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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 ------------------------------…
Question of dostats
Yes. Many dostats rune used two connections egging you cannot do over a shared memory connection. There is an option to use a shared memory connection but then you can only process one database per run. Art ------------------------------ Art S. Kagel, President and Principal Con…
unable to select, delete the data and unable to drop the table, response says Long transaction detected
Suresh: You do not have enough logical logs defined. Any transaction or combination of transactions that span more than the percent of logical log space documented in the LTXHWM parameter in your ONCONFIG file will trigger the oldest of the open transactions to roll back with a L…
Shared Memory
Best to set SHMTOTAL to (less than the box limit or what you think this engine can take without affecting the box). At least on AIX, SHMTOTAL of 0 can have significant negative impact as the engine can take all it likes. Had this quite a few times before I capped the engines with…
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…
PDQ mixed with OLTP
Thanks for the reply BENJAMIN THOMPSON sadly as per checking we have 1 fragmented table but it is not included in the batch process =( does this mean PDQ would probably not applicable? DS_NONPDQ_QUERY_MEM is the counterpart for non-PDQ queries correct? is it part of the SHMTOTAL …
SHARED MEMORY ALLOCATION
Hi, Can I ask your opinion regarding memory allocation in informix 12.10 running on AIX 7? Total Server Memory is 12 Gig I was planning on leaving 4 Gig on the server and 8 Gig to be put in Shared Memory SHMTOTAL = 8192000 BUFFERPOOL (50% of SHMTOTAL) = 4096000 SHMVIRTSIZE (25…
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…
Re: 12.10.FC9 1809 Error
i'm just connecting on shared memory (onipcshm in sqlhosts) regards…
Could not do a physical-order read to fetch next r
I have increased the buffers and set the SHMTOTAL to the nearby by max value. When i rum the oncheck -ce we got an error for sbspace ERROR: Could not obtain lock for Partnum I have ran the onspaces -cl sbspace but the error occurs again.…
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…
Issues With Restore
I tried it well 10 times now, but it is now saying: Warning: Fatal error in shared memory creation…
sqlhosts file
For the sqlhosts file, if you have two servers (primary and secondary for HDR), will the sqlhosts file have 3 entries? Primary One for shared memory with name of primary and two for tcp(one for each server)? Secondary Same thing(3 entries) except for shared memory, it will have…
Full memory even if I set SHMTOTAL
Hi, My server got full memory (Windows 2008 R2), even if I set SHMTOTAL to 16 GB, the system go more over this value until it reach the all memory of the machine (52 GB). when I shutdown the database (onmode -kuy), the memory is got free. is there any issu with some parameterss…
ids 11.50 shared memory for Workgroup Edition
Solaris 10 11.50.FC5 For the Workgroup Edition, is the maximum memory allowed shared between instances on the same server; or does each instance on the same server have access to the maximum allowable shared memory? Larry…
backups
Trying to find what created lots of V mem segments, I found that during 2 backups lots of blocks where allocated. Do any kind of backup creates blocks on ony kind of dbspace?. What kind of monitoring should I do to catch V segment creators? 10:25:28 Dynamically allocated new v…
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)…
shared memory issue
Hi I am frequently getting below error, I know I am using workgroup Edition hence there is a limit, Using shared memory... however transaction are so less hence dont expect this error very frequently Warning: The IBM IDS Growth Edition license restriction limits the total share…
Panic analysis
Its the OOM=20 Linux has an Out Of Memory tool. Signal 9 is the clue. Informix never issues a signal 8, or kill -9, in its c= ode. Basically you Os OOM manager felt too much memory consumed and it killed the= culprit=20 Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 19, 2015, at 10:31 AM, FRA…
RSS not working
-bash-4.2$ onstat - IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC9 -- On-Line --…
VERY slow BTS index build
Retry with Kate & Art's suggestions. Seems to be similar results. BUT also discovered something else that might shed light: Informix 11.5.FC6 running on a Sun Solaris 10 system. PDQ set to 100. PSORT_NPROCS = 8. changes to onconfig: MULTI_INDEX_SCAN 0 VP_MEMORY_CACHE_KB 819200 …
DE Edition
Yes. It=92s hardcoded into the code along with the limitations on CPU = VPS, SHMTOTAL and so on. Carlton ------------------------------------------------- Carlton Doe Flower Mound, TX No trees were killed in the transmission of this email, however a large = number of electrons…
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.…
Re: Issue about logical restore
> This looks to be a defect. It appears to have something to do with recovery and running out of memory, > which your server appears to be having memory issues based on the MSGPATH output you've included > (the "out of virtual shared memory messages" prior to the rest of the fail…
Re: Issue about logical restore
> This looks to be a defect. It appears to have something to do with recovery and running out of memory, > which your server appears to be having memory issues based on the MSGPATH output you've included > (the "out of virtual shared memory messages" prior to the rest of the fail…
DB_locale or local naming convention
Hi, I already mention the informix version. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE…
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,…
shared memory questions
I changed shmtotal as you suggested. 16:34:06 Onconfig parameter SHMTOTAL modified from 0 to 2097152. The license message went away the next time I started the IDS. Thanks, Jacques. -----Original Message----- From: JACQUES RENAUT Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 3:58 PM To: ids@i…
shared memory
This concerns IDS 11.70.TC5IE on Windows Server 2008 . This article http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/idshelp/v117/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm .perf.doc%2Fids_prf_750.htm defines buffer_value = (BUFFERS * pagesize) + (BUFFERS * 254) + 250000and goes on to say: âIf you hav…
RESIDENT onconfig Parameter and Multiple Instances
I've been doing some research as well, and discovered these parameters can be changed in /etc/security/limits.conf file... I've changed the memlock, rss, and as services values to unlimited, but am still having the same issue...out of curiosity, what is the overhead of Informix, …
Memory down and shared memory not initialized
I compiled utils2_ak. When executing printFreeB I got a message the library libifsql.so could not be found. So I put the lines below in /etc/ld.so.conf and exectued ldconfig. /opt/informix/lib /opt/informix/lib/c++ /opt/informix/lib/cli /opt/informix/lib/csm /opt/informix/lib/dm…
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…
Linux: oninit returns "shared memory base address illegal", fails to start
Art, I've been getting that error message "Insufficient free huge pages in /proc/meminfo for shared memory segment. Requested: 204800000 bytes. Available: 0 bytes. The default memory page size will be used." since I first installed and configured. The engine…
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 …
11.50.FC8 aio memory pool allocation seems high
after upgrading our client from 11.50.FC5 to 11.50.FC8 (aix) , the engine uses aprx 130 meg more of virtual shared memory. By comparing historical onstats between the two versions the increase is in the aio memory pool (~230 meg) , where on FC5 the usage topped around 90 megs... …
Shared memory connection to HDR Secondary
Folks, IDS11.50 FC8, Redhat Linux It is not allowed to have a shared memory connection to a HDR Secondary( with dbacess..), is it? Thanks, Frank --001517588cfa01cb4304b178d099…
Can Informix 9.40 UC7 use more than 2 GB of memory
I have an Informix server (9.40 UC7) running on AIX 5.2 that currently has a Shared Memory SHMTOTAL of 2048000 (Almost 2GB). The AIX OS is a 32 bit kernel and from what I can see from a little research is that 2 GB would be the limit for Informix 9.40 running on AIX 5.2 (32 bit K…
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…
increasing memory IDS11.50.FC3
Hello, you should check how is your engine running with 8Gb, first. Eg: 1) check how many memory segments are you normally using? That should give you a great tip on how you could resize your SHM parameters (as least shm segments, better for you). 2) are you bufferpool enough for…
Re: ids 11.70.TC1IE limits
Thanks, Art. Some Indian gentleman answered and wanted a customer# before he would help me. My boss cannot find it. That was like 1994 that we had such a number. Why would you need a customer# if this product is free? I will install into a new directory and change onconfig to po…
Re: ids 11.70.TC1IE limits
Does not work for me. I guess I will install into a new folder, disable old service, change onconfig to point to the old rootdbs and go from there. -----Original Message----- From: Jack Parker Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:57 AM To: Art Kagel Cc: Bill Hamilton ; iiug Subject: Re…
What is virtual about Informix "virtual segment of shared memory"?
