´s your box architecture? For performance tips, there is a good article in Andrew Ford´s blog, that should clarify your thoughts.... http://www.informix-dba.com/p/informix-innovator-c-tuning-basics.html This…
DB_locale or local naming convention
Hi, I already mention the informix version. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE…
Page size
Where do you set the page size when configuring Informix? I don't see it in the ONCONFIG anywhere.…
Physical log size
IDS 11.50.fc6 HP-UX 11.31 PA-RISC For one of my instances, the online log file includes the following messages at startup: 19:38:04 Performance Advisory: The physical log size is smaller than the recommended size for a server configured with RTO_SERVER_RESTART. 19:38:04 Results…
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,…
CPU informix
how to configure CPU with informix. For example, if i have 1 CPU with 4 cores and i want to assign only 2 cores. What is the correct parameter on onconfig file for this? Thank you for your answers.…
Re: help with informix on windows oncheck -pr erro
more information Domain: st-network.maf.govt.nz from config file SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a server instance DBSERVERNAME apecert_ST # Name of default Dynamic Server DBSERVERALIASES apecert_ST_drda # List of alternate dbserver n the error C:\\\\Users\\\\oliverk-a…
reduce size of root dbspace
CORRECTION: The physical log can be moved to physdbs, but if physical log remains in rootdbs (default), the log should be about 30% smaller size than rootdbs size.…
Config Help
Your biggest performance problem is that you are running your server on a VM. IO performance under VMWare is VERY VERY POOR and, as I've said several times already this month, databases live and die on IO performance. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.co…
location of physical log/dbspaces
Hi all I have a situation here where the previous DBA leave the company and do not document any setting. Checking with onstat -d command does not give us any clue where the actual physical log location. I been using onmonitor -->Parameters-->Physical Log to check for actual lo…
Re: Strange behaviour when using a view in 11.....
Art, Thanks for the reply. Yes, I have temp spaces configured. I did not have a normal dbspace in my DBSPACETEMP list, only had temporary dbspaces. I added one, restarted informix, and rootdbs still filled. The client had nothing set for DBSPACETEMP. I even tried added the same…
Configure IDS 11.50 to avoid sorts going disk or t
Good afternoon, Is there a configuration setting in ONCONFIG file to prevent sorts and other temporary operations from using files? Several sorts are creating temp or scratch files in $INFORMIXDIR/tmp. Can those operations be doing in memory instead of on disk? If so, how do you…
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…
A raw table in Buffered DB in IDS 11.7 behavior
Greeting !! I've a IDS 11.7x running in RHEL 5.x , I've noticed that while I load a large data insert into a raw table reside in Buffered DB , the logical log does not increase size , that works fine , but surprisely physical log increase size , and finally has a checkpoint .. …
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 …
Informix inserts get slower
Hello, We are running 11.50.FC8 on SunOS 5.10. We have a application which writes to 2 instances of Informix, one instance is a simple standalone server while the other instance is on HDR and has a Secondary and RSS attached to it. The problem is with one table (lets call it tqh…
Re: Restore + Logical log - caution
true for the physical restore only.. not questioning that point. what I am questioning is the requirement (logical restore) for a user to insert a logical log tape that has transactions on it that are already on the archive tape seems to be not very efficient. What if it only ne…
Physical Log
IDS11.50.FC3 HPUX11.11 this is the error message in the online.log we have been getting WARNING! Physical Log size 300000 is too small. Physical Log overflows may occur during peak activity. Recommended minimum Physical Log size is 160 times maximum …
Informix 10.00.TC5 CKPT REQ Logica Log Full
What option do you mean? An oprion to set in ONCONFIG or an option of ONPARAMS? Because in my situation I can't use Informix commands I can only act on ONCONFIG file that runs before the FAST RECOVERY MODE. Thanks…
Shifting the Logical Logs
I am using 11.5. I need to shift the logical and physical logs from one dbspace to another. (I am moving them to new physical disks). Can anyone give me any pointers as to how to go about this, especially any gotcha's that I need to be careful of? Many thanks…
Over 1,000 days of 24x7 database uptime!
On 29.07.2011 20:38 Lester Knutsen wrote: > From one of our customers, their Informix server hit 1,000 days today > .... congratulations;) > > IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC8 -- On-Line -- Up > 1000 days 00:31:45 -- They beat mine just bit ... IBM Informix D…
Setting up HDR- First Time -11.70 Innovator-C
Hi, I am setting up HDR for the first time. onstat - on primary shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- On-Line (Prim) -- Up 0:11:5s onstat - on secondry shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- Fast Recovery (Sec) -- Up 00s onstat -m on sec…
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.…
out of physical log
Hi All, first time happened to me that an instance has 0 phydbslog. Is there anyway i can free up physical log without adding additional space? 7000000500b9af0 3 1 3 1 N informix physdbs01 700000050081048 3 3 125001 25000 0 PO- /dev/infx/phylogdbs Thank you.…
Cannot alocate Physical Log
HI I have a 9.30FC2 instance under Solaris and after a power failure crash, I try to put on-line the instance, but it fail with the message 'Cannot alocate Physical log 50000 avalible 23650'. I check with 'onstat -d' my rootdbs chunk: 146a6e028 1 1 1 75000 68730 PO- /infx_psam…
Physical Log Size
IDS 11.50.FC4WE Windows Server 2008 64bit I keep getting the message when I restart the Informix instance that the physical log file might be too small. It recommends 28000. I increased the PHYSFILE from 15000 all the way up to 800000, but I am still getting this message in the …
Instance Crashed !!
Hi, We re-started the instance, as it was'nt responsive. There was'nt any error message in log file as well. There was more than 3 GB of Physical Memory available at that time. Thanks for the response.…
Changing physical log size in non-rootdbs
On IDS 11.5 life is grand, but now a Performance Advisory tells me that I must increase the size of my physical log. Good. This is not raw space. Even though I moved the physical log to a dbspace that is NOT the rootdbs, my estimate of the size of the dbspace was inadequate. Sinc…
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: Not using Physical Log, why?
Original Post: Hi , I already identify this situation on v11.10 xC1 and since then I not found any answer. I just forgot about this and today the situation "popup" and again I not found the reason.... v11.70 UC1DE - OpenSuse 11.2 This is a very simple test environment. - Datab…
WARNING! Physical Log size 140000 is too small.
Dear Sir, I have got the following Warning from Primary: WARNING! Physical Log size 140000 is too small. Physical Log overflows may occur during peak activity. Recommended minimum Physical Log size is 160 times maximum concurrent user threads. Any help will be welcome Rega…
Fast Recovery
I have a case that I need the help of friends to solve An instance (very badly configured) received a transaction that was to last a LONG TRANSACTION, when I did a rollback to 7828 LOG 7815, but not complete, and is an instance in the status of Fast Recovery (CKPT REQ) and not c…
Buffers not flushed
> If the fuzzy checkpoints are not written to disk (still in memory) AND > your system goes down, you will loose the transactions. > From that standpoint, it is risky to let too many buffers accumulate > in a fuzzy checkpoint (in memory). BULLSHIT. The fast recovery mechanism w…
Config
Just glancing, but your BTR looks a little high. Some config suggestions below. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on …
Import restore issue
Hi, I did import restore and it requires some configuration from the source DB instance...ixbar.xx, onconfig, sqlhosts. ixbar.xx -- this compose of the backup you have done and the ISM will ask about this if you restore. if it's too big, trim it on the date you want to restore…
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…
INFORMIX CONFIGURATION
The configuration is in the file located at $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG. If you don't have that environment variable set in your shell run onstat -c which will print the currently running configuration along with the path to the ONCONFIG file. Don't know what a DBS configuration i…
Ontape restore : Fast recovery hangs
Hi, I've launched an 'ontape -r -rename -f <file>' to restore an instance version 940 from a tape. But since 2 hours the instance is in Fast Recovery mode as 'onstat -' shows below : informix@pcoi01:pcoipcoi_tcp:/bases/informix/pcoipcoi/var/bdump> onstat - IBM Informix Dynamic…
Random Server Slowdown "Redone"
There are some usual things you could do for now: 1) calc your database ratios, I think there are several NETTYPE, BUFFERS and even BTSCANNER options that could be optimized, you could download Mr. Art script to automatically know these important numbers!!! It´s on the download …
shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER
There are no more checkpoints in the onine.log oninit -v Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/usr/informix/etc/onconfig'...succeeded Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded Creating infos file "/usr/informix/etc/.inf…
Waiting for Next Logical Log File to be Freed
Hello my informix instance version 9.21 is actually in fast recovery and tell me "Waiting for Next Logical Log File to be Freed", i make backup off the logical logs, i try to add new logical log, i try to move a 9.30 version but i need to close the transaction that is open, does …
Re: adding rowids to a frag'd table
On 4 Nov, 13:22, Darren_Jac...@carmax.com wrote: > Hey Guys, > > Thanks for the responses. You are doing well to have been out of it for a > while! > > I'm in a trans so I can lock the table in excluse to avoid blowing the > locks. > > It's a test system. There is little or no …
Re: adding rowids to a frag'd table
I'm very rusty, but the other guys should be able to yay or nay my scenario All changed pages go through the physical log, even for raw tables (am I right guys?) adding rowids forces a physical rewrite (right guys?) so it's going to pump a lot of pages through the physical log.…
$ONCONFIG Parameter: RTO_SERVER_RESTART
I set this parameter when we migrated to 11.50 and am very happy so far. RTO_SERVER_RESTART is the number of seconds you want fast recovery to take. IDS will make an educated guess as to how long fast recovery will take by keeping track of things like how fast you can write to …
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…
shared memory not initializing
Hi, Check the ff: env variables on informix user before doing the restore. INFORMIXDIR ONCONFIG= should be the original value PATH INFORMIXSERVER Your physical logs and logical logs does not match the backup you are trying to restore.…
What is the difference oninit and onmode
Hi, I did try last night at home.. onmode -s, will put the engine into quiesent mode (from online)... oninit -s, will put the engine into quiesent mode (from offline). Thanks all for the input. oninit -j -- will put the engine in single user mode, ONly DBSA or informix can acce…
Alert 7 "Initialization failure", server up and running
This happens very occasionally (annually at worst) while the engine's up and running, some users complain that access is slow for a minute or so but there seem to be no detrimental effects - any clues? What does the "Initialization failure" refer to? IDS9.30HC5 on HP-UX 11i 09:…
oninit -r
We tried "oninit -m"... IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC5 -- On-Line (CKPT REQ) -- Up 00:03:33 -- 488472 Kbytes Blocked:CKPT Some information: - before this problem, the system was in a cdr replication state and we would disable this executing an "oninit -D", wh…
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…
physical log might be too small
Hello, We are getting following error while checking checkpoints "Based on the current workload, the physical log might be too small to accommodate the time it takes to flush the buffer pool during checkpoint processing. The server might block transactions during checkpoints. I…
Logical Log Files are Full -- Backup is Needed
Hi, Informix IDS complains that the logical logs are full. I am not able to shutdown or use the database. Here is my onstat -m. Any help to bring the system out of the "full recovery mode" is appreciated! ================================= informix@berlin:~$ onstat -m IBM Infor…
Re: External backup
<tilleul17@web.de> wrote in message news:mailman.198.1248949897.4791.informix-list@iiug.org... > I guess you mix two things up - fast recovery and a restore with a logical > restore (replay of logs) > > If you just want to be able to get IDS online to the point in time when > yo…
External backup
Neil Truby wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Madison Pruet [mailto:mpruet1@verizon.net] > Sent: 27 July 2009 19:38 > To: Neil Truby > Subject: Re: External backup > > Neil Truby wrote: >> IDS 10.0 for example, any O/S. >> >> I've never understood why we have to an onmod…
Insert into an indexed table is really SLOW!
