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onstat -g seg reveals several virtual segments many show a pool summary of 17184.H.sd
Hello Do you have by chance RALLOC_MODE POOL in the onconfig? This setting changes the allocation of shared memory pools What means you will see additional pools. Normally such memory is allocated in other pools (e.g session pool) So can be that this is high number is not pointin…
What prevents a RSS to roll forward as fast as its primary?
David, (a) I was checking `onstat -l | grep C-` while the replica lagging, it showed almost same values as `onstat -g rss verbose`. (b) Could the apply contention be an issue if a single thread performs 99.99% of apply job when lagging? ------------------------------ Sincerely, D…
onstat statement
Dears, Kindly let me know if I run onstat - g stm command to check current sql statement which give the Session ID but sometimes if I try to kill the session by onmode -z <id> , it doesn't kill the session. So do I need to connect the session id with onstat -k session id ? kindly…
Smart Blob Metadata Queries?
Brian: Thanks. However, not easy to parse onstat output in an ESQL/C program. What I am trying to do is improve the myschema --infrastructure=cmd output to accurately recreate the smart blobspaces. Dbschema -c -ns does not do this either. Currently neither dbschema nor myschema g…
script for ontake backup in multiple files
Hi, We need to take backup (ontape) in multiple files using bash script . we are using IDS12.10FC7. currently we are using following script but it is not working properly. 1). Main script. i=inst_name level=0 . /inst_name TAP_FILE=`onstat -c|grep "^TAPEDEV" | awk '{print $2}'`…
Backup Help
When I ran onstat -, it says Blocked: LAST_LOG_RESERVED4BACKUP When I ran onstat -l grep C-, it gives me U---C-L…
Trusted Connection on Windows Environment
Hello Mike, Thanks for your response. I ahve set the hosts.equiv file on both servers Location: C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\drivers\\\\etc\\\\ hosts.equiv file contains hostname and user I know that this is a trust connection problem, from DBACCESS it is connecting but promti…
ON-Bar / Last logical log saved number
Hi, Something like this. I am using "tail -50000" because ixbar files can get very large. SERVERNUM=`onstat -c | grep ^SERVERNUM | awk '{print $2}'` LASTLOGBACKEDUP=`tail -50000 $INFORMIXDIR/etc/ixbar.$SERVERNUM | grep ' L' | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}'` Ben.…
False non-exclusive access when select a table
Hi Andreas, onstat -g opn previously saved (namely before restart) doesn't show any records for the partnums of table's indices. The partnums (for the table and indices) are in the outputs of onstat -C all and onstat -g ppf. Thanks. Roger…
sysmaster tables for onstat -u and onstat -g ath
Greetings. In my quest to produce Perl scripts that consolidate the output of onstat commands, it has been mostly straightforward to break up a line into into its component pieces of data. For example, onstat -u, every line has exactly one string in every column. Not so for som…
onstat -a order
Hi All, On Informix v.12.1, what is the order of the results for 'onstat -a'? Our file is 234MB large, so I'm breaking it down into the individual pieces. I've gotten to the 'onstat -g all' section, but am stuck on the section with the heading: Thread Thread id Cancelled I/Os C…
DBSERVERALIASES entries not displaying correctly
I added two new entries to DBSERVERALIASES ( both wtn_* are new). They were also added to /etc/services and sqlhosts. I restarted the instance after this. The Informix client would not connect to the wtn_ connection. Upon doing 'onstat -c | grep -i dbserver' I do not see the 'wt…
onstat -d
I am sure it must exist Does someone have a script to give a pretty layout of onstat -d ............. The dbspace, and following that the chunks belonging to that dbspace ? My company decided not to stick to naming conventions, and now I am trying to match dbspaces with chunks …
Re: RE: Which session is using the most cpu resour
since 11.50 there is also an onstat available for that purpose - onstat -g cpu…
onstat -d
Hi, I see a line in onstat -d output that say metadata Size Free Bpages Metadata 17324 4005 17324 I see the free space was drastically reduced when I run cdr commands. My question is, what will happened with that space if it gets empty ? Thanks in advance. --001a11c11a8c11f…
Syssession information
Good morning, I am currently working on instances (11.70) that have a number of listeners. Is there a way to get the listener a client connected to something like the example below: $ onstat -c DBSEVERNAME servinst1_str $ onstat -c DBSERVERALIAS servinst1_tcp,servinst1b_tcp,ser…
Setup HDR
the onstat -c|grep STACKSIZE is : priamry : STACKSIZE 64 secondary : STACKSIZE 64…
Onstat -d
Hi, Every day I run onstat -d command, and notice that every 3 or 4 weeks rootdbs has from 2 to 8 free pages less. Why this happend? Enviado desde mi iPhone…
IDS 9.30 on a virtualised HP-UX platform; "Checkpoint Stalled"
Hi there I'm concious this is an old unsupported IDS version (IDS 9.30HC5) but as part of a migration I have to do a proof of concept. We've got the dbserver installed on a virtualised platform (basically it's a direct lift from $PARENT_COMPANY's installation copied onto the tar…
trace to index name
HI, I tried to use partnum of ouput of "onstat -C clean" ( see below) to get the index name from sysptprof. But it seem NOT very right. select * from sysptprof where hex(partnum)='0x00e00081' Any other sysXXXX table has a relation to Partnum of output of "onstat -C clean" ? or…
onstat errors