In the IDS memory architecture, why is the "virtual" portion of shared memory called "virtual?" It seems to reside in that portion of physical memory that the O/S designates to share between multiple processes, but never seems to have anything to do with swapping/paging to disk.…
Re: ids 11.70.TC1IE limits
IBM Support: 1-800-426-7378 or 1-888-876-9797 Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTool…
Re: ids 11.70.TC1IE limits
Just call where? I have been on their crappy website for an hour and cannot find out whom to call. The chat would be ok, but appears broken. From: Art Kagel Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:55 AM To: Bill Hamilton Cc: iiug Subject: Re: ids 11.70.TC1IE limits I don't know. I've on…
Re: ids 11.70.TC1IE limits
An uninstall is not required. It should just upgrade. I haven't worked the 32 bit version, but have played around with the 64bit over the past several weeks. j. On Jul 17, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Art Kagel wrote: > I don't know. I've only installed Informix on Windows myself once…
Re: ids 11.70.TC1IE limits
I don't know. I've only installed Informix on Windows myself once on my laptop. However, installation support is provided by IBM even for Innovator Edition without paid support, so call in. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-m…
Re: ids 11.70.TC1IE limits
Thanks a lot , Art. I downloaded 11.70.TC3IE as you suggested but it failed to install, saying that I cancelled it, but I did not. I think it expects me to uninstall TC1 first, but it does not say that. Do you think that an uninstall is required? Install Log Detail: Refresh Win…
Re: ids 11.70.TC1IE limits
If you have paid for support on your IE server, call IBM and see if this is a known issue. If not, you might try installing 11.70.TC3IE or even 11.70.FC3 (64bit) for windows. 11.70.xC3 fixes some problems in .xC1 & .xC2. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatoo…
ids 11.70.TC1IE limits
This question involves IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE running on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, service pack 2. This server uses a new Intel I5 processor with 4gb of ram. It seems that IDS freezes several times a day and no programs can get a connection. Even 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.…
onbar restore issues
I am getting followig errors in onbar when trying to restore on another server. Please guide me and point out if i am doing some mistakes. onbar -m Onbar activity log file: /export/home/informix/informix11-50FC7/tmp/bar_act.log 2011-05-12 21:39:08 25765 25763 Successfully conne…
Instance Crashed !!
Hi, We are using IDS FC6 on Sun Solaris. We've allocated 8GB of Memory (SHMTOTAL) to one of our instance. When its memory approached 5.2 GB, it remained stable for around 1.5 hrs. Afterwards, the instance stopped response (even we could not access it using dbaccess). The checkpoi…
PSORT_DBTEMP
Hello, IDS 11.50.FC5 AIX 5.3 I am having trouble using PSORT_DBTEMP this morning. I am attempting to build an index on a large table (450,xxx,xxx rows - 924 rowsize). I have PSORT_NPROCS set to 8 and PSORT_DBTEMP set to a colon delimited set of 8 unix directories export PSORT_…
Shared memory segments
Don't have an answer for you off hand, but I did fix your subject line so it doesn't look like spam. --EEM -----Original Message----- From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of qingchuntrade Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 7:54 PM…
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…
CDR Grouper FanOut thread is aborting
Folks, Build Version: 11.10.UC2 Build OS: AIX 5.3 The ER does not work properly due to a "out of virtual shared memory " problem in one site. Is there any EASY DRUG to treat "CDR Grouper FanOut thread is aborting." ? (instead of recreating whole the ER) Thanks, Frank .......…
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…
Shared memory problem
IDS 9.40 UC4 on Linux (yes, I know ...) 1. Initialising the instance with a shared memory connection it just hangs at: 01:09:26 Maximum server connections 0 01:09:26 Dataskip is now OFF for all dbspaces 01:09:26 On-Line Mode 01:09:26 Building 'sysmaster' database ... Never…
Alarm for New virtual shared memory segment
Hello, I was wondering if there is any way for Informix to alert us if it "Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment". I tried getting the ALARMPROGRAM to alert, though it seems that this action does not trigger the ALARMPROGRAM. Any ideas? 16:17:26 Requested s…
951: Incorrect password or user informix is not kn
Hi, I forgot to mention that, on this instance i can connect with an unix user other than 'informix'. Doesn't this alleviates the assumption of 'a lack of shared memory or a problem with shared memory' ? Regards…
Handling Memory Limits
Occasionally we run into a situation on development hosts in which the informixserver is running several memory-intensive processes and attempts to procure more memory than the O/S permits. Since we don't set SHMTOTAL (and RESIDENT=0), the informixserver at first fills its tmp d…
shared memory parameters
Having trouble with share memory parameters. I am trying to locate each piece of the memory size number reported by "onstat -". So far I have been able to correlate changes in onconfig with changes in that onstat number. However, I haven't been able to get it all and can't seem t…
2 shared memory segments
Informix 10.00.HC5 HP-UX 11i v2 Recently, I've started getting message like the following when I restart the server Could not create single shared memory segment with resident and non-resident partitions. Proceeding to create 2 shared memory segments instead. Sometimes, the se…
Re: Resident Memory larger then expected
"Art Kagel" <art.kagel@gmail.com> wrote in message news:mailman.377.1260535600.6236.informix-list@iiug.org... >> I haven't yet overrun SHMTOTAL on an 11.50 instance since I always set >> SHMTOTAL to zero (unlimited) now, but in the past, if the engine wanted >> more virtual memor…
shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER
When I try to start Informix Dynamix Server the following massage appears: shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER Any idea???…
shered memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER
When I am trying to start informix server the following massage apears: shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER Any idea??????…
Informix Dynamic Server Software Downloads
It appears IBM has cleverly hidden the IDS downloads again on the Passport Advantage Website, at least from my prying eyes. I can find the Solid DB and the DB2 links just fine. Does anyone out there in IIUG-land with a Passport Advantage account know where IBM has stashed the dow…
shared memory not initializing
Hi All, Can anybody help me. My shared memory not initializing and IDS was working fine before restore and restored was failed in the middle. I have executed oncheck -pr and getting below error. ONCONFIG config file error on element PHYSFILE. Value in reserved page: 30000 Val…
shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER
________________________________ From: Tang, Wally, CTR, DMA-Riv/IT Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 9:28 AM To: 'ids@iiug.org' Subject: shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER Hi, On our development server (IDS 7.31.UD6 on HPUX B.11.11), when we executed dbaccess dbn…
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…
Informix virtual shared memory
We are running Informix 9.40.FC4 on HPUX-11i. For the past few weeks, we are experiencing this problem. The informix server keeps continuosuly allocating memory and never releases it back and allocates many virtual shared memory segments and finally runs out of shared memory and …
IDS instance memory
Hi, We are running 4 IDS (11.5 FC4) instances on a sun sparc machine with 8 GB physical memory. We can see the shared memory through "onstat -" command which is around 1 G. This machine is purely acting as databases server and no other application is runnig on it (like web applic…
Informix Dynamic Server Scheduler question
Hi! I'm working on a project at my faculty. It's a java desktop application with an informix database. I have a problem using informix dynamic server scheduler. I have a particular table in my database. This table contains records that are inserted by the desktop aplication I'm …
IDS 9.40 End of Support Imminent
I have seen a number of posts on CDI recently related to IDS 9.40 As per the announcement on September 7th 2007, effective on the dates listed below, IBM will withdraw support from the following product releases licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement: 9…
Update Stats for procedure uses too much Virt memory.
Get my dostats utility. It will recompile each routine individually which tends to take up much less memory that doing them all in a single statement as you have below. Dostats is contained in the package utils2_ak which you can download from the IIUG Software Repository. Art …
-25588 error after CPU & fiber channel failure
John, See if the app can connect if it uses the network connection (carsitcp) instead of the shared memory connection. Mike…
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…
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…
virtual portion memory size
I believe that parameter can be tweaked in '/etc/system' and is called 'shmmax' >From /usr/include/sys/shm.h: /* * Shared Memory information structure */ struct shminfo { int shmmax, /* max shared memory segment size */ shmmin, /* min shared memory segment size */ shmmni, /*…
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.…
The max size of BUFFERS in IDS9.40FC7 at Solaris?
That is means the maxsize of share memory segment is limited to 4GB... OK,Thanks all!…
Running out of virtual mem segments
My answer does not address the issue of why there are so many segs being allocated but how to prevent it from causing a hang - hopefully. Can you reconfigure your SHMVIRTSIZE $ONCONFIG parameter such that the database server has more virtual memory at startup and does not need t…
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…
Update from Digital 7.31.FD1to ....
Baan IV run not on the same machine and connect to the informix server with an 1GB crossoverethernetcable. so we use not Shared Memory to access the database!…
shared memory limitations
Hi folks does someone know what are the maximum shared memory size that can be used both in IDS9 and IDS10 Thanks…
BAR_MAX_BACKUP - not spawning parallel threads
Version : 10 We are running onbar -b -l with BAR_MAX_BACKUP = 4 and BAR_NB_XPORT_COUNT = 10. But when I check the number of onbar process I just see one onbar_d process. I was expecting atleast 4 processes. Why is it just spawning one process. Is it because our SHMTOTAL is 0.…
shared memory already exists
I am using IDS 9.40, I get message informix log below, after I shutdown and take offline the database: 14:38:05 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. 14:38:05 shmget: [EEXIST][17]: key 52564801: shared memory already exists 14:38:05 mt_shm_init: can't create resident segment Cou…
Re: shared memory not initialized
Tom I may have missed this in the variety of posts ! but do i understand this is a new installation and has never run? If so have you actually initialised the engine (oninit -i) at any time? Keith On 13/08/07, Ogiwara Tsutomu <tsutomu_ogiwara@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > …
Re: shared memory not initialized
Thanks Andreas, The system is resolving the host name fine. uname -n reports informix. when i ping informix, i get a reply from the correct IP, 192.168.26.66 Still no luck Tom On Aug 9, 4:55 am, Andreas Breitfeld <abrei...@de.ibm.com> wrote: > Maybe my hint regarding the 'set…
RE: shared memory not initialized
You didn't need to run oninit -v the second time, the first time (oninit -ivy) was enough. The second time around it tries to pop memory back in the same place as the last one. Check if the first one is still running: onstat - It probably is. If not, then you may have corrup…
RE: shared memory not initialized
The holy trinity is ONCONFIG, sqlhosts and /etc/services. Your entries look ok at this point - sounds like your rootdbs either does not exist or has wrong ownership/permissions (previous note). You also need environment variables: INFORMIXSERVER=informixserver (in your case) ON…
shared memory not initialized
I have just installed Informix 10 on a CentOS 4.5 system. When I run oninit -v to start the dbserver, I get the following, and then it dumps me back to bash: [root@informix informix]# oninit -v Your evaluation license will expire on 2007-10-30 00:00:00 Checking group membershi…
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: 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…
how to fix the error "hpkaioaddseg: ASYNC_ADDSEG.