MIKE DUNHAM-WILKIE wrote: > I am running into performance problems inserting into an indexed table, using > Informix 11.50. The following timings for loading into > compressed/uncompressed, indexed/non-indexed tables using dbload/HPL-Deluxe > more illustrate the problem. The numb…
nonblocking checkpoints
how do nonblocking checkpoint use the physical log? when do they fire? how does fast recovery work concerning nonblocing checkpoint?…
server startup
Is this the way you have things configured? (I got this from your earlier posts): DBSERVERNAME ol_ids_1150_1 # Name of default Dynamic Server DBSERVERALIASES svc_drda # List of alternate dbserver names and sqlhosts has svc_ids_1150_1 onsoctcp host svc_ids_1150_1 The first col…
Adding BLOB Chunks to DBSpaces
Why do you think that the physical log dbspace needs more space? Are you looking at onstat -d? Was there some message in the message log (onstat -m) that has given you concern? First, the physical log is fixed size. It is initialized when the engine is brought online during norm…
physical log problem
Recently I did a testing, the testing application execute three different SQL, 1 Insert and 2 updates, For every transaction the application insert into the table a record, and update that record two times, but it update different columns, I see the physical log didn't increase b…
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 …
Buffer Turnover Ratio (BTR)
The Outputs are as follows onstat -g iov IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC3W1 -- On-Line (Prim) -- Up 20 days 02:38:57 -- 1548288 Kbytes AIO I/O vps: class/vp s io/s totalops dskread dskwrite dskcopy wakeups io/wup errors tempops msc 0 i 0.7 1147469 0 0 0 1144991 1.…
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…
Physical Log
Hi All, I am running IDS 9.40 on AIX 5.1. and have been getting the following warning over the last week in my online.log: WARNING! Physical Log size 20480 is too small. Physical Log overflows may occur during peak activity. Recommended minimum Physical Log size is 20 times max…
Location of physical and logical logs
This may seem like a bit of stupid question but how do I find out in which dbspace the logs are on a system I didn't set up? Thanks -- Regards Scott Newton | R&D Solution Specialist | Integral Technology Group Ltd 95 Ascot Ave, Greenlane | PO Box 302313, North Harbour, North Sh…
space used by physical logs
Hi all How do I get the space use in physical logs? I need to get the total space allocated and total used by physical logs using SMI tables. Any help on this is highly appreciated Thanks in advance Pratheep…
Re: Smoke and mirrors...
DA Morgan wrote: > One logical (potentially physical) I/O to undo. > Commit. > One physical write to the log file. ... which includes logging of the UNDO > One physical write to the data file. I rest my case. Serge -- Serge Rielau DB2 Solutions Development IBM Toronto Lab…
slow views on IDS 11.50FC1
On 7 Oct, 22:30, ralf.blankenb...@eurotaxschwacke.de wrote: > Hi, > changing from 10.00FC4 to 11.50FC1 causes a "select * from view_XXX" > to run more than 2 hours. On 10.00FC4 this select took not more than > 10 minutes.An unload directly from the tables with the same select > s…
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…
b-tree scanner tuning and expected behavior
Hi all, I don't know exactly what configuration details you need, but I already posted this: 1. We have IDS 9.40FCX (we have some instances with 10.00XC8, too, but no problems with them) 2. No configuration at all in onconfig that makes any reference to BTSCANNER 3. We started ma…
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…
Changing the Logging Mode
Thank you ! i think its better for me to do the activity with database in logging mode. -rw-rw---- 1 informix informix 12288000000 Jun 26 16:50 logdbs i have 586 total logical logs each of 20M. now if my single transaction fill this 586 logs ( which i backup with logful.sh) usi…
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.…
Simple logical log question
Hi everyone. With IDS 9.4 database does the following mean that one should add more logical logs, or perhaps make some onconfig change? Is it serious? Thanks...... Warning - The log space appears to be configured too small for use with Enterprise Replication (ER). ER may requir…
IDS 11.1UC2
Hi everyone, I try to build IDS (Ver 11.1UC2) test environment on my linux server. I try to setup physical log space for IDS. Despite I try to assign different size to physical log space, IDS always complains that the size is only 2000Kbytes. Anybody has idea? Or am I missing …
Re: Can Disk mirroring/db snapshots replace the usage of taking database backups?
"Madison Pruet" <mpruet1@verizon.net> wrote in message news:47FE20AE.2050404@verizon.net... > If writes to the chunks were not blocked, then while the external copy was > being made, then there would not be a consistent image of the disks. The > first part of the copy could belo…
Re: Can Disk mirroring/db snapshots replace the usage of taking database backups?
Neil Truby wrote: > "Superboer" <superboer7@t-online.de> wrote in message > news:fffc5c22-82a8-4f19-ab32-f090f4c66179@u36g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > >>> Rightm, but all these snapshot-based technologies use "consistency group" >>> functionality so what you describe above doesn…
Re: Can Disk mirroring/db snapshots replace the usage of taking database backups?
> That's fine and dandy, but be clear that what you are saying is functionally > identical to saying that IDS Fast recovery cannot be relied upon either. oh yes it is since writing is controled by the engine. when fast recovery crashes due to corruption then this is a bug peri…
Physical Log
Hi, My physical log is 10000kb and number of users never exceed 350, still every time I bounce the database, I get this message after few hours of recycle: WARNING! Physical Log size 10000 is too small. Physical Log overflows may occur during peak activity. Recommended minimu…
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…
Difference between Physical and Logical Logs?
It seems the work done by logical log is more than physical log. What is the point of having physical log? As logical log already including post and pre image of database chanages.…
Monitoring Physical logging
Informix Version 10: Does physical log have extents ? It may sound a dumb question, but what I am seeing is that in onstat -d physical log show 0 pages free but I don't see any errors. onstat -l report .05% used. So I am wondering, is it like other dbspaces where once the space …
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…
Informix Engine not starting
Can you please try to increase Physical & Logical log file sizes in Onconfig.bnm Thanks Tara…
Re: IDS 9.4 Stuck at Fast Recovery
On 10/11/2007, Marco Greco <marco@4glworks.com> wrote: > Keith Simmons wrote: > > On 10/11/2007, Marco Greco <marco@4glworks.com> wrote: > >> Keith Simmons wrote: > >>> Anyone > >>> > >>> I havea test instance (not being archived that regularly) that > >>> suffered some disk corr…
Re: IDS 9.4 Stuck at Fast Recovery
Keith Simmons wrote: > On 10/11/2007, Marco Greco <marco@4glworks.com> wrote: >> Keith Simmons wrote: >>> Anyone >>> >>> I havea test instance (not being archived that regularly) that >>> suffered some disk corruption (crossed chunks with another instance >>> !!). It has bee runn…
Re: IDS 9.4 Stuck at Fast Recovery
On 10/11/2007, Marco Greco <marco@4glworks.com> wrote: > Keith Simmons wrote: > > Anyone > > > > I havea test instance (not being archived that regularly) that > > suffered some disk corruption (crossed chunks with another instance > > !!). It has bee running OK and Ihave been so…
Re: IDS 9.4 Stuck at Fast Recovery
Keith Simmons wrote: > Anyone > > I havea test instance (not being archived that regularly) that > suffered some disk corruption (crossed chunks with another instance > !!). It has bee running OK and Ihave been sorting issues with indexes > as they appear (the crossed chunks were…
IDS 9.4 Stuck at Fast Recovery
Anyone I havea test instance (not being archived that regularly) that suffered some disk corruption (crossed chunks with another instance !!). It has bee running OK and Ihave been sorting issues with indexes as they appear (the crossed chunks were on a dbspace containing mainly …
Unable to open input file 'c'
Informix 7.x SCO Unix When I do oninit, I get the following messages: Unable to open input file 'c' Unable to open input file 's' Informix go into fast recovery and then crash. Any advice? Regards David Reed…
long checkpoints on informix
On 13 jul, 13:37, Christine Normile <christ...@meta-today.com> wrote: > Check your Physical Log and increase the size. > On Jul 13, 2007, at 11:07 AM, Sakura.g...@gmail.com wrote: > > > 69174631 143507619 16152454169 99.57 10204375 98766167 29414237 > > 65.31 the physical log …
IIUG TV
Great job on the video work!! I look forward to seeing more! -t- -- -- Informix Dynamic Server Database Engine -- http://www.informix.com --…
Fatal error in ADM VP at mt.c:13135
IDS 10.0.UC6 AIX 5.2 Any idea as to what would cause an ADM VP termination? All activity stopped on the server. Thanks in advance for any replies. 00:06:02 Maximum server connections 129 00:08:05 Logical Log 2645 Complete, timestamp: 0xb37b9d2e. 00:11:02 Fuzzy Checkpoint Co…
Re: Informix beats Oracle
Mark Jamison wrote: > Hi t, > > I'm not Serge, but the answer to that is yes. > > As of 11.10, you can have pessimistic-locking, or optimistic locking. > > Entirely configurable at the instance level. > > The onconfig parameter is > > USELASTCOMMITTED > As I wrote answering to S…
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.…
Checkpoint times
Marcus, The CKPTINTVL does not affect transactional security. The only affect a longer CKPTINTVL is that fast recovery after a crash will probably take longer. (it effects mainly rollforward phase , it does not have much affect on rollback phase of fast recovery ) SAP standard…
Error when initializing
On IDS 10.00 when I trying to startup it remains eternally. In another screen (onstat -) appears IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC6TL -- Fast Recovery (CKPT REQ) -- Up 03:37:18 -- 685576 Kbytes Blocked:CKPT. That I must do?…
Auditing not started in 7.31.UD1
Hi! Why isn't auditing activated, when starting the database server whit oninit, with the following settings in ONCONFIG? ADTMODE 1 # Auditing mode ADTPATH /tmp # Directory where audit trails will be written by OnLine ADTSIZE 500…
Initializing rhead structure...oninit: DBSERVERNAME 'cfms' not in sqlhosts file or sqlhosts file contents are damaged.
