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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, > …
Upgrade from 10.00.FC6 - 11.70.FC1
yes, but what about See '/tmp/buildsmi.15000'. From: "TRI TRINH" <tri_trinh@hotmail.com> To: ids@iiug.org Date: 01/13/2011 09:33 AM Subject: Upgrade from 10.00.FC6 - 11.70.FC1 [22406] Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org We are trying to upgrade our IDS engine in HP-UX B.11.11 fr…
Upgrade from IDS 15.0.0.2 to 15.0.1.0 errors for IPA's
Hello, I had similar problems when trying upgrade from 15.0.0.2 to 15.0.1.0 (besides others during conversion from 12/14.x to 15.x on AIX) - see TS020674987 Milan Rafaj Senior Lead, Infrastructure/Cloud Architecture Kyndryl Consult +420 737 264 248 www.kyndryl.cz Planned absence/…
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…
onbar is rejecting my date for point-in-time restore
Hi Family. I'm having enough frustration getting cross-system restore to work. But this is SO frustrating: With my entire environment set up by a script that has been working for years, I made the modification: /usr/informix/bin/onbar_d -r -p -w -t "2023-11-30 05:00:00" And it's …
Informix restore strategy
I only can second what Ben already stated: point-in-time (PIT) restore is available only with whole-system restore or with tenant restore (where everything pertaining to the tenant database resides in a well defined set of db-/sb-/blobspaces which then would be PIT restored toge…
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 ------------------------------…
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…
restoring informix using the onbar command. problem
The TSM database was restored completely and without errors, moreover, with the command: query content {volume name } I can see the copy points of the informix database. the ixbar.0 file also contains information about these operations, and copies were made over several years. As…
Validate backup : archecker –tdsv and CommVault
Can you say "single point of failure"? I always recommend using ontape or onbar with PSM to archive to local disk then have the Enterprise backup system sweep the files to near-offline storage while keeping one or two local archives! Then there IS NO SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE that …
Upgrade from 12.10.FC12 to 12.10.FC14
IDS 12.10.FC14 Solaris 10 1/13 (current patch) We recently upgraded a test platform from 12.10.FC12 to 12.10.FC14. From previous upgrades, I was expecting to observe messages in the online.log indicating successful upgrades of all the databases. There were four user databases …
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…
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…
onrestorept vs. onmode -b?
David, best to configure onrestorept (CONVERSION_GUARD & RESTORE_POINT_DIR in the onconfig file). Just make sure RESTORE_POINT_DIR has available space (only stores the before images of any converted pages as I recall). I have had to utilize onrestorept functionality before and …
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…
restore question in RSS environment
Hi, You can only do point in time recovery if you use 'onbar' with a storage manager to do your backups. http://informix.hcldoc.com/help/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.bar.doc%2Fids_bar_235 .htm If you use 'ontape' it is possible to restore and roll forward logical logs but there …
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.…
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…
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…
Use of ontape and onbar simultaneous
As ontape does not use a storage manager, you would not update your ixbar file when backing up and there would be no record of it come restore time. Therefore I would expect a restore using L0 plus a L1 from Netbackup/onbar still to work. Jacques has pointed out a potential pitf…
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…
Re: Restore a specific table from a ontape backup
Original post: I appreciate the response, but I have another issue. Apparently, there was no backup last night, long story, and all I have are the logical logs. Is there a way to restore the table to a new table as a copy and apply logical logs to a certain point in time? Larry…
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…
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…
12.10.FC6 Mac port released
IBM Informix 12.10.FC6 release for Mac OS is officially available! John F. Miller III STSM, Lead Architect miller3@us.ibm.com 503-747-1366 IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)…
Performance issue after migrate to IDS from Online
Questions: 1. After the database was recreated and loaded did you run the recommended suite of Update Statistics commands as described in the Performance Guide manual (or as implemented by my dostats utility) or are you depending on Auto Update Statistics (AUS)? 2. So, you m…
Informix upgrade Error
Hi, I am getting following error during IDS version upgrade From IDS11.50.FC8W3 to IDS12.10FC4W1. 22:53:58 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.FC4W1 Software Serial Number AAA#B000000 22:53:58 Conversion from version 11.50.xC6 Started 22:53:58 Checking partition header pa…
point-in-time restore
Need another set of eyes on something I've done numerous times in the past. Engine assert failing on logical restore (physical worked fine) ... my apologies for length of the "setup" below: IDS 11.5.FC8/AIX 7.1; onbar; TSM 1. Archive exists on TSM dated 4/24 for production:engi…
Stuck transaction
Hi all!!! SUCCESS!!!!! After all these months, we got tripped up by this transaction while trying to upgrade to Informix 12. After the install, running 'oninit' caused a Fatal Error that the engine had found an open transaction from the previous version and could not complete. …
dbspaces corrupted
Out of interest, why are you blocking the server before doing an ontape backup? This is intended to allow external storage backups to take place safely. If you want to know the restore point, wouldn't a checkpoint suffice? Ben.…
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. …
onbar: imported restore, point in time?
Hi all. I need restore an old backup of my production servers. Let's talk about two servers: - INFORMIXSERVER=idsold, SERVERNUM=10 - INFORMIXSERVER=idsnew, SERVERNUM=20 Both running identical O.S. and IDS releases. Copied these files from idsold to idsnew: - ixbar.10 to ixba…
RSS not working
-bash-4.2$ onstat - IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC9 -- On-Line --…
upgrading 11.70 to 12.10
Hi, not very familiar with windows installations, but generally, an inplace upgrade should work on the dbspaces of the 11.70 instance. You should take a full archive before and check the recommended size of physical log, because the conversion usually uses much physical log spac…
Informix upgrade
Can we upgrade informix from Dynamic Server Version 11.70 to 12.1 workgroup edition directly?…
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'…
IDS 12.10 - dbimport very slow
Hi Markus, Is your import logged ? Regards, Henri MOUKOURI Le 25 juin 2013 à 10:45, "MARKUS BRINKBäUMER" <markus.brinkbaeumer@gmail.com> a écrit : > Hello, > > we have a new server (Windows 2012, 8 GB RAM, 4 x 600 GB SAS 15k HDD). On the > server we have installed an IBM Inf…
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…
Informix upgradtion failed from 11.50 to 11.70
Following error is seen when Informix was upgraded from 11.50 UC1E to 11.70 FC4XYGE. Informix was installed properly. Prior to that logical log backups and ontape -s backups were taken properly. Conversion halted because logs are not backed up. To continue conversion it is nece…
Page size
Where do you set the page size when configuring Informix? I don't see it in the ONCONFIG anywhere.…
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…
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…
11.70 xC5: size of restore points files?
Hello dear IIUG users, We have several customer sites to upgrade from 11.70 xC3 to xC5 version, through a fix pack installation. The migration guide mentions two parameters, RESTORE_POINT_DIR and CONVERSION_GUARD, which allows a quicker restore of the instance in case of upgrade…
FC4 to FC5
Hello All, We are moving from version 11.7.FC4 to 11.7.FC5 on an HDR pair. (AIX 6.1 on HACMP cluster). I know what the manual says (just in case Obnoxio is reading this whilst enjoying some fish) but I am looking for opinions, experiences, etc. Since there is no database convers…
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…
What are best onconfig parameters for a DSS app
Frank.... first question: Is your database installation being made for a production system???? Alexandre Marini IBM Informix Certified Professional v10 / v11.50 / v11.70 IBM Information Management Informix Technical Professional IBM Infosphere DataStage Technical Professional …
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…
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 …
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…
When is Point in Time restore Available in Ontape?