OK, it happen as Andreas Kutsche says. - enough memory/swapspace/shared memory available, enough segments available the IDS allocates a lots of segments,so the error act.…
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…
SHMTOTAL
IDS 10.0FC5 on RHEL AS 4 We have a system where, as ever, we have set SHMTOTAL to zero. Having run fine for months, the system has sporadically started taking, in a very short space of time, multiple shared memory segments. eg Saturday at 0800, fine with one V segment, by 1000…
shared memory already exists
HI, guys, AIX5.3 , IDS UC5 If we see the following problem, the only way is to turn off/on the power? informix@otto $ oninit oninit: Fatal error in shared memory creation informix@otto $ informix@otto $ onstat -m *** WARNING: IBM Informix Dynamic Server is no longer running. …
shared memory
In our IDS 7.31 server, onstat -g seg displays seven 'V's (Memory Segments). SHMVIRTSIZE 100000 SHMADD 100000 SHMTOTAL 0 At present 6th "V" is in use and one is free. Each memory segment is quickly getting exhausted. Why its getting utilised very quickly im running update stat…
Re: ISQL install problem
Hi Clive, I do have an unlimited shared memory connection, but am not sure of any others - is there a way that I can check this? Thanks Andy…
shared memory and tempdb spaces
I'm pretty new to Informix and AIX and have a bit of a problem. The Informix log is showing the error "out of shared memory segments". From the other posts I've figured that we've hit the 2GB SHM limit and are probably going to move to the 64bit platform, but in the meantime I'…
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…
Shared Memory
HI,I hava a problem. /home/informix/etc>onstat - Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.30.UC4 -- On-Line -- Up 103 days 05:37:36 -- 269068 Kbytes How does it is calculate for "269068 Kbytes" ? tks…
RE: Contiguous shared memory segment allocation failed at 0xd0000000
SHMBASE is different in your config from standard - why? How much shared memory is allocated to this instance (onstat -g seg) ? How many locks do you need for this process (16:10:23 dynamically allocated 100000 locks) ? OR you could lock the table. You need to configure LOCK…
Contiguous shared memory segment allocation failed at 0xd0000000
I was doing a mass update, delete ( big transaction) and found the info in online log, 16:10:21 Maximum server connections 21 16:10:23 Requested shared memory segment size rounded from 8604KB to 8608KB 16:10:23 Contiguous shared memory segment allocation failed at 0xd0000000.…
Contiguous shared memory segment allocation failed
I was doing a mass update, delete ( big transaction) and found the info in online log, 16:10:21 Maximum server connections 21 16:10:23 Requested shared memory segment size rounded from 8604KB to 8608KB 16:10:23 Contiguous shared memory segment allocation failed at 0xd0000000. Al…
shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER
Greetings all- I'm looking for a nudge in the right direction for an issue I'm having. I'm running IDS 7.31.UD3 on W2k Server SP4. localhost name is cognos INFORMIXSERVER=data_archive I am working at the console of just the server. (not connecting via network) I am getting an …
Re: SHMTOTAL
danielyeap@gmail.com wrote: > Hi All, > I came across this line in the Informix 9.3 Administration Guide: > > If messages indicate on a regular basis that the database server needs > more > memory than SHMTOTAL allows, you have not configured the database > server correctly. Lowe…
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…
RE: SHMTOTAL
SHMTOTAL is the upper limit of the total memory size for IDS. If you set SHMTOTAL to 100 MB then resident size (BUFFERS) + virtual size (DS_TOTAL_MEMORY, etc) + message size can not exceed 100 MB. The Admin Guide is trying to tell you to reduce BUFFERS if you want to allow the …
SHMTOTAL
Hi All, I came across this line in the Informix 9.3 Administration Guide: If messages indicate on a regular basis that the database server needs more memory than SHMTOTAL allows, you have not configured the database server correctly. Lowering the value of BUFFERS or DS_TOTAL_MEM…
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…
onstat shared memory error
I am running INFORMIX IDS9.40 on Slackware 10.1 and everything works fine except that informix cannot run onstat due to the shared memory: permission denied error. The database chunks reside on a smart array disk system, so I did a raw /dev/raw/raw1 /dev/cciss/c0d0p3 so I woul…
Update statistics and shared memory
We are not exactly sure what our problem is, but any help would be greatly appreciated. We are running IDS 7.31.UD3-1 on AIX 4.3.3. We have been experiencing a problem for a number of years, but it had not been one that has caused us any major problems untill recently. Here is t…
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: shared memory segment size
The resident portion of shared memory depends on # of BUFFERS + # of LOCKS + LOGBUFF + PHYSBUFF + some SHM headers for more details - http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/idshelp/v10/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.admin.doc/admin276.htm Regards, Nilesh Friday, May 05, 2006 10:31…
shared memory segment size
Why has my shared memory segment this size? This is the output from onstat -g seg Segment Summary: id key addr size ovhd class blkused blkfree 36 1384138753 a000000 1613758464 266640 R 393773 211 37 1384138754 6a…
Re: Table Editor for Multiplatforms
Enhancements in Version 4.3 ..... also supports the Informix Dynamic Server 9.x. http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools/db2tools/db2te/…
Fragmentation Elimination Problem
I am on version IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC4.…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Ronald Schwingel wrote: > Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) > Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use > before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide > documentation that I can pass on also? It looked to…
RE: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
First off you shouldn't be getting shared memory access errors. That sounds more like a bug that technical support should address. I wouldn't be surprised if your getting can't allocate additional shared memory segment messages. Informix 32-bit on AIX is a bitch. The problem …
Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide documentation that I can pass on also? We are looking at providing one of cust…
create a DB on Linux
Hi! I have installed Informix dynamic server on Linux. Now I want to create a data base. What should I do? Thanks…
Re: flagship sunk
Funny I have been able to download IDS 10 for Solaris, Windows and Linux am I just smarter than everyone else? www.informix.com Support and downloads In the middle trials and betas Oh look Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) V10.0 easy!…
Shared Memory challenge on AIX 5.1
One of my sites has 1 Gbyte of RAM. I have configured them to use 512Mbytes of Virtual Shared Memory and about 256 Mbytes of Resident Share Memory. RESIDENT is set to 0. During normal processing everything is OK with those settings. Occasionally the size of the virtual shared m…
Re: IDS 10 - documentation questions
Oops! I mean IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.TC3ET Althought the release notes (idse_win_release_notes_10.0.html) start with:- "Release Notes for IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition for Windows Platforms 10.00.TC3E, 1 July 2005 " so it is TC3E or TCE3T? and …
Re: Sql to concatenate multiple rows to a single row / column
Thank you SaltTan - it works beautifully. BTW, we have IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC6.…
Re: IDS 7.30 do not start - NT
Your server only has 512M of memory. Check you onconfig parms and reduce the number of buffers, SHMVIRTSIZE, locks etc to reduce the amount of share memory requested, then start your server. Good luck, Brian >Hello, > >i have a problem with the informix database. It is on WIN …
Shared Memory not Initialized for INFORMIXSERVER on Informix IDS 7.31
For more informatio in my Log file appears: 09:23:21 (3) failure, system out of semaphores 09:23:21 Dynamically allocated new message shared memory segment (size 352KB) 09:23:21 Requested shared memory segment size rounded from 344KB to 352KB 09:23:21 Requested shared memory seg…
unable to attach to shared memory
Hi All, Tech Specs: IDS 7.31.FD7 O/S - Solaris 5.8 Generic_117350-26 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire oncheck and onmonitor are giving errors: shmat: [22]: operating system error Unable to attach to shared memory. onstat -g seg gives Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.FD7 …
Shared Memory Permission Denied
Hi, when i execute onstat with informix user send this message: onstat: = Shared memory: permission denied. or when i go into onmonitor and sel. an option send the message: Unable to attach to shared memory. Permission denied Informix IDS 7.31.UD3 Unix, Solaris 5.6 thanks in a…
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…
Latch waits
I'm seeing quite a highish level of latch waits (lchwaits) - whats the best way to reduce this? Increase the shared memory?…
Re: IDS 10 Express Edition
Note 10.00.xC3 = Enterprise Version 10.00.xC3E = Express Edition http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.relnotes.doc/uc3E/idse_win_release_notes_10.0.html Then click on "IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition" in the right pane:…
setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux error
I setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux execcute oninit -ivy is failed the online.log is write /// 16:31:32 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment (size 8192KB) 16:31:32 Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 Software Serial Number AA…
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…
"Onmode -F " hangs engine
Konstantin, Per default for SAP systems the onconfig parameter SHMTOTAL is actually set to value 0. If you set SHMTOTAL to other value in similiar situation without any other configuration changes you will run into same problem but earlier than before. If the database system re…
Re: shared memory weirdness
Ian Spare wrote: >We're running a very old version of HPUX and Informix, the system will >shortly be retired so we're limping along for a short time. > >We're running out of shared memory though and it's killing the database, >to an extent it's something we're going to have live…
shared memory weirdness
We're running a very old version of HPUX and Informix, the system will shortly be retired so we're limping along for a short time. We're running out of shared memory though and it's killing the database, to an extent it's something we're going to have live with but something puz…
Re: Q: SHMTOTAL
Thanks Art. We decided to migrate to 64bit so I won't play around with 32bit Informix anymore. "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote in message news:pan.2004.10.05.09.10.38.374298.1355@bloomberg.net... > On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 02:58:13 -0400, Davorin Kremenjas wrote: > > 32bit…
Re: Q: SHMTOTAL
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 02:58:13 -0400, Davorin Kremenjas wrote: 32bit processes on Solaris can only access/attach about 3.6 GB of shared memory segments with no segment larger than 2 GB (or the OS configured maximum segment size which may be smaller). I have a test prog if you wan…
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'?…
Q: SHMTOTAL
IDS 9.40 UC3 (32-bit) on Solaris 9 (64-bit) on Sun Fire V480 with 4 processors and 12 GB of RAM. Hello everyone. I'm testing a new Informix configuration just to see if I can use as much of a system resources as I have. But, there seems to be a problem with the total amount of …
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…
Fatal error in shared memory
Trying to set-up Informix 7.31 UC4 on Solaris 2.6 everytime I try and start informix I get oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization I have set SHMBASE to 0x1000000 and also tried 0x1000000 as suggested in the documentation - both fail. The system has 512Mb of RAM and…
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…
onload consuming shared memory
Hi all, we're just about to start a full database restore to recover from a failed onload session. I just want to try and determine what might have gone wrong to see if how we can do it better next time. We want to onload a table with blob data of about 300000 rows and 11GB of …
shared memory not initiaized for INFORMIXSERVER
I'm removing the indexes and recreating them in my informix database and all the onstat commands were working fine. Now all of a sudden I am seeing this error when performing any onstat commands: shared memory no initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'informixservername' Why is this?…
Dose anybody have the dbtop script in the Troubleshooting informix course?
Dears, I study the Troubleshooting ibm informix dynamic server course. At the module 4 exercise need the dbtop script. Dose anybody has this dbtop script and post for me? Thanks. Philip Yeh.…
Work group edition - Unlimited edition??
Taken from IBM web site:- =========================================================================== The following Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup Unlimited editions have been added to the IBM Data Management Gold Transaction Processing Bundle for SMB Unlimited: IBM Informix…
Re: [Informix 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,…
Shared memory and SELECT-Performance
Hi all, IDS 9.4 UC3 / RH 9 I have a performance-question: The quality of our application depends strongly on the execution-time of one single SQL-Select-Statement. Of course, the parameters in it's Where-Clause are different from time to time and from user to user, but we can u…
SHARED MEMORY LIMIT
Is posible to use with informix of 32 bits more than 2GB of shared memory in a Linux Machine? The base address in onconfig is: SHMBASE 0x41000000 Thanks in advance,…
Re: Transaction support in informix dynamic server(IDS)
chaithra wrote: > i wanted to know, if in IDS we can get to know the status of a > transaction at any given time. or once any transaction commits or > rollsback we should be able to know the status. > is it possible through c++ interface provided by the IDS. I'm not quite s…
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…
Shared memory problem
Platform : Win2000 / IDS 9.30.TC3 I get the following error when increasing the buffers. shmat [ENOMEM] [12]: out of available data space, check system MAXMEM shmdt: errno 22 mt_shm_init : can't create virtual segment. The server has 2 Gig of physical memory of which approx. 9…
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…
Shared memory problem???
Environment: RH Linux 7.1 Kernel 2.4.10-ac11 Informix IDS 9.21.UC4 Dual x86 Processor 1.5 GB Memory 8 temp dbspaces, 256MB each 100 full time users during the day My Informix shared memory parameters are as follows: LOCKS 2000 # Maximum number of locks BUFFERS 180000 # Maximum …
TRUNCATE TABLE command in 9.3?
I am aware that Informix Dynamic Server previously has not included the TRUNCATE TABLE command. Does anyone know if 9.3 or 9.4 include this command?…
Linux fgl_getenv
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.30.UC3 on Linux. Do I have to do something before I can use the fgl_getenv call in a stored procedure? When I try I get 674: Routine (fgl_getenv) can not be resolved.…
Re: Shared memory. Error.
Hi. Make sure your permission of onstat and oninit like this. % ls -l $INFORMIXDIR/bin/onstat -rwxr-sr-x 1 informix informix % ls -l $INFORMIXDIR/bin/oninit -rwsr-sr-- 1 root informix I think oninit has wrong permisson. Regards. -- Tsutomu Ogiwara from Tokyo Japan. I…
RE: Shared memory. Error.
It looks like You are on Linux You can try to verify whether 'raw10' points to the correct block device: 'raw -q dev/raw/raw10' ------------------------------------------ Alexey Sonkin Senior Database Administrator > -----Original Message----- > From: inf [mailto:inf@terr.es]…
Re: Shared memory. Error.
Hi, Paul As you can see, the file /dev/raw/raw10 has the correct permissions: 0 crw-rw---- 1 informix informix 162, 10 ago 31 2002 raw10 but the error appears... Any suggestion ? "inf" <inf@terr.es> escribi� en el mensaje news:bor348$fgf$1@nsnmpen2-gest.nuria.telefonica…
Re: max number of connections
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:42:00 -0500, Micha wrote: <SNIP>> We use both ontlitcp for remote connections and onipcshm for local > connections. NETTYPE is not defined in onconfig. How can nettype limit the > number of shared memory connections? AFAICT, the remote connections actually…
RE: Shared memory. Error.
You only can tell, that a link to a file has correct permissions, not a file itself Please, make 'ls -l /dev/raw/raw10' ------------------------------------------ Alexey Sonkin Senior Database Administrator > -----Original Message----- > From: inf [mailto:inf@terr.es] > Sent: …
Shared memory. Error.
Hi, - When starting informix the following error appears: 12:52:14 Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Initialized -- Shared Memory Initialized. 12:52:14 Physical Recovery Started. 12:52:14 The chunk '/home/informix/dbs/tempdbs' must have owner-ID "informix" a nd group-ID "root". 1…
Re: Problems with Shared Memory
U r limited to 50 connections in all ... if you are using SHM connections ... are the users spawning more than one connection to the engine when they run the program ... I would suggest increasing the number of connections to say 100 to see if it works or not ... onstat -g ses a…
RE: Problems with Shared Memory
Yes, -25588. $ finderr -25588 -25588 The appl process cannot connect to the database server server-name. But it's not true because some users are connected to. No ISAM-Error associated. TIA. -----Mensaje original----- De: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-li…
RE: Problems with Shared Memory
4 -----Mensaje original----- De: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]En nombre de Obnoxio The Clown Enviado el: viernes 12 de septiembre de 2003 14:46 Para: informix-list@iiug.org Asunto: Re: Problems with Shared Memory Diego Morales wrote: > > >…
Problems with Shared Memory
I have problems with Shared Memory. Only 5 or 6 users can login at the same time at database using shared memory INFORMIXSERVER. All run ok changing them to tcp... but they are running a 4gl app and I want them throw INFORMIXSERVER shm. I check the sqlhosts and NETTYPE and I t…
not initializing shared memory
mt_shm_remove: WARNING: may not have removed all/correct segments what do you do about that?…
RE: Dynamic Server versus Universal Server ??
Originally, Version 7.x was called 'Informix Dynamic Server', Version 9.0x was called 'Universal server' Starting with 9.1, Universal server became 'Dynamic server with Universal data option'. With 9.2, new names 'Internet Foundation 2000 ' and 'Dynamic server 2000' ware given…
Informix Dynamic Server 2000 startup problem
Hi, While starting up informix in multi user mode , we wait for the database to come up by checking the onstat - o/p . But if the system is loaded, even after onstat shows status as online , the connection is rejected by the database . The wait loop that we do is as follow…
Shared memory: permission denied.