Hi Art We are old dostats fans. Last version we compiled is: dostats: Features Version 6.00, Source Revision: 1.172 ! Copyright 1996-2009 by Art S. Kagel. License for private usage (including use by commercial enterprise for its own needs) is granted. Commercial and exploita…
onstat & SMI
Good day. Is it possible to get information from SMI similar as "onstat -g sql <sid>" shows? Especially we need current sql and last parsed sql... Thank you in advance. P.S. IDS 11.50FC9 for AIX.…
Re: help with informix on windows oncheck -pr erro
more information Domain: st-network.maf.govt.nz from config file SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a server instance DBSERVERNAME apecert_ST # Name of default Dynamic Server DBSERVERALIASES apecert_ST_drda # List of alternate dbserver n the error C:\\\\Users\\\\oliverk-a…
IDS 7.31 UD5 data(base) recovery
On 18 Kwi, 19:13, Superboer <superbo...@t-online.de> wrote: > Hello Marcin, > > it sounds like that your LTAPEDEV is set to /usr/informix/ltapedev > in your onconfig file. > > if that ist the case you can set it to /dev/null. > > eq in $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG search for LTAPE…
Informix 10.00.TC5 CKPT REQ Logica Log Full
I can't add new log with onparams because Informix seems non reponding after FAST RECOVERY. I logged on Informix server with user informix and from the command prompt tryied to use some command but informix responds only to analysis commands like onstat, onlog ecc... I tryied t…
HDR: ASF Echo-Thread Server error
Hello All, Primary - IDS 11.50.FC8W2 on HP-UX 11.23, 12 cores, IDS memory - 48G Secondry - IDS 11.50.FC8W2 on HP-UX 11.23, 04 cores, IDS memory - 40G 2 SDS nodes(updatable) DRAUTO 0 DRINTERVAL 15 DRTIMEOUT 90 Things were working fine until two days back we started getting foll…
onstat -l
I'm seeing a couple of extra lines in the output of 'onstat -l', which I can't find documented in the 11.50 administrators guide and references. The lines in question look like this: Buffer Waiting Buffer ioproc flags L-1 0 0x1 0 L-2 0 0x1 0 The exact lines varies (L-1 through…
sql insert increases the value of nreads in onstat -u
Hi, I have a esql/c program that run this sql (output of onstat -g ses): Insert into cs_nyd_disg_ofi(cod_periodo,grupo_datos,numero_cliente,monto_a_compensar,di ......pond_t_pro_e,di_pond_d_pro_e,nhs) values(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?....,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?) When I r…
AW: Viewing BTree 'onstat -C' info via sysmaster
Hi, I don't have any experience with BTS on secondary instances. But instead of bouncing the engine, have you tried to stop/start the BT- Scanner only (onmode -C stop <#number_of_bts_threads>, onmode -C start <#>) Regards Andreas > ------------------------------------------- S…
Viewing BTree 'onstat -C' info via sysmaster
Hello, Is it possible to view the BTree Scanner info seen with 'onstat -C' via the sysmaster database? The reason I ask is because we seem to have the following issue and I was planning on monitoring it with scripted SQL etc, but cant figure out the sysmaster tables. 'onstat -…
btree invalidation
On 22 Dec, 21:05, roger_vi...@yahoo.es wrote: > I have the following line in the output of onstat -g mem > > btree inval V c000000054330028 1745338368 149991704 1704431 > 213054 > > I'm care about that because the last week the number of memory > segments (onstat -g seg) has…
If there were no onstat...
IDS v10.00.UC8 Solaris 8 6-1, 175 Bats: Left Throws: Right Born: 11/17/1967 in Independence, MO. Pretend there was no onstat -x (or any onstat) to get info about open transactions. You wanted to find out if there were any open transactions in a logical log file older than the cu…
b-tree scanner tuning and expected behavior
Hi, I guess it's solved now: but just changing the parameters didn't stop the btscanner activity. First I had to stop all threads, then I started two threads with: onmode -C start 2 onmode -C threshold 500000 onmode -C rangesize 100 and it's running fine now for about 5 days with…
Re: Analysis of activities during checkpoint
You may set an Environment Variable before starting the Informix Server: TRACECKPT=1; export TRACECKPT The checkpoints will be more chatty and you can see what needs more time: writing to disk or sessions in critical section. With onstat -C you can see what the BTSCANNERS are …
understanding oncheck -pp
Thanks Mike, Here is the excerpts from the af.xxxxxxx file - ***** 11:08:29 Assert Failed: Page Check Error in btcurrent:bad current page 11:08:29 Who: Session(16, informix@DV11, 3743, 10b013e98) Thread(45, sqlexec, 10afd38f0, 1) File: rsdebug.c Line: 1057 11:08:29 Results: Po…
Ip for a network session
onstat -g ses look under "hostname"...…
Informix thread working with a index
Hi Paulo, Is the thread staying active? What does a an onstat -C show you? What does an onstat -C part | sort -nk 3 show? ----- Original Message ---- From: PAULO RAFAEL PADILLA VELAZQUEZ <rafaelpadilla@grupomayan.com> To: ids@iiug.org Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2008 8:17:21 P…
how to reduce the PDQ ready queries
Hi, I use PDQ in my application, then use onstat -g mgm monitor the pdq state, Queries Average # Maximum # Total # -------------- --------------- --------- ------- Active 3.5 +- 4.4 18 172 Ready 14.5 +- 4.8 21 64 the ready queries always retain around 14, How can i reduce read…
Re: Monitor sessions
>> onstat -g tpf | tr -s " " | sort -nr -k 16 | head > onstat.tpf.out >> for i in `cat onstat.tpf.out|cut -d " " -f1` >> do >> if [ $i -gt 0 ] >> then >> echo "------ LOGICAL LOG $i START" >> user_add=`onstat -g ath|grep $i|tr -s " "|cut -d " " -f4` >> if [ `…
Real basic oncheck onmonitor question