"onconfig.std" is used as a template for creating configuration files. If you only have one informix instance the configuration file is typically called just "onconfig". There's an environment variable called "ONCONFIG" which points to the configuration. If not set informix will …
problems with Informix dynamic server 9.4 @ WIndows 2003
I have problems with connecting the server. I use correct user/password to connect to the server, but the server do not known the server. I'm sure the user exist and is one of the user in Informix_Admin group. I have installed Informix dynamic server 9.4 in a windows xp system in…
RE: Listing all the tables in using a dbspace in Informix
On Feb 14, 1:11 pm, venkatredd...@gmail.com wrote: > I tried using oncheck -pe <dbspace name> and got the following > message > > WARNING: Cannot access configuration file $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG. > > V Make sure $INFORMIXDIR and $ONCONFIG are set and that you have permissio…
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…
Informix OnBar Restore
Hello all, after an Infomix level 0 restore with onbar �r �p the db is at Fast Recovery state ... do I have to restore the logical logs before I bring it online? My aim is to just check that the level 0 backup is recoverable not to bring the db at its latest condition. Or in …
HDR Question
>From IBM Informix Tech Notes, why would you want to do this? Problem This article describes how to disable parallel clearing of the physical and logical logs on the secondary of a HDR pair during its logical recovery. Solution Q. How do you disable par…
Re: Can I bypass fast recovery?
Just out of curiosity, could you post the af file?…
Can I bypass fast recovery?
I have an instance stuck in fast recovery. Here are the last few lines from the online log: 15:27:27 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Initialized -- Shared Memory Initialized. 15:27:27 Physical Recovery Started at Page (2:32908). 15:27:27 Assert Failed: Physical log recovery erro…
syssqlstat from users
Hello: Now in version 10.FC5, the users can't execute 'select ' from table syssqlstat. In other version it's posible execute this select , but in 10 version only informix user can execute it. There is a environ varible for another users ?? It's Onconfig configuration??…
JVPLOGFILE $INFORMIXDIR/extend/krakatoa/jvp.log #
HI, I believe after I configured : VPCLASS jvp,num=1 # Number of JVPs to start with in my onconfig file, then, it keep attaching the following lines to my onconfig file, JVPLOGFILE $INFORMIXDIR/extend/krakatoa/jvp.log # JVP log file. JVPLOGFILE $INFORMIXDIR/extend/krakatoa/jv…
License Extension
Help.. I need a license extension for the IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC3R1TL which I downloaded to do a evaluation. How can I get the license extened..my project is in the final stages .. Dhaya Commercial bank…
Re: SNAP & SAN
"Model-Bosch, Tilman" <tilman.model-bosch@sap.com> wrote in message news:mailman.266.1155586222.20706.informix-list@iiug.org... Neil Truby wrote: > Gesendet: 14 August 2006 21:28 > An: informix-list@iiug.org > Betreff: Re: SNAP & SAN > > "Martin Fuerderer" wrote: > > After restor…
Re: Security Vulnerabilities Addressed in Informix Dynamic Server
Clive Eisen wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > Yes the buffer overflow issues are a pain and frankly they shouldn't occur > > if IBM did formal code reviews. Or rather they should be caught and > > corrected prior to release. > > > > "Paul Watson" <paul@oninit.com> wrote in m…
Security Vulnerabilities Addressed in Informix Dynamic Server
Not sure if this has posted here or not but .... http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=630&context=SSGU8G&dc=D600&u id=swg21242921&loc=en_US&cs=UTF-8&lang=en Cheers Paul Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 Web: www.oninit.com GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THER…
Checking database partition index... FAILED
GemaVi wrote: > Hello, > > after a cold recovery of Informix 9.40 UC2 the status remained in > Fast-Recovery. Last line of the online.log during recovery was: > > 11:50:28 Maximum server connections 0 > 11:50:35 No logical log restore will be performed. > 11:50:35 Preparing Ph…
Checkpoint Question - need feedback
Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > Madison Pruet said: >> I've got a question for the user community. >> >> >> So - basic question --- Is the cost of the increased physical log file >> (maybe 3-4 times larger in some cases) totally outweigh the benefit of >> non-blocking checkpoints? > >…
Re: FAST Recovery problem
Anand Iyer wrote: > hi > > I am having IDS 940UC2 . It has reached into a fast recovery > mode.Also it is taking long time in the recovery mode > > IS there any way that i could bring up my INFORMIX instance ONLINE mode > bypassing this fast recovery mode. or SKIP checking this…
Re: FAST Recovery problem
Art S. Kagel wrote: > Anand Iyer wrote: >> hi >> >> I am having IDS 940UC2 . It has reached into a fast recovery >> mode.Also it is taking long time in the recovery mode >> >> IS there any way that i could bring up my INFORMIX instance ONLINE mode >> bypassing this fast recover…
FAST Recovery problem
hi I am having IDS 940UC2 . It has reached into a fast recovery mode.Also it is taking long time in the recovery mode IS there any way that i could bring up my INFORMIX instance ONLINE mode bypassing this fast recovery mode. or SKIP checking this logical log & what is the pro…
Initialising Informix
I am trying to initialize informix on a new server and I am getting this error. The server is HP UX 11.11 and Informix IDS 7.31 What could be the problem / This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible …
Informix Connection From WIN CE.NET Emulator?
How do I connect to informix dynamic server from WIN CE.NET Emulator? Is there a WIN CE informix driver?…
Re: Table Editor for Multiplatforms
Enhancements in Version 4.3 ..... also supports the Informix Dynamic Server 9.x. http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools/db2tools/db2te/…
Fragmentation Elimination Problem
I am on version IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC4.…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Ronald Schwingel wrote: > Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) > Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use > before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide > documentation that I can pass on also? It looked to…
RE: 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!…
Fill Factor in database used with baan
Hi all, OS: Windows NT Database: Informix IDS 9.2x ERP: BaaN B40c.66 checking for the onconfigs of the company i am working for... i have found that the two server are configured with FILLFACTOR 60... is this something BaaN is recommending are there any reasons for not having …
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.…
Long transaction aborted in Informix IDS 7.31
the specific onconfig variables to review are LTXHWM and LTXEHWM, howvere if you don't have enough logical logs configured to cope with the transaction these parameters will not help and you could end up in a bigger mess such that the transaction will NOt rollback and your server…
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…
Fast Recovery locked up
Hi people. Running IDS9.4 FC4 on AIX5.2 10GB memory server used as apps and dbs server. After a bounce of the engine last week the instance got stuck in Fast Recovery. Trying to bring it down didn't work (not onmode -uy nor onmode -ky). Only the instance is using logging, and lo…
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…
Creating a temp dbspace failing on RedHat ES 4.0
Thanks for all the replies, and huge thanks to Sandor Szabo who got this working. 1. Set an enviroment variable INFORMIXSHMBASE to -1 2. In the ONCONFIG, set SHMBASE to 0x44000000 After that it all works fine. Details from Sandor: RHEL 3 Update 3 added a new feature "Exec Shi…
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:…
Fast Recovery (CKPT REQ)?
Hi, I have a database that is in Fats Recovery (CKPT REQ),,,,, ,,,, Blocked:CKPT and it will not come up! Have tried onmode -c unblock without any success,,,, How can I get around this Checkpoint state and get the database in Online state? Thankful for any help on this topic…
setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux error
I setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux execcute oninit -ivy is failed the online.log is write /// 16:31:32 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment (size 8192KB) 16:31:32 Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 Software Serial Number AA…
RE: DBTEMP
For temporary files ids will use: PSORT_DBTEMP if not defined he will check DBSPACETEMP environment var, if not defined will check DBSPACETEMP in the ONCONFIG, if not defined will use /tmp. used for the following operations: ORDER BY/GROUP BY UNIQUE/DISTINCT, SORT-MERGE-Join, …
Re: Onbar backup problems
Martin, After doing several tests with the onconfig parameters, we found that the only way that the backup would run was to define the BAR_MAX_BACKUP variable with a number different than 0. Is there anything documented on this issue ? We are running Windows 2000 Advance Serve…
Re: Onbar backup problems
Martin, After doing several tests with the onconfig parameters, we found that the only way that the backup would run was to define the BAR_MAX_BACKUP variable with a number different than 0. Is there anything documented on this issue ? We are running Windows 2000 Advance Serve…
Informix Dynamic Server information Centre
Great new utility just posted under IDS 10 on the docs site has uses for other products and versions than just IDS 10 so take a look even if you are not using 10 yet!! http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp…
Cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG.
im trying to run the oninit -i in the command prompt when the message appear... we installed... IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.40 IBM INFORMIX-4GL Rapid Development System Version 7.32.UC2 IBM INFORMIX-4GL Version 7.32.UC2 set up sqlhosts, services, onconfig, path... but when tr…
Re: alarmprogram.sh
Hi, I assume you are not using the same $ONCONFIG file for both instances (dev and prod). So in the prod's $ONCONFIG file you can specify a different alarmprogram. Parameters ALARMPROGRAM and SYSALARMPROGRAM both take an absolut path as value, so you can specify a different loca…
ontape restore taking time
Hi, I am working on HP_UX 11i and IDS 9.30. When i am restoring the data using ontape the server is in Fast recovery for long time. Its hanging at Cleaning the physical logs for a long time. I am attaching the message from log here. 11:40:38 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0…
Informix 7.23 connection problem
Dear Cristoff, > We are using Informix 7.23 Online database on Unixware 2.1.3. It works > OK if less then 50 users are connected. When 51-st is connecting, it > starts to refuse connections, create closed connections and go slow. I > have increased tcp, MAXUP and NBUF parameters…
RE: Stuck in Fast Recovery
This wasn't in reference to whether linux or unix matter... Of course they do... The issue was a response was posted in unix verbage/solution but the question was for a windows situation... Dat's all... -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:own…
RE: Stuck in Fast Recovery
Dirk Moolman said: > Oops, sorry - so used to speaking to other Unix users :-o It's OK, no-one else matters. :o) > -----Original Message----- > From: Sebastian, Norma J. [mailto:NormaJean.Sebastian@tellabs.com] > > Dude, > Melvin said he's on windows.... Can you 'sar' and 'vm…
RE: Stuck in Fast Recovery
Oops, sorry - so used to speaking to other Unix users :-o Apologies -----Original Message----- From: Sebastian, Norma J. [mailto:NormaJean.Sebastian@tellabs.com] Sent: 19 January 2005 04:59 PM To: Dirk Moolman; informix-list@iiug.org Subject: RE: Stuck in Fast Recovery Dude,…
RE: Stuck in Fast Recovery
Dude, Melvin said he's on windows.... Can you 'sar' and 'vmstat' on windows? Maybe check the services and see if something is stopped. NJ -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Dirk Moolman Sent: Wednesday…
RE: Stuck in Fast Recovery
-----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of TBP Melvin Perez wrote: > Hi, > > Currently, I have an IDS instance in Fast Recovery mode for more than > 19 hours! > > I have tried to perform a backup of the logica…
Stuck in Fast Recovery
Hi, Currently, I have an IDS instance in Fast Recovery mode for more than 19 hours! I have tried to perform a backup of the logical logs, but it's not allowed in this mode. I read previous posting from Art Kagel, saying this can be fixed by asking Informix tech support to dial…
RE: Pagesize question
rkusenet wrote: > hmm interesting. Informix use to have configurable page size till version 5.0. > Why did they stop it? And .. why are they bringing it back now. Until some stage (I thought it was 6.00, but I am willing to believe it was 5.00), the ONCONFIG (or TBCONFIG) file c…
Installing IDS 7.x on Windows NT
Hi I would like to install IDS 7.x for workgroup on Windows NT machine that do not have any network installed on it. I don�t want to install network card on machine. Can someone please help with the configuration setup for 'Client and Server on the Same System via Shared Memory…
Re: (Another) ontape to recover from a FIFO pipe
--If all were well with my system, it would soon finish the Fast --Recovery and enter quiescent mode. However, I have observed two bad --tendencies on this system when recovering using OmniBack (our usual --backup software): -- - Sometimes it get stuck in state "Fast Recovery (C…
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'?…
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: Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Art S. Kagel wrote: > On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 05:05:41 -0400, madiego wrote: >>I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : >> >>This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix >>Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do…
Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y Checking group membership to determine ser…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
I am experiencing similar problems with users migrating from Standard Engine to IDS 9.30. It appears that some applications are more susceptible than others. What application(s) are you running? We also have experience of adding more BUFFERS, LOCKS, etc and not improving the sit…
RE: Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
Muthana Increase BUFFERS in onconfig file. UPDATE STATISTICS for each table (as a minimum) rerun the query and see what improvements you get. If you still have problems post the results of:- onstat -p onstat -m onstat -R and sqexplain.out of any particularly slow query or updat…
Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
Dear Sir, The question how can make DB Tuning for Informix Dynamic Server version 9:30 to get the query faster. I used IDS 9:30 and it's not quick enough like our old Standard Engine. which Parameter can i change to make that or what shall i do? Regards Muthana AL-Temimi…
Can IDS accessing Informix SE Tables.