Hi all, Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC1 I receice the error Shared memory: permission denied when I run onstat - and this is the output of ipcs Message Queues: T ID KEY MODE OWNER GROUP q 0 0x4190051c --rw------- root system Sh…
Re: Shared Memory Problems, Informix IDS 7.31 install on SCO UnixWare 7.1.1
Thanks for all of your help. I lowered the amount of initialy reqquested shared memory and things seem to be working fine. Thanks, John M…
virtual shared memory segment
hello, this is our output from onstat -g seg : Segment Summary: id key addr size ovhd class blkused blkfree 7680 1381386241 80000000 592850944 245712 R* 144714 25 (shared) 1381386241 a3563000 201334784 6760 V 49154 0 46597 13…
why I can't see the output of "onstat -g wts"
test:/informix>onstat -g wst Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Version 9.21.FC7 -- On-Line -- Up 5 days 13:23:03 -- 11132960 Kbytes Wait statistics not enabled How to enable the wait statistics???…
informix SDK 2.81 ifxoledbc OLEDB and ADO
When Updating or deleting a non existing row in a table, the informix oledb provider produces an "UnSpecified error". Environment: Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 Informix SDK 2.81 ADO 2.6 Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance…
Ontape "Not Enough Memory" - more ...
We've got SHMTOTAL set to 0 by the way. Andy…
Re. Shared Memory Parameters
Hi Everyone, Which file needs to be changed on AIX 5.1(9.3 UC3) for memory parameters, is it "/etc/system" but it does not exist on unix box. SHMTOTAL is set to 0 in ONCONFIG, but the total memeory does not exceed 2GB although we have 4GB of ram, could not find any info. Any id…
Re: LINUX Kernel (kswapd) and INFORMIX
ART KAGEL, .... wrote: > Run onstat -g seg to see if the engine has grabbed additional VIRTUAL segments > for sorting purposes. If you are running with a high PDQPRIORITY value PDQ will > require additional memory depending on the DS_TOTAL_MEMORY and SHMTOTAL. If > SHMTOTAL is ze…
EMERGENCY: Logs attached
EMERGENCY: I have a down system. I am trying to to a cold restore using command "ontape -r". The command keeps failing after prompting to back up the logs. The only error message which appears on the screen is : "oninit: Fatal error in shared memory creation". Additional error me…
linux kernel 2.4 + informix
HI ? I must setting Linux and IIF200 on DELL PowerEdge 6400 server . that server has 6Gbyes main memory, 120Gbyes hard disk. first i have install Redhat 6.2 official. and i have upgraded kernel 2.4 from kernel 2.2.16 . ( because for awaring 6Gbyes main memory at Linux) l…
Shared Memory
Hi all, I need help on how to identify what process and users trying to allocate more shared memory segments (onstat -g seg) ? and how to releases this memory segment (virtual portion) ? TQ…
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…
SHMAT error
Oncheck allocates a shared memory segment for sorting memory. If your kernel's shared memory parameters are too small you can get that error. Art S. Kagel "Sinha, Niraj" wrote: > > Folks, > I get following error while running oncheck comand. > I knwo that it is UNIXsystem erro…
How to use more than 2GB share memory in Informix?
Unless you are specifically trying to limit Informix consumption of shared memory (i.e. to keep Informix from crowding out another application), set SHMTOTAL to 0 and forget it too. It's the default, and basically means unlimited. It's what most people use, especially if the ma…
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…
Performance Problem
I have an IBM rs6000 (4x166 processors) and 1.5 G Ram running Informix 7.24. The problem is that unless I cripple Informix using the SHMTOTAL directive in the onconfig (set to 700M) the system goes so slow that no one can use it, which also results in AIX reporting fork failure…
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 …
IDS 7.3x on Win2000?
Does Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3x runs on Windows 2000 (Professional)? Thanks for your help. Guy Dillen…
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…
Informix 7.31 and Windows2000
Somebody has installed it on Windows 2000 ? The Instance Manager can't initialize shared memory.. Thanks in advance. -=SIMO=-…
SCO IPC
OK - I've RTFMed, but still in need of help. I am running SCO Unix 5.0.{245}, with Informix IDS.2000 Dynamic Server. Trying to initialize shared memory does not appear to work. The system utility "ipcs" does not report any shared memory being allocated, and the oninit -i seems…
Re: SHMTOTAL
Hi, The SHMTOTAL sets the limit on the amount of virtual memory IDS will get from the OS. The value of SHMTOTAL should be SHMTOTAL >= (size of resident) + (initial virtual segment size) Increase your SHMTOTAL or decrease the sizes of your resident and/or virtual shared memory…
SHMTOTAL
Hi, I want to delimiter SHMTOTAL because I don't have much memory. hence, I only want one Virtual segment. now, this messages appears on online.log 19:13:12 size of resident + virtual segments 23437312 + 33308672 > 51200000 total allowed by configuration parameter SHMT…
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…
Fatal error in shared memory creation
When I type oninit, it said: Fatal error in shared memory creation Why ? Thanks…
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…
Shared Memory segment (5 of them)
Hi gurus, Recently, I noticed 5 extra shared memory segments created in my Informix 7.30 UC7. What could have caused this and how to remove/prevent these segments from created again? AFAIK, more shared memory segments means less efficient shared memory usage. Am I right? Thank …
Replication
Hello everybody. I would like to know if it is possible to replicate an Informix database between a UNIX-based 7.32UC2 Informix Dynamic Server and an linux-based IDS2000 without problems. Thanks in advance. jhernandez@geuropa.com…
Re: oninit -v
From: "Stefansson" <bs@rhi.hi.is> > >oninit -v >returns an error: >Allocating and attaching to shared memory...FAILED >onint: Fatal error in shared memory creation > >What can be causing this and what could be able to solve this problem ? It could be something holding on to shar…
oninit -v
oninit -v returns an error: Allocating and attaching to shared memory...FAILED onint: Fatal error in shared memory creation What can be causing this and what could be able to solve this problem ? Thanks. B. Stefansson…
Problems with RedHat Linux 6.0 and IDS 7.30
Hi, I'm novice in Linux and after installing the IDS 7.30 on a RedHat 6.0 machine when the IDS try to create the shared memory i got a list with messgaes like this: dupfd: fd 1025 max 1024 finally i got the message: error on shared memory creation. Where I can find information …
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…
Total of all shared memory vs. Total Physical memory
Hi listers, We have 8 instances of INFORMIX (-OnLine Version 7.23.UC4) on a HP-UX 10.20, 4 CPUs, 1.5GB Physical memory box. I am aware (thanks to this list) of the need to monitor with onstat -g seg and adjust SHMVIRTSIZE and SHMADD so as to avoid getting more than 3 shared mem…
Shared Memory Parameters?
I am working with an existing database that has some onconfig parameters that I am questioning. One of our problems is extents, but another reason we get hammered during the day might be the following shm parameters. OL Engine Vers. 7.31 on HP 9000 Aprx. 400-600 users Database …
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…
Virtual Memory
We are running Informix 7.3 on HPux 11 On a system with 6Gb available memory, I am trying to increase the SHMVIRTSIZE. It is currently set to 2000000 kb ( 2 Gb ). Initially I tried increasing by 500000 kb this resulted in informix failing to initialise with error "size of resid…
Virtual Memory
We are running Informix 7.3 on HPux 11 On a system with 6Gb available memory, I am trying to increase the SHMVIRTSIZE. It is currently set to 2000000 kb ( 2 Gb ). Initially I tried increasing by 500000 kb this resulted in informix failing to initialise with error "size of resid…
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…
network down error
We have a new installation of 7.24.UC5X7 on an IBM S80 and when we get around 100 users connected new users cannot connect to the database. Onmonitor gives the error "Network Down". When you check shared memory with onstat it says that shared memory is not initialized but when yo…
RE: accessing shared memory
Hi John, You need to change permissions to shared mode (s) for necessary executables in $INFORMIXDIR/bin directory. thanks Ravi Yarlagadda Informix Certified Professional -----Original Message----- From: John Horton [mailto:john.horton@cognito.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, December 14…
accessing shared memory
Hi How do I set up a user so that they can access shared memory (ie. they can use the onstat - command) . Currently only root can access shared memory (not even informix can access shared memory or use the onstat - command) I have tried stting up the group so that informix is a …
shared memory problems
Hi I am having some difficulty getting some programs to work on a linux box (they are being ported from an HP9000) The problem I am (currently) having is that one of the processes requires shared memory to be allocated. The program requests two loads of shared memory , the first …
informix dynamic server on linux help
Hi all, I am an informix newbie, and i have problems running it on redhat linux 6.0. The installation went just fine, but now when i start dbaccess and try to create a new database i get this error message: 25584: Network driver can not access server program /opt/informix/lib/sq…
Informix Dynamic Server on IBM SSA
Can any one share their experiences, recommendations, pit-falls, comments about creating an IDS db engineOLTP environment on an IBM SSA Raid system? We have 2 SSA adapters and have 4 loops with 4 drives each. The IBM techs for the Smoothstart services will be coming next Tuesday…
Re: oncheck problem
In article <I+bMACALtmG4Ewq$@smooth1.demon.co.uk>, djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk (David Williams) wrote: > In article <7vbokg$427$1@news.xmission.com>, Paul watson > <watsop@russellcorp.co.uk> writes > > > >[cutting] > > > >>Just set SHMVIRTSIZE to zero (0) which means "UNLIMITED" and…
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…
shared memory
Beim Start mit oninit erscheint folgende Fehlermeldung 21:00:20 shmget: [EEXIST][17]: key 52564801: shared memory already exists 21:00:20 mt_shm_init: can't create resident segment Was fehlt noch bei der Einstellung ? Wer kann mir helfen…
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…
RE: Backups terminated by client
---- you wrote: > This is exactly the same problem that I am encountering. Maybe someone can > shed some light for us. I am not very experienced in this area Dudes & Dudettes, but are you looking in the right area? From what I've seen, from version 7.24 onwards, these physical…
RE: Fatal error in shared memory creation
Check the release notes for SHMBASE parameter value. Try to start Informix with SHMBASE value 0 -----Original Message----- From: Jerome BARRET [SMTP:jejgphy@hotmail.com] Sent: 06 ������, 1999 06:43 � To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Fatal error in shared memory creation…
Fatal error in shared memory creation
When I want to startup for the first time, in the oninit program, this message appears : "Fatal error in shared memory creation". In the part shared memory parameter, the parameter are the default parameters. Thank you for your help…
Informix Online Dynamic Server DBA Book
Hello Could anyone recommend a good Informix Online Dynamic Server book. I did a search in Amazon.com but I could not decide on which one to choose. Thanks in advance. Ajay…
pricing for informix info?
