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Not enough room in ROOT DBspace
Reduce the size of your PHYSFILE. You probably moved it to another dbspace after setting up the first server. Start it smaller, then create the plog dbspace and move it there and resize. j. On 1/4/17 4:09 PM, STEVEN AB wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to setup a new server with the …
script to check status of dbspaces & chunks
Hi All, I need to write a shell script to check the status of all dbspaces & all chunks of an instance & send an email if any of dbspaces/chunks got corrupted/dropped/inconsistent etc Can any body help me in this regards? Regards…
Informix Parallel Backup Question
Hi Stefan, Informix does support parallel back-ups through onbar, and most storage managers also supports this. However this might need some further explanation. What onbar is doing when using this parallel option is that it will backup several (db)spaces at the same time. (So n…
How to configure alarmprogram.sh to trigger only on errors and replication failures?
Hello, The alarmprogram.sh is just a shell script. You need to look into it and tailor it to your needs. This script was meant to help you to have a basic example. You could enrich it the way you want by either adding things or adapting things to alter the way y…
Extending chunk capacity
A couple more notes. If the server creates a chunk from a directory entry in the storage pool, as you know it will create a new cooked file in the directory and use it for the chunk. If its space is a regular dbspace we'll automatically mark that new chunk as extendable, so you s…
raw disk support deprecated in RHEL 9.x
Mark: Yea, RH and a few other distributions have been trying to eliminate RAW disk on Linux forever. I think that this is the fourth time that RH has deprecated RAW support. Until now it has always reappeared after a time. In the past it was also possible to manually install the …
How to verify all the requirements for an onbar restore
Well, that sounds like progress! You still have the logical recovery to go, but fingers crossed it works. If you have no visibility into the storage manager itself then the process can be frustrating. Note that you can use BAR_MAX_RESTORE to restore multiple spaces in parallel …
Update to myschema available!
Folks: I have uploaded an update to my utils2_ak package to my web site ( My Utilities ) with the following change: Fixed the --infrastructure output for PLOG type dbspaces to eliminate free space within the PLOG space that is an artifact of having moved the physical log within t…
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 ------------------------------…
Why is `onbar -v` so slow?
Hi because onbar -v is doing a completely different job. onbar -b and onbar -r are "simply" reading kind of serial an object (either a dbspace object or a backup object in the storage manager) and the writing it (again either a dbspace object or a backup object). Being able handl…
A bit more clarity on LEVEL 1 backups
Quite generally, as the backup side falls into two parts, the 'physical' spaces backup (a snapshot of the used parts of your chunks - as simple as that) and the 'logical logs' backups, also the restore would first perform so called physical restore which is copying back that snap…
How to find which dbspaces are set to auto extend?
Ramon: No, there is nothing in sysadmin about extending chunks of expanding dbspaces using the storage pool either. It is all stored in sysdbspaces and syschunks. Witness: dbaccess sysmaster - > select * from sysdbspaces where dbsnum = 4; dbsnum 4 name datadbs_1 o…
Temp dbspace usage
Glad we could help :-) https://www.oninitgroup.com/faq-items/dbspaces-how-to-list-temp-dbspace-contents ------------------------------ Doug Lawry Oninit Consulting ------------------------------…
database list under dbspace
Amit: select name, dbinfo( 'dbspace', partnum ) as dbspace from sysdatabases where dbinfo( 'dbspace', partnum ) = 'datadbs_1'; name art dbspace datadbs_1 name forums dbspace datadbs_1 name nologging dbspace datadbs_1 name logged dbspace datadbs_1 name pinn…
Block during checkpoint
ABeMie: Best practice for temp dbspaces: Have at between three and six temp dbspaces to maximize sort performance. If you use temp tables extensively in multiple concurrent sessions for intermediate results that are reprocessed, then the more temp dbspaces the better. I have clie…
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…
-951 trap
Folks, IDS 11.70 AIX 7.4 Is there any way/method etc. to trap for the following authentication error and send out an alert to security admins ? (other than greping the msg log ) 951: Incorrect password or user is not known on the database server. Preferably would like to have…
how to change the default location of rootdbs
I have installed innovator-c 11.7 with default settings. when I do onstat -d /usr1/Informix/ol_informix1170/dbspaces/rootdbs /usr1/Informix/ol_informix1170/dbspaces/plogdbs /usr1/Informix/ol_informix1170/dbspaces/llogdbs /usr1/Informix/ol_informix1170/dbspaces/datadbs /usr1/Infor…
systemd centos7
Hi All, we configured systemd on CentOs7 to start and stop informix server 12.10.FC10. Im not sure of the type of the service so I tried oneshot, simple and forking. Informix starts in all cases. I see no difference. But we have an issue: If starting informix via systemd, the …
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…
storagepool free space recovery
Hello everyone, I dropped a storagepool dbspace using 'onspaces -d' instead of the function 'drop dbspace to storagepool'. How do I return the free space to the storagepool? Is there a function to list the contents of the storagepool? Thanks, Benoît…
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.…
Which dbspace does a database occupy
IDS 11.50.FC5 Solaris 10 I have several dbspaces and databases. How can I tell which dbspace a particular database is in? Thank you. Larry sorensen…
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…
Logical Log Sizing
Hi, I'd think you can make the logs bigger. So big that you have "only" about 100 logical logs (providing the same total log space you have now). That way the percentage calculations (e.g. for the high watermarks) still work reasonably accurate. If you worry about loosing…
STORAGE_FULL_ALARM
We are trying to get some monitoring setup to let us know when diskspace is running out. I have been reading up on this STORAGE_FULL_ALARM. It looks to me like it alarms and sends a message to the message log once it is out of space. Is it possible to tell it to alarm when it is…
onload questions
IDS 11.50.FC5 Solaris 10 I sent this in a couple of days ago, but I never saw it posted. --- I created an onunload copy of a database on a server. The original database is housed in two difference dbspaces, a 2k and an 8k. Questions Does the unload contain any dbspace infor…
onload - onunload
IDS 11.50.FC5 Solaris 10 I created an onunload copy of a database on a server. The original database is housed in two difference dbspaces, a 2k and an 8k. Questions Does the unload contain any dbspace information? How does it know to send the tables to the different dbspaces?…
dbspace soft links to storage
Hi all, Regarding using soft links for dbspaces, I understood how I do it for a dbspace, make a soft link in $INFORMIXDIR/storage/chunks to the dbspace on the storage and then add the dbspace using the soft link as the path. But do I do it for the rootdbs ? since it is created at…
use of dbspaces?
Gurus: If the entire database is cached in the bufferpool, does it matter how the database tables and indices might be physically deployed in dbspaces? I typically observe read cache hit rate to be 99.99% and write rate to be 98%. The database layout hasn't been modified for o…
storage pool feedback
Right now in every ifx server I have, space increase is managed manually. Any of you tried the storage pool options? I have done it in test servers and I'm afraid I will loose control over what is the server doing. For instance I'm thinking about creating a storage pool but not…
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)…
Chunks Down Help
Hi restore the dbspace from your last archive, if you don't have an archive you must call the support, they have tools to quickly bring up dbspaces.…
after upgrading to 12.1 log back script not workin
Thanks to Petr he got it working it seems my onpsm command when I setup the LOGPOOL must have been wrong or something as the pool was READ-ONLY (no idea why I didn't see that). Did a onpsm -D update /opt/informix/backups/infx/logs -g LOGPOOL -p HIGHEST and poof it started workin…
Re: Identify the sessions which using all tempspac
Done! Meanwhile: http://www.oninitgroup.com/listing-temp-dbspace-contents Regards, Doug Lawry…
ALARMPROGRAM: Event Alarms Filtering?
Hello, IDS 11.70 I need to find out if there is a way to force ALARMPROGRAM not to trigger itself whenever certain types of events happen. For example, I am making dbexport backups of all dbs during night, and I need to temporarily stop ER. This event is with type WARNING and …
point-in-time restore
Need another set of eyes on something I've done numerous times in the past. Engine assert failing on logical restore (physical worked fine) ... my apologies for length of the "setup" below: IDS 11.5.FC8/AIX 7.1; onbar; TSM 1. Archive exists on TSM dated 4/24 for production:engi…
dbspaces corrupted
We have Version 11.70FC4 sitting on a Red Hat 5.9 server that is, in turn virtualised. All dbspaces are on cooked file systems. We had a process that blocked the server using "onmode c block" followed by a level 0 backup using "ontape s L 0". At some point during the backup,…
chunk extendable limit.
AIX 6.1 IFX 12.10 xF4 Hi , Today my production run with v11.50 and I'm evaluating the migration to v12.10 . Considering migrate chunks from RAW to Cooked file (with direct_io+concurrent_io) my initial plan would be export/import the database and reorganize tables and chunks. ~ …
Root db space fills up
The instantiated view is approximately 160 MB and the dbspace added is 2GB. It seems that the database doesn't even try to use the new dbspace. I've looked at what is in the different dbspaces during execution of the select query against the view and the temp table appears in the…
RFE request for session details during virtual shm
Thanks a lot, Jacques. From the manual page, SHMVIRT_ALLOCSEG it says that: alarm_level: Optional. An integer value from 1 to 5 that specifies the level of the event alarm to raise: 1 = Not noteworthy, 2 = Information, 3 = Attention (Default), 4 = Emergency, 5 = Fatal. The event…
RSS not working
-bash-4.2$ onstat - IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC9 -- On-Line --…
consolidating dbspaces
HP UX B.11.31 U 9000/800 IDS 11.70.FC7GE Good Day, I want to consolidate a number of 2gb chunks into a single chunk. Can anyone advise me on how to do that ? Thanks…
Problem dropping dbspace
A little more information, in case it is helpful. The cause of the corruption is that the raw devices were accidentally allocated to a second instance while still allocated to this instance. Both instances have flagged these devices as offline. The original plan was to drop thes…
onload question
When using the onload -d dbspace option, when the original database was unloaded from two dbspaces, does the -d option overwrite both the original dbspaces and write them both to the specified dbspace? If so, is there a way to say, if the database came from dbspace 1, write it t…
RE: onload question
Solaris 10 - Sparc IDS 11.50.FC5 When using the onload -d dbspace option, when the original database was unloaded from two dbspaces, does the -d option overwrite both the original dbspaces and write them both to the specified dbspace? If so, is there a way to say, if the databa…
Informix upgrade
Can we upgrade informix from Dynamic Server Version 11.70 to 12.1 workgroup edition directly?…
Re: storage pool configuration.
Hi Art, Thanks for the fast answer... Your explanation just confirm my suspicious... Way the storage pool work is very discouraging for me... The missing limit of expandable chunk is something what I don't understand how this feature could be "born" without it... We don't want…
Logical logs - push or pull?
Hi Bill, Since a "LOG FULL" is an internal engine event (among the many other events) and that the engine executes the alarm program of your choice (the name of the alarm program should be defined in the ALARMPROGRAM onconfig parameter, I prefer to keep this solution. Plus the …
when use IfxDataReader.GetIfxDateTime to NULL valu
Hello, The version of Informix products in my environment is: Database server: AIX IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC5 IBM Informix CSDK Version 2.90 IBM-ESQL Version 2.90.FC4 Client: PC Windows IBM Informix-ESQL 3.70.TC5DE.…
error on Imported restore
trying an imported restore from a whole system backup ( onbar -r -w -p ) and I get this error.. Unable to start the storage space restore: Archive API error: already open. two weeks ago I successfully did an imported restore to another server (same source server). With this ne…
DB_locale or local naming convention
Hi, I already mention the informix version. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE…
Initializing shared memory
Here is what I get if I don't set the FULL_DISK_INIT to 1: Fri Jan 18 07:24:06 2013 07:24:06 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/opt/informix/etc/no_log.sh' 07:24:06 Booting Language <c> from module <> 07:24:06 Loading Module <CNULL> 07:24:06 Booting Language <builtin> from mod…
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,…
Interpreting event alarm messages
we are on 11.7.FC5 on AIX 6.1 seeing many instances of dynamic lock allocation - however, that is the only thing that gets written to the online log and the ph_alert table: "dynamically allocated 1000000 locks" however, the manual states that " if a thread attempts to acquire a …
how to restore a dbspace that is NOT down...