With oncheck you're safe with the -p options, with onmonitor you're safe as long as you don't go into the Parameters menu (which is disabled for users other than informix) or if you do, don't save any changes. To safely look what config parameters are being used use onstat -c.…
Re: Unable to open input file 'c'
Art S. Kagel wrote: > On Oct 23, 2:44 pm, "David Reed" <david.r...@tollink.co.za> wrote: >> Informix 7.x >> SCO Unix >> >> When I do oninit, I get the following messages: >> Unable to open input file 'c' >> Unable to open input file 's' >> >> Informix go into fast recovery and th…
How to find the location of logical log file
On Aug 20, 8:32 am, Veeru71 <m_ad...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Given a logical log file, wow can we find out its location > (dbspace) ? > onstat -l doesn't show this info. > Thanks It actually is in the onstat -l output. The "begin" column is the physical address of the begining o…
Re: Strange behaviour of the buffer pool
Looking at a larger instance on the same versions I can see the "resident" pool being 354MB while the "res-buff" being the same the BUFFERS setting: onstat -g mem|grep " R " res-buff R c00000001669d040 1280004096 2848 2 2 resident R c000000000491040 …
onstat -p
Dear forumers, Attached is the "onstat -p" command : Do you think my bufwaits is high ?? Or is there anything significant from this information that need attention for performance reasons ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------…
onstat -p
The following is the output of onstat -p, I am curious why numckpts: 2325 < ckpwaits : 2683 ? How is that possible? Thanks, Frank informix@erika $ onstat -p IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC5 -- On-Line -- Up 36 days 02:20:10 -- 1976640 Kbytes Profile dskreads pagr…
Re: BTSCANNER defaults
I was expecting to see the btscanner thread running at low priority as the default but this was not the case. Maybe it has something to do with upgrading from 9.3 to 10.0 vs installing 10.0 clean. I can say with 100% certainty that onstat -C showed the btscanner thread running …
Onstat Reference
It's taken a while but I've finally got our onstat reference pages (www.oninit.com/onstat) up to data with all the recent (ish) stuff. The V11 changes will be in place when the V11 Beta goes public. I'm happy to be told where they are wrong. If you like it then use it, if you …
Sporadic performance issue
"TBP" <TheBigPotato@NotHere.Co.Uk> wrote in message news:scwRg.32880$Mh2.490@newsfe6-win.ntli.net... >> What is SHMBASE set to? [root~] onstat -c | grep SHMBASE SHMBASE 0x44000000L # Shared memory base address >> What does onstat -g seg report when you hit the "lim…
record locked
a combination of onstat -k and onstat -u…
Checking indexes after large deletes
Adam Tauno Williams wrote: >> I can't seem to get "onstat -g btc" to return anything in 9.21 FC4 or >> 10.0 FC4. > > It doesn't do anything on my "10.00.UC4" box. > > There is "btree cleaner info", with "onstat -C". Is that the same > thing? > Yes ... onstat -C Use the -C opti…
Performance issue after 732 to 94fc6 upgrade
Sorry, the previous posting of with the onstat output file did not have the sequence of onstat commands. They were in order: informix211 /tmp$ onstat -g cac >> retwa.stats.out informix212 /tmp$ onstat -p > retwa.statsdone.out informix213 /tmp$ onstat -d >> retwa.statsdone.out inf…
help on onstat
hi, please help me how to leave onstat -i mode? thanks…
who locks a record?
onstat -k followed by an onstat -u…
Re: Not using the new parameters in V10.0 upgrade.
Yes - I'd run some onstat's and check what the parameters have defaulted to. - I assume since you still use the BUFFERS line that you are just using the default page size for your platform. Check IDS didn't rewrite the onconfig as part of the upgrade - I thought BUFFERS was gone…
Re: Subject: Re: OT: Don't create tables owned by informix -
Write a C program that runs onstat -g ses argv<1> that takes one parameter, makes sure it is up to 8 character long and it is all digits.....easy! Also a seperate replacement for onstat -g sql that does the same validation. Love Dave. PS Was thinking about this today. How…
RE: BTREE SCANNER monitoring and tuning.
-----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Gentsch, Sam Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 9:36 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: BTREE SCANNER monitoring and tuning. I understand there are several onstat op…
Transaction Rollback
onstat -x…
Re: dropping chunk
The offset used is 0. onspaces -d arcdatdbs -p /dev/vg_archive/rlvol34 -o 0 -y Remove the link /dev/vg_archive/rlvol34 to /dev/vg_database/rlvol34 rm /dev/vg_archive/rlvol34 Run a level 0 archive to /dev/null onspaces -c -d temp5dbs -t -p /dev/vg_database/rlvol34 -o 0 -s 2048…
Re: dropping chunk
The offset used is 0. onspaces -d arcdatdbs -p /dev/vg_archive/rlvol34 -o 0 -y Remove the link /dev/vg_archive/rlvol34 to /dev/vg_database/rlvol34 rm /dev/vg_archive/rlvol34 Run a level 0 archive to /dev/null onspaces -c -d temp5dbs -t -p /dev/vg_database/rlvol34 -o 0 -s 2048…
dropping chunk
The offset used is 0. onspaces -d arcdatdbs -p /dev/vg_archive/rlvol34 -o 0 -y Remove the link /dev/vg_archive/rlvol34 to /dev/vg_database/rlvol34 rm /dev/vg_archive/rlvol34 Run a level 0 archive to /dev/null onspaces -c -d temp5dbs -t -p /dev/vg_database/rlvol34 -o 0 -s 2048…
explicit TEMP table in rootdbs?
All, I'm having a problem with an explicit TEMP table being created in my rootdbs. I have 6 temp dbspaces created at 1 gig each. My entry for dbspace temp in my onconfig file is below. create TEMP table <tabname> ( column list .... ); Any help would be greatly appreciated. $ …
explicit TEMP table in rootdbs?