Hello, Was wondering what other people out there paid for informix dynamic server 7.3... Basically, i wanted to know if they had a web server licensing schem like microsoft. or ibm's db2 (per cpu license). and would the licenses be transferable if I decided to move from le…
Dynamically allocated new shared memory segment ???!!!
Dear ALL : Our system appear the following messages in seconds : 09:11:02 dynamically allocated new shared memory segment (size 8388608) 09:11:30 dynamically allocated new shared memory segment (size 8388608) 09:11:50 dynamically allocated new shared memory segment (size 8…
Shared memory limits in 64-bit environment
Is there any practical shared memory limits in HP/UX 11 (N-serie) with 64-bit Informix ?. -Jukka…
208: Memory allocation failed during query processing.
Sounds like the engine hit SHMTOTAL and could not allocate additional virtual segments. There are other possibilities. Art S. Kagel HENCHOZ Daniel wrote: > > Hello ! > > While our developers try to run an SPL procedure they get the following message > : > > 208: Memory allocat…
Loading into Shared Memory...
Hi, Can i explicitly ask Informix to load a table into Shared-Memory? And then later on sync the copy of table on disk \\ with the one in shared memory? Any suggetions welcome Thanks Anand Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.…
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.…
Latest versions for various Informix products ???
Which are the latest versions for Informix Dynamic Server Informix Dynamic Server, Workgroup Edition Informix 4GL Informix SQL on Solaris 7/SPARC ? Where can I find such informations on Informix's website ? tia, joerg…
cdr command line utility in informix 7.24
Hi, Is there a cdr command line utility in informix dynamic server 7.24? I tried to locate it, but the executable is nowhere to find. Thanks, Lu…
Problem Installing Informix Dynamic Server
I downloaded a Try&Buy version of Informix Dynamic Server V7.30 for NT. I installed it on an NT Server. The install seemed to go ok, but after a short time of investigating IECC, I got a blue screen. After this when I started the Command Center, a task seemed to start, but it w…
SCO: shared memory problem...
Hello, I am having a problem that, hopefully, one of you have had before, or have heard about before. There box is a PII system with 128MB RAM running SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 with the latest patches. The error oninit -v gives: oninit: Fatal error in shared memory creation The er…
error while creating online instance
While creating a new online instance using "oninit -ivy", this is the following error message that we get. Creating infos file "/usr/informix/etc/.infos.kil_serv3" ... succeeded Writing to infos file ... succeeded oninit: Fatal error in shared memory creation We have created in…
Usage of INFORMIXSHMBASE
It replaces, or supplants, the SHMBASE ONCONFIG file parameter's value. It is the preferred attached address for shared memory if you are using a shared memory connection. Art S. Kagel Wu wrote: > > What's the usage of this environment variable -> INFORMIXSHMBASE ? > > thanx…
HELP with "Stored procedure and memory problem"
The problem seems to be the SHMTOTAL ONCONFIG parameter. You have it set to a hard limit and the engine needs to allocate additional segments which would violate this limit. You can set SHMTOTAL to zero and it will permit shared memory to grow indefinitely. BEWARE you are runn…
Problems starting IDS 7.30.TC7 on Windows NT SP4.
When i try to start informix dynamic Server, the following message appears "Only informix user can start informix dynamic server" this message appears when i logged on with the informix's user. When i try to start the service on the control panel , error 2140 appears.…
Re: running out of Unix Shared memory segments
You may want to check how many shared memory segments are allocated to Informix and other programs; use the unix command "ipcs". If you normally have many Informix segments you could change the onconfig file parameters for SHMADD and the initial shared memory parameter to increa…
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…
Shared Memory on Linux
How do I configure Redhat Linux to get rid of the Shared Memory Error when I try to start Informix (IDS 7.3)? Thanks. Aris…
how to caculate resident shared memory size?
hi,all could you tell me how to caculate resident shared memory size? thank you.…
Re: SCO & INFORMIX:Network driver cannot bind a name with the port
In article <7hsvs5$3up$1@news.xmission.com>, Sujit.Pal@BankAmerica.com wrote: > Alex > > What are your NETTYPE config variables set to? That determines the number > of user threads that can be allocated. Sujit, it was: NETTYPE ipcshm,3,400,CPU Informix support advi…
Linux VS NT4.0
Hi, Is it true that Informix Dynamic Server workgroup edition 7.30 is ported for Linux, and if it is so does anyone can tell me what to chose between Linux and NT4.0 for running Informix Dynamic Server workgroup edition 7.30. Also I'd like to know for which version of Linux, Inf…
Starting Informix Dynamic Server !
Hi Gurus, Just wondering is there any difference in starting the informix engine as root user versus as Informix user. ? The reason why I ask this question is , the IDS 7.23 UC6 on HP-UX 10.2 crashes due to a bug (declared as bug by Informix Technical support)when we start in…
Informix Dynamic Server Archive/Restore
Hello All: We have a large scale Informix DB resident on an HP 9000, K460, with AutoRaid Disk Subsystem (218gb). And we are running IDS 7.30. Currently, we are using the Informix ontape archive/restore utility to archive the DB and to perform continuous logical logging. We u…
Any one know this?
Hi folks: Is there a script that can check informix on-line dynamic server is up and running or not? If not it will e-mail a note to D.B.A. groups Thanks in advance Garry…
Shared Memory
I have a question about the shared memory segments Informix adds dynamically in version 7.x. I use onmode -F to free the unused shared memory but this seems to only ever free up one segment regardless of how much is unused. Has anybody used this to free more than one segme…
converting Informix Online 5.1 esql/c to Dynamic Server esql/c?
Hi converting Informix Online 5.1 esql/c to Dynamic Server esql/c? What is the easiest way to do this? Is there a parser that could do this? edward…
RAID Technolgy
We are using Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2. We are going in for a new DEC UNIX Server with RAID Technolgy. It incorporates mirroring at the hardware level. So is it not necessary to do mirroring using Informix?. Can anybody give suggestions regarding mirroring and other feat…
Informix on Linux
Does anybody know how much a copy of Informix Dynamic Server would run me for use on Linux?? Thanks in advance -steve…
Upgrade Dynamic Server 7.13 - 7.24
I need to upgrade Informix Dynamic Server version 7.13 to version 7.24. Can anyone advise of any problems they may have had whilst doing this?…
Informix error.
Does anyone know what this error is about: shmat: [EINVAL][22]: shared memory base address illegal Thanks, Fred Lee…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.31?
Is any information available regarding the release of IDS 7.31 for Unix? We have Sun E3000 and E4000 machines and are experiencing problems with both 7.30.UC3 and 7.30.UC5 and are curious about 7.31. Thanks. Carleen Avant Naval Safety Center Internet < cavant@safecen.navy.mil …
STRING FUNCTIONS
Are there functions for manipulating varchar type, like upper() or lower() in Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2? Thanks in advance.…
Netscape Enterprise Connection for Informix Dynamic Server
Hi: Does anyone know the procedure for setting up a Netscape Enterprise Server to connect to an Informix Dynamic server on a remote machine? Michael…
oninit: shared library problem
I'm having problems when initialising the DB using oninit. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR…
Initi DB
I'm having problems when initialising the DB. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR/esql help wo…
Index on Informix Online 7.22 ?
I have installed a new Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.22UC3 on our server (HP-UX 10.20). I find it is much much slower than the Informix 7.12 Online DS server if I do not create index for a same program. Why and what is the difference between the two version of Dynamic serv…
Parallel Backups using onbar
I have some questions concerning parallel backups using onbar. We are running a large OLTP application on a SUN 10000 platform usint Informix 7.23. We are using onbar with Veritas Netbackup as the storage manager: When backing up logical logs, does onbar take advantage of para…
Re: esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
Tim Jones wrote: > > I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 > servers. Let's call them Server A and B. > > Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. > > After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" > and got this : > I…
esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 servers. Let's call them Server A and B. Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" and got this : INFORMIX-ESQL Version 7.22.UC1 …
Informix Dynamic Server Personal Edition
What development apps are known to work with IDS-PE for 95? Infrmx wants to sell me licenses for Dynamic 4gl, esql-c, ddvb for 150usd. Do these work and are there others? 150 sounds ok but the catch is is that the Open-Line Support is outrageous for this (3K usd for unlim. suppor…
Will informix 7.24.uc5 compatiable with solaris 7?
