ontape: Physical restore failed - not enough memory

Hi all, I want to make a cold restore with ontape, but ontape only returns this strange memory-problem-message. Does anybody know something about this message and it's causes ? Please, help me. Here's the whole output of ontape: ------------------------------------------------ [informix@H00730A0]/home/informix> ontape -r Please mount tape 1 on /dev/rmt1 and press Return to continue ... Archive Tape Information Tape type: Archive Backup Tape Online version: INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.12.UC3 Archive date: Sat Nov 18 10:43:26 2000 User id: informix Terminal id: /dev/tty0 Archive level: 0 Tape device: /dev/rmt1 Tape blocksize (in k): 65536 Tape size (in k): 35000000 Tape number in series: 1 Spaces to restore:1 [rootdbs ] 2 [physdbs ] 3 [logdbs1 ] 4 [logdbs2 ] 5 [tmpdbs21 ] 6 [tmpdbs22 ] 7 [megadbs ] Archive Information INFORMIX-OnLine Copyright(C) 1986-1994 Informix Software, Inc. Initialization Time 10/31/99 20:56:11 System Page Size 4096 Version 4 Archive CheckPoint Time 11/18/10 10:43:55 Dbspaces number flags fchunk nchunks flags owner name 1 2 1 1 M informix rootdbs 2 2 2 1 M informix physdbs 3 2 3 1 M informix logdbs1 4 2 4 1 M informix logdbs2 5 2001 5 1 N T informix tmpdbs11 6 2001 6 1 N T informix tmpdbs12 7 1 7 1 N informix tmpdbs21 8 1 8 1 N informix tmpdbs22 9 2 9 10 M informix megadbs Chunks chk/dbs offset size free bpages flags pathname 1 1 0 8192 7571 PO- /dev/rdpm_root 1 1 0 8192 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_root 2 2 0 8192 0 PO- /dev/rdpm_plog 2 2 0 8192 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_plog 3 3 0 32768 3 PO- /dev/rdpm_llog1 3 3 0 32768 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_llog1 4 4 0 32768 3 PO- /dev/rdpm_llog2 4 4 0 32768 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_llog2 5 5 0 16384 16139 PO- /dev/rd_m_tmp1_1 6 6 0 16384 16075 PO- /dev/rd_m_tmp1_2 7 7 0 16384 16131 PO- /dev/rd_m_tmp2_1 8 8 0 16384 16131 PO- /dev/rd_m_tmp2_2 9 9 0 131072 0 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega1 9 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega1 10 9 0 131072 0 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega2 10 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega2 11 9 0 131072 0 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega3 11 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega3 12 9 0 131072 3 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega4 12 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega4 13 9 0 131072 0 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega5 13 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega5 14 9 0 131072 5 PO- /dev/ipm_mega7 14 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/imm_mega7 15 9 0 131072 0 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega6 15 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega6 16 9 0 131072 70873 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega8 16 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega8 17 9 0 131072 131069 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega9 17 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega9 18 9 0 131072 131069 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega10 18 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega10 Continue restore? (y/n)y Do you want to back up the logs? (y/n)n Physical restore failed - not enough memory Program over.

Usually it means you have set SHMTOTAL too low for the extra memory segments that the restore process needs. Art S. Kagel Johann Höckner wrote: > > Hi all, > > I want to make a cold restore with ontape, but ontape only returns this > strange memory-problem-message. > > Does anybody know something about this message and it's causes ? > Please, help me. > > Here's the whole output of ontape: > > ------------------------------------------------ > [informix@H00730A0]/home/informix> ontape -r > > Please mount tape 1 on /dev/rmt1 and press Return to continue ... > > Archive Tape Information > > Tape type: Archive Backup Tape > Online version: INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.12.UC3 > Archive date: Sat Nov 18 10:43:26 2000 > User id: informix > Terminal id: /dev/tty0 > Archive level: 0 > Tape device: /dev/rmt1 > Tape blocksize (in k): 65536 > Tape size (in k): 35000000 > Tape number in series: 1 > > Spaces to restore:1 [rootdbs ] > 2 [physdbs ] > 3 [logdbs1 ] > 4 [logdbs2 ] > 5 [tmpdbs21 ] > 6 [tmpdbs22 ] > 7 [megadbs ] > > Archive Information > > INFORMIX-OnLine Copyright(C) 1986-1994 Informix Software, Inc. > Initialization Time 10/31/99 20:56:11 > System Page Size 4096 > Version 4 > Archive CheckPoint Time 11/18/10 10:43:55 > > Dbspaces > number flags fchunk nchunks flags owner name > 1 2 1 1 M informix rootdbs > 2 2 2 1 M informix physdbs > 3 2 3 1 M informix logdbs1 > 4 2 4 1 M informix logdbs2 > 5 2001 5 1 N T informix tmpdbs11 > 6 2001 6 1 N T informix tmpdbs12 > 7 1 7 1 N informix tmpdbs21 > 8 1 8 1 N informix tmpdbs22 > 9 2 9 10 M informix megadbs > > Chunks > chk/dbs offset size free bpages flags pathname > 1 1 0 8192 7571 PO- /dev/rdpm_root > 1 1 0 8192 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_root > 2 2 0 8192 0 PO- /dev/rdpm_plog > 2 2 0 8192 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_plog > 3 3 0 32768 3 PO- /dev/rdpm_llog1 > 3 3 0 32768 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_llog1 > 4 4 0 32768 3 PO- /dev/rdpm_llog2 > 4 4 0 32768 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_llog2 > 5 5 0 16384 16139 PO- /dev/rd_m_tmp1_1 > 6 6 0 16384 16075 PO- /dev/rd_m_tmp1_2 > 7 7 0 16384 16131 PO- /dev/rd_m_tmp2_1 > 8 8 0 16384 16131 PO- /dev/rd_m_tmp2_2 > 9 9 0 131072 0 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega1 > 9 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega1 > 10 9 0 131072 0 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega2 > 10 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega2 > 11 9 0 131072 0 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega3 > 11 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega3 > 12 9 0 131072 3 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega4 > 12 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega4 > 13 9 0 131072 0 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega5 > 13 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega5 > 14 9 0 131072 5 PO- /dev/ipm_mega7 > 14 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/imm_mega7 > 15 9 0 131072 0 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega6 > 15 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega6 > 16 9 0 131072 70873 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega8 > 16 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega8 > 17 9 0 131072 131069 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega9 > 17 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega9 > 18 9 0 131072 131069 PO- /dev/rdpm_mega10 > 18 9 0 131072 0 MO- /dev/rdmm_mega10 > > Continue restore? (y/n)y > Do you want to back up the logs? (y/n)n > Physical restore failed - not enough memory > > Program over.