George, Thank you but I read your email a little too late. I wish I could try all these valuable steps from yours. Anyway, we called IBM Informix, they said they may have to dial in, too much of an issue, and we don't know how that worked here having someone to dial in. So we dec…
alarmprogram.sh when LTAPEDEV /dev/null
2 dr-xr-xr-x 92 bin bin 8192 Apr 6 2011 /opt 61926 drwxr-xr-x 38 informix informix 8192 Sep 13 2011 /opt/informix 61927 drwxrwxr-x 4 informix informix 8192 Aug 13 09:34 /opt/informix/etc 83027 -rwxr-xr-x 1 informix informix 19932 Aug 4 2010 /opt/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh head…
Config Help
Your biggest performance problem is that you are running your server on a VM. IO performance under VMWare is VERY VERY POOR and, as I've said several times already this month, databases live and die on IO performance. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.co…
Full db restore from 1 server to another
Hi All, I would like to ask if anyone here knows why my restore is failing? 2012-06-27 12:49:44 17738 17736 Working with veritas-netbackup as generic storage manager. 2012-06-27 12:49:44 17738 17736 Successfully connected to Storage Manager. 2012-06-27 12:53:05 17738 17736 Begi…
alrmprogram
On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 9:28:44 AM UTC-5, tom...@gmail.com wrote: > hello > > we recently upgraded from version 11.7.FC4 to 11.7.FC5 on AIX 6.1. > The scripts we use for the backups and alarms are the same (except for the new paths, of course) and we have ADMIN and PAGER set to…
What are best onconfig parameters for a DSS app
Frank.... first question: Is your database installation being made for a production system???? Alexandre Marini IBM Informix Certified Professional v10 / v11.50 / v11.70 IBM Information Management Informix Technical Professional IBM Infosphere DataStage Technical Professional …
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…
on tape -c
ALmost, see below: 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 DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other …
DBSpace Full?
We are trying to insert data into a table and get the following error WARNING: DBspace dldata1 is full Seems pretty straight forward... except the space is not full. Only the last chunk added is full. (see onstat -d below) informix@psdb03sat:~> onstat -d | grep 19 8e33ee80 …
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 …
onbar dbspace restore with fragmentation
Five minutes after my data warehouse project's weekly ETL script for its logged database completed, an assert failure occurred and the informixserver halted at a checkpoint. When I forced it to continue, the instance remained online but an entire dbspace with constituent chunks …
Informix doesn`t start
Art, Jack, I hope that You will seat when You will read this text. I just reboot whole machine and base started properly... I heavent done anything else. What can i say? This is just windows? Belowe are logs after reebot, there nothing "special" 09:05:00 IBM Informix Dynamic Se…
event trigger/alarm
Hi, Folks, IDS11.50 FC8, Redhat Linux. I am going to narrow down which job peoridically caused IDS to add new memory segments. Basically, the plan is, whenever IDS is adding a new memory segment( as in the attached online log messge) , the event will trigger my script to take …
IDS Monitoring tolls
I'm administering a large number of IBM-DB instance under HP-UX, with version IDS 11.50, XPS, some DB2 databases. Today, I use HP-Open View (OVO) to monitoring. with this tool, I generate logs and alarm events via e-mail. My organization ask me if exist another monitoring tools…
dbpaces
hi, i want to copy using sql a table from 1 dbspace to another dbspace . Is this operation possible with ids 11.50? exemple: insert into dbpace1.database1.table1 from select * from dbspace2.database2.table2 thank's for your help…
Drop DBSpace
Hi experts, I want wo drop a dbspace, which we have been using for some byte columns as blob store. Now, we added a smartblob space and copied all the values to a blob column. The whole table was copied and access to the new table works good. Old table was dropped now. We want t…
Re: 11.70xC3 conversion
Thanks, Art, but now the service won’t keep running. The log has this: 14:53:34 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. 14:53:34 Warning: The IBM IDS Innovator-C Edition license restriction limits 14:53:34 the total shared memory size for this server to 2097152 KB. 14:53:34 The …
Running onsmsync in single-user mode
On 30/08/2011 14:27, red_valsen wrote: > Precisely what does onsmsync do when it is run with no parameters, and > in what order, i.e., what is it using as basis of comparison: storage > manager, sysutils database or ixbar file? Will I lose data if someone > mistakenly runs onsms…
Determine Dbspace Pagesize
What query can I run vs. sysmaster or system catalog tables to determine the pagesize for a given dbspace?…
Help! Broken server destroys customer demo...
I'm not sure how to attach a file to a message, so I'll post the files inline: ol_matdemo.log: 11:03:45 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. 11:03:45 Warning: The IBM IDS Developer Edition license restriction limits 11:03:45 the total shared memory size for this server to 10485…
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…
Backup Options for Informix
Apparently the wrong places . . . I think I got side tracked by onbar. On Wed, 2011-07-13 at 08:40 -0400, Martin Fuerderer wrote: > Hi, > > the Backup and Restore Guide says in chapter 12 (ontape Config): > > ------------------------------------------------ > Specify a file syst…
Dbspace restore
Several large tables located in a single dbspace of a database were inadvertently truncated. I attempted an onbar restore of the dbspace but received the following error message in onbar log: "Storage space <dbspacename> is not down so it will not be restored." But I've restore…
Dbspace restore
A user accidentally truncated tables all located in a single dbspace of a database, but I'm unable to restore the individual dbspace as a warm onbar restore -- onbar log grouses "Storage space <dbspace> is not down so it will not be restored." However, I've been able to …
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.…
rootdbs mirror
That would work. Other ideas: You could also take an external archive (ie onmode -c block) to copy the chunks (using dd, rcp, or a SAN level copy if the storage units are compatible at that level) if you can keep the checkpoint block long enough without disrupting operations. Th…
Enterprise Replication event alarm code question
IDS 11.50.UC5 RHEL 5 We have the alarm program picking up event 71 for ER node disconnected and alerting through to our support system to go find out where the node went (network fault etc). The question is what is the event code to say "connected again"? I can't find it in the …
dbspace planning
Hello, I have only 4-300GB SAS 10K RPM drives that are mirrored across 2 channels. I'm using RAW devices. Any suggestions as to optimal dbspace layout in this IDS 11.7UC1GE instance on RHEL5.5 32-bit for OLTP? I'm planning layout below: disk 1. rootdbspace, phys log, logical …
Performance advantage: fragment across dbspaces vs. in single space
Is there any advantage to fragmenting across multiple dbspaces instead of simply fragmenting in the same space? Aside from performance, are there any other reasons to fragment across dbspaces? Using IDS 11.50.FC4 on HPUX 11.23.…
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…
onunload dbspace handling
Does onunload/onload handle variations in dbspaces? That is: 1) If I onunload a database which resides in 2 dbspaces, can I onload it into another instance with differently named dbspaces? If so, what is the command line syntax? 2) Can I onload a database which resided in 2 d…
Re: Question regarding restore of a full (but not "Whole-system") onbar backup
Hi, The "Backup and Restore Guide" of IDS 10 () said (just to pick one place): ---excerpt start---------------------- ON-Bar Backup Examples The following sections contain examples of ON?Bar syntax for backing up storage spaces. Performing a Level-0 Backup of All Storag…
Number of dbspaces
Hi, I have a database of 250 GB of user data. How many dbspaces is suitable for optimal performance: - For OLTP transactions ? - For queries ? - For backup using onbar ? Currently, I have 30 dbspaces configured. Is there any strategy or tip that I can use? Please, provide any i…
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…
Raw Devices
Currently we are using our database on IDS 11.50.FC6 and our dbspaces are on UFS file system.Can we transfer our existing dbspaces on raw disk and how we do it , Also how much down time is expected.…
Extent and DBSpace
Hi, I have a database space issue due to the 2Gb limit on a DBSpace. How do you force the next extent of a table to be on another DBSpace. Thanks Andrus…
new onconfig parameters added onconfig file 11.5
most of these aren't new at all. Some have been around since 7.10. Some were undocumented until around 9.30 or so. Others were new in 9.40 or 10.00. There are a few really new ones, but, the server upgrade does not, to my knowledge, update the ONCONFIG file at all. Art Art S. K…
Dbspace recovery
Hi, I have started testing revovery of a singe dbspace or all. The senario is that the server that the IDS was running on is completely gone and we have to restore a backup from the backupsystem (we use Veritas NetBackup) to a new server/host running the same IDS version (for ti…
alarmprogram.sh
Good Morning My Informix dbs are all IDS 10FC4 and my alarm program in configure with the following parameter: ALRM_ATTENTION=3 In order to identify an issue the Im having with some particular session that is causing a excess of additional shared memory segments I would like t…
Random Server Slowdown "Redone"
There are some usual things you could do for now: 1) calc your database ratios, I think there are several NETTYPE, BUFFERS and even BTSCANNER options that could be optimized, you could download Mr. Art script to automatically know these important numbers!!! It´s on the download …
Re: is possible multiple instances with the same dbspace?
OK, so what do you want to do? You can combine everything into a single server instance, or two servers one master and one copy which can be a MACH11 HDR secondary or an ER participant with independent storage, or you can keep the current setup and have all six servers on the sa…
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…
Move a table to particular DB space
Hi All, How we can a move a particular table from one dbspace to another dbspace? Please help. Thx…
Curiosu about a message in bar_act.log
What does this message mean in bar_act.log? "n percent of [dbspace name] has been backed up."…
IDS 7.13 Monitoring tool
Is there any event ALARM program comes with informix 7.13 for monitoring Database server. What are the software/application that I can use to monitor our Database server health which is running on HP-UX 10.01. Please help me.…
Re: On recovering single fragmented table via archecker
Hi Omar, I'm wondering if your source table in the schema command file for table-level restore is missing the "with rowids" info. For example, here's the content of my schema command file for restoring a table called frag_tab1 to a file named /tmp/ext_tab1.unl . ==============…
How do you approach this problem?
Jeremiah L wrote: > The log files recently took up 100% of the file system for the > logfiles. Additional space was given but now informix is giving us > this: > > IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC4 -- On-Line (CKPT > REQ) -- Up 4 days 10:31:40 -- 2258944 Kbytes > …
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…
Insert into an indexed table is really SLOW!
MIKE DUNHAM-WILKIE wrote: > I am running into performance problems inserting into an indexed table, using > Informix 11.50. The following timings for loading into > compressed/uncompressed, indexed/non-indexed tables using dbload/HPL-Deluxe > more illustrate the problem. The numb…
alarmprogram! how to trigger
How are you testing the ALARMPROGRAM? It always works for me and many of our clients. To test the logical log archive you have to force the engine to switch logical logs (onmode -l) at which point the ALARMPROGRAM will fire can be called with event code 23. To test the storage fu…
Need a Way to create sysutils & sysadmin DB
Hi, Using IDS 11.5 , 1)Have any way to migrate sysutils & sysadmin DB to different DBSPACE? 2)Or create in different dbspace? rgds schillache…
WARNING: Next backup of DBspace rootdbs must be le
Hi, thanks for answering, yeah we add chunks to dbspaces, but we had not added chunks to rootdbs y physical y logical logs dbspaces. For example today and May 26 i added chunks to normal dbspaces and we didnt get the WARNINIG NEXT backup message. What other reason it could cause …
Re: Upgrade to 10 Failed
chang the link name of root dbspace file, it can't be same as rootdbs.…
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 …
how to save the removed chunks by mistake
Someone want to drop a dbspace and remove the chunk file by mistake. Server can not restart owing to the down chunk. Can not drop dbspace or chunk by 'onspaces' or 'onmonitor'. Any way to solve this problem ?…
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…
Remove onbar expired images
Dave wrote: > Hello, > > We are running Informix IDS 10.00.FC6X7 on Solaris and we recently > upgraded from ontape to onbar and are using the NetBackup storage > manager. Generally we keep our backups on a five week retention > schedule and after that time NetBackup expires thos…
Dbspace creation
Hi, I have 3 hard disk partitions hda5, hda6, hda7. I would like to create dbspace in each of this file system partitions. hda5 - dbspace1 hda6 - dbspace2 hda7 - dbspace3 We wish the dbspaces to have the size equivalent to the partition size. I have created the dbspace1 usin…
Looking for comprehensive list of all IDS event class id and message parameters with associated severity
Does anybody know where I can obtain a comprehensive list of all of the IDS version 11.10 event class id and message parameters WITH the associated severity in regard to the alarm program? I have the separate lists, just need to know that what each individual CLASS ID has for a…
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…
Audit Logs
If you have your own ALARM script, try trapping *all* alarms, including the 'message' ('info'?) type and just dumping the text to a file in /tmp. There *might* be a 'message' type that shows switching audit logs. -- Bob -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Fern…
insert performance on fragmented table
I added another dbspace and the insert time was cut in half. Thank you Paul Sullivan…
Migration to a new storage
We will use a new storage for dbspaces. How I can migrate data from old storage to new the new storage. Can I use ‘dd’ for it? I will move dbspaces by ‘dd’ and re-link my dbspaces on new storage.…
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…
Is there a downside to creating large chunks?