All, I'm having a problem with an explicit TEMP table being created in my rootdbs. I have 6 temp dbspaces created at 1 gig each. My entry for dbspace temp in my onconfig file is below. create TEMP table <tabname> ( column list .... ); Any help would be greatly appreciated. …
explicit TEMP table in rootdbs?
All, I'm having a problem with an explicit TEMP table being created in my rootdbs. I have 6 temp dbspaces created at 1 gig each. My entry for dbspace temp in my onconfig file is below. create TEMP table <tabname> ( column list .... ); Any help would be greatly appreciated. …
Re: onmode could not block server. (Why?)
Hi! I've found the error. I restarted the INFORMIXSERVER presto1 and Informix@S0221849> oninit Bad Primary Chunk '/local/db/presto1/ifx_presto1_utb_01'. Informix@S0221849> onmode -c block onmode could not block server. After removing the dbspace with the primary chunk '/local/…
onstat -p
We are running IDS 9.3 on Tru64. Most of the onstat -p statistics quit being accumulated 3 days ago and I = have no idea how to restart accumulation without restarting the = instance. What/how causes the stats to not accumulate? How do you begin accumulation again? Copy of onst…
onstat --p
Hi: Considerations can recommend me that parametros and/or deberia to make for being able to improve the performance of my motor, because deacuerdo when coming out of onstat - p Êched=91.21 and to be 98 Thank's ========================================================== Profil…
onstat --p
Hi: Considerations can recommend me that parametros and/or deberia to make for being able to improve the performance of my motor, because deacuerdo when coming out of onstat - p %cached=91.21 and to be 98 Thank's ========================================================== Prof…
need help with onstat -C & B-tree cleaning threads / IDS 9.40
Hi all, some weeks ago someone posted a detailed description how to configure the number of new style B-tree cleaner threads according to monitoring results from onstat -C. I cannot find it anymore anywhere :( I don't even remember, if it was posted here, on the common IIUG li…
DDR Down - how up with it?
Hi this is a CDR question on IDS 9.30 / AIX 5.1 platform. We have 3 servers A, B and C. CDR rep1 from A to B work in Primary/Target mode. CDR rep2 from B to C is configured in Update Anywhere mode, but doesn't work since onstat -g ddr shows: DDR Down. Because of rep1 we don't w…
Onstat -D / onstat -u mismatch
IDS 9.21.UC6, Solaris 2.8 building an ETX index, into logged smartdbs, onstat -u shows the nreads column ticking up. The nwrites is remaining at zero. Onstat -D shows heavy reads on one smartdbs where the data is, and heavy writes on smartdbs where the index is heading. onstat…
IDS 9.40, onstat -C and onmode -C new features.
These two features were introduced in version 9.40 The IDS Administrator's Reference 9.40 (3-121, 3-49) only gives a brief statement as to what they do. The performance guide does not have any information. Does any one have any more information or recommendations about monitor…
RE: database restore with ontape -r on Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.31 on Linux
"Colin Bull" <c.bull@videonetworks.com> wrote in message news:btmcr4> That will make it a lot tidier, should be able to use a case statement. > I will revise next week sometime. > http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk/ifaq06.htm#6.33 6.33 What status codes does onstat return? On 21st …
onstat -F
What does the "data" column in onstat -F output signify? Where is this documented? Thanks Andy…
Question about informix on win2000server
Hi all, Im trying to configure the INFORMIX 7.31.TC2 on win2000 server. The win2000 server is configured over domain. All work fine (installing, initializing, etc.). but connecting to the console, running the ol_... icon generated in the informix group menus, I try one onst…
Lock Table Overflow - user id XXX, session id XXXXXX
This happened twice today, once for 5 minutes in the morning and a second time this afternoon for 3 minutes. The system came to it's knees both times. What is it that I need to look at? $ onstat -c |grep LOCKS LOCKS 500000 # Maximum number of locks Which I believe is more then e…
moving the physical log
According to the IDS 9.4 docs, I can move the physical log like this: set IFX=D:\\IFMXDATA\\ol_bronco copy nul D:\\IFMXDATA\\ol_bronco\\physpace.001 onspaces -c -d physpace1 -p %IFX%\\physpace.001 -o 0 -s 8192 onparams -p -s 8192 -d physpace1 -y ontape -s -L 0 The IDS bitches o…
Description of onstat -C
Hi, Could someone tell me what is the difference between the two following sections in the onstat -C command and what is there meaning ? - Invalidation Requests - Outstanding Requests Thanks a lot for your answers. Best Regards Fred…
isolation & lock mode in onstat
How reliable is the output of onstat -g sql as far as the isolation and lock mode is concerned? I have an ESQL/C process that sets committed read and wait 60, however in the output of onstat -g sql there is quite frequently DR for dirty read and Not Wait, which both would be a ma…
onstat flags
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onstat -b
Hello all, Below is the output of onstat -b : informix@test:/usr/informix> onstat -b Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC8 -- On-Line -- Up 6 days 21:06:56 -- 506592 Kbytes Buffers address userthread flgs pagenum memaddr nslots pgflgs xflgs owner waitlist 31427e88 0 …
onstat -b
Hello all, Below is the output of onstat -b : informix@test:/usr/informix> onstat -b Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC8 -- On-Line -- Up 6 days 21:06:56 -- 506592 Kbytes Buffers address userthread flgs pagenum memaddr nslots pgflgs xflgs owner waitlist 31427e88 0 …
RE: onstat
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 dr_pablo@my-deja.com wrote: >> I have seen vendor-supplied scripts, which use the following >> exit codes from "onstat". I do not know where they are documented. > >Here's the URL to the FAQ page containing the info: > >http://www.iiug.org/resources/faq/ifaq0…
RE: onstat
I got this email awhile back: >PEOple, > >For those of you who do not know, it is very tough to determine the *real* >status of IDS. "onstat -" will return, stating that the server is "online" >but many times it is in the process of a "fast recovery", etc. In >addition, "onsta…
RE: onstat
The exit codes were posted into a FAQ at the IIUG web site at one time. Wayne E Martin Informix Database Administrator Kmart Corporation -----Original Message----- From: Bogdan Neagu [mailto:bogdan.neagu@alcatel.com] Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 11:17 AM To: informix-list@iiu…
RE: onstat
