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Server is in an incompatible state

Posted in 2005

Topics: Backup & Restore, Connectivity: ESQL/C, 4GL & Embedded SQL, Server Administration

Hamid HABZI — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Hi, I am geting this message while executing ontape -a : Server is in an incompatible state or user authentication failed. Program over. Even onstat dosent work shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'sysprod' The client dbaccess works fine and all cleint sessions with 4gl programs sending to informix-list

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Claus Samuelsen — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Hamid HABZI wrote: > Hi, > I am geting this message while executing ontape -a : > Server is in an incompatible state or user authentication failed. > > Program over. > > Even onstat dosent work > > shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'sysprod' > > The client dbaccess works fine and all cleint sessions with 4gl programs > > sending to informix-list You need to set the environment correct (INFORMIXDIR, INFORMIXSERVER, ONCONFIG etc).

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