Is point-in-time restore available for ontape backups and their logical log= s? If so, is in version 10 and above or earlier? Thanks, ******************************************************************* Ernie Knox IT Database Administrator Specialist Sears Holdings - BU: I & T Gro…
Re: upgrade to 11.70.TC3IE from 11.70.TC1IE
So, something like OAT or Server Studio or some task scheduler function is accessing sysmaster preventing the initial DROP DATABASE command. If you have a time when you can take the server down to single user mode to rerun this. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advance…
Re: upgrade to 11.70.TC3IE from 11.70.TC1IE
Thanks, Art. I feel much better. When I used buildsmi.bat I got: Database selected. 511: Cannot modify system catalog (systables). Error in line 1 Near character position 23 511: Cannot modify system catalog (systables). Error in line 1 Near character position 23 Database…
Re: upgrade to 11.70.TC3IE from 11.70.TC1IE
Nope, you did it correctly. Windows won't let you install multiple versions of Informix, so on Windows you have to uninstall first. Next time tell the installer to not create a default instance to save time and disk space (for the dummy rootdb space that you won't need). There…
Upgrading from 11.5 to 11.7
"wait for conversions to complete" There are conversions going from 11.5 to 11.7 ? Does this mean that if I want to revert back, I have to restore the old version of the database ? Dirk > -----Original Message----- > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On …
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.…
ontape -p/r with changed ROOTPATH
Jack Parker Wrote: ================================================================================ Not sure if you noted that you also need to change your $ONCONFIG = ROOTPATH to point to what is on the backup image. j. ==========================================================…
ER errors after 11.7 FC2 upgrade
Did you run the cdr conversion script? From: "JARED HEATH" <jared.heath@sbcglobal.net> To: ids@iiug.org Date: 04/01/2011 09:46 AM Subject: Re: ER errors after 11.7 FC2 upgrade [23298] Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org To answer your question...both. Our production is still 10.…
Need Table Level Restore Guidance
Can someone point me in the right direction to attempt a table level restore? I need to do this 10 minutes ago. thanx, dan…
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…
Cannot Rollforward from Checkpoint
Hi all, I have found frustrating the past six months trying to setup the HDR working again but the final recommendation from IBM was to migrate to the latest IDS version; we were doing fine with IDS 10.00.FC3 and made the mistake to upgrade to FC10. We are migrating from IDS 10…
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…
archecker v 4.7 how to restore point in time
Hi All, I have a table that i want to restore from our PROD env to DEV. We have a FULL backup of the DB using onbar (IN PROD) and i want to restore just 1 table into our DEV env. Can i use the "archecker" command? The archecker version is IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.4…
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…
restoring from level0+level1 backups
On 9 June 2010 09:13, GILLES TCHAPPI <ntgilfr@voila.fr> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks a lot for your answer. My database is version 940FC6. > > I'm have to restore the database. I used to restore only from a level 0 > backup. Now I have one level 0 backup plus one level 1 backup. Can y…
IDS Upgrade with Enterprise Replication
I had an issue while upgrading IDS 10.00.FC8 to IDS 11.50.FC6 running on AIX 5.3 TL11. I have two servers that participate in ER and I was upgrading just one side, which at the tiem had the app pointed completely away from it. I followed the migration guide, ran cdr stop, brought…
new onconfig parameters added onconfig file 11.5
most of these aren't new at all. Some have been around since 7.10. Some were undocumented until around 9.30 or so. Others were new in 9.40 or 10.00. There are a few really new ones, but, the server upgrade does not, to my knowledge, update the ONCONFIG file at all. Art Art S. K…
Upgrade IDS to V11.50.FC6
Make sure you have plenty of room in your dbspaces for internal conversion of the upgrade. Specifically the rootdbs. Turn off conversion guard in onconfig for version 11.50 using CONVERSION_GUARD 0 If you want to use conversion guard check for the latest version of > 11.50.XC6W…
Informix upgrade from 9.30 to 11.50FC6 fail
You are right, IBM has identified it to be a defect when a conversion from 32b to 64b where server aborts when recognizing certain collection types, to be fixed in FC7. -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Art Kagel Sen…
THE FUTURE OF I4GL/ISQL?
Somehow I get the feeling that IBM acquired INFORMIX in order to migrate the existing customer base by promoting the re-write of 4GL, ISQL, ESQL/C and ESQL/COBOL with things like EGL (see EGL posts by IBM'ers), Rational, WebSphere, etc. I see IBM putting alot of emphasis on IDS, …
Archecker - Can you skip over a log?
IDS 11.50.fc5 Aix - 6.1 When doing a table level restore ... using onbar ... TSM ... The table loads ... then the logs are applied. At a point prior to reaching the timestamp, I'm getting an unknown error. My question ... is there a way to skip over the offending log? I realize …
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…
Restoration stuck in the middle... help required
> I was restoring the entire informix database 7.13 on hp-UNIX 10.01. > > My level 0 backup is on different mount points. So I have pointed the first > tape mount point in the IDS onconfig file and the restore was restarted. > another reason to steer clear of archives to disk. T…
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…
onbar Restore Prod to Dev
Hi All, Just want to validate if my procedure is correct. We have a production DB and i want to restore into a Dev environment. Backup created is through "onbar" using "onbar -b -L 0" and "onbar -b -l". I want to restore into Dev env using onbar utility. Here's the procedure i'…
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…
RE: Problem upgrading from IDS10.00.FC8 to IDS11.50.FC4
Ok, Actually found the system table, SYSAGGREGATES ... my question is why doesn't the genxml_d.sql clean them up properly then? From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Plugge, Joe R. Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:17 AM To: inf…
Problem upgrading from IDS10.00.FC8 to IDS11.50.FC4
I am currently running IDS 10.00.FC8 on AIX 5.30 TL10 and I am attempting to upgrade Informix. I have resolved all of the in place alter issues and after installing the engine and bringing 11.50.FC4 up, it converts all of the partition headers just fine and then moves to my firs…
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…
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 …
Migrating from IDS 9.40.UC6 to 11.50.UC3
Hello everybody, We are currently running IDS 9.40UC6 on top of Solaris/Sparc 9 and in about two weeks we will be moving that to new location. We couldn't get support for IDS 9.40 so may be it is good time to upgrade to more recent Informix version. I tried to follow migration …
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…
reverting from IDS 10 to IDS 9.4?
Hi everyone. I know that when you upgrade from IDS 9.4 to IDS 10 (as well as going from any IDS release to a higher release) that Informix performs any necessary conversions of the database files automatically as soon as you bring up the engine with the higher version. But is thi…
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…
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.…
IDS 11 ugrade - slower and different mutexes
Hi, An upgrade from IDS 10.00.FC7 to IDS 11.10.FC2 was just done on an HP-UX? 11.23 server with PA-RISC CPU architecture.? Going from IDS 10 to 11.1 a direct conversion of the database is done.? Update statistics was run on the database after the conversion.? It was hoped that t…
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…
Re: Point in time restore with archecker
Hi, FYI regarding table-level restore to an external table (a file) -- When you specify a restore to an external table (a file), only the physical restore portion is done (restore of data from a level-0 archive). archecker cannot do logical restore for external table. This is …
Point in time restore with archecker
Hi all, I'm trying to restore a table with archecker using the point in time option. I run the command 'archecker -bv -f test.txt' but it fails. The archecker log says 2008-03-05 11:40:56 ----------------------------------------- STATUS: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.…
What is IPA abbreviation ?