Hello, Now we are using Informix SE. We are planning to go Infomix Dynamic Server 9.x. Before migrating our current applications to IDS 9.x., first we have to develop a new application in IDS 9.x, in that we need to use some of the tables from informx SE. Could you please answer…
DB Server Alias
Hi All, I have the following issue: I need to connect the same instance through 2 IP addresses, i read in this newsgroup that there is a variable in ONCONFIG file called DBSERVERALIASES, this variable permits to set more than one ipaddress/aliasName for the same instance after …
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…
Physical and logical log placement
It's often recommended that the physical and logical logs be moved from rootdbs. Apart from performance, is there some reason I've missed why they should be kept separate? And does it make any difference if the whole instance is going in a RAID 1+0 array? Andy Kent…
Re: [Informix Dynamic Server (IDS):] Digest 2671
For a course in the US, check out: http://www-306.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss?pageType=course_description&co urseCode=L1760&country=us&language=en (IBM course L1760). There is probably a similar course offered in Europe somewhere. Hope this helps. Kevin Doiron Toronto,…
FW: Physical Log Size
html??? The Clown doesnt like it. Informix version? Exact Message? Size of the table in Mb? How many logical logs and size? LTXHWM in $ONCONFIG? -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]On Behalf Of Phillips, Rob Sent: F…
Physical Log Size
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C4022C.56CA4B15 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am trying to update the structure on a table that has approx 1.8million records and I get an error th…
Migration to 9.4
Hello, I believe some concerns on inplace upgrades may come from oracle experience (or other DB vendors?) I don't mean to bash oracle, I have only been working with it a year or so. However, it seems that standard for oracle upgrades is to freshly install binaries in a new direct…
Question about archives
In 9.x IDS databases. Say I am doing a large dbload into a normal table and someone kicks off a level 0 archive (don't ask). Do before images from the physical log get put into temp tables on 9.21? Does this change with 9.40.UC3? Someone said that in 9.x the physical log is red…
expanding physical log failed
This is IDS 9.4 UC2 on Windows 2000. I attempted to increase the size of the physical log today with ugly results. I created the new space and checked it for contiguous space. I executed onparams -p -s 32768 -d physpace1 -y Onparams kept telling me that the server had to be i…
expanding physical log failed
This is IDS 9.4 UC2 on Windows 2000. I attempted to increase the size of the physical log today with ugly results. I created the new space and checked it for contiguous space. I executed onparams -p -s 32768 -d physpace1 -y Onparams kept telling me that the server had to be i…
Re: Transaction support in informix dynamic server(IDS)
chaithra wrote: > i wanted to know, if in IDS we can get to know the status of a > transaction at any given time. or once any transaction commits or > rollsback we should be able to know the status. > is it possible through c++ interface provided by the IDS. I'm not quite s…
Transaction support in informix dynamic server(IDS)
hi all, i wanted to know, if in IDS we can get to know the status of a transaction at any given time. or once any transaction commits or rollsback we should be able to know the status. is it possible through c++ interface provided by the IDS. thanx in advace chaithra…
configure computer for using informix
what shell I do to make my computer work with informix. I have installed winXP on my computer, informix 4 i informix dynamic server? THANKS…
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…
TRUNCATE TABLE command in 9.3?
I am aware that Informix Dynamic Server previously has not included the TRUNCATE TABLE command. Does anyone know if 9.3 or 9.4 include this command?…
IDS restore stuck in fast recovery during restore
Hi I am busy with a physical restore on all the dbspaces of a SAP system runnug on IDS7.31.FD1 on solaris8 and I am running into a problem where the engine gets stuck for hours waiting for checkpoint while in fast recovery. The output of running the onstat - command is : Inform…
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.…
moving the physical log
According to the IDS 9.4 docs, I can move the physical log like this: set IFX=D:\\IFMXDATA\\ol_bronco copy nul D:\\IFMXDATA\\ol_bronco\\physpace.001 onspaces -c -d physpace1 -p %IFX%\\physpace.001 -o 0 -s 8192 onparams -p -s 8192 -d physpace1 -y ontape -s -L 0 The IDS bitches o…
Informix 9.40 crash.
Hi all, today the informix instance crashed. The machine configuration is the following: Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC1 Compaq Tru64 UNIX V5.1B (Rev. 2650) And this is a part of online.log... 16:59:33 DR: Reservation of the last logical log for log backup turned on…
Trying to recover Secondary using ontape -l
I have an HDR setup (IDS 7.31 on SCO UNIX). As an experiment, I shutdown the Secondary for the weekend. I have logical log backups every hour on the Primary using a disk file. On the first workday, I restarted the Secondary and it went into Fast Recovery(Sec) mode. The messag…
Logical Logging error for 'OLDRSAM:HDELETE' in 'logread'
Hi, I have a problem with fast recovery logical restore. I was running delete sentences, to many, and I aborted program. For this reason, the server changed your mode: online to fast recovery. The problem is: I don`t change to online mode. I study different options and I can't r…
Re: Physical restore that doesn't require a logical restore
Hi, if you try to move data from a host to another, you MUST perform a backup with -w option, this option is for whole backups. The Restore must also be performed with the option -w. You can try perform a Restore with the option time-of-point. Regards Glenn c-eriks@algonet.se (…
Re: Physical restore that doesn't require a logical restore
I did that but then this happened (from the message log): 15:58:54 Physical Restore of felisia_db01 Completed. 15:58:54 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds. 15:58:54 Checkpoint loguniq 5720, logpos 0x18 16:10:39 No logical log restore will be performed. 16:10:39 …
Re: Physical Logging performance
"Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@mydassolutions.com> wrote: > [snip] > Yes, as far as I'm concerned, losing your pre-images before they are > written to disk is not a problem, so rather maximise performance for > those that make it to disk, which hopefully is most of them. ;-) Ok. Tha…
RE: Physical Logging performance
"Simmons, Keith" <keith.simmons@office2office.biz> wrote: > > R�diger > > 200,000 (at 4K page size) Thank you, Keith. We use 200,000 at 2k page size on the test and 700,000 on the production machine. Many regards, Ruediger…
Re: Physical Logging performance
R�diger M�hl wrote: > "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@mydassolutions.com> wrote: > > >>R�diger M�hl wrote: >> >>>Good morning everybody, >>> >>>some time ago, I found the tip, that the pages/io should be >>>less than the bufsize (around 75%). Is that true? >> >>Certainly 75% is a good …
RE: Physical Logging performance
R�diger 200,000 (at 4K page size) Keith -> -----Original Message----- -> From: R�diger M�hl [mailto:ruediger.maehl@web.de] -> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 8:30 AM -> To: informix-list@iiug.org -> Subject: RE: Physical Logging performance -> -> -> "Simmons, Keith" <keith.simmo…
RE: Physical Logging performance
"Simmons, Keith" <keith.simmons@office2office.biz> wrote: > Yes, this is something I have tried to achieve, it tends to reduce > disk I/O to the Physical Log and make the I/O more efficient. I'm > currently running a PHYSBUFF of 512 (just so you don't get afraid of > big numbers…
Re: Physical Logging performance
R�diger M�hl wrote: > Good morning everybody, > > some time ago, I found the tip, that the pages/io should be > less than the bufsize (around 75%). Is that true? Certainly 75% is a good place to be. A lot less than that and you are wasting resources. A lot more than that and you…
RE: Physical Logging performance
Ruediger Yes, this is something I have tried to achieve, it tends to reduce disk I/O to the Physical Log and make the I/O more efficient. I'm currently running a PHYSBUFF of 512 (just so you don't get afraid of big numbers!). The same can be applied to the LOGBUFF parameter as w…
Physical Logging performance
Good morning everybody, some time ago, I found the tip, that the pages/io should be less than the bufsize (around 75%). Is that true? I had a physical bufsize of 16 and always a pages/io of around 15.7 so I increased the bufsize to now 32, but it still shows a high number. Do I…
RE: Dynamic Server versus Universal Server ??
Originally, Version 7.x was called 'Informix Dynamic Server', Version 9.0x was called 'Universal server' Starting with 9.1, Universal server became 'Dynamic server with Universal data option'. With 9.2, new names 'Internet Foundation 2000 ' and 'Dynamic server 2000' ware given…
Re: Fast recovery question
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:54:44 -0400, samir BADAOUI wrote: The fast recovery will start alllll over again. Until the engine is fully recovered nothing is written to the logical logs that would indicate partial progress. Art S. Kagel > Hi all, > After a kill process who was delet…
Fast recovery question
Hi all, After a kill process who was deleting 3 millions of records. when my informix instance goes up, she went on fast recovery. After 6 hours of fast recovery, my sys admin stoped the engine (I wasn't there this night). my question is : When the engine goes up, did the fast re…
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: WARNING! Physical Log size 50000 is too small ?? Why ? And ho
The physical log is recommended to allow for 20 pages per user to be changed between checkpoints. As the checkpoint occurs when the phys log gets to 75% full it really means that the sizing assumption is 15 changed pages per user. If you aren't making that many changes then you…
WARNING! Physical Log size 50000 is too small ?? Why ? And how to fix it ?