Hi Bernstein. Please visit following site. >exit codes from "onstat". I do not know where they are documented. http://www.informix.com/informix/iuc/ppt/ts_ids.ppt And search "onstat". Regards. -- Tsutomu Ogiwara Technical Group & Red Brick Group, Informix Sales Promotion …
Re: onstat
At 11:17 01/01/29 -0500, Bogdan Neagu wrote: Hi Bogdan. When the meaning of the question is different, I'm sorry. onstat returns the following. The server status is expressed as a number 0 Initialisation 1 Quiescent 2 Recovery 3 Backup 4 Shutdown 5 Online 6 Abort Regards. >…
RE: onstat
I have seen vendor-supplied scripts, which use the following exit codes from "onstat". I do not know where they are documented. integer inf_dwn1=255 # Informix mode is down integer inf_dwn2=-1 # Informix mode is down (60_USAP2) integer inf_init=0 # Informix mode is Initia…
onstat
Hi all. I was told by our DBA that onstat has different exit codes depending on the engine's mode (or mood). So, if I test $result (in C shell) or $? (Bourne / Korn shell), I should get a numeric value. My tests show 1=Quiescent, 5=On-Line. Does anyone know what these values …
onstat -b
Hello all, Below is the output of onstat -b : informix@test:/usr/informix> onstat -b Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC8 -- On-Line -- Up 6 days 21:06:56 -- 506592 Kbytes Buffers address userthread flgs pagenum memaddr nslots pgflgs xflgs owner waitlist 31427e88 0 …
bug in onstat -t ?
onstat -t gives following output (look at column npages): Tblspaces n address flgs ucnt tblnum physaddr npages nused npdata nrows nextns resident 17 c0000000995f8908 0 1 100001 10000e -9223372036854775558 250 0 0 5 0 120 c0000000995f8d78 …
Onstat -P
Hello all, I am hoping you can clear up something for me. I am curious about the onstat -P command. The Admin Guide/Manual for 7.3x has one pithy statement about "display for all partitions the partition number and break up of pages in the buffer pool belonging to the partitio…
onstat on IDS2000
Hello all IHAC with IDS2000 ans the output of onstat -d is the following : Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Version 9.20.UC3X4 -- On-Line -- Up 6 days 16:59:45 -- 459440 Kbytes Dbspaces 500d1d08 6 8001 6 1 N S informix usersbs0101 Chunks address chk…
Last parsed SQL statement...
Is it possible to get last parsed statement is ESQL/C (like onstat -g ses id_ses)? Query is saved in sysmaster database, but where can I found session id? Thank you for anserws... ______________________________________________________________________________ Jaroslaw Pos…
NUMCPUVPS
Wonder what's causing Informix's syscpu to be 4 times that of usercpu - normally, its the reverse. Post onstat -c as well as the other onstat's suggested. Rudy Masa wrote: > Up 2 days 23:58:56 > ovlock ovuserthread ovbuff usercpu syscpu numckpts flushes > 0 0 …
Re: Performance comparison btn Informix and SQL Server
Further to my own post... From: "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> > >From: Ming-Chuan Wu <wu@dvs1.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de> >> >>recently I have set up an experimental environment for performance >>evaluation among DBMSs, such as Informix, MS SQL Server 7.0, Oracle 8 a…
onstat -u
I have a telnet user who consistently is walking out the door without logging off. Here's how I assume I should go about killing the user, with the problem listed below. 1. Do a who -u | grep username (identify tty port) 2. Do a onstat -u | grep username (to identify session i…
Re: Onstat
Are you executing onstat with -r 1 option? It happens sometimes. Try with -r 5 option. Vinod Bhansali --- Srinivas Sreekumar <SRINIVAS_SK@inf.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently installed Informix dynamic server > 7.31.UC6 on HP UX 11.0 > > I am getting an error while running …
RE: Onstat
I had a low value for the shared memory kernal parameter for my unix server. When I increased it it started working.. Thansk, Srini -----Original Message----- From: Marat [mailto:maratkotik@mail.ru] Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 7:41 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: Onst…
Onstat
Hi all, I recently installed Informix dynamic server 7.31.UC6 on HP UX 11.0 I am getting an error while running onstat. "Changing data structure forced command termination. " can someone interpret this message for me and tell me the action to be taken. Thanks, Srini…
onstat -p
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Informix Server Administrator for IDS 7.31 TC4
Anybody can help me to solve for problem that found during installation ISA page. I am using IDS 7.31 TC4 on NT Server, Service Pack 5 and Internet Information Server 4. I already installed Active Perl, Set Up IIS and configure the IIS, but still could not connect into database.…
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onstat -g ntd Nona…
Re: Informix-NT performance
From: ivon4388@my-deja.com > >I have big problem with HP LXr 8000 with >4xprocessors Xeon 400, 1Mb, 2048 RAM, NT 4 Server >Enterprise Edition, SP4 and Informix Database. >After rising user sessions over 1000 the average >CPU time on all processors(all thy are allowed >for Informi…
onstat -u
I am running Informix 8.2 on HP-UX 11.0. When I issue onstat -u command it shows the following: address flags sessid user tty wait tout locks nreads nwrites Under flags option: There are seven flags, the Seventh place flag is I know B,C,D,F; but it also shows M sometime. …
onstat & SMI
Hi, does anybody knows what query (queries) I must run to produce same output as onstat -u command? I'm not sure for flags, which fields in SMI represents those flags. Thnx in advance.…
Re: Onstat command
echo "select sysdatabases.name,sysdatabases.owner, is_logging,is_buff_log from sysdatabases where name =your database name" |dbaccess sysmaster SR At 02:49 PM 8/19/99 +0800, you wrote: > >To All Informixers, > >Is there a corresponding parameter w/c I can use with onstat or onc…
Onstat command
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Tuning Informix 7.2.4
Webber Valerie H wrote: > > Hi All, > > Can anyone take a look at the ONCONFIG file and the output of ONSTAT -P, > ONSTAT -M and part of ONSTAT-G and make some tuning recommendations. This is > running 7.2.4 on a Pyramid UNIX machine with 512M of memory, 4 CPUs and a > 12K line …
onstat -z
Is there any way to tell the last time someone ran "onstat -z"? This seems like it should actually be logged in the online.log file rather than having to rely upon my fellow DBA's to communicate the fact that they reset things. Especially when I have to monitor hundreds of syste…
onstat
Hello after executing an onstat following message appears in the first lines: "Changing data structure forced command termination" What does this mean? Why does the Profile (as in a normal onstat) not appear and the onstat view only shows me the sessid? Regards André…
onstat options....