I am running a Baan ERP system on Informix 11.50/HPUX that has 5800 tables. I want to spread these across 8 dbspaces. Is there a disadvantage or advantage to creating 1 chunk per dbspace initially? Thanks, Andy…
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.…
what is using tmp dbspace ?
Is there a way to tell what session is using the tmp dbspaces ? Thanks, floyd…
Archive Output File Sizes Differ by 31%
I currently archive to disk after which the system uses a storage manager to backup the resulting file. Yesterday, the disk partition read as follows: /dev/archive10_lv 100663296 0 100% 32 100% /archive10 Today, without any significant blobs being deleted from the system, the …
Informix backup fails.
Hi, I am trying to take backup of my Informix database using the Onbar but the backup fails, I cheked the bar_act.log file I found the following :- BACKUP & VERIFICATION ===================== For IBM Informix Dynamic Server: -b [-L <level>] [-w | -f <filename> | <spaces>] [-O]…
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…
Temporary Restore of 1 dbspace
Sebastian, Norma J. wrote: > Here's what I am thinking Art, > Jacques could tar up his informixdir, lay it down on test system (or do > a fresh/simple install on test server), bring up a tiny engine (little > onconfig settings), cook the file space for all we care... Create a > l…
Rename Dbspaces
Hi All: I can rename logs dbspaces online ??? Thanks _________________________________________________________________ Regístrate en el nuevo Windows Live Messenger beta. [1]¡Haz click aquí! References 1. http://g.msn.com/8HMAESAR/2734??PS=47575…
LOGSIZE recommendation
Your current specifications are very low LOGSIZE=2000 LOGFILES=10 Your total log space is 2000*10=20000=~20MB (we have ~7GB -- we still think it is low, of course every environment is different) At 20MB log space and if your Storage manager somehow stops working, your Informix …
Fragment by partition
Version: Informix 10 I have couple of questions regarding fragment by partition in same dbspace: 1. Is there any limitation as to how many partition a dbspace can have. 2. Is partition name unique to dbspace or unique to index/table. Logically it should be unique to dbspace as …
Erroneous event alarm 7 "Initialization failure"
Just a gripe, really - a little while back our alerting system raised the above alarm (via ALARMPROGRAM) and initiated a callout, and all we found was "WARNING! Physical Log size 15000 is too small. Physical Log overflows may occur during peak activity. Recommended minimum Physic…
Restoring Specific dbspaces
IDS9.40.FC4 HPUX11.0 Hello all a few questions for you regarding restoring specific dbspaces. The customer we support has added a test company (within baan) into a specific dbscpace, if this testdata becomes corrupt would it be feasible to restore this dbspace only? When restor…
IIUG TV
Great job on the video work!! I look forward to seeing more! -t- -- -- Informix Dynamic Server Database Engine -- http://www.informix.com --…
Types of dbspaces
Hi all: In INFORMIX+HDR that types of dbspaces support ???? Thanks _________________________________________________________________ MSN Amor: busca tu ½ naranja http://latam.msn.com/amor/…
Re: Should I wait for IDS 11?
Hi, maybe you want to look into external backup (and restore). This can easily be done to a file system and you can add as much parallelism as you want (or are capable of). If you do it right, you can accomplish the critical part of the external backup in less than a minute even…
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…
RE: error on initilization
Execute:User root:# ipcs -ma send tha exitThe freedom of Linux ... The power of InformixDate: Tue, 15 May 2007 16:30:29 -0400From: yunyaoqu@gmail.comTo: heathn@infobase.co.zwSubject: Re: FW: error on initilizationCC: informix-list@iiug.orgYou already have a instance running or th…
FW: error on initilization
_____ Hi this is after a restore ? Can anyone help ? Thanks Heath Zimbabwe Tue May 15 09:29:23 2007 09:29:23 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/u/informix/etc/log_full.sh' 09:29:23 Booting Language <c> from module <> 09:29:23 Loading Module <CNULL> 09:2…
Dbspace script
Hi, Is there a script or utility that can review your current layout of dbspaces and then create a script of "onspaces" commands to duplicate the environment?…
problems with Informix dynamic server 9.4 @ WIndows 2003
I have problems with connecting the server. I use correct user/password to connect to the server, but the server do not known the server. I'm sure the user exist and is one of the user in Informix_Admin group. I have installed Informix dynamic server 9.4 in a windows xp system in…
Informix Installation Crashed
When trying to install IDS 7.3 on SCO Openserver Release 5, I am getting following error continuously ... can any body help where should I do??? In fact the "Setup" hangs, when "Launching sysmaster database ...", and then it crashes. Early response will be highly appreciated. …
Informix Installation Crashed
When trying to install IDS 7.3 on SCO Openserver Release 5, I am getting following error continuously ... can any body help where should I do??? In fact the "Setup" hangs, when "Launching sysmaster database ...", and then it crashes. Early response will be highly appreciated. …
RE: Listing all the tables in using a dbspace in Informix
I tried using oncheck -pe <dbspace name> and got the following message WARNING: Cannot access configuration file $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG. V…
Listing all the tables in using a dbspace in Informix
Is there a way to list all the tables which use a specific dbspace as well as their sizes in Informix. regards V…
Dropping DBSpace
Hi All, I want to Drop a DBSpace and it has 2 chunks. When I tried to drop DBSpace, the error message "DBspace is not empty" I tried to drop secondary chunk first and cannot drop primary chunk first, still its same message "Chunk not empty" Is there is any way to drop the DBSp…
Dropping DBSpace
Hi All, I want to Drop a DBSpace and it has 2 chunks. When I tried to drop DBSpace, the error message "DBspace is not empty" I tried to drop secondary chunk first and cannot drop primary chunk first, still its same message "Chunk not empty" Is there is any way to drop the DBSp…
Determine which tables and indexes are in which dbspaces
I am trying to run a SQL against system tables that will show me which tables are in each dbspace and then correlate their indexes to see if the indexes are in the same dbspace. I know have some indexes in dbspaces that have tables in other dbspaces and want a query that will sh…
temp dbspace
Hi, On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 Art S. Kagel wrote: > DBSPACETEMP temp_dbs # Default temp dbspaces > Most sequential scans result in a sort to satisfy an ORDER BY or GROUP BY clause so if you have three or more temp > dbspaces >> listed above (or if you set the PSORT_NPROCS=12 (or …
File System Backup....
is your filesystem on the same devices as your informix dbspaces? what does the sar i/o activity report?…
Dbspace Down
Hi, I have IDS 9.3-TC1 on Win 2000 SP4. When I run the command onstat -d two dbspaces are marked as down. Is there a way to bring them up? 2e351680 8 0x5 8 2 ND informix primenic01 Thanks, Vasilis…
To recover dbspaces
Hello� they can help me with sintaxys of the command ONSPACES to recover dbspaces. I execute it this way: $onspaces -s dbspace_name -p /dev/informix/chunk01 -o 0 -O Warning: Bringing chunk back online. Do you really want to continue? (y/n)y Verifying physical disk space, pleas…
Re: SAN and dbspace layout.
Hi, I run Informix on EMC Symmetrix. Other than my storage guy giving me 2 GB chunks (because i have not turned on the large chunk feature), I don't care where he puts it. We have a lot of cache for EMC so chances are IDS is getting data from EMC cache and the application on to…
License Extension
Help.. I need a license extension for the IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC3R1TL which I downloaded to do a evaluation. How can I get the license extened..my project is in the final stages .. Dhaya Commercial bank…
Re: Re 2: Onbar problem
Hi Martin, the IDS 10 guide is more clear, indeed. I bounced the db several times but in sysconfig table the value was always /dev/null; when I builded the db LTAPEDEV was /dev/null, and probably a value is needed to change it and placing spaces is not accepted. Many thanks for …
OnBar
Hi, I think the storage manager (SM) is halting the backup somehow. You need to see in the onbar activity log for messages from onbar and probably in the SM log file for messages directly from the SM. This may give you a hint if there is anything you can do to get it going again…
mirroring dbspaces
Hi all, anyone having experience with mirroring ? I inherited an informix config from a former collegue, and it looks very strange and insecure to me. In short : system running Solaris 8, 2 disks. All slices EXCEPT slice 6 (used for Informix raw-devices), are mirrored with Sol…
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…
Can't drop down dbspace
I've been restoring a development database from very old backups (long story). Due to errors doing a full DB restore, I restored the critical dbspaces and 1 user dbspace. Logical restore of the next dbspace fails in the same logical log, probably due to a corrupted index. So that…
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…
Quick Ontape -r rootdbs question
Hi, If you attempt to use the ontape -r with redirection of the chunk names parameters for a specific database, is there any effect on rootdbs for the other databases? In other words if we have a 2 server set up described below and restore one dbspace, will ontape also restore th…
TEMP DBSPACE
Hi we have two quries like below create temp table tmp_table_no ( sl_no serial, lang_a char(2), lang_no char(14), rec_cnt integer) with no log second one is insert into tmp_table_no (lang_a, lang_no , rec_cnt) ", select distinct language_a, lang_no, count (lang_no) from ti_lang…
Informix KAIO Error
Hi people !! I have a problem with Informix 7.31 with HP-UX 11i, during the KAIO initialization. Following the online.log Tue Jul 4 08:57:38 2006 08:57:38 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/sgbd/informix/etc/log_full.sh' 08:57:44 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) 08:57:44 Informix D…
TSM XBSA Error 96
Thank you, Darren for the reply. The ixbar.1 (servernum=1) contains the Storage ID #, one for each DBSpace. While restoring, Onbar requests the correct Storage ID#. I had set BAR_DEBUG (to) 7 and that's how I was able to get XBSA detail. It is a BIG file so I have pasted only t…
Lock Table Overflow
Get my package utils3_ak from the IIUG Software Repository and compile and install the eventalarm.c in ALARMPROGRAM instead of log_full.sh. It will handle multiply occurring events like the lock table overflow event by ignoring all by the first to arrive in a given configurable p…
Initialising Informix
I am trying to initialize informix on a new server and I am getting this error. The server is HP UX 11.11 and Informix IDS 7.31 What could be the problem / This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible …
Informix Connection From WIN CE.NET Emulator?
How do I connect to informix dynamic server from WIN CE.NET Emulator? Is there a WIN CE informix driver?…
Re: Table Editor for Multiplatforms
Enhancements in Version 4.3 ..... also supports the Informix Dynamic Server 9.x. http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools/db2tools/db2te/…
Informix 9.4 32 bit TSM backup error
You might want to check on the TSM side to see if there is a limit as to how much space can be consumed by the particular management class that the logical logs are going to ... PDL "Tomchik, Kate" <Kate_Tomchik@homedepot.com> Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org 03/15/2006 10:20 AM P…
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…
RAID 5 hardware and different dbspace ?
Is there a interest to separate tables on different dbspaces if disks are managed by a RAID 5 hardware…
Re: flagship sunk
Funny I have been able to download IDS 10 for Solaris, Windows and Linux am I just smarter than everyone else? www.informix.com Support and downloads In the middle trials and betas Oh look Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) V10.0 easy!…
RE: Some vital information on ISM
David, The workaround is either to run a savegrp command as part of the level 0 backup - which incidentally has to be run as root to get any bootstrap information - or to run a backup every Sunday as root to ensure that there will be a full bootstrap. And watch this space as I s…
Increased extent size, but still hit max extents
The table is in a DBSPACE of related tables. Other "schemas" are in their own dbspaces, and each dbspace has its own group of chunks. Can I infer from your question that if Informix can't find a 20M contigous area, it will just choose the next larger? Which would imply that I ne…
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.…
Temporary dbspace
Many of my current systems have just one temporary dbspace. Is there any mileage to be gained by adding a second temporary dbspace on a multi-processor system but with only 2 disks which are mirrors of each other? Some reports and queries are not performing as well as they did …
Onbar - URGENT!!!!
