RE: WARNING: A log backup is already running. Can't start another

The commands with which are "testing" your server are "onstat" commands, not "onbar" commands. What happens when the "onbar -l" command is issued on Server A? * What messages appear in your online.log file? * What messages appear in your bar_act.log? Are you setting environment variables in each of your ALARMPROGRAM script? * INFORMIXSERVER * INFORMIXSQLHOSTS * ONCONFIG If so, can they be change by another script like $HOME/.kshrc. How do you administer the two Informix systems? In Informix classes, users logon to a student userid and then issue "su informix". (The absence of a "-" in the "su" command is crucial). The Informix environment variables are set in the student userid's profile and are inherited by the Informix session. Are you using a similar approach? -----Original Message----- From: Dpto. Informatica To: informix-list@iiug.org Sent: 2/7/00 11:30 AM Subject: WARNING: A log backup is already running. Can't start another. Hello, I've two servers on same machine. Server A, Server B. I've two scripts: ALARMPROGRAM for server A and ALARPROGRAM for Server B. "Onbar -l" in server B run OK. But "onbar -l" on server A don't run. When this message ocurred, I test server with "onbar -u, onbar -g act, onbar -g ath". I don't see any proccess like "ontape". Why !!. I don't understand nothing. Can I help me ?. System: IDS.731.UC2 HP-UX 10.20

<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> "Bernstein, Rick" wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>The commands with which are "testing" your server are "onstat" commands, <br>not "onbar" commands. <p>What happens when the "onbar -l" command is issued on Server A? <br>* What messages appear in your online.log file? <br>* What messages appear in your bar_act.log? <p>Are you setting environment variables in each of your ALARMPROGRAM script? <br>* INFORMIXSERVER <br>* INFORMIXSQLHOSTS <br>* ONCONFIG <br>If so, can they be change by another script like $HOME/.kshrc. <p>How do you administer the two Informix systems?&nbsp; In Informix classes, <br>users logon to a student userid and then issue "su informix". <br>(The absence of a "-" in the "su" command is crucial). <br>The Informix environment variables are set in the student userid's <br>profile and are inherited by the Informix session. <p>Are you using a similar approach? <br>&nbsp;</blockquote> Sorry, the program used for testing was "onstat" <p>well&nbsp; ... <p>in BAR_ACT.LOG appears this sequence of messages: <p>2000-02-08 08:23:25 6336&nbsp; 6335 /usr/informix/bin/onbar_d -l <br>2000-02-08 08:23:26 6336&nbsp; 6335 WARNING: A log backup is already running. Can't start another. <p>in ONLINE.LOG appears this sequence of messages: <p>08:23:24&nbsp; Logical Log 10463 Complete. <br>08:23:31&nbsp; Process exited with return code 152: /bin/sh /bin/sh -c /usr/informix/etc/log_full_A.sh 2 23 <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Logical Log 10463 Complete." "Logical Log 10463 Complete." <p>in this moment I've tesed the server A, and don't run any log backup. <p>thanks.</html>

If these messages are occurring at the end of an OnBar archive, there is nothing wrong. The last step in an archive rolls the current log file and then offloads it. The alarmprogram traps the message that the log file filled up and tries to start another OnBar session to offload it and finds the session for the archive still running. Just ignore the message. "Dpto. Informatica" wrote: > "Bernstein, Rick" wrote: > >> The commands with which are "testing" your server are "onstat" >> commands, >> not "onbar" commands. >> >> What happens when the "onbar -l" command is issued on Server A? >> * What messages appear in your online.log file? >> * What messages appear in your bar_act.log? >> >> Are you setting environment variables in each of your ALARMPROGRAM >> script? >> * INFORMIXSERVER >> * INFORMIXSQLHOSTS >> * ONCONFIG >> If so, can they be change by another script like $HOME/.kshrc. >> >> How do you administer the two Informix systems? In Informix >> classes, >> users logon to a student userid and then issue "su informix". >> (The absence of a "-" in the "su" command is crucial). >> The Informix environment variables are set in the student userid's >> profile and are inherited by the Informix session. >> >> Are you using a similar approach? >> > > Sorry, the program used for testing was "onstat" > > well ... > > in BAR_ACT.LOG appears this sequence of messages: > > 2000-02-08 08:23:25 6336 6335 /usr/informix/bin/onbar_d -l > 2000-02-08 08:23:26 6336 6335 WARNING: A log backup is already > running. Can't start another. > > in ONLINE.LOG appears this sequence of messages: > > 08:23:24 Logical Log 10463 Complete. > 08:23:31 Process exited with return code 152: /bin/sh /bin/sh -c > /usr/informix/etc/log_full_A.sh 2 23> "Logical Log 10463 Complete." "Logical Log 10463 > Complete." > > in this moment I've tesed the server A, and don't run any log backup. > > thanks.