Dear Here, Today,I found following warning in online.log . My database OS is AIX and DB is Informix Database server 7.3. 09:05:45 WARNING! Physical Log size 50000 is too small. Physical Log overflows may occur during peak activity. Recommended minimum Physi…
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…
backup onbar
"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:bc52r5$fk9nk$2@ID-64669.news.dfncis.de... > DBA-BABY wrote: > > > > > > > Hello group > > > > my version is: Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD3 > > > > I need to do backup my DB. > > I have to use the onbar. > …
Adding chunks
Hi bro I'd do the following - dbexport - destroy current instance. create new instance with a large rootdbs (=>512MB) - create additional dbspaces for data, logical & physical logs - MOVE IMMEDIATELY logical & physical logs from rootdbs to new dbspaces - dbimport data, as last s…
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:…
Re: Fast Recovery (CKPT REQ) mode
I resend this because I got a couple of rejections from the mail-server ... Please excuse in case you get this twice. -- Hi, you can try to find out in online.log (message log), where exactly the server is. Keep in mind, that this step (mainly) involves rolling back open trans…
Fast Recovery (CKPT REQ) mode
Hi, We are restoring the backup of prd system to drs system, restoration part is successful. but drs database is not coming in quiescent Mode , it is in Fast Recovery (CKPT REQ) mode, i tried to do force checkoint (onmode -c). Any suggestion on this problem would be appreciated…
regarding concept of physical logging??
hello, i have a serious confusion regarding tha concept of physical logging, this might sound silly for an expert kindly bear with me and explain.. according to what the book says.. physical logbuffer contains the before images of the data that taken from disk for modification..…
RE: Fast recovery
We recently had a tbzero (truncate logical logs) done on our system. I had a down dbspace and the engine wouldn't come up, no matter what we did. The only way out was for Tech Support to do the tbzero. They did warn me that we might have problems afterwards, but so far so good…
Fast recovery
Pursuant to my question earlier regarding the dropping of an index; the engine was brought down shortly after the first index drop completed, after a few minutes of the second. It's probable that these two are in the same transaction so I expect they'll both get backed out. Th…
fast recovery question
Hi all, in my message log I have found the following lines : 18:10:05 Logical Recovery Complete. 3 Commited, 2 Rolled Back, 1 Open, 0 Bad Locks Please tel me to what des the Open value during logical recovery refer ? thanks for any help __________________________________…
Fast Recovery Mode after ontape cold restore
I am testing a couple of recovery scenarios. After a cold restore using ontape where one disc has been replaced (non RAID) the instance comes up in Fast Recovery Mode and seems to hang there. What actually occurs in Fast Recovery Mode, there are no logical logs? How long should…
What requires an IDS Linux?
Hello What requires an Informix Dynamic Server Linux a desktop and/or a network version of Linux? Thanks in advance Jacqueline Romero Miranda…
Informix v Oracle
Hi Is there a function in Informix Dynamic Server 2000 that is like Oracles CREATE SEQUENCE that uses NEXTVAL/CURVAL and %ROWCOUNT, ect? Thanks for all contributions Jordan jbruce@asaglobalserv.com…
RE: Which instanses are configured?
If you wanted to see what instances are on-line you could run ipcs -mo | grep informix . This will provide you with the shared memory segments for any active servers. Pay particular attention to 0x???? these will identify the instance. 0x5256 + hex(servernum). HTH Scott > -…
Which instanses are configured?
Here's a script which could help. #!/bin/ksh # rudy 29/8/97. # This script attempts to locate INFORMIX instances running on a machine. # The plan is as follows # 1. Locate INFORMIXDIR by identifying the file oninit and working backwords # 2. Locate ONCONFIG files by grepping $IN…
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: checkpoint problem
What package is this? Is it primarily OLTP Oriented? Doug McAllister wrote: > Hi guys.. > > I am having a checkpoint problem on one of my servers and I think I know > what is going on but I thought I would post a snippet of my log file and > my onconfig for comments. This ser…
IDS 7.3x on Win2000?
Does Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3x runs on Windows 2000 (Professional)? Thanks for your help. Guy Dillen…
Point-in-time recovery of database/dbspace
gorgos@my-deja.com wrote: > > Hello again, > I've just come across an article in technotes that mentions point-in- > time recovery of a database/dbspace. It doesn't go into any depth so > I'm asking if this is possible, and if so how. I'm sure it can be > achieved using a 2 ins…
RE: Changes in onconfig files
Off line, online .. onmode -ky oninit Some configuration variables (TAPEDEV) are dynamic. -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.iiug.org]On Behalf Of magic@bet.po.opole.pl Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 10:34 PM To…
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: Backup and Restore
From: mdelerme@my-deja.com > >Does Informix support recovery of up to the last transaction? I was Yes, up to the last committed transaction. Fast Recovery. >told Oracle did, ???, wanted to know if that was true and if so, does >informix. Thanks in advance for the info. Pleasur…
Create user in Informix Dynamic Server
Hello all I`m new in INS. Could you help me? I have Database server with one user Informix. How to create another user to Database?…
Informix ODS on Win 2000?
Does Informix Dynamic Server V7.31.TC5 for Intel Pentium Windows NT 4 also run on Windows 2000? Thanks for any help. Guy Dillen ITP…
OnLine Initialization failure.
Hi guys, I got the following Alarm message : Tue Jun 13 13:44:39 PDT 2000 Severity : 3 OnLine Initialization failure. WARNING! Physical Log size 40960 is too small. Physical Log overflows may occur during peak activity. Recommended minimum Physical Log size is 20 times maximum …
Fuzzy Operations : Some clarity from Informix
Gang, Following up on the Fuzzy Operation issue : Specifically, if pages affected by fuzzy operations are not physically logged, how will recovery be effected in case a crash occurs during a write of a page, leaving the page "inconsistent". The matter was raised with Informix. …
Informix cost???
Someone can said how much does Informix cost? I need to know: -Informix costs -cost for client Thanks very much. I need the last version of dynamic server for Unix. Ciao, Berna…
RE: HELP AGAIN ...
In article <8fg29u$2aa$1@news.xmission.com>, shahid.mehmood@aku.edu writes > >No, it is not synonym or view! it is definitely a table, here is the schema >of the table ... Try onstat - Is the server On-line and not in Fast Recovery? onstat -g ath are there any sqle…
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…
RE: Fuzzy checkpoints.
<SNIP> >To William's statement that he does not trust Fuzzy Checkpoint and so has >to restore an archive and roll forward the logical logs, I submit that that >will result in the exact same level of data loss as fast recovery OR MORE, >but never less. Since you do not trust the …
RE: Fuzzy checkpoints.
William Rice wrote: > > Comments further in > >===== Original Message From kagel@bloomberg.net ===== > >Remember that the Physical Log records are not STRICTLY needed for recovery. > >They are mostly a paranoid holdover. The physical log slapdown that starts > >Fast Recovery mak…
Fuzzy checkpoints.
"Art S. Kagel" wrote: > I'm getting a headache. Roll out the acetaminophen :-) > OK, so there are two separate issues here. One is Physical logging needed > at all, which it appears I brought up and not William. I agree with > Rudy's assessment that physical logging is need…
Protocol tlitcp
Is someone knows if the protocol tlitcp is support on AIX 4.3.3 with IDS 7.30.UC8? If yes, what is the syntax of then configuration of onconfig and sqlhosts? Thank you. -- Daniel Blanchet RONA mailto:daniel.blanchet@rona.ca http://www.rona.ca…
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…
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…
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…
When are checkpoints initiated
Chekpoint is initiated when Physical log if 75% full, so consider increasing the size of physical log if chekpoints are too frequents. regards Top Cat a écrit: > I know there are a number of things that can cause a checkpoint to be > initiated. The one I'm concerned about is…
Problem restoring from ontape -s --HELP
You could try changing your physical log size in onconfig.std…
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. …
Re: Informix on SuSE Linux 6.2
In article <385FA8D4.5F3306F3@bloomberg.net>, kagel@bloomberg.net wrote: > [Earlier discussion SNIPPED] > > No. The ONCONFIG file parameter NETTYPE configures the listeners and > replaces the OL5.xx parameter USERS to configure the number of concurrent > users that can attach …
RE: Stuck in FAST RECOVERY
The emailing of Tech Alerts is available. I get them (the link) emailed to me. Sorry I cannot remember where I registered, but it was through Tech Support ... and you DO need to be registered. If you need more info, email me directly and I will find out how I got it. Murray Wo…
Re: Stuck in FAST RECOVERY
If you are seeing any activity wait it out, otherwise stopping and restarting the engine sometimes sorts it. "Gregory P. Schin" wrote: > > Hi, > > I have IDS 7.31.UC2A installed on Solaris and it has been running fine > for over 1 month. I deleted some data then dropped a few …
Stuck in FAST RECOVERY
Hi, I have IDS 7.31.UC2A installed on Solaris and it has been running fine for over 1 month. I deleted some data then dropped a few primary keys on some tables and then added unique indexes. Then there was a power hit and the system rebooted. The system came back up but IDS …
Re: How to Take advantage of a multi-processor system using informix?
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, S. Martins wrote: > How to Take advantage of a multi-processor system using informix? > Do I have to make some special configuration in the Informix Database Engine > to achieve the best performance from a dual processor system? > > Thanks, > NSM (Portugal) >…
Re: IDS7.3 failing to initialise - chunk sanity check failure
On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 00:02:49 GMT, Kevin H. <> wrote: > I'm having a problem with installing IDS 7.30.UC7 on RedHat 6.1 (ie. > kernel 2.2.12-20). > > On completing the installation I tried to configure the database to > have a test database of 20MB size in /home/inf_data/data1 Wh…
informix dynamic server on linux help
Hi all, I am an informix newbie, and i have problems running it on redhat linux 6.0. The installation went just fine, but now when i start dbaccess and try to create a new database i get this error message: 25584: Network driver can not access server program /opt/informix/lib/sq…
Informix Dynamic Server on IBM SSA
Can any one share their experiences, recommendations, pit-falls, comments about creating an IDS db engineOLTP environment on an IBM SSA Raid system? We have 2 SSA adapters and have 4 loops with 4 drives each. The IBM techs for the Smoothstart services will be coming next Tuesday…
Please help me!