Dear Viviana I have not tried it, but think it should work to start a restore of all dbspaces to a point in time: onbar -r -t <time> or alternatively specify the correct logical log. If the chunks for the unnecessary dbspaces do not exist , onbar should report an error messag…
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…
Relocate Informix database from Raw slices to filesystem
Thats sounds promising. So effectively add a mirrored chunk to each dbspace using onspaces and then drop the original chunk. Can you do this for the rootdbs dbspace too...? Matt…
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…
Database and no dbspace
Help. The dbspace is drop but now the database can't be drop. How do I drop/remove the database. I have created the dbspace but no luck. error: 311: Cannot open system catalog (systables). 135: ISAM error: TBLspace does not exist…
Re: IDS 9.21 Backup/Recover strat with HDR
Great explanation Martin. Danke sehr. I would like to add something about HDR, usually HDR complains when having different values for TAPEDEV and LTAPEDEV on both servers. One way to accomplish that is to keep the values same on both primary and secondary and then links should …
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…
how to find a dbspace for a table
Can someone show me how to find which dbspace a table is on in database? I used below SQL but dbspace shows as 0 select trunc(partnum/16777216) dbspace, sum(nrows*rowsize) bytes, tabname from systables where tabtype = 'T' group by 1,tabname order by 1; Thanks for your help. T…
Re: Informix Parallel Backup Question
Hi all, Thanks for you input and especially Martin for your clarification on this area. Regards Stefan Rob Prop <rpnews@xs4all.nl To: informix-list@iiug.org > cc: …
Re: Informix Parallel Backup Question
Hi all, Thanks for you input and especially Martin for your clarification on this area. Regards Stefan Rob Prop <rpnews@xs4all.nl To: informix-list@iiug.org > cc: …
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…
Deleting duplicate rows from a table.
Hi, I have got a big table containing about 350 million records. There are some duplicate records in the table ( around 80,000). Please suggest some way to delete the duplicate records keeping one copy of them. TIA, Manoj Background info : We loaded the data using HPL. Because…
FW: Oracle ?
> One of my biggest questions - why does every Oracle dba I speak to, say > that fragmentation of tables / too many extents (non-contiguous space) > does not matter. Surely that should still matter, no matter which > database you use ? Nobody is saying that fragmentation is not …
Restoring a backup on 9.40 FC1 using Onbar with Omniback Data Pro
Hi, I am trying to restore a backup which was taken on IDS 9.40 FC1 using Onbar and HP Omniback Data Protector 5.0 as the storage manager to another server. I get the following error in the bar_act.log file. Does anyone have any experience / insight relating to this error messag…
Restoring a dbspace and what of the transactions.
Hi All , Informix 9.4UC4 Solaris 8 Onbar Tivoli Storage Manager If I do a Full System Backup the night before and all the subsequent logical logs are then sent to the storage manager. I find the next day that one of the DB spaces is down and I have to restore from the backup. S…
identifying objects in a dbspace
Hi, I've dropped an index of a fragmented table from a dbspace, but to my surprise the dbspace still has used pages. I would have thought the dbspace would be empty. When rebuilding the index, the used pages do not seem to be reused. Then when I try to drop the dbspace I rece…
Slow writing data into BLOB through JDBC
> Is the BLOB column stored in a regular dbspace or in a blobspace? Any > BLOB data stored in a regular dbspace will go through the buffers . . > . > JWC The BLOB is in dbspace. I will create a blobspace and make a test again. Thank you for your help. Georgi Cholakov…
Inconsistent Dbspaces
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C4AB83.56BABA80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Guys Can anyone tell me what procedure u take when you have Inconsistent Dbspaces ?? What could cause …
chunk capacity
we are using BM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC2X3 on Linux Kernel 2.4.21 the command 'onstat -d' shows ... Expanded chunk capacity mode: disabled how can I change this mode to 'enabled'?…
IDS V7.30 and Windows 2000
Can Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.TC6 be run on a Windows 2000 host system? TIA Erwin…
ISM and 2 Gbyte file limits in IDS 9.4
ISM is Legota "Light" and will have many of the limitiations of that product. I believe when IBM (well Informix) originally brought out onbar there were no plans to include a storage manager,but that decision was changed to include legato light. if anyone's requirements (not j…
dbspace down
I have stopped the database with onmode -k and now it refuse to come up saying that it will need restore of dbspaces. What is the best way to restore the database and make the engine online. Any inupt is highly appreciated, thanks Mukund sending to informix-list…
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…
Re: Testing backups ...
Dirk, You should test your backups, however your resources may not permit it on the system your concerned with... it's a tough sell to get the disk to restore a large DB. However if you use a storage mgr for multiple systems/databases. Do a test restore on a smaller system, one…
Re: Testing backups ...
Yes I think you should - preferably on a TEST system of similar configuration. Document your results. I also think we should routinely check HA and DR initiatives but quite often I'm told I live in a dream world. I have a current situation (I'm the new guy so no throwing stone…
Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y Checking group membership to determine ser…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
I am experiencing similar problems with users migrating from Standard Engine to IDS 9.30. It appears that some applications are more susceptible than others. What application(s) are you running? We also have experience of adding more BUFFERS, LOCKS, etc and not improving the sit…
RE: Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
Muthana Increase BUFFERS in onconfig file. UPDATE STATISTICS for each table (as a minimum) rerun the query and see what improvements you get. If you still have problems post the results of:- onstat -p onstat -m onstat -R and sqexplain.out of any particularly slow query or updat…
Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
Dear Sir, The question how can make DB Tuning for Informix Dynamic Server version 9:30 to get the query faster. I used IDS 9:30 and it's not quick enough like our old Standard Engine. which Parameter can i change to make that or what shall i do? Regards Muthana AL-Temimi…
cannot initialize root dbspace
$ 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 server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/informix/etc/on…
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…
Logical logs from rootdbs to own logspace
I want to set-up a logspace dbspace - easy enough. But how do I tell informix to use this logspace dbspace instead of rootdbs?…
Re: Reg Informix Alarm events.....
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:09:56 -0400, Rajasekaran, Rajesh wrote: Check out my package utils3_ak contains my alarm program executable source eventalarm.c It is configured to handle most critical events out of the box and adding handling of lower priority events is trivial (support…
Reg Informix Alarm events.....
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Dose anybody have the dbtop script in the Troubleshooting informix course?
Dears, I study the Troubleshooting ibm informix dynamic server course. At the module 4 exercise need the dbtop script. Dose anybody has this dbtop script and post for me? Thanks. Philip Yeh.…
RE: Performance advice
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 03:00:06 -0400, Willem Roos wrote: > I've been led to believe that all logged temp table activity goes to rootdbs > and all unlogged activity goes to temp dbspaces. Yes, no? <SNIP> If there are no 'normal' dbspaces listed in DBSPACETEMP then logged temp tabl…
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: The old raw devices chestnut.
Data Goob wrote: > Andrew, > > Fair enough considerations, and you hit the point on > the head, the backup and restore. > > We have always set up backup of logs and data to a real > backup, but considering all the options I might 'need' > in the event of system failure, or migrat…
Re: The old raw devices chestnut.
Andrew Hamm wrote: [snip] > ok - I've heard that Oracle has a "variety" of backup procedures, some of > them home-cooked, some of them tools you have to pay for. In that case, you > would need suitable tools to manage the objects. With Informix, it's shipped > with one (now two…
SMI Table
How to use smi tables to create a list showing all dbspaces and databases in each dbspaces? Thanks.…
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,…
dbspace destroyed
Hi! On one machine dbspace was destroyed by unwary sysadmin who repartiioned disk with informix chunks on it (raw devices). Now, informix can be started (it complains about missing chunks though). What is the procedure for removing staled information for chunks? I should remov…
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…
Dropping a dbspace
I have a bad dbspace I wanted to drop (and recreated). But I have some problem. Here is the output form onstat -d: 5010c7d8 1 0x20001 1 1 N informix dbroot_test3 5020dcb0 2 0x20005 2 1 ND informix dbdata 5020de00 3 …
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…
What is in my dbspace
Try oncheck -pe. This will report the contents of all dbspaces/chunks.…
Where can I get the client API?
Hi, does anyone knows where to get the client API for Informix Dynamic Server 7.x? Perhaps we want to access the server via api directly. Kind regards, Joachim Engel.…
Informix optimizer
Hi, Does anyone know if the Informix Dynamic Server (7.31 or 9.4) database optimizer uses star schema optimizer techniques? Thank you, Tony…
TRUNCATE TABLE command in 9.3?
I am aware that Informix Dynamic Server previously has not included the TRUNCATE TABLE command. Does anyone know if 9.3 or 9.4 include this command?…
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.…
IDS 7.3* - Long long long checkpoint !
I've noticed very long checkpoints in the online.log file. What does IDS do in a checkpoint that can take so long ? Environnement: IDS running on NT 2000 or Linux (even SCO !) with at least 128MB RAM, monoproc. IDS is usually the only big apps running on the box. "Small" databas…
big dbspace
Hello, I need a very big dbspace (at least 15Gb) for my database (IDS 9.4) but the limit for a single dbspace is about 2Gb. How can I increase this limit? thank you…
HDR Replication and event alarm log backup
Hi Folks, I got replication up and running finally. The process was as described in the manuals and everything looks good for now. The on bar alarm program ( /etc/log_full.sh ) which backs up the log files when they fill up is failing though. The message is: 07:46:47…
break one dbspace in to two dbspace
Hi all I have one dbspace where I have all data and indexes I wanted to created one more dbspace one dbspace has the data in it one dbspace has the indexes in it how do that ? regard sending to informix-list…
Re: Multiple Temp dbspaces
You might want to check your DBSPACETEMP entry - it looks from your post like there's white space between the dbspace names - Informix will stop parsing at spaces, tabs etc. and will only pick up the first dbspace listed. HTH -- Phil@oninit.com…
Re: dbspace ?
Where do we all begin? A dbspace is an area where databases, tables, etc can be stored. It is not just one file, it is more likely to be a number of files or more likely devices. When a database is created it will have a base dbspace where all tables will be created unless othe…
dbspace ?
Hi, Sorry, I am a little bit new in Informix. We need to modify the structure of a table, and the system allways answer that the disk is not big enough. They say it's because the dbspace is too small. Questions : - is the Dbspace a file or just allocation ? - is there ONE dbsp…
Is there a 2gb dbspace limit NT 4.0, IDS 7.3?
Is there a 2gb dbspace limit on Windows NT 4.0, IDS 7.3?…
Rename a dbspace
Hi, Does someone know an easy mean which permit me to rename a dbspace contening just a separated index ? Thanks in advance. Best Regards Fred…
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…
Reg: Max size allowed in creation of dbspace
Hi , I need to create a dbspace of abt 5-6 GB. on using onspaces to create the dbspace i am limited in size to about 2.09 GB is there a way to create a dbspaces of about 6 GB or is there a size restriction ? Thanks for any help Sudhir sending to informix-list…
Where are the logical logs?
Hi there, Is there any way to know which dbspace are the logical logs in? Thx.…
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…
Fw: alarmprogram.sh
Thanks Markand Brice, we'll work on it.. Regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@MydasSolutions.com> To: "Sadi G�rsoy" <sadi@login.com.tr> Cc: "IIUG" <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:06 PM Subject: Re: alarmprogram.sh Sadi G�r…
Re: alarmprogram.sh
Sadi G�rsoy wrote: > Hi all, > Our platform is: > IDS 9.40 FC1 > AIX 5.2 > > We want to modify alarmprogram.sh. We want the program to work like > ontape -c. That is, when one logical log becomes full, we want it to be > archived, not wait until all logs are full. The default al…
Dbspaces access
Hi All, Does anyone know how to obtain a report of a dbspaces more accesed, read / write, by sap or informix I really need this information, thanks in advance!! Luis Arturo López Caballero Proyecto ASARE - Modulo Base Mexico D.F. Tel. 01(55)52294400 Ext. 85705…
delete down dbspace
Hi, I have a down dbspace, I am not able to do anything with it, there is no needed data inside, how I am able to delete this dbspace. (the dbspace has one chunk). Thanks Sven…
Fatal error asfcode = '25507'
Hi! I have a problem to initialize my informix 9.30 on linux(red hat 7.3 on intel) it is a freshly installed 9.30.UC2E3 with a demo licens. This message is all that i get when i start the ids: oninit: Fatal error in initializing ASF with 'ASF_INIT_DATA' flags; asfcode = '25507'.…
question on how to list tables in a DBSPACE?
