Re: Help! Running Informix Online on SCO

In article <5vlerj$r8i@drn.zippo.com>, Neil Truby <?@?.?> writes >In article <01bcc1d7$818f1aa0$f108f1c7@pc517>, "mhare" says... >> >>We are struggling with getting Informix Online 7.2 to come up on SCO Open >>Server Enterprise 5.0.2. I know it can be done, I have received emails from >>many people stating that they are doing this successfully. And this >>platform is supported by Informix. Our consenus is that we just have not >>found the right settings for kernal parameters. We have methodically tried >>many settings on many parameters and Informix just won't come up. This is >>what we get in 'online.log' each time we do oninit: >> >>16:43:02 shmat: [ENOMEM][12]: out of available data space, check system>>MAXMEM >> Check the following UNIX kernel parameters (which ones you have will depend upon your version of UNIX). HDATLIM/SDATLIM set these to unlimited (something like 0x7FF...FF) HSTKLIM/SSTKLIM set these to unlimited (something like 0x7FF...FF) HVMMLIM/SVMMLIM set these to unlimited (something like 0x7FF...FF) MAXUMUM set these to unlimited as well. MAXMEM Also check kernel paramters related to shared memory and semaphores allow 400 semaphore sets and 400 seamphores. allow 100 shared memory segments, minimum size 0, maximum size as large as possible (say 512Mb). When setting these kernel parameters you need to allow for future growth and these values should last a lifetime. Putting the limits this high may waste up to 1/2 Mb but that is nothing if you have 128Mb of RAM (<1%!). If you use up 127 1/2Mb of RAM out of 128Mb you should be uping the RAM anyway!!! Also check your release notes $INFORMIXDIR/release/ONLINE_7.2 for more info on kernel parameters. > >>16:43:02 mt_shm_init: can't create resident segment>> >>This would seem to suggest that its not getting enough memory somehow. Any >>help would be greatly appreciated. We have worked extensivly with Informix >>tech support on this and they seem to be stumped too. The machine has 128 >>megs of RAM and will be dedicated to running one Informix application and >>nothing else. >> > >Can you provide listings of: >(1) Kernel parameter settings >(2) Onconfig file for your instance > >Neil Truby >Chase Manhattan Bank -- David Williams