Informix 7.31 (Alpha Unix TRUE64) hangs in "Alloca
A user trying to restore an old Informix 7.31 backup on an Alpha Tru64 box found that 'oninit -vi' hung at "Allocating and attaching to shared memory...", with no online.log created and the process left spinning in the background. Respondents suggested checking whether the build was for Tru64 vs DEC OSF, fixing the preceding "Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... FAILED" permission problem, verifying oninit's setuid bit and the installation, confirming the OS matches the original (needed for restore), and tuning kernel shared memory/semaphore settings in /etc/sysconfigtab (checking ipcs -a). No resolution is recorded in the thread.
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Hi List. I need to recover and OLD backup made in Informix 7.31 for
Alpha. I get an old server and install Informix 7.31. Bu it cant get it
running. When I try to initialize the server it hangs "Allocating and
attaching to shared memory...". I think it could be some Operative
System issue. But I really never use Unix TRU64 in the past.
There is no online.log. The server doesnt create it.
Any idea?
Thanks and Regards
Output:
# oninit -vi
This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server;
any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible -
Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y
Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded
Reading configuration file '/opt/informix/etc/onconfig.stknmbak'...succeeded
Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... FAILED
Creating infos file "/opt/informix/etc/.infos.stknmbak" ...
"/opt/informix/etc/.conf.stknmbak" ... succeeded
Writing to infos file ... succeeded
Checking config parameters...succeeded
Allocating and attaching to shared memory...
I let it run for 2 hours but nothing happens. If I cancel it the process
is still running in the background.
# ps aux | grep oninit
root 4815 99.6 0.0 11.9M 400K ?? R 19:04:58 3:12.95
oninit -vi
# cat etc/onconfig.stknmbak
#**************************************************************************
#
# INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC.
#
# Title: onconfig.std# Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters
#
#**************************************************************************
# Root Dbspace Configuration
ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace nameROOTPATH /opt/informix/IFMXDATA/rootdbs # Path for device containing
root dbspace
ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes)
ROOTSIZE 20000 # 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 /opt/informix/online.log # System message log file path
CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path
ALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path
SYSALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarmprogram path
TBLSPACE_STATS 1
# System Archive Tape Device
TAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # 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/tapedev # 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 Dynamic Server instance
DBSERVERNAME stknmbak # Name of default database server
DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames
NETTYPE # 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 for multi-processor
NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps
SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps to one
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 # 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 0x200000000L # 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 mark percentage
LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark (exclusive)
TXTIMEOUT 300 # Transaction timeout (in sec)
STACKSIZE 64 # 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 worker threads
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)
DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec)
DRLOSTFOUND /opt/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found file path
# CDR Variables
CDR_LOGBUFFERS 2048 # size of log reading buffer pool (Kbytes)
CDR_EVALTHREADS 1,2 # evaluator threads (per-cpu-vp,additional)
CDR_DSLOCKWAIT 5 # DS lockwait timeout (seconds)
CDR_QUEUEMEM 4096 # Maximum amount of memory for any CDR queue
(Kbytes)CDR_LOGDELTA 30 # % of log space allowed in queue memory
CDR_NUMCONNECT 16 # Expected connections per server
CDR_NIFRETRY 300 # Connection retry (seconds)
CDR_NIFCOMPRESS 0 # Link level compression (-1 never, 0 none, 9 max)
# Backup/Restore variables
BAR_ACT_LOG /tmp/bar_act.log
BAR_MAX_BACKUP 0
BAR_RETRY 1
BAR_NB_XPORT_COUNT 10
BAR_XFER_BUF_SIZE 31
# Informix Storage Manager variables
ISM_DATA_POOL ISMData # If the data pool name is changed, be
sure to
# update $INFORMIXDIR/bin/onbar. Change to
# ism_catalog -create_bootstrap -pool <new name>
ISM_LOG_POOL ISMLogs
# Read Ahead Variables
RA_PAGES # Number of pages to attempt to read ahead
RA_THRESHOLD # Number of pages left before next group
# DBSPACETEMP:
# Dynamic Server equivalent of DBTEMP for SE. This is the list of dbspaces
# that the Dynamic Server SQL Engine will use to create temp tables etc.
# If specified it must be a colon separated list of dbspaces that exist
# when the Dynamic Server system is brought online. If not specified, or if
# all dbspaces specified are invalid, various ad hoc queries will create
# temporary files in /tmp instead.
DBSPACETEMP # Default temp dbspaces
# DUMP*:
# The following parameters control the type of diagnostics information which
# is preserved when
Was the IDS software validated against TRU64 UNIX or DEC OSF UNIX? They
were different under the hood and I seem to remember that IDS supported OSF
not TRUE64!