Hi there, I was wondering if Informix Dynamic Server 7.24.uc.5 will be compatiable with solaris 7 when it comes out? Thanks advance, Pat Militzer pmilitzer@ultracom.com…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2.2
When I try to iniailize the shared memory I get an error "oninit: Critical error initializing shared memory" I checked the log and it says the base memory address is 0x80080000 and should be 0x80400000 when I change it it reverses. this is on a SCO open server 5. nay ideas.…
Informix Dynamic Server on Linux NOW!
Check out the Informix WEB Site. There is an announcement that IDS 7.3 is shipping on Linux TODAY! http://www.informix.com/ Art S. Kagel…
Problem installing to NT4.0 server
I'm trying to install Informix dynamic server workgroup edition to Primary domain Nt 4.0 Server. I have created Informix-Admin group and Informix account and grant it all Administrators rights and also Domain administrator rights. The server setup runs ok, but when setup is tryi…
Deployment Licenses of Informix Dynamic Server
I need a free Deployment Licenses of Informix Dynamic Server!…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server blocks
In article <3609EB18.2AB1B1CD@bull.net>, Helmut Leininger <Helmut.Leininger@bull.net> writes >Hi, > >Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect >or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I >find the following message: > >09:03:…
Informix Dynamic Server blocks
Hi, Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I find the following message: 09:03:42 mt.c, line 8362, thread 2139, proc id 17096, mt_notifyvp timed out. Informix server is 7.22.UC2…
Informix Dynamic Server blocks
Hi, Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I find the following message: 09:03:42 mt.c, line 8362, thread 2139, proc id 17096, mt_notifyvp timed out. Informix server is 7.22.UC2…
Shared Memory ??
--------------F10AFCC198D69640B04B5FAB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello! I just installed the Informix OnLine Workgroup Server 7.20 in Sun Sparc 5 with solaris 2.5.1, but when I try to run some utilities (e.g. onspaces, oninit) it…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:40:44 -0500, Ben Jazi <bjazi@fallschurch.esys.com> wrote: >What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server >7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? No, IDS 9.x is the ORDBMS. This autumn the 7.3 and 9.x code lin…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
Ben Jazi wrote: > > What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server > 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? > > Thanks, > Ben I don't know the differences in detail but you could check the following pages, where IDS 7.3 is described …
OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? Thanks, Ben…
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: Unable to create an Index!
Robert Hosler wrote: > > I am running Informix-Online 7.11.UC1 on Digital UNIX 4.0 and I get two > errors whenever I try to create an index. Errors -212 and -116 > > Please send replies to rhosler@ptt-telekom.com or bendarek@sundial.net Error -212 just says that the index could…
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: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai wrote: > > Hello, > > We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we > convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the > index search. For example, a table: > > table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records…
Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai <rwie@netvigator.com> offerred: +We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we +convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the +index search. For example, a table: + +table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000…
Index for Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the index search. For example, a table: table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records index : ith_1 on ithitno, ithn…
Re: dbservername/dbserveraliases/nettype
"Scott Kolaya" <skolay1@nycap.rr.com> offerred: +>BTW be careful to not use the same port for shared memory and tcp in +>the sqlhosts on the server > +>Art S. Kagel +We've been using the same port for shared memory and tcp for a year now in +production. Yes, shared memory connec…
shared memory
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------F12A58D21005157C74BAD832 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hello; how do i go about initalizing shared memory for informix 7.2 on a sun? --------------F12A58D21005157C74BAD8…
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: Informix 7.22 Online under AIX 4.1 ERRORS !!!!!
>> shmat: [EINVAL][22]:shared memory base adress illegal >> using 0xd0000000, needs 0xffffffff >> >From onconfig : >SHMBASE 0x30000000 c Shared memory base address PMFJI, but isn't this the important one? The machine specific release notes detail the correct share…
Re: DB 7.21 (HP-UX 10.20) hangs while backup
if RESIDENT is set to 1 the shared memory used by informix will not be swapped to disk by UNIX if UNIX needs more memory. It's generally not a good idea to set to 1 if you're having problems or you're limited on memory. Scott Kolaya…
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…
online workgroup server 7.22 on NT Server CLI probs
I'm running online workgroup server 7.22 on NT server 4 with service pack 3. I cant however get ilogin to work. I get the 406 error. Do I need to do anthing with shared memory before this will work? How does shared memory work with NT? email to ag@roninsrv.demon.co.uk Thanks, …
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.…
-123 ISAM error : no shared memory ... TOP URGENT !!!!!
How to solve Shared Memory can't attach error in AIX 3.X ... Error Message was appeared after run dbaccess ... -529 Cannot attach to shared memory -123 ISAM error : no shared memory. Please send me a solution : brianip@magician.com.hk…
can't attach shared memory , TOP URGENT !!!
How to solve Shared Memory can't attach error in AIX 3.X ... Error Message was appeared after run dbaccess ... -529 Cannot attach to shared memory -123 ISAM error : no shared memory.…
Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
Seth Grimes wrote: > > Jane Vohden wrote: > > > > I have been talking with Informix about upgrading our site from the > > 5.xx Online engine to 7.2x Dynamic Server. They said there was no cost > > I don't think that anyone has pointed out the mistaken terminology > h…
What's the difference between ODS 7.22 and 7.23?
What's the difference between Informix Online Dynamic Server version 7.22 and version 7.23? Thanks in advance. Bill Westphal Rodney District Council mis@rodney.govt.nz…
ODBC unix and dynamic SQL
Hi, Can someone give me some help on using informix odbc drivers (unix) with dynamic SQL on Informix-online dynamic server (7.22 unix) when I use "SQLprepare" I receive the message "too many or too few host variables given" but I think all is Ok R. Gueye…
Re: memory
Thuc Nguyen wrote: > > Hi > > I am running Online 7.23 on HP 10.20 > > We want to find out why we allocate alot of memory per user and never > release it. > > Is that memory leak? Actually you are probably not allocating any memory "per user". If your default connection, or the…
Re: DS_TOTAL_MEMORY configuration
>We are trying to configure our instance of Informix ODS 7.23 to support >pdq. Using the default DSS parameters (DS_TOTAL_MEMORY and DS_MAX_QUERIES >are blank), we get 208 errors when running queries with aggregate >functions and PDQPRIORITY>1. > >Our first guess was to increase …
Re: DS_TOTAL_MEMORY configuration
dmahoney@intraware.com wrote: : We are trying to configure our instance of Informix ODS 7.23 to support : pdq. Using the default DSS parameters (DS_TOTAL_MEMORY and DS_MAX_QUERIES : are blank), we get 208 errors when running queries with aggregate : functions and PDQPRIORITY>1. …
Re: DS_TOTAL_MEMORY configuration
dmahoney@intraware.com wrote: : We are trying to configure our instance of Informix ODS 7.23 to support : pdq. Using the default DSS parameters (DS_TOTAL_MEMORY and DS_MAX_QUERIES : are blank), we get 208 errors when running queries with aggregate : functions and PDQPRIORITY>1. …
DS_TOTAL_MEMORY configuration
We are trying to configure our instance of Informix ODS 7.23 to support pdq. Using the default DSS parameters (DS_TOTAL_MEMORY and DS_MAX_QUERIES are blank), we get 208 errors when running queries with aggregate functions and PDQPRIORITY>1. Our first guess was to increase DS_TOT…
Re: Informix Online 5.0 and Solaris 2.5
>"Shared memory not initailzed" does (necessarily) imply a problem with >the UNIX server's shared memory; This first line should have read ".... does not (necessarily imply a problem ...." Also, I've checked my release files and your shared memory settings seem fine. Neil Trub…
Re: Error 208: Shared memory problem
Mark D. Stock wrote: } Derrick Hardison wrote: } > } > This may be obvious, but make sure that the SHMTOTAL parameter in the } > ONCONFIG file is set to the maximum amount of memory available to } > On-line. } > NOTE: This is the total amount of memory in the system minus any …
Re: Error 208: Shared memory problem
Derrick Hardison wrote: > > This may be obvious, but make sure that the SHMTOTAL parameter in the > ONCONFIG file is set to the maximum amount of memory available to > On-line. > NOTE: This is the total amount of memory in the system minus any > memory needed by the OS and othe…
Re: Error 208: Shared memory problem
This may be obvious, but make sure that the SHMTOTAL parameter in the ONCONFIG file is set to the maximum amount of memory available to On-line. NOTE: This is the total amount of memory in the system minus any memory needed by the OS and other processes. If On-line tries to dy…
Re: memory
