Re: listener-thread err

At 10:26 AM 3/6/98 , Paul Watson wrote: >Scott Black wrote: >> >> HP-UX 10.20, OnLine 7.22.UC1X2 >> >> Throughout the day the engine will temporarily hang up, there will be >> zero ISAM calls. No one can do anything with Informix. This condition >> will last anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes. Afterwards >> when the engine begins to respond again the log file contains several >> lines like the following: >> >> 13:36:41 listener-thread: err = -25587: Network receive failed.>> >> finderr 25587: >> >> A system call has failed. Perform a DISCONNECT, and then check the >> status of the server. See your UNIX system administrator for >> assistance. >> While not on HP, we ran into this error alot with a monitor program we wrote. What we discovered, was if a client process attempted a connect, and before the connect was completed, the client process was killed, then as the original connect was completing, there was no client, hence the connection could not be completed, and OnLine would complain, 25587. I don't recall the specifics, but we did identify a bug. If you need it, let me know. Jon >> Tech support said that there must be a problem with our network. I have >> confirmed with HP tech support that there are absolutely no problems >> with the network or the OS. The tech from Informix suggested the >> following change to the onconfig file: >> >> from -- NETTYPE soctcp,1,100,CPU >> to -- NETTYPE soctcp,2,100,CPU >> >> this made the problem infinitely worse. >> >> Has anyone else seen this? What does it indicate? The error message >> points to the UNIX box, but that is not the problem... >> >> TIA; >> >> Scott >> [cutting] > >Are you using streams or sockets. If streams you can use netstat to see >if you are overrunning a kernel parameter, you can do it with sockets as >well but I can't remember how. Have you got enough PCB's allocated to >cope with the number of inbound connections? > >If you have a lot connections arriving at the same time check the >q-exceed on the onstat -g nt? command. Nobody at ITS seemed to know >what it meant when I was last chatting to them but if you see it >increasing quickly then you need to add another listener-thread to the >engine. > >-- >Paul Watson # >WF Software Ltd # It said run using Windows 95 >Tel: +44 1436 674629 # or better in the manual >Fax: +44 1436 678693 # so I used Unix >www.wfsoftware.co.uk # > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon C. Vemo jon@etcscan.com Database Administration Deluxe Payment Protection Systems/SCAN Bothell, WA (425) 489-1120 -----------------------------------------------------------------------