Hi all IBM INFORMIX DYNAMIC SERVER 10.00 PRODUCT RELEASE bug_number 168928 description WITH NON-DEFAULT PAGE SIZE AND ACTIVE IPA'S, TABLE LEVEL RESTORES FAIL product_code ONUTILS component_code ARCHECKR What is IPA ? Thanks…
Windows XP Registry
One way to backup the registry is to create a System Restore snapshot. System Restore returns your computer to a previous snapshot without losing recent personal information, such as documents, history lists, favorites, or e-mail. It monitors the computer and many applications fo…
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…
Re: Informix Proves its worth
On Nov 30, 6:43 am, "TBP (The Big Potato)" <T...@NotHere.Co.Uk> wrote: > <SNIP> > > >>============================== > > >>AFAIK Informix's backup is always at an instance level. The only way to > >>make a backup localized to a database is to store a database in a dbspace > >>and…
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…
Restoring Level 1 Backup ONLY - INFORMIX 9.4
Dear All, I am trying to restore level 1 backup ( with ontape -r ) on a machine ( solaris 8 )on which I have a level 0 backup already restored preveiously ( while restoring I terminated restore at the point when level 0 was completed and system was asking for level 1, my idea wa…
Re: Restoring Specific dbspaces
> When restoring a specific dbscpace after a corruption, is it feasable > to restore the dbspace to a specific point in time before the > corruption occurred? And would the other dbspaces not be affected by NOPE onbar restore is only for media errors. if you want to extract da…
Re: Restoring Specific dbspaces
On Jul 18, 7:41 pm, "howie....@googlemail.com" <howie....@googlemail.com> wrote: > IDS9.40.FC4 > HPUX11.0 > > Hello all a few questions for you regarding restoring specific > dbspaces. > > The customer we support has added a test company (within baan) into a > specific dbscpace, …
Recovering individual dbspaces
Hi, you can restore individual dbspaces while the system is running. This is possible only with so called non-critical dbspaces, it is called "warm restore" and requires restore of logical logs (which in turn requires that they were backed up before). However, you cannot restor…
Restoring Specific dbspaces
IDS9.40.FC4 HPUX11.0 Hello all a few questions for you regarding restoring specific dbspaces. The customer we support has added a test company (within baan) into a specific dbscpace, if this testdata becomes corrupt would it be feasible to restore this dbspace only? When restor…
IIUG TV
Great job on the video work!! I look forward to seeing more! -t- -- -- Informix Dynamic Server Database Engine -- http://www.informix.com --…
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…
IDS 10.0 and Legato Networker
Thank you Javier. I have changed the variable DO_LOGFILE_BACKUPS from YES to NO in the nsrdbmi script. The database backups now complete successfully in Legato. I have successfully completed a full complete restore (onbar -r). Also I successfully completed a point in time or poi…
Re: admin tools like PC client
Mike, What version of Informix are you using? Informix SE? Informix OnLine? Informix Dynamic Server? Most Informix versions these days come with a product call I-Connect that needs to be installed on the PC and rovides the Informix ODBC drivers.…
Error when initializing
06:36:20 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version [b]10.00.UC6TL[\\b] I believe this is likelt ot be a new ish instance to a newish user of the software…
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…
Informix backup & restore
We have an IDS version 10 installation containing a number of dbspaces. We have created a database on each dbspace eg dbspace1 database1 dbspace2 database2 dbspace3 database3 Is it possible to restore a database (eg restore its correspondig dbspace) to a point-in-time withou…
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…
Floating point exception
ontape -r Floating point exception. and no restore occurs I'm posting this in case anyone else gets such an error when trying to restore via ontape. It's a cryptic message. This occurred to me when transferring an IDS database from one server to another via ontape. The error oc…
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: 7.31.UD8 migration to 10.00.UC4 failed with :Con/rev: Failed to convert for Component SQL
I see it isn't going that well on your convertion sir. I was wondering how you where doing... The following is a database? ... processing tsecure ... It looks like the upgrade processed a few database before this one. I would suggest (just for fun) dropping this database and …
UC3 to UC5
Sounds good to me Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 Web: www.oninit.com GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THERE FASTER with Informix. Attend the IDUG 2006 European Conference. Vienna, Austria. 2-6 October 2006 Visit http://www.iiug.org/conf for more information. > -…
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…
SNAP & SAN
Hi, I try to clarify this a bit more ... After restoring the snapshot, you have an "image" of the data exactly as it was while the server was blocked when taking the snapshot. The command "onmode -c block" explicitly writes a checkpoint so that all data will be on disk and the …
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…
EGL Conversion Errors
I need some help in the process of conversion from 4gl to egl. This time around I`m doing that conversion from the ground up, and I've come across some odd errors. I have already upgraded to the latest EGL and EGL Conversion, I figure that would be 6.0.1 i or something very sim…
Point in Time Recovery Failed
You have to use the archive taken at 18:00 as the restore base for a point-in-time restore. After restoring the server to its state at 18:00 onbar and the engine will roll-forward whatever logical log entries are needed to bring the engine back to its state at 18:05:00. You canno…
archecker
if in the IDS 9.30.UC4,how should i execute point-in-time table-level restores?…
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: removed database
This would require that you restore to a point in time before you dropped the database. This would apply to the whole instance and would roll every transaction back to before the database drop. This is no the best thing to do. Even if you put each database in it's own dbspace, y…
removed database
Off topic but on Version 10 Point In Time Table Level Restore could be used for a dropped table. What about a dropped database? If you created the database back empty could you do a PITTLR for each table?…
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…
Restore Informix-Emc-Data Protector 5.1
Hi Masters: I did restore the EMC BCVs with the check point at 12:00:00, with the row devices of the Informix Data Base. I want to restore the logs until 13:45:00, with Omni Back Data Protector v5.1 On the GUI of Omni Back Data Protector, I don´t see the option for do this. W…
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: HPL
The noconversion unloads in a binary internal format that is platform dependent. Also check out Point In Time Table Restore. If you are moving from IDS 10 to IDS 10 you can use the Point in Time Table Restore to restore a complete database from one platform to another!! Since y…
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…
Upgrade to IDS 10.00.UC*
RedHat AS 3, running IDS 9.40.UC2, 9GB RAM, 4cpus Installed IDS 10.00.UC3 (most current) and tried to upgrade a copy of a production db. Followed the suggestions in the Migration manual (after the upgrade failed once) and brought the system up with 10. Stopped the instance under…
RE: Informix/TSM Point In Time Restore
Martin, I think you missed one crucial piece of information from the original question. > > In order to implement a point in time recovery, we made the choice > > to only > > backup criticals dbspaces and the intraday's one: If you haven't backed up all dbspaces you can never a…
Re: Informix/TSM Point In Time Restore