In article <5v76b7$pg0@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Thuc Nguyen <thucn@email.utcourts.gov> writes >I looked at the log file of Online 7.23 running on HP 10.20 > >What does "dynamically allocated new shared memory segment" mean? >and how can I resolve that problem? > > >14:57:23 Chec…
memory
I looked at the log file of Online 7.23 running on HP 10.20 What does "dynamically allocated new shared memory segment" mean? and how can I resolve that problem? 14:57:23 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 2 seconds. 14:57:43 dynamically allocated new shared memory segment …
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 ... Multi System Disaster
... >We are facing a problem of consististently running out of memory. >ie.: INFORMIX seems to be taking control of 100% of the memory >resources ... I would first look in the config file and see if shmtotal is set to zero. If it is, that means you are allowing Informix to grab…
Re: HELP ... Multi System Disaster
... >We are facing a problem of consististently running out of memory. >ie.: INFORMIX seems to be taking control of 100% of the memory >resources ... I would first look in the config file and see if shmtotal is set to zero. If it is, that means you are allowing Informix to grab…
Java and Informix Dynamic Server 7.x
Hi friends! I am trying to do server-side java cgi programming to connect to I-ODS 7.x. Do you know how I can do that? I heard it is possible to use the jdbc-odbc bridge( intersolve or openlink's), but the performance is too slow, because of jdbc to odbc and odbc to jdbc convert…
Re: Shared Memory allocation error
<SNIP> > I am having a problem with online ver 7.10.UD1 running on AIX 4.1.4.0. > When I run a query on a view that joins many tables online begins > allocating additional shared memory until it hits an illegal address. <SNIP> > SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual…
Shared Memory allocation error
All: I am having a problem with online ver 7.10.UD1 running on AIX 4.1.4.0. When I run a query on a view that joins many tables online begins allocating additional shared memory until it hits an illegal address. At this time the query hangs but the engine stays up. If anyone c…
Shared memory
My director told me that Digital dialed into our Unix box (AT&T running Informix 5.05) and saw that every sqlturbo is getting 5000 pages of memory. Does anyone know if this set in the tbconfig file? I can't find any information about this. If I can reduce this, it may benefit …
Re: Shared Virtual Memory Question/Engine Shutdown
In article <5d9913$cq5@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Mario Estrada <marioestrada@guate.net> writes >Hi Carol! > >Error 22, is a Unix error indicating hat an invalid argument has been passed, >in DSA terms, it means that the shared memory requested by oninit >cannot be allocated. > >1)…
Shared Virtual Memory Question/Engine Shutdown
Our project site recently received a binary executable from a sister site which updated approximately 5000 stored procedures. The executable brought down the engine due to shared memory limitations. When looking at the data (onconfig, memory on machine, etc. as stated below), t…
Re: shmdt: errno = 22
Double check the shared memory parameters Informix suggests for 7.12 for your kernel. Good Luck, Arun…
Re: HELP I'm in crisis
You need to avoid dynamic shared memory segments on HP at all costs. If your SHMVERTSIZE is 60000, I would suspect that would be enough. However, if your application is leaving a lot of open statements (i.e. not issueing a FREE on a prepared statement or CURSOR) then each user t…
Re: ONINIT ERROR - shared memory
Peter Strempel wrote: > > I get the following error when running oninit or onmonitor to initialise > our database for the first time: > > WARNING: semsys: can't load module, too much memory requested. > > We are running ONLINE DS ver 7.20.UC3 on Solaris 2.5.1. The hardware is > …
Re: malloc()/brk() failing with lots of mem. and swap space ?
Atiqullah Hashmi wrote: > > We are running Sol2.4 on a Sun 670. The applic. uses informix. > At one point during execution, the applic. is failing in malloc(). > Although there is not sign of mem. shortage. Below are the relevant > outputs of unix tools to determine mem/swap spac…
Re: out of virtual shared memory
In article <53bidq$gqf@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, mailgw!hpx400!Trevisol_R oberto/bbb_cak@srv3-poa.nutecnet.com.br writes >>In article <530p0d$o12@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, >>Ralph.Halter@pac.panmail.com writes >>>Hi all! >>> > >>>When I saw this message today I checked with onstat …
Re: out of virtual shared memory
>In article <530p0d$o12@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, >Ralph.Halter@pac.panmail.com writes >>Hi all! >> >>We're running OnLine 7.10.UD1 on AIX 4.1.2 on an RS6000-J30 with 256MB memory >>and 480MB paging space. There are 15 uniface developers/users filling about >>50MB of logical logs …
Shared memory
I guess i missed some previous discussion about shared memory problems. I'll appreciatesome info about the followinfg error message: "Cannot attach shared memmory" from the Rapid Developement System, Informix 4GL V4.10 under AIX. Ramiro Rela.…
Re: initializing shared memory
} From: Gene Terry Sanford <tsanford@csti-md.com> } Subject: initializing shared memory } } We are runnning informix 4.1 on SCO OpenSever 5.02. } When we run tbinit to initialize shared memory we get } the following error: } } tbinit: shmat[EINVAL][22]: shared memory base addres…
initializing shared memory
We are runnning informix 4.1 on SCO OpenSever 5.02. When we run tbinit to initialize shared memory we get the following error: tbinit: shmat[EINVAL][22]: shared memory base address illegal using 0x80480000, needs 0x80000000 tbinit: fatal error in shared memory creation. Our…
Re: Shared Memory Not released
>Brian Li <cphdcbl@ted.cs.depaul.edu> wrote in article ><511nel$aft@shrike.depaul.edu>... >> >> Dear Informix experts, >> >> We are currently have Informix Dynamic Online running on our HP T500 >machine >> and recently have shared memory problem which is only known to be solved …
>1 Virtual Shared Memory Segment slow down
I've been told by Informix that having >1 virtual shared memory segment slows down your Informix Online Database server. Informix normally has 3 share memory segments 1 Fixed size 'Resident' shared memory segment for disk cache etc. 1 Fixed size 'Message' shared…
SHARED MEMORY
Hi All When doing kernel performance tuning for a Informix 5.0 system with 512MB memory and 50GB disk, should the the shared memory be included into the kernel parameter tuning or excluded. Watching the memory use with 'cpqmon' it appears that these calculations should be done …
SHARED MEMORY
Hi All When doing kernel performance tuning for a Informix 5.0 system with 512MB memory and 50GB disk, should the the shared memory be included into the kernel parameter tuning or excluded. Watching the memory use with 'cpqmon' it appears that these calculations should be done …
Re: SHARED MEMORY
At 12:36 PM 6/19/96 -0700, Paul Middleton wrote: >When doing kernel performance tuning for a Informix 5.0 system with 512MB >memory and 50GB disk, should the the shared memory be included into the >kernel parameter tuning or excluded. > >Watching the memory use with 'cpqmon' it a…
segmentation violation on O.L.7.12
On aix 4.1.4 an online 7.12.uc1, online crash after the following statement: revoke all on fakturen from public; The table fakturen has 532020 rows. The log file indicates: Assert Failed: Internal Error - Segmentation Violation Who:Session(271, informix@dpescam1, 12472, 107402…
Re: Question about virtual memory segments
Item Subject: Texto da Mensagem }>We're running Online version 7.11 on HP/UX 9.X and have run into a }problem }>where the engine keeps crashing since it keeps allocation virtual memory }>segments until all memory is used up. Is this the correct behavior or }>have we run into a bu…
Re: Question about virtual memory segments
>We're running Online version 7.11 on HP/UX 9.X and have run into a problem >where the engine keeps crashing since it keeps allocation virtual memory >segments until all memory is used up. Is this the correct behavior or >have we run into a bug? Hello Bill -- There is a paramet…
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: Loading tables in Shared Memory
peeyush wrote: > > Hi, > > I need to know how to load some of the frequently used tables (like master > reference tables which are accessed very frequently) into SHARED MEMORY. By > loading them into shared memory, they permanently reside there until they > are unloaded, and the …
Re: Loading tables in Shared Memory
peeyush (peeyush@toj.com) wrote: : Hi, : I need to know how to load some of the frequently used tables (like master : reference tables which are accessed very frequently) into SHARED MEMORY. By : loading them into shared memory, they permanently reside there until they : are unl…
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…
Re: 6.0 Shared Memory Usage
From: jvemo@cyberspace.com (Jon C. Vemo) > There are (I believe there also in ver. 6) $ONCONFIG parameters to control > the amount memory that OnLine can consume. If these are not set (in > particular SHMTOTAL), then SHM will grow until there's no more room to grow >…
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: OnLine shared memory question
>From: res@din.lois.perm.su (Igor G. Popov) >Subject: OnLine shared memory question >Date: Fri, 28 Oct 94 16:55:07 +0600 >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.9512> >When I attempt to increase BUFFERS value in tbconfig, >initializing fail and print message: >tbinit: shmat[EINV…
Re: Online and Shared memory
ywleung@ouray.denver.colorado.edu (YIU WAH LEUNG) writes: >I went into a theoretical discussion with my workmate on how Informix handles >shared memory that is defined by using tbmonitor/Parameter/Shared memory. >He said that the size of the shared memory that defined in Informi…