Hello! 1, Can somebody give me information, what is the new features for Version 7.24 of Informix Dynamic Server according to Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server? 2, Are Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server and 7.20 INFORMIX-ESQL/C 2000 Year Compatible? 3, W…
Replication from HPUX to Window NT
I want to do the database replication from HPUX database to Window NT. Could anyone suggest the configuration in onconfig of both platfroms? (** don't need to synchrozise two databases; only need to pass the change from HPUX to NT) Daniel Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ …
Re: installing Informix dynamic server
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installing Informix dynamic server
hi all, can anybody give me an URL where to find a good description of how to setup and install an Informix Dynamic Server with using RedHat Linux ??? I've searched a whole day but founf nothing useful.. :( thx ind advance joerg…
RE: Physical Log size
Yuri, see below. > -----Original Message----- > From: Yuri Dovgart [SMTP:y_dovgart@tci.ukrtel.net] > Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 6:19 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Physical Log size > > Link, David A. <DALink@West.com> wrote in message > news:7tjlri$ra$1@news…
Re: Physical Log size
Link, David A. <DALink@West.com> wrote in message news:7tjlri$ra$1@news.xmission.com... > > I have an OLTP database which I need to keep the checkpoints below 5 > seconds, however, my users need to load millions of records periodically. > The database needs to be available 7x24. …
Re: Physical Log size
as for OLTP environment you should set the LRU_MAX_DIRTY to 80 and LRU_MIN_DIRTY 70 so that the MLRU will be flushed to disk in between checkpoints. Setting the gap in between them smaller will encourage more LRU_WRITE and when comes to checkpoint it will have less work to do BT,…
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…
Configuration Informix server with reaseau TCP/IP /Configuration serveur Informix avec reaseau TCP/IP
I test to configure a Informix server enough with protocol TCP/IP but I do not manage to launch the engine whereas it functions in local mode. Configuration In onconfig: NETYPE ipcshm,3,2,CPU NETYPE soctct,3,3,NET In sqlhost : mickey_srv onipcshm mickey mickey_service mi…
Physical log size
How one can know correct size of physical log? Sun solaris 5.7 IDS 7.31 UC2A TIA…
Re: Physical log status
---- you wrote: > I did a onstat -d, which showed all the chunks. I am a bit perplexed as > my physical log dbspace(chunk phylogdbs) shows a free of 0 pages. > > address chk/dbs offset size free bpages flags pathname > 2070482a8 1 1 0 2500…
Physical log status
I did a onstat -d, which showed all the chunks. I am a bit perplexed as my physical log dbspace(chunk phylogdbs) shows a free of 0 pages. address chk/dbs offset size free bpages flags pathname 2070482a8 1 1 0 25000 3897 …
physical log in rootdbs
Anybody have any comments about leaving the physical logs in rootdbs? I've heard some rumors about the fact that leaving them there isn't all that bad in the later versions of Informix. However, everything I've learned in class says to move them out of rootdbs. I'm running 7.30…
Informix Online Dynamic Server DBA Book
Hello Could anyone recommend a good Informix Online Dynamic Server book. I did a search in Amazon.com but I could not decide on which one to choose. Thanks in advance. Ajay…
pricing for informix info?
Hello, Was wondering what other people out there paid for informix dynamic server 7.3... Basically, i wanted to know if they had a web server licensing schem like microsoft. or ibm's db2 (per cpu license). and would the licenses be transferable if I decided to move from le…
Logical and Physical Log questions
I am new to Informix, any help would be appreciated ! I have recently drop 3 logical logs as there were in the rootdbs. Then I added 3 logical logs in a different dbspace. I checked the logical log status and found it to have a 'A' flag. It seems that I have to archive it or it…
ONSOCTCP AND LINUX
In article <37BC796B.E323ADED@jps.net>, dja7 <dja7@jps.net> wrote: >I have IDS for linux 7.3 and I have installed it on redhat 2.0.36. I >have configured sqlhosts and the onconfig file. I have downloaded and >installed all the file descriptor patches. > >I cannot get the …
Physical log size
I'm getting the following warning in my message log: 09:26:56 WARNING! Physical Log size 2000 is too small. Physical Log overflows may occur during peak activity. Recommended minimum Physical Log size is 20 times maximum concurrent user threads. M…
Re: Determining version dynamically
Hi, If you have Informix Dynamic Server then use the following sql-statement ' select DBINFO('version', 'full') from systables where tabid = 1' result from the sql is : Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC5 Take a look in Informix Guide to SQL: Syntax for more about DBINFO…
KAIO: out of OS resources error
Hi~ My informix dynamic server write "KAIO: out of OS resources error .." in online.log. This error log is written during ontape task. How can I solve this problem? platfom : SunOs 5.5.1 Informix Dynamic Server 7.24 uc6 Thanks.…
64bit IDS for Solaris 7/SPARC ?
Is there a 64bit Informix Dynamic Server 7.3x for Solaris 7/SPARC available? tia, joerg…
Posting from the Informix-list
what is the last version of Informix Dynamic Server for HP-UX 10.20, where can i find more Information about this.…
How do I increase user threads?
bahins wrote: > > How can I increase the no. of user threads in Informix RDS 7.3? Is that IDS 7.3? > Do I have to make a change in onconfig or stune or mtune? Increase the third field in the NETTYPE parameters: NETTYPE ipcshm,2,50,CPU NETTYPE tlitcp,2,100,NET This configur…
Latest versions for various Informix products ???
Which are the latest versions for Informix Dynamic Server Informix Dynamic Server, Workgroup Edition Informix 4GL Informix SQL on Solaris 7/SPARC ? Where can I find such informations on Informix's website ? tia, joerg…
cdr command line utility in informix 7.24
Hi, Is there a cdr command line utility in informix dynamic server 7.24? I tried to locate it, but the executable is nowhere to find. Thanks, Lu…
Problem Installing Informix Dynamic Server
I downloaded a Try&Buy version of Informix Dynamic Server V7.30 for NT. I installed it on an NT Server. The install seemed to go ok, but after a short time of investigating IECC, I got a blue screen. After this when I started the Command Center, a task seemed to start, but it w…
TLITCP and JDBC
Hello, I just installed the Informix's JDBC driver, but have been unable to connect to the DB. I've tried the JDBC URL with port 1533. Is that the standard port? Anyway, here's the sqlhosts file: sac_online onipcshm libra sac sac_tcp ontlitcp lib…
Re: onmonitor with HP-UX 11.0 and IDS 7.31
It's a known problem...I'm not aware of a fix being made yet, however. > Is it just me or does onmonitor does not work with the above > configuration. I have had multiple problems, setting dbspaces to raw > devices, unable to get past Shared memory screen. In the end I edited th…
Initalisation error
Looks like you did a restore using ontape -r and said 'NO' to restore logfiles. When the restore completed the engine was in Quiescent mode and then you shut it down. If you do not restore logs you MUST bring the engine to full ONLINE mode with 'onmode -m' before you can shut i…
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: Complete database re-org
Mark Collins wrote: > > > All, > > > > I am planning a complete database re-org for one of our Informix servers. > > The disk layout that I inherited when I joined the company is utterly > > unacceptable and must be changed. I'm drafting a step-by-step plan for this > > re-org, …
Time flies
In article <7ih39n$f3f$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk>, "Neil Truby" <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> wrote: > I'm intending to update the time on two production servers (K460 HP-UX > 10.20). One's 5 minutes fast and one's 5 minutes slow. > > Does anyone know of any problems this might cause…
Out of buffer?
Hi, I got the following error message from an Informix IDS 7.30: <<Informix Dynamic Server>>> WARNING! Buffer pool size may cause Dynamic Server to get into a locked state. Recommended minimum buffer pool size is 4 times maximum concurrent user thre…
Re: 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 …
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…
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…
informix IDS on Linux and ODBC access from Client SDK
I have configured the NETTYPE onsoctcp,1,50,NET on the onconfig - file and the sqlhosts file to: oopen_odbc onsoctcp oopen sqlturbo the sqlturbo service is in the services - file. I do not get a connection to the database. The setnet -error on windows side is -908 (c…
Re: Connection Problem
>Watson, Paul wrote: >> >> Check your NETTYPE settings, first guess would be the connection is >> configured to a max of 50 > >And if you do not have any NETTYPE entries in the ONCONFIG file or do >not have any number of connections configured in the NETTYPEs you do >have the def…
RE: Connection Problem
Watson, Paul wrote: > > Check your NETTYPE settings, first guess would be the connection is > configured to a max of 50 And if you do not have any NETTYPE entries in the ONCONFIG file or do not have any number of connections configured in the NETTYPEs you do have the default is …
BUFFERS
Hi all, I've been trying to figure-out online configuration, in the onconfig file. The optimization books say that you set the buffer size to 25% of your physical Memory size by pages or 256 mb of ram = 16000 buffers, we have set a machine with this amount of ram to 40,000 and t…
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…
OnBar/ADSM/IDS 7.3
I have just about finished configuring OnBar and ADSM. The Level 0 and Level 1 Backups run but report an error backing up the logical logs. The onbar -l call from the log_full.sh creates this error message. What has to be set in the onconfig file for tapedev to call the library d…
Informix on Linux
Does anybody know how much a copy of Informix Dynamic Server would run me for use on Linux?? Thanks in advance -steve…
Upgrade Dynamic Server 7.13 - 7.24
I need to upgrade Informix Dynamic Server version 7.13 to version 7.24. Can anyone advise of any problems they may have had whilst doing this?…
onstat -c , no output
In article <76qr6o$nuh$1@news.xmission.com>, sadagop0458@att.com (Sadagopan, Sathish, CFCTR) wrote: > > Hi, > "onstat -c" shows only the first two lines of output. > informix online ver ..up 3 days... > configuration file ..... > The configuration parameters are not outputted.…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.31?
Is any information available regarding the release of IDS 7.31 for Unix? We have Sun E3000 and E4000 machines and are experiencing problems with both 7.30.UC3 and 7.30.UC5 and are curious about 7.31. Thanks. Carleen Avant Naval Safety Center Internet < cavant@safecen.navy.mil …
STRING FUNCTIONS
Are there functions for manipulating varchar type, like upper() or lower() in Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2? Thanks in advance.…
Netscape Enterprise Connection for Informix Dynamic Server
Hi: Does anyone know the procedure for setting up a Netscape Enterprise Server to connect to an Informix Dynamic server on a remote machine? Michael…
oninit: shared library problem
I'm having problems when initialising the DB using oninit. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR…
Initi DB
I'm having problems when initialising the DB. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR/esql help wo…
Index on Informix Online 7.22 ?
I have installed a new Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.22UC3 on our server (HP-UX 10.20). I find it is much much slower than the Informix 7.12 Online DS server if I do not create index for a same program. Why and what is the difference between the two version of Dynamic serv…
Re: esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
Tim Jones wrote: > > I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 > servers. Let's call them Server A and B. > > Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. > > After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" > and got this : > I…
esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 servers. Let's call them Server A and B. Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" and got this : INFORMIX-ESQL Version 7.22.UC1 …
Informix Dynamic Server Personal Edition
What development apps are known to work with IDS-PE for 95? Infrmx wants to sell me licenses for Dynamic 4gl, esql-c, ddvb for 150usd. Do these work and are there others? 150 sounds ok but the catch is is that the Open-Line Support is outrageous for this (3K usd for unlim. suppor…
Will informix 7.24.uc5 compatiable with solaris 7?
Hi there, I was wondering if Informix Dynamic Server 7.24.uc.5 will be compatiable with solaris 7 when it comes out? Thanks advance, Pat Militzer pmilitzer@ultracom.com…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2.2
When I try to iniailize the shared memory I get an error "oninit: Critical error initializing shared memory" I checked the log and it says the base memory address is 0x80080000 and should be 0x80400000 when I change it it reverses. this is on a SCO open server 5. nay ideas.…
Informix Dynamic Server on Linux NOW!