Hi, I first didn't about this this due to time issues. But since Tech Support discussed this with me, I've done that thinking now and here are our conlcusions (though not all of this has not been verified by testing): - you can't do a warm PIT (Point In Time) restore of a dbs…
Re: Informix/TSM Point In Time Restore
ptitchuisse wrote: > Hello, > I am using Informix IDS 9.4 and TDP as a backup solution (on an AIX 5.1 > server). > > Our database contains: > - rootdbs > - ste_tmp as a temporary dbspace > - ste_dbs as an intraday application dbspace > - ste_e01_dbs as an archive application dbsp…
Re: Informix/TSM Point In Time Restore
Not sure... but doesn't informix need to ensure the whole instance is consistent? Therefore it'll need to recover all dbspaces to the same point-in-time. Is "time1" in the past? That may not work. After the physical resotore, can you apply logical recovery to just those dbspa…
RE: Informix/TSM Point In Time Restore
Yes, been there, got the T-shirt. You can only recover to point in time if you restore ALL dbspaces. If you don't back up all dbspaces you can't restore ALL dbspaces. I even had to backup and restore temp dbspaces despite the fact that they are cleared when you restore. The s…
Informix/TSM Point In Time Restore
Hello, I am using Informix IDS 9.4 and TDP as a backup solution (on an AIX 5.1 server). Our database contains: - rootdbs - ste_tmp as a temporary dbspace - ste_dbs as an intraday application dbspace - ste_e01_dbs as an archive application dbspace - ste_r01_dbs as an archive appl…
Re: How to Restore a unique table from an ontape archive
Hi, hmm, not really. Just restoring a dbspace will be a warm restore, however, a warm restore always has to include complete logical recovery, so that the restored dbspace will be consistent with the rest of dbspaces (that were not restored). This logical log restore phase will …
Urgent - IDS 9.4 Taking too much resourcess
Hi to all, I have a big problem on one of our's machines: Recently (3-4 days ago) we upgraded IDS 7.30.UC7 to 9.40.HC4 on HP-UX machine. Machine is rp2450/1 CPU (550MHz)/1GB RAM/Storage is SCSI disks. Old version of IDS was working with simbolic links towards other machine. On th…
New IDS Forum on IBM Developerworks website
This forum provides a place for Informix Dynamic Server developers and users to share their questions, thoughts, and ideas with others. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_forum.jsp?forum=548&cat=19…
Re: EGL
I think EGL/Websphere is not yet ready... (my opinion). You could try Queryx, 4JS for this matter. J. Willaert Doris escribi�: > Dear all, > > My company is making plans to upgrade our current applications. Now we > are still on IDS 7.30 UC6 and the first step would be upgradi…
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 Next Version - features wanted.
How about a simple command to complete page version conversion. Most, probably all, people use something like "UPDATE foo SET bar = bar WHERE 1 = 1". This simple query is used by many to get rid of IPA's and for large chunk conversion. The issue that I have is that this is a logg…
Re: IDS 10 Express Edition
Note 10.00.xC3 = Enterprise Version 10.00.xC3E = Express Edition http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.relnotes.doc/uc3E/idse_win_release_notes_10.0.html Then click on "IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition" in the right pane:…
Re: informix restore
Hi, if I understood you correctly, then you did a so called "warm restore" of this one dbspace ? I.e. the database server was still running with all other dbspaces being OK ? In that case you have to restore logical logs. The logical logs need to be applied to this one restored …
Re: ISAM error: illegal argument to ISAM function
Hi, you cannot restore a single dbspace to a point-in-time that is different from the remaining system. You could have tried a warm restore of the dbspace before attempting to drop it. Now it is too late for that. I guess you have 3 options now: - Get IBM Informix Tech Support …
ISAM error: illegal argument to ISAM function
A couple questions. How do you restore a dbspace from a point in time? I use onbar. Since it is no longer there & I took another backup since I dropped it, I can't just use onbar -r. I've tried restoring the entire instance from the backup but then I get error messages. Shou…
setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux error
I setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux execcute oninit -ivy is failed the online.log is write /// 16:31:32 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment (size 8192KB) 16:31:32 Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 Software Serial Number AA…
RE: 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: Linux: Upgrade 731 -> 10.0
Consider upgrading your kernel too, if possible, 'cause IDS 10 will use Kernel 2.6 features. J. Ben Thompson wrote: > Heinz Weitkamp wrote: > > >>IDS: Version 7.31.UD8 >>SuSe Linux SLES 8.1 2.4.21 >> >>I want to upgrade to IDS 10.0. >>1. Is it possible to make the upgrade "in…
Re: Linux: Upgrade 731 -> 10.0
Heinz Weitkamp wrote: > IDS: Version 7.31.UD8 > SuSe Linux SLES 8.1 2.4.21 > > I want to upgrade to IDS 10.0. > 1. Is it possible to make the upgrade "in place"? > If yes, are there any known problems? I have done this successfully. Any upgrade from 7.31 may require extra …
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…
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: Onbar - some advice please
I do a level 0 backup every morning at ~03:00 and restore that level 0 to a PIT of 07:00 to a report instance. Runs every morning and never fails. Running 9.40.FC3 with Tivoli Storage Manager 5.2. I also restore to a test and QA instance weekly. I have also restored a monthly…
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…
chunk capacity
we are using BM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC2X3 on Linux Kernel 2.4.21 the command 'onstat -d' shows ... Expanded chunk capacity mode: disabled how can I change this mode to 'enabled'?…
RE: onbar restore question
Thanks Brice. > -----Original Message----- > From: briceavila@hotmail.com [SMTP:briceavila@hotmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 11:22 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: onbar restore question > > Bill, > > Editing the ixbar file to do a point-in-time re…
onbar restore question
Bill Dare <dareb@jevic.com> wrote in message news:<cjbrjg$h5r$1@news.xmission.com>... > IDS 9.40.FC3 AIX 5.2 > > I do a daily level 0 backup and a monthly level 0 backup on the 1st of the > month. Hypothetically, say I want to restore from the monthly level 0 to a > point in tim…
Invalid scale for DECIMAL datatype
Dear all, have anybody experienced the problem using Informix SDK 2.7 ? I'm trying to attach Informix table to MS Access database with no success in case of table with DECIMAL datatype. MS Access refuses to link the table saying "Invalid scale for DECIMAL data type". Other SDK'…
onbar -r -t "..." -p -w, recovery not successful
what is LTAPEDEV set to? "James Zheng" <james.zheng@gmail.com> wrote in message news:7d321437.0409011012.5f59cb7a@posting.google.com... > Database was backup in "onbar -b -w", but when perform point in time > restore, say if pick a time in between two full backups, only rootdbs …
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…
Re: database market share 2003
> > I don't work for IBM, so I don't feel compelled to keep track of Oracle to > > DB2 conversions. All I know is that I see a lot of questions about > > conversions on this forum and on www.dbforums.com > > And I see a LOT of questions on converting from DB2 and SQL Server > to …
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 …
question re IDS 9.30 upgrade from 7.31
Hi, We are on SAP. I upgraded the DB from 7.31.FC6X2, to 7.31.FD6X3, to 9.30.FC4XA (SAP doesn't support 9.4 for our SAP setup yet). From a DB perspective the upgrade was smooth. The SAP Admins were going through their start-up checklist and found a problem at the SAP level. We h…
Dose anybody have the dbtop script in the Troubleshooting informix course?