Art
Art S. Kagel
Oninit (www.oninit.com)
IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org)
Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and
do not reflect on my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other organization
with which I am associated either explicitly or implicitly. Neither do
those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity
with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Emiliano Romero <eromero@sitrack.com>wrote:
> Hi List. I need to recover and OLD backup made in Informix 7.31 for
> Alpha. I get an old server and install Informix 7.31. Bu it cant get it
> running. When I try to initialize the server it hangs "Allocating and
> attaching to shared memory...". I think it could be some Operative
> System issue. But I really never use Unix TRU64 in the past.
> There is no online.log. The server doesnt create it.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks and Regards
>
> Output:
> # oninit -vi>
> This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server;
> any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible -
> Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y
> Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded
> Reading configuration file
> '/opt/informix/etc/onconfig.stknmbak'...succeeded
> Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... FAILED
> Creating infos file "/opt/informix/etc/.infos.stknmbak" ...
> "/opt/informix/etc/.conf.stknmbak" ... succeeded
> Writing to infos file ... succeeded
> Checking config parameters...succeeded
> Allocating and attaching to shared memory...
>
> I let it run for 2 hours but nothing happens. If I cancel it the process
> is still running in the background.
>
> # ps aux | grep oninit
> root 4815 99.6 0.0 11.9M 400K ?? R 19:04:58 3:12.95
> oninit -vi>
> # cat etc/onconfig.stknmbak
> #**************************************************************************
> #
> # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC.
> #
> # Title: onconfig.std> # Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters
> #
> #**************************************************************************
>
> # Root Dbspace Configuration
>
> ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name> ROOTPATH /opt/informix/IFMXDATA/rootdbs # Path for device containing
> root dbspace
> ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes)
> ROOTSIZE 20000 # 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 /opt/informix/online.log # System message log file path
> CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path
> ALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path
> SYSALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm> program path
> TBLSPACE_STATS 1>
> # System Archive Tape Device
>
> TAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # 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/tapedev # 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 Dynamic Server instance
> DBSERVERNAME stknmbak # Name of default database server
> DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames
> NETTYPE # 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 for multi-processor
> NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps
> SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps to one
>
> 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 # 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 0x200000000L # 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 mark percentage
> LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark (exclusive)
> TXTIMEOUT 300 # Transaction timeout (in sec)
> STACKSIZE 64 # 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 worker threads
> 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)
> DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec)
> DRLOSTFOUND /opt/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found file path>
> # CDR Variables
> CDR_LOGBUFFERS 2048 # size of log reading buffer pool (Kbytes)
> CDR_EVALTHREADS 1,2 # evaluator threads (per-cpu-vp,additional)
> CDR_DSLOCKWAIT 5 # DS lockwait timeout (seconds)
> CDR_QUEUEMEM 4096 # Maximum amount of memory for any CDR queue
> (Kbytes)> CDR_LOGDELTA 30 # % of log space allowed in queue memory
> CDR_NUMCONNECT 16 # Expected connections per server
> CDR_NIFRETRY 300 # Connection retry (seconds)
> CDR_NIFCOMPRESS 0 # Link level compression (-1 never, 0 none, 9 max)>
> # Backup/Restore variables
> BAR_ACT_LOG /tmp/bar_act.log
> BAR_MAX_BACKUP 0
> BAR_RETRY 1> BA
> Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... FAILED
You can start by checking the permissions on INFORMIXTMP, the database
engine needs to be able to write there. You also should check and make
sure that the OS is the same as the old one. Even if you can get the
7.31 engine going on this system, if the OS is different, you won't be
able to do your restore.
--EEM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
> Emiliano Romero
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:14 PM
> To: ids@iiug.org
> Subject: Informix 7.31 (Alpha Unix TRUE64) hangs in "Al.... [15603]
>
> Hi List. I need to recover and OLD backup made in Informix 7.31 for
> Alpha. I get an old server and install Informix 7.31. Bu it cant get
it
> running. When I try to initialize the server it hangs "Allocating and
> attaching to shared memory...". I think it could be some Operative
> System issue. But I really never use Unix TRU64 in the past.
> There is no online.log. The server doesnt create it.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks and Regards
>
> Output:
> # oninit -vi>
> This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server;
> any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible
-
> Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y
> Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded
> Reading configuration file
> '/opt/informix/etc/onconfig.stknmbak'...succeeded
> Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... FAILED
> Creating infos file "/opt/informix/etc/.infos.stknmbak" ...
> "/opt/informix/etc/.conf.stknmbak" ... succeeded
> Writing to infos file ... succeeded
> Checking config parameters...succeeded
> Allocating and attaching to shared memory...
>
> I let it run for 2 hours but nothing happens. If I cancel it the
process
> is still running in the background.