Check out the Informix WEB Site. There is an announcement that IDS 7.3 is shipping on Linux TODAY! http://www.informix.com/ Art S. Kagel…
Problem installing to NT4.0 server
I'm trying to install Informix dynamic server workgroup edition to Primary domain Nt 4.0 Server. I have created Informix-Admin group and Informix account and grant it all Administrators rights and also Domain administrator rights. The server setup runs ok, but when setup is tryi…
Deployment Licenses of Informix Dynamic Server
I need a free Deployment Licenses of Informix Dynamic Server!…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server blocks
In article <3609EB18.2AB1B1CD@bull.net>, Helmut Leininger <Helmut.Leininger@bull.net> writes >Hi, > >Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect >or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I >find the following message: > >09:03:…
Informix Dynamic Server blocks
Hi, Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I find the following message: 09:03:42 mt.c, line 8362, thread 2139, proc id 17096, mt_notifyvp timed out. Informix server is 7.22.UC2…
Informix Dynamic Server blocks
Hi, Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I find the following message: 09:03:42 mt.c, line 8362, thread 2139, proc id 17096, mt_notifyvp timed out. Informix server is 7.22.UC2…
Re: Stuck in Fast Recovery?
Stephen Walmsley wrote: > > Many thanks for the hints June and Paul. > > Eventually, after 7.5 million reads with no write activity I gave up. I > did try a shutdown followed by a restart as Paul suggested, but the engine > just continued the same pattern of activity. I have no i…
Re: Stuck in Fast Recovery?
On Mon, 24 Aug 1998 11:05:55 -0700, June Tong <june_t@hotmail.com> wrote: >Stephen Walmsley wrote: >> (Btw, the answer to the question "What are you running 4.10.UD2 on a >> business critical system for?" is "Waiting for Online to to be released >> on Linux"!!!!) > >Don't know t…
Re: Stuck in Fast Recovery?
Many thanks for the hints June and Paul. Eventually, after 7.5 million reads with no write activity I gave up. I did try a shutdown followed by a restart as Paul suggested, but the engine just continued the same pattern of activity. I have no idea whether it would finally have g…
Re: Stuck in Fast Recovery?
In article <Pine.OSF.3.95.980824103652.29082A-100000@sable.ox.ac.uk>, newc0571@sable.ox.ac.uk (Stephen Walmsley) wrote: > > Online 4.10.UD2 > SCO 3.2.4.2 > > At 17:49 on Saturday I started the build of a huge index. At around > 10:40 > on Sunday, around 17 hours later, the box s…
Re: Stuck in Fast Recovery?
Stephen Walmsley wrote: > Online promptly went into Fast (sic) Recovery and has been in every since. > The logs show that physical recovery completed successfully. What is in your online.log ? You don't mention how long your tbstat -u / -l / -whatever have been at those states…
Stuck in Fast Recovery?
Online 4.10.UD2 SCO 3.2.4.2 At 17:49 on Saturday I started the build of a huge index. At around 10:40 on Sunday, around 17 hours later, the box suffered a loss of power. It's essentially a read-only database; there were no other transactions in progress at the time. Online prom…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:40:44 -0500, Ben Jazi <bjazi@fallschurch.esys.com> wrote: >What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server >7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? No, IDS 9.x is the ORDBMS. This autumn the 7.3 and 9.x code lin…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
Ben Jazi wrote: > > What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server > 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? > > Thanks, > Ben I don't know the differences in detail but you could check the following pages, where IDS 7.3 is described …
Re: Help on Onbar
> The best way to initialize ISM is to use the > $INFORMIXDIR/bin/ism_startup -init command as user root. > This script will make the necessary links and the neccessary insert into > the bar_version table of your sysutils db and also will do a standard > configuration of the devi…
OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? Thanks, Ben…
Informix computer Base classes
Has any body used the Informix computer base training classes. I am wondering if any of the computer based training classes: "Informix Dynamic Server System Administration" or the "Managing and Optimizing Informix Dynamic Server Databases" is good. Thank You…
Re: Informix Online Dynamic Server 7 on Linux
Piet le Roux wrote: > > If anyone has succeeded to run Informix ODS 7 (SCO) on Linux help would > be appreciated. > I have installed iBCS and the shared libraries and the binaries work, > except that the engine cannot initialize shared memory: Error message > semctl: errno 22…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7 on Linux
If anyone has succeeded to run Informix ODS 7 (SCO) on Linux help would be appreciated. I have installed iBCS and the shared libraries and the binaries work, except that the engine cannot initialize shared memory: Error message semctl: errno 22 create_vp: cannot allocat m…
Problems with Informix Dynamic Server for NT
Hi Has anyone tried downloading and running the dynamic server product for NT? I have it installed, but get the following error when I boot the system: AdmAgent.exe - Applicatioin error The instruction at "0x10087c69 referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be r…
RE: What are the differences between Informix Dynamic Server
It is confusing! =20 Here's what I know: Prior to renaming: 7.2x =3D ODS 8.0 =3D XPS 9.1 =3D IUS After renaming: 7.2x =3D IDS 8.0 =3D IDS/AD/XP 9.1 =3D IDS/UDO=20 After the 7.3 release: 7.3 =3D IDS 9.1 =3D IDS/UDO After the 8.2 release: 8.0 =3D…
RE: What are the differences between Informix Dynamic Server and
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Re: Informix on NT or UNIX
Haveing been exposed to both operating systems, and your curretn version of Informix, Unix is the preference. One will have to take a closer look at you 'onconfig' configuration to truly get an increase in performance. Configuration varies vastly between real time and batch mode…
how to determine the physical size should be ?
We keep getting an error on consule WARNING! Physical Log size 4000 is too small. Physical Log overflows may occur during peak activity. Recommended minimum Physical Log size is 20 times maximum concurrent user threads. when we run the onstat -u …
Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai wrote: > > Hello, > > We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we > convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the > index search. For example, a table: > > table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records…
Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai <rwie@netvigator.com> offerred: +We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we +convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the +index search. For example, a table: + +table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000…
Index for Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the index search. For example, a table: table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records index : ith_1 on ithitno, ithn…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
Hello, Since I'm planning a Data Warehouse, I would to do it with the new version of Dynamic Server. Impressions, stability and on which platform? Regards. Fernando _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Fernando Collalti Phone: +…
Re: Is it really necessary to mirror the physical log?
Art S. Kagel wrote: -- SNIP (Original question) -- > Truth be told the result of Logical Recovery without Physical Recovery > is the same if all logical log records are available. This is > mathematically provable. HOWEVER, having said this, the engine WILL > NOT come up if it …
Re: Is it really necessary to mirror the physical log?
Art S. Kagel wrote: -- SNIP (Original question) -- > Truth be told the result of Logical Recovery without Physical Recovery > is the same if all logical log records are available. This is > mathematically provable. HOWEVER, having said this, the engine WILL > NOT come up if it …
Re: Is it really necessary to mirror the physical log?
Jacob Salomon wrote: [SNIP] > Q: If I choose not too mirror the dbspace containing the physical log > and that DBspace gets corrupted, is recovery still possible without > going back to archive tapes? Would fast recovery still work, albeit > with the possible loss of some recent…
Re: Is it really necessary to mirror the physical log?
>I am about ot start configuring a new site. I am setting up for many >dbspaces but mirroring is basically a luxury here. I have made it my >policy to *always* mirror the root dbspace and that dbspace containing >the logical logs, because if either of those goes south, there go…
Informix Dynamic Server & Text columns
Hi everybody, Can you help me ? I've created a table with the following structure : column type -------- ---- code smallint obs text How can I insert into this table with Java program ? I'm using Informix Java AP…
Intermittent Problem - error 529 Cannot attach to transaction
We have a HP-UX box (Ver 10.20) running Informix Online Dynamic Server Ver 7.13 and a NT Server (NT4.0) running Informix Online Dynamic Server Ver 7.23. We are trying to access some of the database tables resided in the HP-UX box from the NT Server via synonyms. But we faced inte…
911 HELP
Hi there, Does anyone know what to do when the database hangs because of the following error: ----------------- INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.23.UC1 -- Fast Recovery (Prim) (CKPT REQ) -- Up 00:37:00 -- 782096 Kbytes Blocked:CKPT ============ Or how to reach Informix 24x7 support …
Re: ONLINE SLOW on HP-9000!
Cecilio wrote: > > Hi! > I'm working with: > - HP-9000 817, 64MB RAM, HP-UX 10.20 > - Informix ONLINE 7.14 > - 4GL RDS Application > - My Database has 200 tables, but only 3 or 4 of them containing more > than 100,000 rows. > - 16 simultaneous users. > > I think it would work we…
ONLINE SLOW on HP-9000!
Hi! I'm working with: - HP-9000 817, 64MB RAM, HP-UX 10.20 - Informix ONLINE 7.14 - 4GL RDS Application - My Database has 200 tables, but only 3 or 4 of them containing more than 100,000 rows. - 16 simultaneous users. I think it would work well, but the performance is LOW!!! I'…
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: shared memory (a classic)
This happened to me just the other day. After investigating onconfig and shared memory, I finally looked at my environment variables. Found that I had miss-set the INFORMIXSERVER variable. Was I embarrassed! I'll just call it two-key rollover. Maybe this is obvious, but coul…
Re: physical log space problem
Mark D. Stock wrote: > > Kai Stuke wrote: > > > > With a recent installation of Informix 7.22 TC 1 on NT 4.0 SP1 I am > > experiencing a problem with the physical log space. > > When Informix starts up it issues a warning message 'physical log > > space 100 is to small, must be n…
physical log space problem
With a recent installation of Informix 7.22 TC 1 on NT 4.0 SP1 I am experiencing a problem with the physical log space. When Informix starts up it issues a warning message 'physical log space 100 is to small, must be number of user threads * 20'. The Informix manuals tell me abou…
Cursors and ODBC
Hi people, Recently, I've been getting the following errors after issuing some batches of statements via an ODBC connection: Error State: S1000 (0) Error: Intersolve [ODBC Informix Driver] No More Cursors Available. Two questions from this are: Is there some way of finding th…
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…
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…
WGS Logsize Question
Hi, I have small performance problem and I must read manual :-))) Product Informix WGS 7.22 on WinNT 4.0 Page 14.6 Informix OnLine Workgroup Server Administrator Guide LOGSIZE = ( users * maxrows ) * 512 What's maxrows? Maximum count of rows in the biggest table? Otherwise: …
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…
onbar restore trouble
I've very anonying problem with restoring Informix database. Following is the Informix log, bar_act.log and daemon.log (/nsr/logs Legato Networker). What I did is to have a daily full backup: one on 7/18 and two on 7/19. I was having no problem at 7/19 to restore the 7/19 or 7/1…
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…
RPC error using Openlink ODBC to DSA 7.22
We are trying to configure Openlink (MT) ODBC on a Win'95 client talking to a HP-UX 10.20 Dynamic Server 7.22, We are getting "RPC: Program unavailable" errors when using the C++ Demo that comes with the evaluation copy. We can ping the server and have been advised to remove the…
Re: Fast Recovery Forever !!
"SH Lim" <sweehock@hotmail.com> wrote in article <5oo5ek$kdo@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>... > Guys and Gals, > Could you help me out here. I need some good solid explanation that > can convice management (non-techies) with high expectations about > Informix. > The Online Ser…
Re: Fast Recovery Forever !!
SH Lim wrote: > > Guys and Gals, > Could you help me out here. I need some good solid explanation that > can convice management (non-techies) with high expectations about > Informix. > The Online Server 7.13 configured with care and which has been > runnning for weeks su…
Fast Recovery Forever !!