Dears, I study the Troubleshooting ibm informix dynamic server course. At the module 4 exercise need the dbtop script. Dose anybody has this dbtop script and post for me? Thanks. Philip Yeh.…
RE: ontape vs onbar
Richard Spitz wrote > > >Ontape is quick and easy, but does not guarantee consistent > restores if databse is active when backed up. > > I simply don't believe that! It's the first time I've heard this claim > of inconsistent restores with ontape. Maybe you mean that any activity…
Work group edition - Unlimited edition??
Taken from IBM web site:- =========================================================================== The following Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup Unlimited editions have been added to the IBM Data Management Gold Transaction Processing Bundle for SMB Unlimited: IBM Informix…
Re: ontape vs onbar
Colin Bull wrote: >> Ontape is quick and easy, but does not guarantee consistent >> restores if databse is active when backed up. Sorry, but Wrong! I hope someone else refuted this statement. ontape puts in a lot of effort to ensure a consistent point-in-time backup of an activ…
assert failures
Tich wrote: > We recently upgraded from 7.3 to 9.4.FC2 and since then we are getting > randon assert failures. Looking through the af file we find the common > thread is the "(oninit)sqoptim()" which appears in all our af files. > INFORMIX suggested its a problem with the optimis…
Re: [Informix Dynamic Server (IDS):] Digest 2671
For a course in the US, check out: http://www-306.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss?pageType=course_description&co urseCode=L1760&country=us&language=en (IBM course L1760). There is probably a similar course offered in Europe somewhere. Hope this helps. Kevin Doiron Toronto,…
Re: 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…
Restore SAP system on another machine
We are running a SAP application on IDS 7.3. I want to restore the system on another machine. Can anyone tell me what steps I need to follow from a SAP point of view. This is the first time that I am doing this. Any tips/help will be welcome. Thanks…
Upgrade to IDS9.4 fails on syscdr
" Colin Bull" <c.bull@videonetworks.com> wrote in message news:<bq4ntl$gur$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>... > We have upgraded one of out test systems from 7.31FD3 to 9.4FC2. > > After conversion the instance fails with this error - > > On-Line Mode > Converting database syscdr .…
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?…
Re: 9.40 buggy!
Madison Pruet wrote: > 4) We were constantly getting hammered by customers because we could > not support sizes beyond the 2GB limit. Can I point my hammer to the people who has been holding the release of table restore from archive? ;) I've tried "turbo" archecker from John Mil…
Linux fgl_getenv
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.30.UC3 on Linux. Do I have to do something before I can use the fgl_getenv call in a stored procedure? When I try I get 674: Routine (fgl_getenv) can not be resolved.…
Restore certain Logical Logs
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:36:54 -0400, Markus Bschorer wrote: Using ontape? Only if the logical logs are on/in separate tapes/files. The logical log restore phase will restore any and all log files it finds in a log archive file/tape. So if you have a file with logs 145-156 and …
Re: Clarification on ONBAR restore.....
You could try using HDR - once the level 0 has been restored to the new server (physical restore only) initiate HDR. All logged activity will be replicated to the new server. Once you are happy with the new server, switch it to standard mode, point the users at it, and then you c…
ontape online
Sorry, for the newbie question but my background is oracle. Is it possible to backup an Informix instance online using ontape and then backup logs. I want to restore this to another server and roll the logs to point in time. It seems we have an old version of onbar and restore…
onbar
Starting to test onbar backups and restores. I have an issue that I hope someone can point me in the right direction. IDS 9.21.UC5 Sun 2.8 I can successfully do a whole backup and Cold restore. Everything seem to be working fine. However, when I do a point in time recovery the in…
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: Question about upgrading IDS
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:32:31 -0400, Madison Pruet wrote: Before AND after the upgrade. Art S. Kagel > Don't forget to make a backup..... ;-) > > > "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote in message > news:pan.2003.07.30.16.52.54.482955.15473@bloomberg.net... >> On Wed, 30 J…
Question about upgrading IDS
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:36:03 -0400, Alan wrote: > Hi all, > > I am new in informix database administration. I am currently using IDS > 9.21.UC4 on Solaris7. However, it run very unstable, which usually down > with assertion fail, and we are planing to upgrade our server to 9.4x.…
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…
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. > …
RE:informix log backups
Hi, you are right. It works the same way with IDS when using ontape. I don't know Sybase [ well I know the name ... :-) ], so I point out a couple of things here : - When using ontape for backups/archives you can: - do level 0 , 1 and 2 archives, - backup logical logs, - decid…
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:…
Onbar Backup/Restore
I suggest that if you do not want a database to generate log records then you change the db to unlogged but leave the ltapedev set something other than /dev/null. You need to log other things beside user db stuff. You will then be able to do a point-in-time restore on your db but…
RE: Restore a table
The purpose of an Archive is to restore if there is a catastrophe. There are limitations and they are for consistency purposes - Informix SMI tables contain current chunk information. Each DBA needs to manage their own system within the constraints (and limitations) of the orga…
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 > -…
Customer dropped important large table....