>
> # ps aux | grep oninit
> root 4815 99.6 0.0 11.9M 400K ?? R 19:04:58 3:12.95
> oninit -vi>
> # cat etc/onconfig.stknmbak>
#***********************************************************************
**
> *
> #
> # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC.
> #
> # Title: onconfig.std
> # Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters
> #
>
#***********************************************************************
**
> *
>
> # Root Dbspace Configuration
>
> ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name> ROOTPATH /opt/informix/IFMXDATA/rootdbs # Path for device containing
> root dbspace
> ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes)
> ROOTSIZE 20000 # 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 /opt/informix/online.log # System message log file path
> CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path
> ALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path
> SYSALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm> program path
> TBLSPACE_STATS 1>
> # System Archive Tape Device
>
> TAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # 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/tapedev # 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 Dynamic Server instance
> DBSERVERNAME stknmbak # Name of default database server
> DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames
> NETTYPE # 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 for multi-processor
> NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps
> SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps to one
>
> 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 # 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 0x200000000L # 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 mark percentage
> LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark (exclusive)
> TXTIMEOUT 300 # Transaction timeout (in sec)
> STACKSIZE 64 # 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 worker threads
> 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)
> DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec)
> DRLOSTFOUND /opt/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found file path>
> # CDR Variables
> CDR_LOGBUFFERS 2048 # size of log reading buffer pool (Kbytes)
> CDR_EVALTHREADS 1,2 # evaluator threads (per-cpu-vp,additional)
> CDR_DSLOCKWAIT 5 # DS lockwait timeout (seconds)
> CDR_QUEUEMEM 4096 # Maximum amount of memory for any CDR queue
> (Kbytes)> CDR_LOGDELTA 30 # % of log space allowed in queue memory
> CDR_NUMCONNECT 16 # Expected connections per server
> CDR_NIFRETRY 300 # Connection retry (seconds)
> CDR_NIFCOMPRESS 0 # Link level compression (-1 never, 0 none, 9 max)>
> # Backup/Restore variables
> BAR_ACT_LOG /tmp/bar_act.log
> BAR_MAX_BACKUP 0
> BAR_RETRY 1
> BAR_NB_XPORT_COUNT 10@@NL
Did you setup the /etc/sysconfigtab file?
That's the file where you setuo semaphores, shmmax etc....
Please check your IDS release notes for some example values...
You can also check with ipcs -a to see if it has allocated any memory
segments...
Regards.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Emiliano Romero <eromero@sitrack.com>wrote:
> Hi List. I need to recover and OLD backup made in Informix 7.31 for
> Alpha. I get an old server and install Informix 7.31. Bu it cant get it
> running. When I try to initialize the server it hangs "Allocating and
> attaching to shared memory...". I think it could be some Operative
> System issue. But I really never use Unix TRU64 in the past.
> There is no online.log. The server doesnt create it.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks and Regards
>
> Output:
> # oninit -vi>
> This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server;
> any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible -
> Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y
> Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded
> Reading configuration file
> '/opt/informix/etc/onconfig.stknmbak'...succeeded
> Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... FAILED
> Creating infos file "/opt/informix/etc/.infos.stknmbak" ...
> "/opt/informix/etc/.conf.stknmbak" ... succeeded
> Writing to infos file ... succeeded
> Checking config parameters...succeeded
> Allocating and attaching to shared memory...
>
> I let it run for 2 hours but nothing happens. If I cancel it the process
> is still running in the background.
>
> # ps aux | grep oninit
> root 4815 99.6 0.0 11.9M 400K ?? R 19:04:58 3:12.95
> oninit -vi>
> # cat etc/onconfig.stknmbak
> #**************************************************************************
> #
> # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC.