Guys and Gals, Could you help me out here. I need some good solid explanation that can convice management (non-techies) with high expectations about Informix. The Online Server 7.13 configured with care and which has been runnning for weeks suddenly went into Fast-Recove…
Re: oninit -r
In article <5lqin1$i9m@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, thucn@email.utcourts.gov (Thuc Nguyen) wrote: > Hi everyone, > >I restored a full system from the tape and then started online. I checked >onlog file. The warning message: Physical Log size 0 is too small. >Physical Log overflows…
Re: How fast is fast recovery on V5
Subject: How fast is fast recovery on V5 From: John Clutterbuck <jclutterbuck@sbs.siemens.co.uk> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 23:38:52 +0100 Message-ID: <334EBD7C.75ED@sbs.siemens.co.uk> >Hi > >We have been waiting 7 hours for a recovery to complete from what looks >like 3.75 log file…
Re: How fast is fast recovery on V5
John just be glad it recovers at all I had a V5.2 port (Control Data EP/IX) that didn't recover at alle from the logical logs. It just came up with an illegal pointer (cannot find transaction ....) from the logical log I am on 7.12 now and are going to perform logical log recov…
Re: Q: What instances have I?
In article <860693229.16150@dejanews.com>, science@raptor.cqi.com wrote: >How does one find information about various instances that exist on one's >machine? Specifically, say you go up to a new (to you) machine and want >to answer the question, "What are my instances, and what …
Re: Q: What instances have I?
In article <860693229.16150@dejanews.com>, science@raptor.cqi.com wrote: >How does one find information about various instances that exist on one's >machine? Specifically, say you go up to a new (to you) machine and want >to answer the question, "What are my instances, and what …
How fast is fast recovery on V5
Hi We have been waiting 7 hours for a recovery to complete from what looks like 3.75 log files on Informix V5.3 with 2k page size. There had been some substantial deletes etc. just before it went down. Is this to be expected - shall we cut our losses and go back to a recent le…
Q: What instances have I?
How does one find information about various instances that exist on one's machine? Specifically, say you go up to a new (to you) machine and want to answer the question, "What are my instances, and what are their configurations?" I'm having a little problem with this. For exam…
Re: Physical Log Boundedness...
In article <E54x54.24r@nonexistent.com>, Jacob Salomon <jake@apparel.net> writes >Greg wrote: >> >>To clarify: by bounded, I mean being limited by the ability to write to >>the disk fast enough to not block the CPU waiting for the I/O to >>complete. >> >>> >>>Anybody got some goo…
Re: Physical Log Boundedness...
Greg wrote: > >To clarify: by bounded, I mean being limited by the ability to write to >the disk fast enough to not block the CPU waiting for the I/O to >complete. > >> >>Anybody got some good tricks to relieve Physical log boundedness when >>doing massive Insert/Update/Deletes??…
Re: Physical Log Boundedness...
To clarify: by bounded, I mean being limited by the ability to write to the disk fast enough to not block the CPU waiting for the I/O to complete. Greg wrote: > > Anybody got some good tricks to relieve Physical log boundedness when > doing massive Insert/Update/Deletes??? > > T…
Physical Log Boundedness...
Anybody got some good tricks to relieve Physical log boundedness when doing massive Insert/Update/Deletes??? Thanks - Greg…
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…
Re: Online 7.13 UC1 on HP-UX 10.10 -Reply
When you start up the catlgr, make certain it is the same userid (root or informix). You will get some strange errors if the userid is root and you try to perform some onarchive functions as informix (or as a userid of the supergroup). I am currently compiling my notes for onar…
backup and archive
We are trying to use one tape drive for the archive and the log backup. we wrote a script to do the backup log first, when this is done, do the archive. The probelm is that when to swap the tape from log tape to archive tape without physically checking to see if the log backup ha…
physical log, was: numerous checkpoints
Hi, do I need a big physical log, if server executes only SELECT statements. Thanks in advance, Saulius, Vilnius, Lithuania…
Re: numerous checkpoints
The two most common reasons for checkpoints are 1) the checkpoint interval has been reached and 2) the physical log is over 75% full. If the checkpoints appear to be closer than the checkpoint interval, I would guess that your physical log file is too small. Madison Pruet…
Re: Physical Log Size v5 -> v7
In article <567b4m$jt5@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, "S. Hanson" <scott@tiga.worldaccess.nl> writes >Hello, > >I have a small question concerning the size of the physical log. >According to the Online v5 Adm. Guide the size of the physical log should >be created from > >"..is that tot…
Re: Physical Log Size v5 -> v7
S. Hanson wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a small question concerning the size of the physical log. > According to the Online v5 Adm. Guide the size of the physical log should > be created from > > "..is that total disk space allocated to the physical log and the logical log > files…
Physical Log Size v5 -> v7
Hello, I have a small question concerning the size of the physical log. According to the Online v5 Adm. Guide the size of the physical log should be created from "..is that total disk space allocated to the physical log and the logical log files should equal about 20 percent of…
DBMS Internals: Transactions vs. Redo Logs
I'm still not clear regarding transactions and redo logs, which are important in designing a backup scheme. Here's what I understand: - On-line transactions happen immediately in memory - Another writer process, working with a little delay, reads the memory and writes the transa…
fet_buf_size
Hello, Can someone tell me what FET_BUF_SIZE actually is and what it does? Is this a kernel parameter or part of the onconfig file? It's not in my onconfig file and not part of a configurable kernel parameter, but I've been led to believe that it will impact performance. We'r…
Re: mt_shm_remove: WARNING: "After running oninit"
In article <31CF7F9D.67BB@avid.com>, Chris <chris_swecker@avid.com> writes > >I forced a check point with onmode -c, but no luck the server remained >in the Fast Recover state. >(I tried forcing a check point numerous times) > > >I brought the server down again; onmode -ky >and p…
mt_shm_remove: WARNING: "After running oninit"
We're running Online 7.13.UC1 on HPUX. After backing up the log files to clear them, I realized that the log files had not been freed due to a long transaction. According to the documentation, a full restore would correct the problem. The restore did free all the log files, bu…
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…
Online Physical Log Question
I am working on a system experiencing slow database insert/select throughput (HP9000 Online 5). I believe part of the problem is a very small physical log file size - 1MB. (The logical logs are also small at 1/2MB). I have 2 questions: 1. What impact does the physical log fil…
RE: WARNING! Physical Log size 1000 is too small
Dan, I had a similar message from a 7.10.UC1 OnLine (on HP-UX 9.04). Instead of the "...should be increased.." lines, I had "Recommended minimum Physical Log size is 20 times the concurrent user threads". Page 24-5 of the Level 7 Admin Guide discusses the size of the Physical Lo…
WARNING! Physical Log size 1000 is too small
Reposting since I lost news access shortly after the first post ... I recently got this error message in my log file when I was doing some testing ... 23:28:43 WARNING! Physical Log size 1000 is too small. Physical Log overflows may occur during peak activity. Phy…
Re: Database Replication - Does it work?
ken, > I've tried to point LTAPEDEV to a real file and periodically backup logical > logs 'ontape -a' on the secondary server when it has changed to standard, but > when I try to restore the primary it hangs in fast recovery and the > secondary panics - again requiring careful m…
PHYSFILE configuration parm
Today I was experimenting with some configuration changes, and encountered the following message in the Informix message log. (Using Informix 7.10) 23:28:43 WARNING! Physical Log size 1000 is too small. Physical Log overflows may occur during peak activity. Physical Log s…
Re: A basic Online question
: I am trying to configure and start Informix-Online : I have set up the environment variables.. Allocated Disk space : as Unix files.. Prepared ONCONFIG andchanged it to match the : new server name.. ROOTPATH etc.. : I have also modified the sqlhosts.. : Now the question: …
A basic Online question
I have a real basic question... I am trying to configure and start Informix-Online I have set up the environment variables.. Allocated Disk space as Unix files.. Prepared ONCONFIG andchanged it to match the new server name.. ROOTPATH etc.. I have also modified the sqlhosts.…
Re: INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server intallation
copy the standard onconfig file and make as few changes as possible to the different parameters. after you are sure you can bring informix online, should you begin to make changes to the onconfig parameters. Use ONMONITOR to make the changes. It will protect you from many mista…
INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server intallation
I'm about to install INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server V.7.1 on a SPARC 1000. Has anyone installed this database on a sparc before? If yes...do you have any suggestions or could you give me any advice on certain aspects of the installation you felt might be important to take notice?…
Re: INFORMIX-ONLINE 6 HELP
>I'm trying to follow the instructions in the Admin Guide Vol 1 >to 'Configure a Learning Environment' but keep getting the message >'Shared Memory not initialised for INFORMIXSERVER 'learn_online'. >I'm running SCO Unix on a 32M machine. >Any ideas ? Check to see whether your…
Re: Disk partitioning
Valery, >I think diverge rootdbs and most accessible dbspaces to different >disks. >Am I right ? Oh, yes. *Try* to put the root db space on its own disk drive, the logical log db space on *its* own disk drive, and the physical log on *its* own disk drive, if possible. Informi…
Experiences with organizing Raw-Devices
Are there any rules to organize a Raw-Device for an Informix-Database ? 1. In practice it is useful to place the physical- and logical-logs in the "rootdbspace". The Databases should be in separate "dbspaces". 2. The LOGspace and the DATAspace should be placed, if possible, …
Physical Log and Logical Log
Hi Folks, I found some case at my friend's site. His Physical Log and Logical Log setting is : Physical Log size = 2000 Kbytes Logical Log size = 10000 Kbytes No. of Logical Log = 10 When he run daily 4GL-application with 70-80 users simultano…
Re: tbcheck problems HP9000 G30
[ Bill Glidden writes: ] > Joe, > > It is because the physical log is not located in the root dbspace. It is a known > problem, and can be duplicated by creating an OnLine instance and moving the physical Can I have more specifics here. We are currently running many engines non…
Re: Why this Long Transaction
Stuart Litel writes: |> I strongly suggest if a "revovery" takes more than short period of time you |> could be encountering this famous bug. This depends a lot on your configuration. Fast recovery must rerun all the transactions that took place since the time of the last check…
Re: Un-attended Large Archives (fwd)
Graeme Sargent writes: |> Dave Kosenko wrote: |> >You imply that, by design, the system is intentionally locked during media |> >changes and this is incorrect. In fact, this problem can generally be |> |> I think you're being a bit pedantic here, Dave. The lockup effect may |> …
Re: Recovery
Welcome to the world of STUCK FAST RECOVERY ... This is a known "bug" of Informix where if logical logs are about to be fully consumed, the rollback begins. If just then the client is killed, OnLine is rendered into an inconsistant state. The recovery.... will never stop. Infor…
Re: C-ISAM Corrupted Indexes (fwd)
Previously, I wrote: > > Generally, it's important to note that Informix-SE provides only a logical > log, whereas Online provides both logical and physical logs. As you point > out, the only sure way to recover from a crash with SE is to RECOVER > and ROLL FORWARD whereas Onlin…