Sally Woolrich wrote: > On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 20:20:28 +0100, Rudy Fernandes > <rferdy@americasm01.nt.com> wrote: > > >You should be able to carry out a dbspace restore to current using Monday > >night's Level 0 and all subsequent logical log backups. > > > >Rudy > > Surely this w…
ontape and LTAPEDEV = /dev/null
Hello, I have two instances where LTAPEDEV is set to /dev/null. I did this because I do not care about restoring to a point in time doing logical restores, I only need to be able to restore to a specific point in time (in this case when the backup was taken). I have not tes…
fuzzy checkpoint
You need to get hold of a manual or perhaps go on a conversion course. Basically IDS 9.20 has introduced "fuzzy checkpointing" where not all modified pages are written back to disk during a checkpoint, thus enabling better cacheing rates. Manel Falc� i Aige <manel@semic.es> wrot…
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…
Logical log restore
Sarah wrote: > I have a level 0 backup and I just want to restore the > particular dbspace without restoring the logical logs. Hwo > can I do? > I am using onbar with Informix 8.2UD5X1 on hP-UX 11.0 > I have performed as said in the manual but not succeeded. > Will you tell me …
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…
On-Bar / Legato question
Hi all! I am trying to install the Legato module for Informix to work with On-Bar, and I have succesfully been able to backup and restore an instance. My next test is to backup an instance from one server, and restore it onto another instance. Can anyone point me to a step-by-…
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…
Date Conversion Problem( Due to ESQL 9.30.UC1 upgrade)
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01BFDAC5.402767C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi I am having problems with a particular ESQL/C Routine and would = appreciate any assistanc…
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…
Any experience with log restore from disk
Hello, I just setup my log backups to run continuously to disk using "ontape -a" and got it working with the ALARMPROGRAM in the onconfig file. So that each time a log fills, a new disk log file is created with the time stamp by changing the LTAPEDEV value in onconfig. I haven'…
RE: IDS 7.31: Backing up logical logs to disk
"Martin, Wayne E." schrieb: > This is not 100 percent true. onbar can do a physical restore, > then a logical restore using ontape and the logical logs. > > But, it does require more set-up and work for a restore. > > Wayne E. Martin > Informix Database Administrator > Kmart Cor…
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…
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…
Restore Informix database
Thiel Franky wrote: > Hi, > > I'm now restoring an Informix-database (IDS 7.30 on NT 4.0) using ontape -r. > Backuptime : 2 hours (ontape -s) > Any idea how long my restore (ontape -r) will take ? Since reading tapes and writing to disk is usually faster than the reverse figur…
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…
RE: 7.30 to 7.31 IDS upgrade
IDS 7.3x Release Notes and Documentation Notes are available online. Look at: http://www.informix.com/informix/resource/ids.htm -----Original Message----- From: Surfer! To: informix-list@iiug.org Sent: 2/26/00 1:15 PM Subject: Re: 7.30 to 7.31 IDS upgrade Thanks. In other wo…
RE: 7.30 to 7.31 IDS upgrade
Read Release Notes, which come with your IDS 7.31 release. Our IDS 7.31.UC3-1 release contained the following instructions in $INFORMIXDIR/release/en_us/0333/SERVERS_7.3. Similar instructions were provided when I upgraded from IDS 7.24 to 7.30. Conversion and Reversion -----…
Re: IDS7.31 upgrade conversion
roswil@my-deja.com wrote: > > In article <88puem$imu$1@news.xmission.com>, > "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > > > > David Williams wrote: > > > > > > In article <88n0m3$7vd$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, roswil@my-deja.com writes > > > >How do you know when the last…
Re: IDS7.31 upgrade conversion
David Williams wrote: > > In article <88n0m3$7vd$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, roswil@my-deja.com writes > >How do you know when the last conversion is done when upgrading to > >IDS7.31 ? The last conversion, " external conversion " , does not > >display a completion message. > > > >aThe l…
Re: IDS7.31 upgrade conversion
In article <88n0m3$7vd$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, roswil@my-deja.com writes >How do you know when the last conversion is done when upgrading to >IDS7.31 ? The last conversion, " external conversion " , does not >display a completion message. > >aThe last lines are : >Internal conversion…
IDS2000 / 9.2.....Questions
I can answer a couple of questions per my conversations with Informix support and sales. IDS2000 is the upgrade path for the 7.x engine. You can get free upgrades until August 2000. I don't know if 7.x is being phased out but all the new enhancements and patches appear to be done…
IDS.2000 experiences
Hi All... We were just about to roll IDS.2000 into production when we found out that BMC Patrol does not support it. BMC says that they will offer support in mid-second quarter. In the meantime, has anyone installed IDS.2000? I have had it running in a test environment for abou…
System catalogue
Hello! Can anybody explain me how I can create trigger on "informix".systables? (The server I deal with is Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3.) Max…
Re: Ontape -r
Nigel Gall wrote: > > This brings me to another question. Why does the restore process require > the lgoical logs to complete the restore process? Let me explain by giving > an example. > > I did an ontape -r warm restore recently (after completing Y2K testing) and > when I res…
RE: Ontape -r
Nigel Gall wrote: > This brings me to another question. Why does the restore process require > the lgoical logs to complete the restore process? Let me explain by giving > an example. > > I did an ontape -r warm restore recently (after completing Y2K testing) and > when I resp…
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 …
Point in time recovery using logical log tapes
I have a question on point in time recovery. I backup the databases using ontape. I have a situation in which I need to restore the logical logs only till a certain point. i.e. if a logical log tape contains logs 5 - 15, and I need to restore only till log # 9. This is what happe…
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…
RE: DATES MANAGEMENT ON C-ISAM 5.00
Sounds like you need to upgrade. Using DBCENTURY will allow the conversion, but some versions of both the engine and the compiler have a bug that won't distinguish 2000 as a leap year. Subject: Re: DATES MANAGEMENT ON C-ISAM 5.00 From: MC <massimo.corradiNOmaSPAM@iconeurope.com…
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…
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…
Backup and Restore
Hello All- I am new in the Informix world. I've inherited an Informix database system with little documentation. One of the first things I'd like to do is know the procedures to backup and restore. The Informix version is 7.3. Is there something out there in print or someone…
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…
dbspace prior point in time recovery
sanjeev sagar wrote: > > Hello Art & all > > I guess you mention in one of your Informix VS Oracle argument that one > can do dbspace prior point in time recovery in Informix. > > I am using 731.UC2 with Onbar with Legato on solaris 2.5.1. > Unfortunately i did not find anything …
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…
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 …
Upgrade to 7.31 and Enterprise Replication
The most important thing to do is to follow the release notes very carefully. There is a conversion process that must be followed. It is documented in $INFORMIXDIR/release/en_us/0333/SERVERS_7.3. Hopefully we'll also get some comments from customers that have done this. Melvi…
Online 7.3 and 4gl core dump
steve farris wrote: > Seems to me that an INPUT command in 4gl on solaris is core dumping for > no reason. i.e. > > DATABASE ipa@tater > DEFINE state like bil.state > MAIN > OPEN FORM form1 FROM "form1" > DISPLAY FORM form1 > INPUT BY NAME state > END MAIN > > The ab…
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…
Warm recover failure question
Attempting to perform a worm restore failed. Three dbspaces in the instance, "rootdbs", "physdbs", and "courts". The databases (30) contained in "courts" are not logged and the log device is set to /dev/null. No mirrors. Because of 'pilot error' we needed to restore from the p…
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…
Re: Restoring to point in time
Hayward, This is exactly the problem I chatted about a while back regarding point in time restores. If enough people actually had to restore from their backups they would demand Informix change the way the restore operation works. Unless you put each database in a separate ins…
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: Informix Upgrade?
We have several 7.30 and 7.31 engines out there on Unix. We upgraded = one customer from 7.14 to 7.30. Most went from 7.20 something to 7.3. They run fine. A number of table join sqls, particularly more than 4 = tables, run much faster with 7.30 than 7.14. Run ALL onchecks im…
Informix Upgrade?
We are about to upgrade a number of large instances running 7.14 to 7.31 these are OLTP systems with 4QL applications talking via encina middleware to large HP-UX 10.20 systems acting as database engines. I am interested in hearing from users out there who have either done such …
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…
Problems starting IDS 7.30.TC7 on Windows NT SP4.
When i try to start informix dynamic Server, the following message appears "Only informix user can start informix dynamic server" this message appears when i logged on with the informix's user. When i try to start the service on the control panel , error 2140 appears.…
Out of buffer?
Hi, I got the following error message from an Informix IDS 7.30: <<Informix Dynamic Server>>> WARNING! Buffer pool size may cause Dynamic Server to get into a locked state. Recommended minimum buffer pool size is 4 times maximum concurrent user thre…
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…
Re: 7.3x vs 9.x
Cristof Falk wrote: > > We are about to embark on upgrading from 7.3x to 9.14, on a Sequent > DYNIX/ptx box. Has anyone done this, and any thoughts or suggestions on a > seemless conversion? Thanks! -cf Seamless no. I suggest you proceed with extreme caution. That's like upgrad…
Re: 7.3x vs 9.x
>We are about to embark on upgrading from 7.3x to 9.14, on a Sequent >DYNIX/ptx box. Has anyone done this, and any thoughts or suggestions on a >seemless conversion? Thanks! -cf At the risk of sounding like a stuck record: why? If it's to take advantage of some DataBlades or th…
7.3x vs 9.x
We are about to embark on upgrading from 7.3x to 9.14, on a Sequent DYNIX/ptx box. Has anyone done this, and any thoughts or suggestions on a seemless conversion? Thanks! -cf…
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…
Database space problem, ontape restore, cannot open chunk.