Hi Users, Which is the best site(s) / Book(s) to explain in detail all the columns of different options in onstat. There are a few changes in onstat results from 7.2x to 7.3.... so need something which explains all these. Thanks in advance, Pramod ___________________________…
Re: onstat
In article <7hpivn$l4u$1@news.gte.com>, michael.talbot@telops.gte.com says... > Hello, > > Question from a unix/informix neophyte: > > > > When I issue the onstat command I get the following reply. Does anyone know how to resolve this? > > /tmp-> onstat > shared memory not initi…
Re: onstat
Either the environment variable INFORMIXSERVER is not set (or isn't set to the correct value) or the Informix database engine is down. What is the value of DBSERVERNAME in the ONCONFIG file? John Carlson Informix DBA WHSmith USA Hello, > > Question from a unix/informix neophyt…
Logical log problem.
larry_m._ray@ck6.uscourts.gov wrote: > > Informix Dynamic Server 7.23 on a UNIX box. > > > On system console, received message saying the logical logs were full. > We have 20 logical logs of 1 meg each. When looking on onstat -l, 16 > logs are flagged 'U B',…
Which tables are in which dbspace?
Surfer! wrote: > > How can we find out which tables are in which dbspaces, with SQL or > onstat or whatever! > > Of course it should be documented somewhere but there's a gap between > theory and practise. > > Using OL 7.30 on SOLARIS 2.6. Get my listdb7.ec utility from the IIUG…
Logical log question
I was wondering if anyone could give me some helpful info on logical logs. Today I encountered a problem when I did an onstat -l, it showed that I had two logical logs recieving transactions. (I had the c flag on 2 logs) What could cause this and how can you fix this. Do you d…
Re: onconfig parameters
Are you using IDS 7.x? If so, then why not database sysmaster select * from sysconfig It even shows you what the default values are. John Carlson Informix DBA WHSmith USA Thomas G. Smith wrote: > > Let me restate my original question in a more verbose, less comprehensive > m…
Re: onconfig parameters
First of all, it's a "Cupie" doll, and secondly, there's no way to do EVERYTHING you want, but you _can_ get most of it. But it's not 100% straightforward. If you do an 'oncheck -pr' that will give you most of the shared-memory type parameters, along with scads of other stuff. …
Re: onconfig parameters
> onstat -c shows you the contents of the ONCONFIG file, but then so does vi > $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG. Perhaps I did not understand the question? Does onstat -c reflect changes made by onmode commands? I should try that and see...that, to me, would be the compelling reason …
RE: onconfig parameters
Hi, You should use: onstat -c and not onmode -c (this executes a checkpoint). Greetings, Rob Prop Database Consultant Informa Automatisering B.V. "Marichamy, Udaykumar" wrote: > onmode -c > > Uday > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas G. Smith [mailto:tsm…
ONSTAT
HI folks, looking for help using onstat -g que I would like to know if Enterprise Replication is working I don't know the meaning of this output.. Any help will be really appreciated. Thanks Javier Puente…
onstat columns
Does anyone have a listing, even partial, of on onstat command column meanings? Informix's references are completely unhelpful, or nearly so, in describing, for example, what the "q-limits" column of "onstat -g ntd" means or how it's calculated, except for saying that the comman…
Re: onstat -u / onstat -g ses Problem
Informix Netherlands advised to start the database with the environment variable SINGLESEG_OFF=1. Try it! Regards Hans Bosma Database Administrator NCCW(Netherlands Ing Thoralf Bihlo wrote: > > I´ve got an HPUX 10.20 / Serie 800 Server with Informix Dynamic Server > 7.30 UC6. >…
REQ: Problem with onstat -u / onstat -g ses
I´ve got an HPUX 10.20 / Serie 800 Server with Informix Dynamic Server 7.30 UC6. My SHMVIRTSIZE is 32k and onstat -g seg shows that I have just one Segment. When I try an onstat -u or onstat -g ses I get the Error: >Changing data structure forced program termination< during the …
onstat -l
When my machine is blocked in a CKPT, onstat -l shows ... Buffer Waiting Buffer ioproc flags L-1 57c6ab54 0x1 0 L-3 57c69884 0x1 0 ... which is not documented anywhere. I can guess what it means, but does anyone know what exactly it means (and what flags ar…
Lock Mode changes with ESQL/C and IDS 7.30UC5
Hi, we have an application written in C using ESQL/C. The firstthind the application does is opening the database and setting the LOCK MODE TO WAIT 3. It worked fine with IDS 7.24, but now on IDS 7.30UC5 under Reliant Unix 5.43C30 the LOCK MODE changes to NOT WAIT in 'onstat -…
RE: onstat -t
onstat -t shows tblnum in hex. So you can link it with hex(partnum) of systabnames to get your tablename. HTH Sathish -----Original Message----- From: David Tamburin [mailto:david.tamburin@protegrity.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 4:16 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subje…
onstat -t
Hello, Is there anyway to tell what the actual tablenames are when you execute a onstat -t ? I know that tblnum is the tablespace number, but what can this be related too to tell me something useful? Thank you david.tamburin@protegrity.com david Tamburin…
