Re: "tbmode -z" doesn't kill - or even wound!

David Hexem (dhexem@deltanet.com) wrote: : I did a "tbmode -z pid" on the first process (which INFORMIX documentation : says never to do or you risk a full meltdown!!!), but what occurred was : that the latch cleared and the process continued in normal fashion, and : then the second process finished after a checkpoint was finally executed : (after approximately 1 1/2 hours). No, you want to avoid a "kill -9 pid". "tbmode -z pid" is normal and fine. It can, however, take a while to work, as has been observed on the net from time to time. In general, "tbmode -z" works fine, but if it doesn't for some reason there are times when a kill -9 will work and not cause problems. But, on the better safe than sorry side, do *not* do this, as THIS is what can trash your database. The safe way is to wait a bit and bounce the engine to get rid of them. If that isn't possible, call support if you can and have them either dial in or walk you through it. It is fairly easy, but always best to have another set of eyes looking. David David Coburn coburn@informix.com Informix Software, Inc. ...uunet!infmx!coburn ========================================================================= Any opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of Informix (or for that matter, anybody else). =========================================================================