Dave Brookshire wrote: > > I'm in the process of trying to do either a full, or partial restore > from an ontape archive. I've had a ton of problems, but have made > considerable progress trying various permutations of restore options. > At this point I can do an ontape -p and …
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…
Re: FW: Informix Upgrade
>I have a situation that I would like to receive some input about... We = >are about to upgrade our Digital Unix and our Informix Online Engine = >simultaneously on a DEC Alpha 2100A. We are going from Unix 3.2g to 4.0 = >and Informix Online 5.0 to Dynamic Server 7.3. Has anyon…
FW: Informix Upgrade
---------- I have a situation that I would like to receive some input about... We = are about to upgrade our Digital Unix and our Informix Online Engine = simultaneously on a DEC Alpha 2100A. We are going from Unix 3.2g to 4.0 = and Informix Online 5.0 to Dynamic Server 7.3. H…
Initi DB
I'm having problems when initialising the DB. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR/esql help wo…
Re: onbar - restoring old dbspaces into a current system
Thanks for your input Steve. At the moment it would seem that the only solution would be to have a separate instance for each database on a single server and try and work out how to back up each instance unattended ! My headache is getting worse ! Steve Wenzbauer <steve.wenzbaue…
Re: onbar - restoring old dbspaces into a current system
Onbar will allow point in time recovery (which is probably what you need), but only for the whole instance not a single dbspace. You'd have to restore everything to the old point in time, run your reports, then restore everything back up to current time. Sorry, this would be a ni…
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…
Backup and Restore Question
Is there a good plan with Informix (we use BaaN as our app) for backing up and restoring individual tables/dbspaces? I've mentioned this to a couple of people. When we set up our new server, we're going to create a larger number of individual dbspaces so that we can restore them …
Re: esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
Tim Jones wrote: > > I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 > servers. Let's call them Server A and B. > > Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. > > After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" > and got this : > I…
esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 servers. Let's call them Server A and B. Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" and got this : INFORMIX-ESQL Version 7.22.UC1 …
Informix Dynamic Server Personal Edition
What development apps are known to work with IDS-PE for 95? Infrmx wants to sell me licenses for Dynamic 4gl, esql-c, ddvb for 150usd. Do these work and are there others? 150 sounds ok but the catch is is that the Open-Line Support is outrageous for this (3K usd for unlim. suppor…
Will informix 7.24.uc5 compatiable with solaris 7?
Hi there, I was wondering if Informix Dynamic Server 7.24.uc.5 will be compatiable with solaris 7 when it comes out? Thanks advance, Pat Militzer pmilitzer@ultracom.com…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2.2
When I try to iniailize the shared memory I get an error "oninit: Critical error initializing shared memory" I checked the log and it says the base memory address is 0x80080000 and should be 0x80400000 when I change it it reverses. this is on a SCO open server 5. nay ideas.…
Informix Dynamic Server on Linux NOW!
Check out the Informix WEB Site. There is an announcement that IDS 7.3 is shipping on Linux TODAY! http://www.informix.com/ Art S. Kagel…
Problem installing to NT4.0 server
I'm trying to install Informix dynamic server workgroup edition to Primary domain Nt 4.0 Server. I have created Informix-Admin group and Informix account and grant it all Administrators rights and also Domain administrator rights. The server setup runs ok, but when setup is tryi…
Re: Onbar restore aborted - Help!
Hi! If you start onbar -r -w, onbar does the restore of your dbspaces first. If you look at your bar_act.log, you'll see, that the restore of your dbspaces was successfully completed. After this dbspace restore, onbar tries automatically to roll forward the instance to the actua…
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: Restoring With Onbar
rmcquire@tsi.gte.com wrote: > > This question may be relatively simple. How can I restore back to an archive > beyond my last level 0? Just for example, if my last level 0 was in week 3 of > the month and I wanted to restore back to the level 0 from week1, how would we > do thi…
Re: ontape -r howto?
In article <35E15BE3.187020C3@acer.de>, shen@acer.de (Kai Shen) wrote: > Hi, > > I need to restore our DBspaces under ODS 7.20UC3. Since we do not use > Transaction logging I thought a physical restore would do it. But OnLine > sets the chunks to PI, meaning inconsistent and ask…
Re: Informix on NT or UNIX ??
patrick.verlee@teleatlas.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > we 're in the near future deciding on which platform to run Informix. > Can anyone give me an objective opinion about this ? What about the > performance , servercosts or other hidden tricks and tips ? Unix, no contest. The se…
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…
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: +…
Informix Dynamic Server & Text columns
Hi everybody, Can you help me ? I've created a table with the following structure : column type -------- ---- code smallint obs text How can I insert into this table with Java program ? I'm using Informix Java AP…
Re: Restoring To A Point In Time
7.3 also support "External Backup and Restore" (EBR). No ontape or onbar for backup -- just "onmode -c block", split mirrors or copy, then "onmode -c unblock". Regular onbar with new '-e' option supports logical restore with roll-forward of logs (partial or point-in-time) create…
Re: Restoring To A Point In Time
Robert Buxton <buxtonr@Enersis.co.nz> offerred: +We're running Informix 7.23 on a Digital Unix 4.0B Cluster. We'll also +be running Informix 7.?? on NT 4.0. For reasons of application design it +seems as though we may need to synchronise the Archives on these two +platforms. No p…
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…
Restoring To A Point In Time
hi All, I'm new to Informix but got some good answers from my last request for info here. We're running Informix 7.23 on a Digital Unix 4.0B Cluster. We'll also be running Informix 7.?? on NT 4.0. For reasons of application design it seems as though we may need to synchronise t…
Re: 10 GB from 5.02 to 7.20 in "real time" ??