Hi, Does anyone have some type of scripts that list All DBSPACE for an Informixserver, and all tables in each DBSPACE + how much bytes they take? Thanks!…
ALARMPROGRAM and Linux IDS 7.30.U
OK, I'll try to make this simpler. I named my alarm program "t.sh" Here is the source pwd > /tmp/t.err exit 0 Two simple lines of code to redirect the output of "pwd" to a file in /tmp. Each and every time an event pops, regardless of the severity, I should get a file c…
Fragmented dbspaces
Yup, dbspaces *not* fragmented tables. Our system holds about 75Gb on a mixture of 4.3Gb & 9Gb disks, raw chunks, HP-UX 10.20, IDS7.31. When it was built we ran some predictions re. growth and so on based on the figures given to us by the business analysis group, upon which we ba…
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…
Automated Backups using ALARMPROGRAM
Right after the instance does a timestamp in the online log you should see the statement: 06:10:04 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = /home/informix/7.24/etc/log_full.s h' with your correct information. If you don't see that, after you verify in the $ONCONFIG file that it is set…
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…
Dropping a dbspace
Hello All, Can somebody please help me with this. When I try to drop a dbspace, it says can not drop it. db space not empy. How do I find out what is there in the dbspace. Please help. Regards Aboo…
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…
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Re: onbar -l hangs
The problem is that you need to log the fact that you are doing an archive and you have no space left in your logical logs to do that. Make sure that the parameter "LBU_PRESERVE" is set to "1" in your onconfig file (onmonitor/parameters/shared-memory/preserve log for log backup).…
dbspace is down ...
When I try to drop the dbspace, it reports following ... $ onspaces -d rootdbstest WARNING: Dropping a DBspace/BLOBspace. Do you really want to continue? (y/n)y WARNING! The dbspace you wish to drop has been disabled. There may be database catalog entries for tables or indices…
dbspace is down ...
Sorry for MIME format ... I have no alternative ... BUT PLEASE HELP ME ... IX: OWS 7.2, OS: SCO UNIX During my initial years as IX DBA, I tried to create two instances of informix ows 7.2. For this I created a dbspace using COMMAND CENTER from my windows station. then I put thi…
dbspace is down ...
Sorry for MIME format ... I have no alternative ... BUT PLEASE HELP ME ... IX: OWS 7.2, OS: SCO UNIX During my initial years as IX DBA, I tried to create two instances of informix ows 7.2. For this I created a dbspace using COMMAND CENTER from my windows station. then I put thi…
DBspaces and IECC
I have installed IECC on an NT4 machine with a 36 gig hard drive. I have created a dbspace on the D drive that is currently 7Gig. The D drive has 24 gig of free space, but Informix is not seeing it. When I try to add space to the dbspace it tells me that there is no free space…
Re: Informix initializing in Linux.
From: "Marcos Alves" <marcosaoalves@ig.com.br> > >I'm try to install Informix IDS 7.3 in Linux Red Hat 6.2. The installation >was all OK. But, when I try initializing the database with oninit command, >I receive the message below: > >Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/usr/inform…
Re: Configuring raw devices
From: Elena Korol <ekorol@styleclick.com> > >I have read some of ongoing discussions on comp.databases.informix about >configuring raw disk space on a storage array. >Here is the situation I have with a new Sparc server Solaris 8 and RAID 10 >created by Disk Suite 4.2 (software R…
Configuring raw devices
Hi folks, I have read some of ongoing discussions on comp.databases.informix about configuring raw disk space on a storage array. Here is the situation I have with a new Sparc server Solaris 8 and RAID 10 created by Disk Suite 4.2 (software RAID on A5000). Currently we have for…
Optimizing dbspace
Hello, I have a quite large table that acquires about 3 million rows a month. Every two weeks we purge the data by unloading it to a backup and deleting the "old" information. We do run 'update statistics' every time when deletes are performed. But it looks like it does not opt…
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…
Error 139 in logical log backup (resubmitted with additional info)
ram wrote: Neil, you misunderstand Pierre's problem. He, like many, did not know what to do with the ALARMPROGRAM parameter in the ONCONFIG file and left the sample value of $INFORMIXDIR/bin/logs_full.sh which is an example alarm event handler script that only handles the log f…
Create user in Informix Dynamic Server
Hello all I`m new in INS. Could you help me? I have Database server with one user Informix. How to create another user to Database?…
Re: IDS Alert -> Mobile Phone Text Message
Mr Creosote Most mobile phone or pager companies have a website from which you can "email" pages to them. The one we use (Skytel) even has a mail-to-page interface, so if your pager number was 12345678, then you could email your pager at 12345678@skytel.com. We use this feature …
Informix ODS on Win 2000?
Does Informix Dynamic Server V7.31.TC5 for Intel Pentium Windows NT 4 also run on Windows 2000? Thanks for any help. Guy Dillen ITP…
Informix cost???
Someone can said how much does Informix cost? I need to know: -Informix costs -cost for client Thanks very much. I need the last version of dynamic server for Unix. Ciao, Berna…
Creating Dbspace
I am trying to create a new dbspace with a size of ~2Gig. When I specify the path to the cooked file to use it tries to verify the disk free space and always fails at around 1 gig. I know that I have plenty of free space on the disk so I can't figure out what the problem is. I…
Re: Monitoring database at work
In article <8h183j$rgh$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, mars1972@my-deja.com wrote: > Have you looked at ISM? It comes with current versions of the engine, > or you can download it for free from www/intraware.com/informix. > > In article <393415A3.6B49A6E6@hccnet.nl>, > Henk van der Geld …
Altering DBSPACE
Hello group, We have created all of our tables in dbspace "st_ux01_001". Now the "dbadmin" want to move all of our tables to dbspace "st_ux01_002". In Informix dokus we didn't find any command to alter a dbspace. The only way we know to alter the dbspace is, to export all data…
DBSPACE by table
There is a table in sysmaster who contains dbspace for every table. Thanks in advance. -- Francisco Gaspar SISTEL (Servicios Inform�ticos de Software y Telecomunicaciones, S.L.) Avda. Los Jarales, 4 03010 Alicante Tel: 96 593 00 80 Fax: 96 593 01 53…
Dbspace in CDROM
Hello, Can I create a dbspace for readonly in a CDROM? If it is possible, how can I do it? Regards. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.…
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…
DBSpace is disabled
Hello. I've a big problem: one DBSpace is disabled (chunk marked as Inconsistent), Informix ODS is off-line and I dont have an archive. I think exists an utility, that brings that inconsistent chunk On-Line. May be some body can give me it . Operating system is AIX 4.2.1.0, Infor…
Index Dbspace
As I determine through tables of sysmaster dbspace that it has assigned an index? Thank * Sent from AltaVista http://www.altavista.com Where you can also find related Web Pages, Images, Audios, Videos, News, and Shopping. Smart is Beautiful…
RE: Is a physical only whole backup possible?
Onbar aways initiates a logical log backup at the end of a whole system (onbar -b -w) backup. However, you can perform a physical restore with "onbar -r -w -p". After the restore completes, the Informix instance will remain in "Fast Recovery" mode. If you do not intend to appl…
RE: Is a physical only whole backup possible?
Onbar aways initiates a logical log backup at the end of a whole system (onbar -b -w) backup. However, you can perform a physical restore with "onbar -r -w -p". After the restore completes, the Informix instance will remain in "Fast Recovery" mode. If you do not intend to appl…
Is a physical only whole backup possible?
I'm using IDS 7.31TC5 on Windows NT4. As an XBSA storage manager for ONBar, I'm using the included ISM 2.20. The Backup and Restore Guide states, The advantage of using a whole-system backup is that you can restore the storage spaces with or without the logical logs. Becau…
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…
DBs in a dbspace
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------DB252259E0E5E1E7CD818FAA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, Good moring. Please help me in finding the dbs in a dbspace. What is the easiest way. Regards Aboo ---------…
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…
Oninit problems with IDS 7.31 on Solaris
After a new install, I try to run "oninit -ivy", it gets quite a ways through, then bombs during the following phase: Initializing Dicitonary Cache and Stored Procedure Cache ... cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG.FAILED My INFORMIXDIR is set correctly, as …
Unable to start engine sometimes...
Howdy, I get this message sometimes and Informix "support" has not been able to give me an answer as to why...just guesses. If I reboot the server, it works 99% of the time. After the engine starts, I see no problems at all! Has anyone ever seen this before? SCO 5.0.4 OWS 7.20…
Serious oninit -i problem?
oninit -i produced the following lines in the online.log on Solaris 2.7 The bit about the unusable chunk doesn't look healthy to me! BTW, rootdbs is a symbolic link to a raw meta device i.e. /dev/md/rdsk/d30 Any ideas? Advice greatly appreciated. 17:19:19 Event alarms enabled.…
OFFICE Connect V.1
Informix Office Connect, Version 1.0, is compatible with the following Informix servers: Informix Dynamic Server, Version 7.3 or later Informix Dynamic Server with Universal Data Option, Version 9.14 Informix Dynamic Server 2000, Version 9.2 or later e Informix-SE 7.23 n�o func…
RE: Informix 7.31 Event Codes
Event alarm codes are documented in the Administrator's Guide for Informix Dynamic Server (section 29 in IDS 7.3 manual). They are also shown in Appendix D of the Informix Administrator's Reference, September 1999. -----Original Message----- From: jaymond@communitycoffee.com [m…
backing up large databse
ISM is NOT the problem. OnBar reads each db/blob space in a single thread and passes the data to whichever storage manager you are using. If you can afford to block database access, you could use onbar to set a blocking checkpoint, use an external method to backup the database,…
Re: problem on initialization
Yes, I have the INFORMIXDIR environment variable. The system work very well before system crash. Chris McKay ���g��峹 ... >Do you have the INFORMIXDIR environment variable set when you run oninit ? > >Chris > >"W. J. Hsu" <wjhsu@pti.com.tw> wrote in message >news:88a6oa$h5f@netne…
TEMP dbspaces
Hi I have peculiar problem with temp dbspaces on IDS 7.22 UC1 and HP-UX 10.2. We defined tempdbs1,tempdbs2 as TEMPDBSPACES and 50000 pages for each dbspace. This system was configured two years back and using for development. This IDS server never be shutdown until necessary. …
List tables per dbspace
I am trying to generate a list of the Informix tables per each dbspace. My sysfragments table only contains the indexes. I have dbspaces that are filling up and am trying determine which tables could possibly be moved to another dbspace (while still being aware of application c…
DBSPACES and RAID
Hi Has anyone had any experience of setting up DBSPACES on a RAID 5 machine (in particular - running linux) I'm trying to make sure that there won't be any problems when I do the final port off the (un-RAIDed) HP machine to a RAIDed linux box - so would appreciate any advice in …
IDS.2000 experiences
I have been testing IDS2000 for implementation at a customer on HP-UX11 64bit. All seems pretty much the same as IDS 9.14 but one issue I have come accross is that Informix have changed the onbar tables in sysutils and OmniBack II does not work anymore. I guess other storage ma…
Re: Shared memmory initialization
From: Manoj Narayanankutty <mnarayan@crosskeys.com> > > I am using Informix dynamic serrver version 7.31 on solaris 2.6. When I >am trying to reinitialize my shared memmory using oninit command, my >system gives an error >indicating fatal error in shared memory initialization. >…
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…
Shared memmory initialization
Hi, I am using Informix dynamic serrver version 7.31 on solaris 2.6. When I am trying to reinitialize my shared memmory using oninit command, my system gives an error indicating fatal error in shared memory initialization. The online.log gives the following message: 21:17:54 E…
Re: Dbspaces
You don't like betty then:-)) "Art S. Kagel" wrote: > > > # Database/Table/Index Owner DBSpace Created Logging NLS > === ====================== ======== ================== ========== ========== === > 1 flintstones kagel dbspace4 …
Dbspaces
Hello, Can I find that which dbspace containing the database and tables. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com…
detecting fragmented dbspace...
