Re: Informix initial problem on Linux

"W. J. Hsu" wrote: > I try to installed the Informix's evaluation version on Redhat box. > Unfortunately, the system complained with "network down" > while initial Informix database. > I have installed same version on one slower machine (Redhat-6.0) > without problem. Since, I would like to get better performance. > So, I change the platform from Pentium-II to Pentium-III, I also > increase the memory size. Upgrade Redhat-6.1 and enable the > kernel ipchains. > I am new in Informix on Linux, I have no idea what's going on. > I appreciated if some one can tell me what is root cause of > "network down". It is difficult to help without a bit more information, such as which database are we talking about. IDS/LE (7.3), or IDS.2000 or Foundation.2000 or ... Can you connect from the new machine to other machines via the network? I assume yes, but it is necessary to ask... I'm not sure what the ipchains does; I've not (consciously) enabled it and I've had no problem, but that may be irrelevant. What does your onconfig file look like? Which connection types are you using? Did you edit manually or did you use ON-Monitor? The network connections on Linux are soctcp, not tlitcp. Send your answers to c.d.i and not to me -- you won't get an answer very quickly if you send to me. -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.95 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>

Jonathan Leffler '''g''峹 <38C5ECF5.AC92D279@earthlink.net>... >"W. J. Hsu" wrote: > >> I try to installed the Informix's evaluation version on Redhat box. >> Unfortunately, the system complained with "network down" >> while initial Informix database. >> I have installed same version on one slower machine (Redhat-6.0) >> without problem. Since, I would like to get better performance. >> So, I change the platform from Pentium-II to Pentium-III, I also >> increase the memory size. Upgrade Redhat-6.1 and enable the >> kernel ipchains. >> I am new in Informix on Linux, I have no idea what's going on. >> I appreciated if some one can tell me what is root cause of >> "network down". > >It is difficult to help without a bit more information, such as >which database are we talking about. IDS/LE (7.3), or IDS.2000 >or Foundation.2000 or ... The output of "rpm -qi ids": Name : ids Relocations: /opt/informix Version : 7.30.UC7 > >Can you connect from the new machine to other machines via the network? >I assume yes, but it is necessary to ask... Yes, I can connect from the machine to all related node. Actually, I installed two ethernet card, treat it as firewall machine. > >I'm not sure what the ipchains does; I've not (consciously) enabled >it and I've had no problem, but that may be irrelevant. As I know that Redhat 6.0 already include ipchains in kernel. I am not sure if it cause the problem. Mybe some one can share expercience with me. >What does your onconfig file look like? Which connection types are you >using? Did you edit manually or did you use ON-Monitor? The network >connections on Linux are soctcp, not tlitcp. The configuration was set up by "onmonitor". The network connections is "soctcp". I also added it into file "/etc/services". The file onconfig is attached as below: #************************************************************************** # # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC. # # Title: onconfig.std # Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters # #************************************************************************** # Root Dbspace Configuration ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name ROOTPATH /dev/hda5 # Path for device containing root dbspace ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes) ROOTSIZE 2000000 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes) # Disk Mirroring Configuration Parameters MIRROR 0 # Mirroring flag (Yes = 1, No = 0) MIRRORPATH # Path for device containing mirrored root MIRROROFFSET 0 # Offset into mirrored device (Kbytes) # Physical Log Configuration PHYSDBS rootdbs # Location (dbspace) of physical log PHYSFILE 1000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes) # Logical Log Configuration LOGFILES 6 # Number of logical log files LOGSIZE 500 # Logical log size (Kbytes) # Diagnostics MSGPATH /u/informix/online.log # System message log file path CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path ALARMPROGRAM /u/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program pathSYSALARMPROGRAM /u/informix/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm program path TBLSPACE_STATS 1 # System Archive Tape Device TAPEDEV /dev/null # Tape device path TAPEBLK 16 # Tape block size (Kbytes) TAPESIZE 10240 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes)# Log Archive Tape Device LTAPEDEV /dev/null # Log tape device path LTAPEBLK 16 # Log tape block size (Kbytes) LTAPESIZE 10240 # Max amount of data to put on log tape (Kbytes) # Optical STAGEBLOB # Informix Dynamic Server/Optical staging area # System Configuration SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a DynamicServer in stance DBSERVERNAME cindy_shm # Name of default database server DBSERVERALIASES cindy_tcp # List of alternate dbservernames NETTYPE ipcshm,1,256,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype NETTYPE soctcp,1,256,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock in distributed env. RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag (Yes = 1, No = 0) MULTIPROCESSOR 0 # 0 for single-processor, 1 formulti-processor NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps SINGLE_CPU_VP 1 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps toone NOAGE 0 # Process aging AFF_SPROC 0 # Affinity start processor AFF_NPROCS 0 # Affinity number of processors # Shared Memory Parameters LOCKS 2000 # Maximum number of locks BUFFERS 200 # Maximum number of shared buffers NUMAIOVPS 1 # Number of IO vps PHYSBUFF 32 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes) LOGBUFF 32 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes)LOGSMAX 6 # Maximum number of logical log files CLEANERS 1 # Number of buffer cleaner processes SHMBASE 0x10000000 # Shared memory base address SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual shared memory segment size SHMADD 8192 # Size of new shared memory segments (Kbytes) SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes). 0=>unlimited CKPTINTVL 300 # Check point interval (in sec) LRUS 8 # Number of LRU queues LRU_MAX_DIRTY 60 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit LRU_MIN_DIRTY 50 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit LTXHWM 50 # Long transaction high water markpercentage LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark (exclusive) TXTIMEOUT 0x12c # Transaction timeout (in sec) STACKSIZE 32 # Stack size (Kbytes) # System Page Size # BUFFSIZE - Dynamic Server no longer supports this configuration parameter. # To determine the page size used by Dynamic Server on your platform # see the last line of output from the command, 'onstat -b'. # Recovery Variables # OFF_RECVRY_THREADS: # Number of parallel worker threads during fast recovery or an offline restore. # ON_RECVRY_THREADS: # Number of parallel worker threads during an online restore. OFF_RECVRY_THREADS 10 # Default number of offline workerthreads ON_RECVRY_THREADS 1 # Default number of online worker threads # Data Replication Variables # DRAUTO: 0 manual, 1 retain type, 2 reverse type DRAUTO 0 # DR automatic switchover DRINTERVAL 30 # DR max time between DR buffer flushes (in sec)@@