Ending ontape -c
Once you get the session ID, you can use onmode -z to stop it. i do this in my rclogs.sh ( http://www.backupcentral.com/mytools.html ) Here's some code snippets: case $VERSION in 4*|5*) INFPID=`$ONSTAT -u | grep 'A---M.*informix' | awk '{print $3}' ` ;; 6*|7*|8*) S…
onstat -c , no output
Hi, "onstat -c" shows only the first two lines of output. informix online ver ..up 3 days... configuration file ..... The configuration parameters are not outputted.Why does this happen ? (online 7.14 on NCR MP-RAS) TIA Sathish Sadagopan…
Informix Command Line
Hello, I try to configure a PC (NT Workstation 4.0) to be able to run "Command line Utilities" to access a database located on a different NT server. Server NT 4.0 Client NT Workstation 4.0 Informix OLWS 7.22 Informix OLWS 7.22 \\\\SUMMITTECH ol_summittech I would like to…
Re: Monitor script
"Mark D. Stock" wrote: > Miles Palmer wrote: > > > > Does anyone have a Sun script that can be executed in cron to see if the > > database/server is still up? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > Something like: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------…
onstat -u
I was running an 'onstat -u' command and have been receiving the following message: "changing data structures forced command termination" I was wondering if any of you have seen this message and might know what it means and how to correct it? David Meyer Guerilla Software…
onstat -h
Does anyone have any info about the meanings of the output of the onstat -h (hash chain info) in IDS 7.3? It's not in the hardcopy or in the 7.3 Admin manual, and I'm trying to document it. Thanks, joe -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------…
onstat -D vs onstat -g iof
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onstat commands
Does anyone know of a source that describes all of the onstat commands? The 7.x manuals are pretty good, but some of the explanations are a bit brief. ==================================================================== Harold Luse Phone: (970) 491-4120…
onstat
I tried to run onstat not as user informix and i got onstat:Share memory:permission denied. The env. looks fine , the informix server is up. I am running 7.23. You have to have Informix priv. to run onstat ? Thanks Gabriel Weisz…
Re: onstat
Gabriel Weisz wrote: > > I tried to run onstat not as user informix and i got > onstat:Share memory:permission denied. > The env. looks fine , the informix server is up. > I am running 7.23. You have to have Informix priv. to run onstat ? No. Check the permis…
onstat -t output
Hi, The output of onstat -t shows zero in the column 'nrows' , whereas ' nused ' and 'npdata' have non-zero values . Why is this so ? TIA Sathish…
Re: Database and RAID
informix@zeus:/usr/informix> onmode -c block informix@zeus:/usr/informix> onstat - Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC3 -- On-Line -- Up 3 days 03:19:09 -- 21216 Kbytes Blocked:ARCHIVE informix@zeus:/usr/informix> onmode -c unblock available since 7.3 I think > PS How …
Onstat -R
Can someone explain the onstat -R headings.. Is the percentage free or used. Been digging thru the texts.. examples but little explanation? INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.24.FC4 -- On-Line -- Up 4 days 17:40:47 -- 36320 Kbytes 8 buffer LRU queue pairs # f/m length % of pair…
Re: onstat -g dic
>Someone knows what is the result of onstat -g dic ?? >Thanks. The Dictionary is the in core cache of information derived from the system catalogue of a database (i.e. those tables with tabid < 99 such as systables, syscolumns, sysindexes, etc). Added to this is some informatio…
onstat -g ...
Hi guys, Where I can find explainations about the output format (headers and key words) reported after executing onstat -g ... In the Informix Administrator's Guide there is an explaination of all other options of "onstat", but for "-g" option I did not find detailed informati…
onstat -k
Thanks to everyone who answered the onstat -k tblsnum question. I appreciate it. ==================================================================== Harold Luse Phone: (970) 491-4120 Veterinary Teaching Hospital Fax: (970) 491-1275 Colorado S…
onstat -k
How would one link the tblsnum field of an onstat -k with a table name? Locks address wtlist owner lklist type tblsnum rowid key#/bsiz 3008c64c 0 4004a354 0 HDR+S 100002 230 0 3008c680 0 40042814 0 S 100002 22f …
onstat -u
Here's a good question. Sample: 4004d214 Y--P--- 4999 dbolte 91 40c936d8 4004d654 Y--P--- 4965 tgreenwa 56 40129f98 0 1 2071 4004ded4 Y--P--- 4484 bhitchen 32 40b4c5c0 0 1 136 4004e314 Y--P--- 5023 hwhite 77 40006f8c 0 …
onstat and tbstat
Hi, We have just upgraded from 5.x to 7.x. Those tbxxxx files are now onxxxx files, but they still exist lots of tbxxxx like tbstat, tbmonitor, and so on, are these files different from the new version onstat and onmonitor or they are the just the same but with different names??…
Re: Onmonitor question
Neil Truby wrote: > > Joe Trubisz wrote: > > > > Hi... > > > > I just created a instance using onmonitor. Is there a way, > > via some utility, where I can put the config file into a > > file? > > > > Thanks, > > Joe > > onstat -c prints out a list of your configuration variables…
Re: Who is blocking ?