Michal Hajek wrote: > > Hi, > > we use OnLine 5.02 on HP-UX 10.20 (K260) and planning upgrade > to 7.xx (DSA, which version ?). > Our database has now 10 GB (and will have cca 12 GB next year, > when we will do the upgrade). > We are a hospital, so we really can not stop work for…
Re: Best sub-version of Online 7.x for upgrade (AIX)
> I'd go for 7.24 and test it well.... I have just upgraded by development environment from 7.21 to 7.24UC3-1 and have had nothing but problems. The database conversion fails on tables containing varchars (possibly only if they are the last field in a table) leaving the tables…
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…
Restoring 7.1x data to 7.2x instance
Got a good one for you . . . Test system: Production system: 7.23.UC4 OnLine 7.13.UC1 OnLine HPUX 10.01 HPUX 10.01 We are currently in the process of upgrading a third-party software package, which means converting their current database into their 'new' database. We've mad…
Re: Restore problem
Ren� Skree Jensen wrote: > Hi! > > We have a problem with our Informix Online Workgroup Server 7.22 (installed > on NT Server 4.0). > > We have dropped a table, and now want to use restore to get it back. But it > doesn�t seem to work correctly. We don�t get the table back using…
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…
Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
Eric_Melillo@agsea.com wrote: > > I would agree with John, that with some courses (around the time your going > to upgrade) you can get > it done. Read the migration guide for differences in sizing > considerations, etc. Also, read the posts in this > group (use DejaNews) rega…
Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
Mark makes a very good point -- check your apps. One of the biggest changes in the 4GL world is that under version 4.XX although it was poor programming practice you could get away with not initializing records and arrays, it would be done on the fly for you. My former employer…
Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
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 = > for the upgrade because we are on maintenance but they quoted us a = > consulting fee of $2000 per day pl…
Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
Jane, I did the upgrade from 5.0 to 7.12, in August of 1996, the upgrade utility didn't work so I had to run dbexport/dbimport on all of the databases. I recommend talking to the Informix helpdesk to find out if there are any known problems with upgradin…
Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
I would agree with John, that with some courses (around the time your going to upgrade) you can get it done. Read the migration guide for differences in sizing considerations, etc. Also, read the posts in this group (use DejaNews) regarding 7.X performance issues / fixes. You…
Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
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 = > for the upgrade because we are on maintenance but they quoted us a = > consulting fee of $2000 per day pl…
Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
I didn't use a consultant, and personally I don't think you need it. You'd be better off using the money on a course for 7.x; and pay very close attention to any performance hints you might get during the class. Also, be prepared to for it to be slower than 5 until you get it c…
Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
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 = for the upgrade because we are on maintenance but they quoted us a = consulting fee of $2000 per day plus expenses and said that mos…
What's the difference between ODS 7.22 and 7.23?
What's the difference between Informix Online Dynamic Server version 7.22 and version 7.23? Thanks in advance. Bill Westphal Rodney District Council mis@rodney.govt.nz…
ODBC unix and dynamic SQL
Hi, Can someone give me some help on using informix odbc drivers (unix) with dynamic SQL on Informix-online dynamic server (7.22 unix) when I use "SQLprepare" I receive the message "too many or too few host variables given" but I think all is Ok R. Gueye…
Getting started on Multiple Language apps
Hi Family. The FourGen-based application I support has been running fine in US factories & distributorships. I have been asked to look onto a "foreign" language conversion. I might start with French but we have our eyes on other languages as well. I am a total neophyte on this…
WGS Logsize Question
Hi, I have small performance problem and I must read manual :-))) Product Informix WGS 7.22 on WinNT 4.0 Page 14.6 Informix OnLine Workgroup Server Administrator Guide LOGSIZE = ( users * maxrows ) * 512 What's maxrows? Maximum count of rows in the biggest table? Otherwise: …
Upgrading Informix platform from T500 to T600
We are currently running Informix 7.22.UC2 on a HP 9000 T500. We have been asked to look into upgrading to a HP 9000 T600. Has anyone out there performed the conversion? Where there any problems with Informix once the upgrade was complete? We are looking to perform the upgrad…
Re: Upgrade Online 5.x to Online 7.x
In article <61b6qe$gnn@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, jsweetser@terraworld.net (Jeff Sweetser) wrote: > > Informix Experts, > > My company is currently running the following Informix products: Online = > v5.03 and 4GL RDS v4.14 under DG/UX 5.4.11. We will be upgrading = > shortly to…
Re: Informix 5 to 7
In article <34199A49.41C67EA6@ms.com>, Byron Washington <byronw@ms.com> writes >Hi, > >I need to convert my Informix 5 system to Informix 7. I was told >I need to use Informix's relay module to accomplish this & there is >a very big performance hit when this conversion is done. …
Next Extent Calc.
Hi, I have INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server Version 7.14.UD2. Does anyone know of a script or program to calculate the next extent size ? Thanks in advance Manuel…
Re: HELP - partial backup/recovery
Sandor wrote: > I am trying to find out HOW (or if) you can do a partial backup and > restore ONLINE of a single database in DSA 7.x. I've read that online > recovery is available since 7.2 or so, but does that also include > PARTIAL recovery. If yes, what are the limitations, li…
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: 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 …
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…
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: upgrade???
Thuc Nguyen wrote: > > Hi all > > I have a question > > I received Online 7.20 product for the purpose of upgrading from 5.0 on > the HP O/S 10.20. Since we received a new HP box 10.20, can I install > Online 7.20 straight instead of upgrading from an installed 5.0? Will > that c…
upgrade???
Hi all I have a question I received Online 7.20 product for the purpose of upgrading from 5.0 on the HP O/S 10.20. Since we received a new HP box 10.20, can I install Online 7.20 straight instead of upgrading from an installed 5.0? Will that cause any problem. I am looking for …
Re: Informix 7.2 Under AIX v.s. Informix 7.2 Workgroups Under NT
frank660@aol.com (Frank660) wrote: :We, like a lot of other companies, are currently making plans to ensure :that our systems will operate correctly in the next century. Since we are :currently using 4.1 and Informix doesn't plan to implement the DBCENTURY :capability in that v…
Informix 7.2 Under AIX v.s. Informix 7.2 Workgroups Under NT
We, like a lot of other companies, are currently making plans to ensure that our systems will operate correctly in the next century. Since we are currently using 4.1 and Informix doesn't plan to implement the DBCENTURY capability in that version, we are planning to upgrade to 7.…
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…
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…
Re: Multiple customers on same machine
Clay Irving (clay@panix.com) wrote: : Pluses: - better resource utilization : - easier archiving : - continuouse archive of logical logs possible : Minuses: - if the database crashes, all customers crash : - restoring an archive in …
Online 5.x to 7.x upgrade
Hi, Currently we are using Informix On-line 5.01 and planning to upgrade to On-line 7.x: - Does anyone have good or bad experience on conversion process. - If you are using 3rd vendor product (written in v4.10 4GL over v5.01 On-line), can we…
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: DON'T LAUGH! Help? Informix 2.10 to ? & SCO Xenix to Unix Sys V
kmart!jregep@uunet.uu.net wrote: : gervasi@reston.unisysgsg.com John J. Gervasi writes: : >I have been nursing an old copy of Informix 2.10.03k on SCO Xenix 2.3.2. : >Yes, I was too cheap to upgrade but now I'm worried. The software I wrote : >for my wife's business is still nee…
RE: DON'T LAUGH! Help? Informix 2.10 to ? & SCO Xenix to Unix Sys V
gervasi@reston.unisysgsg.com John J. Gervasi writes: >I have been nursing an old copy of Informix 2.10.03k on SCO Xenix 2.3.2. >Yes, I was too cheap to upgrade but now I'm worried. The software I wrote >for my wife's business is still needed but I don't know a clear path to >upg…
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…
Online 6.0 Upgrade ?
Chirstopher Cale writes: | We are contemplating converting from Online 5.01.UD3 to 6.0. |I respectfully request ANY information available from any of you |regarding the requirements for conversion. We run on IBM RS/6000 |Model 580 machines. |1. Is it worth converting? My op…
Re: Database schema version control techniques
> From: Steve Wallick <uunet!pls.hisd.harris.com!spw@unifi.unifi.com> > Subject: Database schema version control techniques > Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1993 15:53:28 GMT > > It seems that there is some tools/tricks available. > > All responses appreciated > > Steve Wallick > Harris Publi…