Hello: I just downloaded "IDS v7.30 uc10.1 for linux2.0.36 glibc2.0.7" from "Intraware.com". after unzip, I got two rpm files under dir "..../ids730uc101_linux": ids730uc10.rpm connect210uc3.rpm I am not sure which one I should to install. I guess I may need them both but want to listen to any experienced IDS user for any advise. My goal is to set up a IDS so that I and my group can exercise to create/drop database instances/tables. (our group supports a software which just upgraded to IDS from I-sam...) Jack@GTEDS@Tampa cwang9@yahoo.com j.wang@telops.gte.com Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

cwang9@yahoo.com wrote: > Hello: > I just downloaded "IDS v7.30 uc10.1 for linux2.0.36 glibc2.0.7" > from "Intraware.com". > after unzip, I got two rpm files under dir "..../ids730uc101_linux": > ids730uc10.rpm > connect210uc3.rpm > I am not sure which one I should to install. I guess I may need them > both but want to listen to any experienced IDS user for any advise. > My goal is to set up a IDS so that I and my group can exercise to > create/drop database instances/tables. (our group supports a software > which just upgraded to IDS from I-sam...) The basic database system is in the IDS RPM file. The I-Connect software is the runtime libraries needed for ESQL/C programs running on the box, plus the message files, etc. If you install ClientSDK on the machine, you don't need to install I-Connect. On the other hand, no great harm would be done either. Beware of needing --nodeps on the install line -- you may not suffer, but you might. You'll no if RPM fails because some pre-requisites are missing. You might also have to use --force or something like that to get the second package to overwrite files shared with the first (eg in the GLS system). -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.95 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>

"Jonathan Leffler" <jleffler@earthlink.net> wrote: > Beware of needing --nodeps on the install line -- you may not suffer, > but you might. You'll no if RPM fails because some pre-requisites are > missing. You might also have to use --force or something like that to > get the second package to overwrite files shared with the first (eg in > the GLS system). I just installed Informix Foundation 2000 9.2 on Caldera eServer 2.3, and I needed to use both --nodeps and --replacefiles in my rpm install command for Client SDK. The nodeps was puzzling, since rpm was claiming unfulfilled dependencies on files that I was pretty sure I had already nstalled. --replacefiles lets you overwrite files that were already installed when you installed the server (presumably you're installing Client SDK after the server), as said above. For best results, *do not* read the installation manual on paper. It is wrong. The one that Informix provided for the IIUG Web site is better, but still incomplete. It doesn't tell you, for instance, that the install script that checks your serial number has now been built into the rpm process. For those like me who need step-by-step guidance, I installed by creating an /opt/informix directory, setting INFORMIXDIR to it, mounting the cdrom, cd'ing to each subdirectory of the cdrom, and issuing: rpm -iv IDS.RPM rpm -iv --nodeps --replacefiles CLIENTSDK.RPM (or whatever the name of the clientsdk rpm is) There is usually no need to install iconnect, because it comes with Client SDK. Foundation 2000 comes with the web and text datablades -- I tried installing those with their rpms, and it seemed to work, but I have no idea about how to "register" them yet. If anyone has recommendations on changing Linux kernel parameters to work with Foundation 2000, I'd be glad to hear them.