Use onstat -k and look in the wtlist column to see who is waiting on a lock and look in the owner column to see who is holding a lock. Use onstat -u |grep wtlist_value to see who the waiting user is and onstat -u | grep owner_value to see who is holding the lock. Gerard Crocken…
Re: Who is blocking ?
I can tell you the solution for OnLine. Make a onstat -u and onstat -k. The one who has a L , at onstat -u at the first position on flags, is blocked. You have to take the "wait"-adress of this process and have too look at onstat -k at address. the owner-adress from this r…
Re: onstat -d,onstat -D
I believe 1001 indicates that the dbspace is a blobspace. I know that 2001 indicates that the space is a temporary dbspace. "Tony_Reynolds(Accounting & Purchasing System") wrote in message <67972r$caj@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>... >Can anyone tell me the difference between a dbspa…
Re: onstat -d,onstat -D
I believe it in indicates that table in dbspace has been dropped. -Lin "Tony_Reynolds(Accounting & Purchasing System") <tr-2959@mail.necgroup.co.uk> wrote: > Can anyone tell me the difference between a dbspaces address with a > flag of 1 and a dbspaces address with a flag of 100…
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…
Onstat Utility
Hi, I'm using onstat -g ath and see threads that are slleping forever. What could this be? Are users not exiting properly from Informix? How do I kill these processes. Thanks Bob…
onstat and threads
Hi, I'm run onstat -g ath and I see threads that are sleeping forever. Do I kill these processes and what could it possibly be from. Users not exiting properly? Bob…
New submission to archives
A while back there were several requests for info on how to read some of the onstat output, especially with respect to disk sizing and use. The normal output from onstat -d gives what we need, but it is a trifle convoluted in some respects. To help resolve this, I created a uti…
cpu and disk utilization
HI all, I am working on informix 7.x running under AIX on SP2 m/c. My system is having 32 nodes. I am working on system performance. What is the best way to find CPU utilization and Disk utilization. I am looking into onstat and unix sar utility. If some knows better and eazy wa…
Onstat question
When we use the Onstat -u , sometimes we get this display: onstat -u INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.12.UC1 -- On-Line -- Up 11 days 20:31:52 -- 142096 Kbytes Userthreads address flags sessid user tty wait tout locks nreads nwrites 332c020 ---P--D 0 inf…
onstat options
Hi, What are the best indicators of response time, trans/sec, and general load for monitoring an informix database... using the onstat program? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Mark~…
Re: onstat
Steve Romankiw wrote: } } In onstat, what does "total" refer to. } } . } . } 1192132c Y--P--- 537 winterm - 12434068 0 1 240 } 0 } 13 active, 128 total, 44 maximum concurrent } } Thanks. } } Steve Romankiw } Executive Risk Inc. For Online 7.1, the total fi…
Re: onstat
Carol Davies wrote: } } Steve Romankiw wrote: } > } > In onstat, what does "total" refer to. } > } > . } > . } > 1192132c Y--P--- 537 winterm - 12434068 0 1 240 } > 0 } > 13 active, 128 total, 44 maximum concurrent } > } > Thanks. } > } > Steve Romankiw } >…
Re: onstat
Steve Romankiw wrote: > > In onstat, what does "total" refer to. > > . > . > 1192132c Y--P--- 537 winterm - 12434068 0 1 240 > 0 > 13 active, 128 total, 44 maximum concurrent > > Thanks. > > Steve Romankiw > Executive Risk Inc. From the Informix Administrat…
onstat
In onstat, what does "total" refer to. . . 1192132c Y--P--- 537 winterm - 12434068 0 1 240 0 13 active, 128 total, 44 maximum concurrent Thanks. Steve Romankiw Executive Risk Inc.…
RE: Table io rate
Sean Wong wrote: > Can somebody give me answers on following questions: > >1. How can I find out disk io, e.g. read/write access for a given table >2. How can I find out disk io, e.g. read/write access for a process Jon C. Vemo (jvemo@cyberspace.com) replied: ------------------…
onstat documentation
Does anybody have any good documentation for onstat? In case it varies to much from one version to the other I have online 7.11UC1. thanks…
Re: Oninits Running Amok...
OK - got some more info...it looks like the only time the CPUVP's run amok is when our Powerbuilder client connects across a slow (dialup) IP link and is downloading client code changes from a table (Select...) that contains updated app code in BLOB's. This would explain the lac…
Re: Oninits Running Amok...
In article <31D9457E.5C90@eds.com>, Greg Moye <msmcl301.gmoye01@eds.com> writes >We have 7.13.UC2 running on Solaris 2.4 w/ 2 Sparc CPU's. I occasionally >see both CPU VP's chewing CPU like crazy, yet there's few if any Buffer >Reads or any other evidence of productive work goin…
ONSTAT question
Hi there. onstat -u (version 7.1) sometimes shows a user thread with position 1 of the flag field set to Y. The Informix manual says it means "Waiting for condition". I cannot find anything else. What is a condition, and why is my thread waiting for it? Thanks for any help Ba…
Re: how to find out current isolation level?
> Hello, > > Is there a way to find out (through ESQL/C) what the current > isolation level is? By querying a system table, perhaps? If you've got 6.00-on there's the command line utility onstat -g sql <thread-no>. There may be equivalent information in the sysmasters database …