Sunil Bhaskarla wrote: > > Hi, > Which tool will provide me with detail information about fragmented dbspace? oncheck -pe Reports all extents by dbspace and what table each belongs to. Art S. Kagel…
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…
onbar -l
Ron, I'm not sure who you are referring to as the "user". Anyway, this may be what you're after. Informix will generate an "Event Alarm 23" when a logical log fills up, if you have the ALARMPROC set to some shell script in your config. Informix will execute it for every EVENT AL…
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…
DBSPACE / DBSIZE
I am forced to inherit and maintain and Informix database for now. I studied the Informix book(s) over the weekend and have yet to find what I need. I hope to be a master some day as well, but for now I need immediate help with these questions: How do I determine the c…
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…
dbspace not empty
Hi Thanks for all the suggestions about the database reorg - when I finally managed to export all the data I ran an oncheck -pe and 5 of my chunks had data in them and they weren't related to any of my databases - see attached oncheck -pe. Any idea how to clear them out as I ca…
Re: move dbspace/chunks on NT
Jay Walters wrote: > Is there any way other than backup/restore to move a chunk on NT to > another disk. Can I move the root dbspace this way? > > TIA, Sure. Save data from the dbspace containing your chunk (dbexport, unload, onunload). Remove all data from the dbspace. Drop …
Re: installing Informix dynamic server
From: "Joerg_Mauz@abs.org" <Joerg_Mauz@abs.org> > Is there something wrong the the gateway, Hotmail or are there just loads of idiots posting today. (Apart from me, that is! :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hot…
installing Informix dynamic server
hi all, can anybody give me an URL where to find a good description of how to setup and install an Informix Dynamic Server with using RedHat Linux ??? I've searched a whole day but founf nothing useful.. :( thx ind advance joerg…
DBSPACE Problem.
Hi , I am running informix 730 uc8 server. One of the DBSPACE status (dbase5) showing disabled. Server in Quiscent mode. I am unable shutdown or bring up to Multiuser mode. Actual size of chunk used for dbase5 is 2044 Mb but its not showing the correct size. Pl find the online…
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…
Ontape -r failed
I am trying to do a restore of a level 0 backup. It is failing with an error "Physical restore failed - [db_sort ] Invalid DBspace list. I am getting this error eventhough the dbspaces and ids on the backup tape matches exactly to the dbspace list in onmonitor. Any ide…
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…
which tables are in a specific dbspace?
Hello! How can I get, which tables are in a specific dbspace? thanks Gabor…
dbspaces on NT
Hello, somewhere I read :-)) that IX DBSPACE is limited to 2GB and NTFS to 4GB. I have 10GB HDD for Informix only (IDSWE 7.30) and PII server. Exists better solution than 5x 2GB NTFS? Thanks Leos…
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…
altering DBSpaces
I will be adding some chunks to a BLOB space this evening. In the past I had been told by Informix to run an oncheck command after changing DBSpaces but I cannot recall what flags for oncheck. Can anyone help me out?…
Pb with initialization. System: SUN Solaris 2.6 Informix 7.31
Hello, I'm installing an Informix Dynamic Servr for the first time. I have a problem with initialization of Informix. When running 'oninit -iy' I have this message: "Cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG" I have checked INFORMIXDIR, it's "/opt/informix" (good) …
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.…
# of chunks for a dbspace !
Hi Users, In an Informix IDS 7.3 / SAP 4.5B environment what is the maximum number of chunks that can be assigned to a growing dbspace. Thanks in advance Pramod ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com…
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…
dbspace sizes
I am configuring a 7.3 IDS engine on a SUN box. I configured a 4 GB volume on 1 disk. I created a dbspace on the volume with the first chunk at offset 0 and a size of 2 GB (approximately). I try to add a second chunk, with an offset of 2GB and a size of 2GB but Informix won't …
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…
size of dbspace
Hi, I have a IDS 7.30 on solaris. I will transfer a import a datadase from NT environment. Which size shall I create for the dbspace for my database ? Thanks…
Problems starting IDS 7.30.TC7 on Windows NT SP4.
When i try to start informix dynamic Server, the following message appears "Only informix user can start informix dynamic server" this message appears when i logged on with the informix's user. When i try to start the service on the control panel , error 2140 appears.…
Out of buffer?
Hi, I got the following error message from an Informix IDS 7.30: <<Informix Dynamic Server>>> WARNING! Buffer pool size may cause Dynamic Server to get into a locked state. Recommended minimum buffer pool size is 4 times maximum concurrent user thre…
dbspace and the table
How can I identify in which dbaspaces the table is located?…
DBSPACE
Author : T.Jalaludeen E-mail : jala@hpsgm99.sgp.hp.com Hai, I created a database in INFOMRIX 7.23 - HP UX. I created tables also. But later I found thatthe transaction logging has not been turned ON for this database, so droped the database and created using "CREATE DATABASE <d…
Re: DBSPACE
"T.Jalaludeen" wrote: > > Author : T.Jalaludeen > E-mail : jala@hpsgm99.sgp.hp.com > > Hai, > I created a database in INFOMRIX 7.23 - HP UX. > I created tables also. But later I found thatthe > transaction logging has not been turned ON for this database, > so droped the databas…
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…
DBSPACE size
It is possible to create a rootdbspace during instalation larger than 30 Mb ?…
Re: Re[2]: An alarm program from the online.log
> Yea, I'm thinking I could rsh to the other machines and check the > logs, or am I nuts? Don't ask me, you might regret it! :-) Why don't you write an event-handling script to e-mail/fax/page you and just install it on every box in the network? That *sort* of approach …
Re[2]: An alarm program from the online.log
Yea, I'm thinking I could rsh to the other machines and check the logs, or am I nuts? Thanks, Kevin ______________________________ Reply Separator ____________________________ _____ Subject: Re: An alarm program from the online.log Author: obnoxio@hotmail.co…
Rename Dbspaces
Does anyone know of a safe way to rename a dbspace? I can't drop and recreate the dbspace, because it's the "home" for a database, and the database is too large for dbexport/dbimport.…
An alarm program from the online.log
Hi group! I am trying to write a script that will periodically check the online log for certain events, through egrep and awk, and eventually mail and page me. I checked the alarm program in /etc and would use it, but I need the program to look at several instances across the net…
Dbspaces and indexes
Hello, Is it possible to determine what dbspace an index resides in? I know generally the index resides in the same dbspace as the table, but there are exceptions. There dont seem to be any utilities to tell you where the index resides. I am sure there is a query from the SMI …
Empty dbspaces.
When I clear a dbspaces, solely in use for tables from tables with "alter fragment ...." then I see with onstat -d that the dbspace isn't completely empty however looking in the sysfragments tables for the datbases I found the dbspace isn't in used. Also oncheck -pt shows me that…
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
Roy_Whittington@intuit.com wrote: > > 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 a…
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…
Rename a dbspace
v7.24 UC6 on HP-UX 10.20: Does anyone know if this is simple? The reason I want to do so is that I need to move a large database from one server to another, with onunload/onload. There is a (glaring) bug in onload whereby you must load the database into a dbspace with the same…
ALARMPROGRAM
Hi, my Informix is 7.22 UC1 on HP 10.20 I do not want to use /informix/etc/log_full.sh as an alarmprogram because I have 4 informix server running on the machine. For each I have a shell script that starts ontape -c to a file on disk. (extra file for each server) I want to deacti…
tables in dbspace
Folks, Might someone suggest a way to derive a list of all tables that exist in each dbspace? Thank you for any comments. David Grove Dept. Health & Social Svcs. State of Alaska…
IDS v7.24 UC6 onload
I had a strange situation using onload. I wanted to copy database A from Server 1 to Server 2. I used onunload to unload the database (on Server 1 it resided in dbspace X). When I tried to onload it into Server 2, specifically into dbspace Y, the load failed with a "no such db…
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?…
Create DBSpace...
Hi folks, We're trying to automatize our database installation throughout hundreds of sites and it is straightforward to use onspaces command to create desired dbspaces. In an NT 4.0 (SP3) box with Informix 7.23 TC1, a 500 MB of dbspace can be created in as long as 20 *MINUTES*.…
dbspace full
Hi friends , Now we face a problem , a dbspace is full but we do not want to add disk space for this dbspace , there are 4 databases located in this dbspace , I know delete rows in the tables will not release the spaces , we must drop some tables or do the tbcheck/dbexport/dbimp…
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…
dbspace error
hi all: I accidentaly delete the chunk filr for a dbspace, now I droped the database, when I try to remove the dbspace, it gives me a internal error. How would I delete a dbspace while it's chunk file is gone? thanks yan…
ON-Bar w/ISM help
I'm trying to configure ON-Bar using ISM (Informix Storage Manager) for a datamart running on Solaris 2.5.1 with XPS 8.2.1. What I would like to do is either not backup the logical logs (similar to setting LTAPEDEV=/dev/null in versions 7.x and prior of OnLine) while still havin…
Index on Informix Online 7.22 ?
I have installed a new Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.22UC3 on our server (HP-UX 10.20). I find it is much much slower than the Informix 7.12 Online DS server if I do not create index for a same program. Why and what is the difference between the two version of Dynamic serv…
Re: Informix engine will not initialize
sda@arentfox.com wrote: > > I am running Online v7.22 on a HP 10.20 box. We lost a drive and I am > recovering the database. The ontape -r runs fine. > > 08:50:24 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/dev/null' > 08:50:26 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) > 08:50:26 INFORMIX-OnLine Initial…
Re: Informix engine will not initialize
sda@arentfox.com wrote: > > I am running Online v7.22 on a HP 10.20 box. We lost a drive and I am > recovering the database. The ontape -r runs fine. > > 08:50:24 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/dev/null' > 08:50:26 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) > 08:50:26 INFORMIX-OnLine Initial…
Informix engine will not initialize
I am running Online v7.22 on a HP 10.20 box. We lost a drive and I am recovering the database. The ontape -r runs fine. 08:50:24 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/dev/null' 08:50:26 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) 08:50:26 INFORMIX-OnLine Initialized -- Shared Memory Initialized. 08…
Re: Informix Management Tool?
I checked this, but unfortunately it does not work with SCO implementations. Gabbard, Mike W. wrote: > You can check out Informix Enterprise Command Center. I t allows you to > administer servers, databases, spaces, storage, events, sessions, reports, > backup/restore, load/un…
RE: Informix Management Tool?
You can check out Informix Enterprise Command Center. I t allows you to administer servers, databases, spaces, storage, events, sessions, reports, backup/restore, load/unload data, and replication. -----Original Message----- From: Kai Shen [mailto:shen@acer.de] Sent: Friday, No…
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…
Tables in dbspaces
Is there a way to list all of the tables that are in a dbspace? Thanks in advance. Steve…
Re: alarm handler bug on OWS 7.22?
Here is a part of the ONCONFIG file: # Diagnostics MSGPATH /informix/etc/online.log # System message log file path CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path ALARMPROGRAM db_alarm_prog # Alarm program path The event handler db_alarm_prog is …
unloading a dbspace
I am using Informix Universal Server 9.14UC2 on Solaris 2.5.1. I have a database which has tables spread across 9 dbspaces and two of them are smart blob spaces. What I would like to do is to unload each dbspace, copy the file to another instance of online to restore into a dbsp…
event-alarm-error ?
I've got some problems with the event alarm feature of OWS 7.22. I have written an event handler and set the onconfig paramter correctly as I can see from online.log. Also, I can see from online.log that my event handler is sometimes (it depends on the event class) called by: /b…
Deployment Licenses of Informix Dynamic Server
I need a free Deployment Licenses of Informix Dynamic Server!…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server blocks
In article <3609EB18.2AB1B1CD@bull.net>, Helmut Leininger <Helmut.Leininger@bull.net> writes >Hi, > >Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect >or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I >find the following message: > >09:03:…
Informix Dynamic Server blocks
Hi, Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I find the following message: 09:03:42 mt.c, line 8362, thread 2139, proc id 17096, mt_notifyvp timed out. Informix server is 7.22.UC2…
Informix Dynamic Server blocks
Hi, Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I find the following message: 09:03:42 mt.c, line 8362, thread 2139, proc id 17096, mt_notifyvp timed out. Informix server is 7.22.UC2…
Re: DBSCHEMA doesn't show the DBSPACE????
roger.bruening@metrokc.gov wrote: > > When running DBSCHEMA, the only table that shows the dbspace that it was > placed on is one where a fragmentation scheme is in place. As I recall, the -ss option will show the dbspace name for all tables other than those that reside in the "…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:40:44 -0500, Ben Jazi <bjazi@fallschurch.esys.com> wrote: >What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server >7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? No, IDS 9.x is the ORDBMS. This autumn the 7.3 and 9.x code lin…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
Ben Jazi wrote: > > What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server > 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? > > Thanks, > Ben I don't know the differences in detail but you could check the following pages, where IDS 7.3 is described …
OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? Thanks, Ben…
Re: Question: Continous Log
Mario, Continuos logical log backup needs a dedicated terminal. I usr 'automatic backup' of the logical logs instead. The log_full event alarm triggers the log_full.sh script in $INFORMIXDIR/etc. This script then can activate an onbar -l command. Hope this helps. Carl in Atla…
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: Removing a chunk
BlackStar escribi�: > Is there anyway I can remove a chunk from a DBSPACE without deleting > the DBSPACE? Can I do it online? > > Thanx > Standard Disclaimer You should use "onspaces -d <dbspace> -p <chunk-pathname> -o <offset>". And remember that the chunk must be empt…
Removing a chunk
Is there anyway I can remove a chunk from a DBSPACE without deleting the DBSPACE? Can I do it online? Thanx Standard Disclaimer…
Announcment of new utility package - utils3_ak
I have submitted my event alarm handler program and the simple script to backup logical logs to disk using ontape that were discussed last week. If you did not get that package directly from me and still want to give it a look it is now available in the IIUG Repository under: M…
Re: Q/ ISM and Tape devices in NT
Jeff, How long did you wait before you decided it was "hanging"? I have seen at one of my customers using Informx 7.2x on Windows NT that the Informix Storage Manager (effectively onbar) first writes a lot of data (in my case about 200 MB) to temporary disk space and then copies…
Re: ontape for logical log backup
z. heavener wrote: > > is there a way to implement the backup of logical logs from a script > using ontape? > If you have such script, and it can be scheduled with cron, I would like > to see it. I have either a script or an executable ("C") either of which can be installed as t…
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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DBSPACE - DATABASE
in which "systables" can i read the relation between dbspace to databases????…
Dbspace Question.
Hi, I'm sure of the 6 dbspaces assigned to a perticular database. Also I'm sure that no other tables from any other databases are residing there. When I drop that database and look at the chunks, I get the following output. 99d04108 35 20 0 1000000 998796 PO…
Re: Trapping Informix Crashes ??'s
Glenn Travis wrote: > > You can set AFDEBUG=1, then start the instance. This will cause the [SNIP] > David Parent wrote: > > Wondering what tools DBAs are using to > trap Informix crashes (at any level, OS > or Informix). > > For instance, Informix crashes at…
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…
dbspace question
Currently my dbspace is spread over 5 different chunks on several small and slow hard-disks. After replacing these disks with a larger and faster one, is it a good idea to merge the small chunks into one large chunk ? If yes, is there an easy way to do that ? Detlef Liem…
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: +…
Problem with kaio
I am having a problem bringing up my database for the first time. I am on a HPUX 10.20 running Informix version 7.20.UC2. I have verified that the asynkdsk driver is loaded and linked into the kernal. I have created the /dev/async node according to the release notes and I contin…
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…
Sizing dbspaces
Does anyone have any recommendation or guidelines we can use in determining a base sizing strategy for rootdbs and physicaldbs. I am most conerned about physicaldbs. I used the formula in the Admin guide to determine a size for physicaldbs but I am not sure if the result was in…
Re: production archive
Mark D. Stock wrote: >Maria L. Wilson wrote: >> I am currently preparing a Solaris 2.6 / Informix DS 7.23.UC4 >> machine for production with respect to archive and restore procedures. >> I am >> currently using ontape ( to a tape drive) to do this with....my only >> "be…
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…
corrupt dbspace
I am running Informix ODS 7.22 on AIX V 4.1. I accidentally removed a file from AIX that Informix ODS had listed as a chunk in a dbspace (that I was about to remove anyway). I don't back the system up since it is our test system. All I want to do is remove the dbspace and all…
production archive
Hi all I am currently preparing a Solaris 2.6 / Informix DS 7.23.UC4 machine for production with respect to archive and restore procedures. I am currently using ontape ( to a tape drive) to do this with....my only "beef" is the fact that I need logical logs to do a warm …
production archive
Hi all I am currently preparing a Solaris 2.6 / Informix DS 7.23.UC4 machine for production with respect to archive and restore procedures. I am currently using ontape ( to a tape drive) to do this with....my only "beef" is the fact that I need logical logs to do a warm restor…
Create Index Problem.....
Hi, I've created one databse in a perticular dbspace with one table. If I create an index on that table using 'in dbspace' clause, sysextents table in sysmaster database reports it But if I create the same index without 'in dbspace' clause, it doesn't report it. Why ? ? Abhay …
dbspaces question ....
Hi, Environment : OSD 7.23uc4 HP-UX 10.20 We have all 2Gb disk chunks ( told by Unix Admin to me ). I tried to run onspaces command for the size more than this and I found that I can allocate 2.048Gb Also existing allocation of disk space leaves gaps of few Mb in be…
Re: Database DBSpace
mbaumgartner@cardhealth.com wrote: > > I have a database created in a non-root dbspace. I would like to relocate the > database, not any tables, to another dbspace without unloading/exporting the > database. Is it possible to relocate a database to another dbspace? > > Mark Bau…
Dbspace Question ----
Hi, If there are 2 informix servers on one machine and I create a dbspace for the first server which overlaps one of the dbspaces for the second, what will happen ? Does it gives error or I'll loose the data ? Thanks in advance. Abhay Mannur.…
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.…
Database DBSpace
I have a database created in a non-root dbspace. I would like to relocate the database, not any tables, to another dbspace without unloading/exporting the database. Is it possible to relocate a database to another dbspace? Mark Baumgartner Cardinal Health…
Re: Question about ALARMPROGRAM
Sujit Pal wrote: > > Hello All > [cutting] > > So my question is: Has anyone done this sort of thing? Do you think = > (from your knowledge of Unix and event handling) that this is workable? = > If not do you have workarounds short of calling wrappers for each = > instance or wor…
Question about ALARMPROGRAM
Hello All The FM says that the script pointed by ALARMPROGRAM takes 4 arguments, = ie EVENT_SEVERITY, EVENT_CLASS, EVENT_CLASS_MSG and EVENT_FILE (aka See = Also). I have multiple databases residing on the same machine, so I need = the instance name as well to identify an alarm.…
Re: IDS (IUS) backup and recovery??
David Williams <djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk> writes: > I believe 7.3 will have a default storage manager... Yes, but I'm interested in 9.12. > When I went on my Informix DBA course and Informix UK even the > Informix instructor did not recommend OnArchive. > OnArhive was NOT …
mirroring
What dbspaces should I mirror? Of course rootdbs is a give. thanks…
Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
Seth Grimes wrote: > > Jane Vohden wrote: > > > > I have been talking with Informix about upgrading our site from the > > 5.xx Online engine to 7.2x Dynamic Server. They said there was no cost > > I don't think that anyone has pointed out the mistaken terminology > h…
What's the difference between ODS 7.22 and 7.23?
What's the difference between Informix Online Dynamic Server version 7.22 and version 7.23? Thanks in advance. Bill Westphal Rodney District Council mis@rodney.govt.nz…
Re: log_full.sh script exits with code 139
I just dealt with this -- In our distribution IUS 9.12UC3 on IRIX 6.4 there is a no_log.sh script in the etc directory, replace the ALARM_PROGRAM entry with the full path to no_log.sh and that should do it. We just made that change, and we have not had a problem in 2 hours! Da…
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…
onstat -d,onstat -D
Can anyone tell me the difference between a dbspaces address with a flag of 1 and a dbspaces address with a flag of 1001...... Tony Reynolds, NEC Group, Birmingham , UK 8-)) tr-2959@necgroup.co.uk tonyreynolds2@compuserve.com…
Informix wg server 7.20.uc2 on SCO 5.02 halts with 25580
I'm installing informix online workgroup server 7.20.uc2 on SCO 5.02. As recommanded by Informix, I've modified kernel parameters and relinked the kernel. Installation have completed but when I launch oninit, the systems replies : oninit: Fatal error in initializing ASF with 'ASF…
invalid dbspace
I have been receiving this message for awhile..it hasn't seemed to affect normal functionality...but, I still would love to know what this message means: Warning: Invalid dbspace 'tmpdbs1' listed in DBSPACETEMP. lrwxr-xr-x 1 informix informix 19 Oct 16 1996 tmpdbs -> /d…
Re: Error in shared memory initialization
At 10:18 AM 10/15/97 -0400, you wrote: >I initialized my online 7.2 on Solaris 2.5.1. Then I tried to add >dbtempspace and logical logs. Now when I do oninit it gives me the error > >oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization >The online log says >10:16:26 Event alarms …
ODS hangs on startup
Since I've upgraded to ODS 7.2, I've had this nagging problem when I bring the engine down and then restart it. It hangs on the way to quiescent mode. The log indicates event alarms enabled, then three VP processes start, then nothing. I control-c out of the process, take th…
Shared Memory Initialization
I initialized my Online 7.2 on Solaris 2.5 successfully. Then I tried to add logical logs and temp space and now it does not initialize. Any ideas? oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization 10:16:26 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/usr/informix/etc/alarm.sh' 10:1…
Error in shared memory initialization
I initialized my online 7.2 on Solaris 2.5.1. Then I tried to add dbtempspace and logical logs. Now when I do oninit it gives me the error oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization The online log says 10:16:26 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/usr/informix/etc/alar…
Problems installing Informix DS on ScoOpen 5
I'm running a ScoOpen 3.2v5.0.2 and I have installed an Informix Online DS 7.22.UC3. The installation went ok, but when I run the command : oninit -iy I receive the error message : oninit: Fatal error in initializing ASF with 'ASF_INIT_DATA' flags; asfcode = '- 25580'. $ The lo…
OnLine 7.20 problem
We have Informix ODS 7.20 UC2 on machine: HP9000 K260, HP-UX 10.20. The onconfig was copied form onconfig.std to the new and names were changed. The ROOTPATH is a cooked file. I initialized online 7.2 oninit -i and database engine not started. I get the following in the log: 1…
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…
Online hangs during oninit after reboot.
Folks, Sorry I should have provided a few more details initially. Here is the squence of events: 03:00 1. We shut down the engine with onmode -ky (probably no users present) 2. The RS6000 box is rebooted. 3. We restart the engine with oninit It during step 3 that the onli…
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: Event Alarms
Felix Koshy Mathews wrote: > > In <33B7F989.2C97@arrowintl.com>, Chad Laity wrote: > >Does anyone out there have an event alarm that warns you via > >email when the logs are a certain %age full?? > > > >I tried to alter the script logevent.sh to accomplish this but > >it did not …
Re: Event Alarms
In <33B7F989.2C97@arrowintl.com>, Chad Laity wrote: >Does anyone out there have an event alarm that warns you via >email when the logs are a certain %age full?? > >I tried to alter the script logevent.sh to accomplish this but >it did not work. > Chad, You have to add the follo…
Event Alarms
Does anyone out there have an event alarm that warns you via email when the logs are a certain %age full?? I tried to alter the script logevent.sh to accomplish this but it did not work. Thanks, Chad Laity mailto:chad_laity@arrowintl.com…
Where is dbspace?
On a raw disk(instance product) I created a database test. On other instance(training) on the same raw disk and fisical area other database with thehe same name was created. I deleted the second database and dbspace but on the first instance I can't access, drop the database tes…
root dbspace
I have a test machine running Online 7.1. On performing a VERY large query I received an error message saying that there was no free disk space to write sorted rows into a temporary table. On examining the space available in the rootdbs 32252 pages remained out of 575000. I sh…
Dropping a dbspace.
We are trying to drop a bad chunk. The chunk is a cooked file and is the only chunk in that dbspace. When I try to drop the chunk I get the following message. % onspaces -d ch_dbspace1 WARNING: Dropping a DBspace/BLOBspace. Do you really want to continue? (y/n)y WARNING! The…
Removing a DBSpace
I'm having some trouble removing a DBSpace from an old Online 5.0x server. I created a temporary space to test some things, finished the testing, and deleted the database I had created, but it complains that the space isn't empty. Here is the "tbcheck -pe" output: Chunk: 4 …
Re: Do alarms work in 7.20 ?
ctreptow@aol.com wrote: > > Hi. I am trying to write an alarm program for Informix, but it doesn't > appear to work. We are on HP-UX 10.01 running Informix Online version > 7.20. I have written the following script, but it doesn't ever appear to > get called by Informix. Acco…
dbspace
Hi Before I was hired, another non-DBA SA wrote a script: create database coris that went to rootdbs automatically, I believe It showed as Database Name Owner In Dpspace When Created Log Status coris informix rootdbs 01/24/96 B but It should be Database Name Owner I…
dbspace
Hi Before I was hired, another non-DBA SA wrote a script: create database coris that went to rootdbs automatically, I believe It showed as Database Name Owner In Dpspace When Created Log Status coris informix rootdbs 01/24/96 B but It should be Database Name Owner I…
Drop db chunk
At one time, I accidentally add a chunk to a wrong dbspace. Is there a way to remove this wrongly added chunk so that the chunk may be allocated to the right dbspace? Edmund To an Informix novice Chinese University of HK…
Re: Misunderstood DBSPACETEMP ?
David Williams wrote: > > This is odd - Check Informix Online Dynamic Server > Admin. Guide, Volume 2 Version 7.1 Page 38-18. > > "The DBSPACETEMP configuration paramaters is a list of dbspaces used > to globally manager the storage of temporary tables" > > "If bot…
Re: Misunderstood DBSPACETEMP ?
David Williams <djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk> wrote: > This is odd - Check Informix Online Dynamic Server > Admin. Guide, Volume 2 Version 7.1 Page 38-18. > "The DBSPACETEMP configuration paramaters is a list of dbspaces used > to globally manager the storage of temporary table…
Re: Misunderstood DBSPACETEMP ?
In article <325A9392.1C99C17C@www.weideneder.de>, Stefan Weideneder <stefan@www.weideneder.de> writes >Hi folks, > >has anyone some experience with DBSPACETEMP ? Starting with version >7.0 ( an inofficial version ) until 7.12UC1 I've made a few tests >with temporary tables. Now I…
RE: event-alarms
---------- From: Stuber[SMTP:sstuber@intrlnk.com] Sent: Thursday, August 15, 1996 3:22 PM To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu Subject: event-alarms The Administrator's Guide (7.1) states "When any of the events in a = predefined set occur, OnLine invokes=20 this executable" wher…
Re: event-alarms
Hi, There was an articule in our last user group newsletter on Alarms which has an example of how to use Alarms. You can view it at our user group web site www.access.digex.net/~waiug Regards - Lester > The Administrator's Guide (7.1) states "When any of the events in a prede…
event-alarms -Reply
I don't have the answer to your question but basically everything which writes an alarm to the log will call alarmprog. It is a handy utility except that at present it doesn't work to well. If alarmprog gets passed a string longer than a predefined length (512 bytes?) then it wi…
event-alarms
The Administrator's Guide (7.1) states "When any of the events in a predefined set occur, OnLine invokes this executable" where "this executable" refers to ALARMPROGRAM. Is the "predefined set" referring to figure 33-2? In other words any event of a sort listed in that table wi…
AW: What happens when ?
Hi, One possible solution is to dump the correct dbspaces with dd on tape. After restoring the correct archive, it might be possible to overwrite the restored dbspaces by dumping the dbspaces back.(This works with Infomix 5, maybe with 7) Robert…
Fraged Tables/Onunload 7.13uc1
If a table is fraged across multiple dbspaces, and the indexes are created in a different dbspaces of its own, will onload work successfully if the table was droped and then reloaded? I know I can specify the dbspaces in which I want to load the table on the command line, but wh…
Help! OnAutomatic backup using Informix...
Hello I work with Informix 7.10.UC1 on Solaris 2.4 I have a program that forks and execs ontape, communicates on a pipe to feed "return" to it and continues doing some other work. It needs to be informed when and with what status ontape completed. I tried using the event-al…
Help! OnAutomatic backup using Informix...
Hello I work with Informix 7.10.UC1 on Solaris 2.4 I have a program that forks and execs ontape, communicates on a pipe to feed "return" to it and continues doing some other work. It needs to be informed when and with what status ontape completed. I tried using the event-al…
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: Informix 8.0
I have just completed a benchmark on Informix-OnLine 8.0 Controlled Release. It was installed here on an MPP machine which has 4 terrabytes of disk space and 175 nodes running 256Mb RAM on each. XPS (Extended Parallel Server) was installed on 166 CoServers and managed a DSS appli…
Re:Timeout in 4GL Programms
tvarnas@compulink.gr (Apostolos Varnas) schrieb : tv>I want to implement a timeout of a 4GL application from inside the tv>application.I tried to use alarm() but I found out that alarm() is used tv>internally from Informix and thus resetted after each keyboard stroke. tv>This po…
Re: Informix v7.x Problem on Digital Unix: 2GB Limit
I think that you can solve the problem by creating a dbspace composed by 2 or more chunks of 2 Gb. Then, when you create the database you must specify this special dbspace. The load of the information will work fine! Bye Paulo Nunes (p.nunes@mail.telepac.pt)…
Temporary dbspace
I have created a temporary dbspace. It is referenced by the onconfig file parameter DBSPACETEMP. It was made larger recently because our reports explicitly create temp table using the "WITH NO LOG" option and the temp tables created by 2 specific reports can get pretty big. It i…
Re: The 2GB chunk size limit and Sparc storage arrays
Could the Informix monitors possibly reply to this question either as a post or as a direct email? I am working at MCI on what is going to be a rather large database. Although the 2G limit means more db- spaces instead of a real wall on my storage capacity, I would prefer to le…
Re: Online 5.1, How to remove a chunk
Hi, You have to drop the dbspace in order to free up the chunk and the dbspace has to be empty when you drop it. Thanks Ryan…
Re: Online 5.1, How to remove a chunk
You can't remove a chunk in version 5.x. This is possible in version 7.x. If the chunk is in a non-rootdbs dbspace, you could remove all data from the dbspace, then drop the dbspace to reclaim chunks.…
Re: INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server intallation
copy the standard onconfig file and make as few changes as possible to the different parameters. after you are sure you can bring informix online, should you begin to make changes to the onconfig parameters. Use ONMONITOR to make the changes. It will protect you from many mista…
INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server intallation
I'm about to install INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server V.7.1 on a SPARC 1000. Has anyone installed this database on a sparc before? If yes...do you have any suggestions or could you give me any advice on certain aspects of the installation you felt might be important to take notice?…
Re: Informix Disk Offsets on SPARC Storage Array Volumes?
> > When defining a database space on a Sun Storage Array volume, is > it necessary to specify an offset so that Informix will not overwrite > disk label information? Or can one feel reasonably comfortable that > the Veritas Volume Manager drivers will not allow that to happen? >…
Re: Informix Disk Offsets on SPARC Storage Array Volumes?
We are running Veritas and an offset is not reqired to preserve the disk label. ---- original message from Salvatore Saieva ---- ++ ++ When defining a database space on a Sun Storage Array volume, is ++ it necessary to specify an offset so that Informix will not overwrite ++ dis…
Re: Informix Disk Offsets on SPARC Storage Array Volumes?
In article <3nod63$2du@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, saieva@dpg.rnb.com says... > >When defining a database space on a Sun Storage Array volume, is >it necessary to specify an offset so that Informix will not overwrite >disk label information? Or can one feel reasonably comfortable th…
Re: Informix Disk Offsets on SPARC Storage Array Volumes?
saieva@dpg.rnb.com (Salvatore Saieva) wrote: >When defining a database space on a Sun Storage Array volume, is >it necessary to specify an offset so that Informix will not overwrite >disk label information? Or can one feel reasonably comfortable that >the Veritas Volume Manager …
Informix Disk Offsets on SPARC Storage Array Volumes?
When defining a database space on a Sun Storage Array volume, is it necessary to specify an offset so that Informix will not overwrite disk label information? Or can one feel reasonably comfortable that the Veritas Volume Manager drivers will not allow that to happen? Sal.…
Online/Optical
Hello, I'm running into some problems while configuring Online/Optical Version 5.0. It is running in conjunction with Plexus Storage Manager and a SONY jukebox. When I attempt to load a TEXT column into the optical storage I always get the following: 600: Cannot create blob.…
Find names of all databases in a DBSPACE
Is there a way to get a list of all of the databases in a dbspace? My dbspace is very dynamic and I need a way to get this list. Using Informix Online 5.x on Sun Sparc SunOS 4.1.3c David Clough…
dbspace Q
i am looking for any pgms that might help monitor "space hogs". it would be nice to be able to get a listing of databases found under a specific DBSPACE along with its owner and size. i thought i saw a news thread along this topic a few months ago. thanks, jim ________…
Re: Mirroring
Ti Lian Hwang writes: |We have a new HP9000 machine with 2 fast SCSI disks and 2 slower |disks. | |We are using informix mirroring on them. | |Is there advantages or disadvantages if the mirror copies are both |in the in the slow disks, or a mix of slow and fast disks ? | |I mea…
Mirroring
We have a new HP9000 machine with 2 fast SCSI disks and 2 slower disks. We are using informix mirroring on them. Is there advantages or disadvantages if the mirror copies are both in the in the slow disks, or a mix of slow and fast disks ? I mean Disk A (slow) Disk B …
remote dbspace
Is anybody define a dbspace on a remote machine...!!! with online 5.0. Thanks...…
dbspace lost
Platform: Everex 486 running Interactive 3.2 and Informix Online 4.00.UE1. Recently, we took a power hit that caused some damage to our file system. Specifically, the device file Informix writes to was lost. Should I reinstall Online or can I just re-create the device file? Al…
Prevent users from creating databases?
Is there any way to prevent users from creating databases? Or at least to prevent them from creating databases in the system dbspace? Or even a way to change the default place for databases from system dbspace to another dbspace? Thanks in advance. -- Rick Hamel Database Admi…
tables in dbspace (Online 5.x)
Is there a simple way to find which tables are in a dbspace? (Or, what dbspace a table is in?) -Brian ------ brena@hcia.com…
DBspace Question
I'm looking for a way in a sql statement to have on-line return me based on a given table name the dbspace name that the table is located in. The following sql statment returns the dbspace number the table is located in but what I need is the actual dbspace name. select h…
dbspace for database
Yes I know I have antique software, and yes I am sure you've answered this before...but I need to know now, and cannot find it in Walt's excellent archives... On a UNisys 5000 platform, running Turbo with 2.10.03G SQL... 2 databases were created. tbmonitor shows rootdbs, and 2 o…
Default dbspace?
This has probably already been discussed to death, so please reply by e-mail. Is there a way with OnLine v4.0 or v4.1 to make the default dbspace something other than the root dbspace? Thanks. -- +--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ |…
Cooked dbspace...
A client of of ours was playing with OnLine, and created a chunk on the cooked file system. When he was done, he decided "Okay, I'm through." and did an "rm mychunk" from. Note that he didn't bother to drop the dbspace inside of OnLine. So now he has a dbspace that OnLine thinks …
Informix System constraints
We're currently developing software using Informix 4GL and FourGen CASE tools on a 486 box running SCO Unix 3.2.2. Our application has become rather large (several thousand lines of 4GL code) and we've encountered a problem that's got me stumped. 1) Informix error -4518: The 4G…
Dropping a dbspace
Hello, I am currently using the Informix Turbo engine. I tried to drop a dbspace the other day and couldn't do. Does anybody have info on how to do this? Thanks ! Brian MacWilliams USAMC - SIMA LEAD CHAMBERSBURG PA…