> #
> # Title: onconfig.std> # Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters
> #
> #**************************************************************************
>
> # Root Dbspace Configuration
>
> ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name> ROOTPATH /opt/informix/IFMXDATA/rootdbs # Path for device containing
> root dbspace
> ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes)
> ROOTSIZE 20000 # 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 /opt/informix/online.log # System message log file path
> CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path
> ALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path
> SYSALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm> program path
> TBLSPACE_STATS 1>
> # System Archive Tape Device
>
> TAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # 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/tapedev # 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 Dynamic Server instance
> DBSERVERNAME stknmbak # Name of default database server
> DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames
> NETTYPE # 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 for multi-processor
> NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps
> SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps to one
>
> 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 # 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 0x200000000L # 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 mark percentage
> LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark (exclusive)
> TXTIMEOUT 300 # Transaction timeout (in sec)
> STACKSIZE 64 # 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 worker threads
> 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)
> DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec)
> DRLOSTFOUND /opt/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found file path>
> # CDR Variables
> CDR_LOGBUFFERS 2048 # size of log reading buffer pool (Kbytes)
> CDR_EVALTHREADS 1,2 # evaluator threads (per-cpu-vp,additional)
> CDR_DSLOCKWAIT 5 # DS lockwait timeout (seconds)
> CDR_QUEUEMEM 4096 # Maximum amount of memory for any CDR queue
> (Kbytes)> CDR_LOGDELTA 30 # % of log space allowed in queue memory
> CDR_NUMCONNECT 16 # Expected connections per server
> CDR_NIFRETRY 300 # Connection retry (seconds)
> CDR_NIFCOMPRESS 0 # Link level compression (-1 never, 0 none, 9 max)>
> # Backup/Restore variables
> BAR_ACT_LOG /tmp/bar_act.log
> BAR_MAX_BACKUP 0
> BAR_RETRY 1
> BAR_NB_XPORT_COUNT 10
> BAR_XFER_BUF_SIZE 31>
> # Informix Storage Manager variables
> ISM_DATA_POOL ISMData # If the data pool name is changed, be
> sure to
>
> # update $INFORMIXDIR/bin/onbar. Change to
>
> # ism_catalog -create_bootstrap -pool <new name>
> ISM_LOG_POOL ISMLogs
>
> # Read Ahead Variables
> RA_PAGES # Nu
Ooops... didn't notice this one...
Are you sure your IDS installation is ok? Does oninit have the setuid
permission set?
Regards
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Everett Mills <
Everett.Mills@nationalbeef.com> wrote:
> > Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... FAILED
>
> You can start by checking the permissions on INFORMIXTMP, the database
> engine needs to be able to write there. You also should check and make
> sure that the OS is the same as the old one. Even if you can get the
> 7.31 engine going on this system, if the OS is different, you won't be
> able to do your restore.
>
> --EEM
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
> > Emiliano Romero
> > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:14 PM
> > To: ids@iiug.org
> > Subject: Informix 7.31 (Alpha Unix TRUE64) hangs in "Al.... [15603]
> >
> > Hi List. I need to recover and OLD backup made in Informix 7.31 for
> > Alpha. I get an old server and install Informix 7.31. Bu it cant get
> it
> > running. When I try to initialize the server it hangs "Allocating and
> > attaching to shared memory...". I think it could be some Operative
> > System issue. But I really never use Unix TRU64 in the past.
> > There is no online.log. The server doesnt create it.
> >
> > Any idea?
> >
> > Thanks and Regards
> >
> > Output:
> > # oninit -vi> >
> > This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server;
> > any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible
> -
> > Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y
> > Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded
> > Reading configuration file
> > '/opt/informix/etc/onconfig.stknmbak'...succeeded
> > Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... FAILED
> > Creating infos file "/opt/informix/etc/.infos.stknmbak" ...
> > "/opt/informix/etc/.conf.stknmbak" ... succeeded
> > Writing to infos file ... succeeded
> > Checking config parameters...succeeded
> > Allocating and attaching to shared memory...
> >
> > I let it run for 2 hours but nothing happens. If I cancel it the
> process
> > is still running in the background.
> >
> > # ps aux | grep oninit
> > root 4815 99.6 0.0 11.9M 400K ?? R 19:04:58 3:12.95
> > oninit -vi> >
> > # cat etc/onconfig.stknmbak> >
> #***********************************************************************
> **
> > *
> > #
> > # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC.
> > #
> > # Title: onconfig.std
> > # Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters
> > #
> >
> #***********************************************************************
> **
> > *
> >
> > # Root Dbspace Configuration
> >
> > ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name> > ROOTPATH /opt/informix/IFMXDATA/rootdbs # Path for device containing
> > root dbspace
> > ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes)
> > ROOTSIZE 20000 # 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 /opt/informix/online.log # System message log file path
> > CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path
> > ALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path
> > SYSALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm> > program path
> > TBLSPACE_STATS 1> >
> > # System Archive Tape Device
> >
> > TAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # 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/tapedev # 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 Dynamic Server instance
> > DBSERVERNAME stknmbak # Name of default database server
> > DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames
> > NETTYPE # 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 for multi-processor
> > NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps
> > SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps to one
> >
> > 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 # 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 0x200000000L # 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 mark percentage
> > LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark (exclusive)
> > TXTIMEOUT 300 # Transaction timeout (in sec)
> > STACKSIZE 64 # 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 worker threads
> > 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)
> > DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec)
> > DRLOSTFOUND /opt/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found file path> >
> > # CDR Variables
> > CDR_LOGBUFFERS 2048 # size of log reading buffer pool (K
Hello Art,
I've been using the majority of the latest 10 years working on several hosts
with several IDS versions on Tru64 (not TruE).
Yes, it's supported (still is) although we didn't release 11.x for it due to
the fact that the OS is deprecated.
It was a very stable OS... I rarely hit any bugs on the OS... and one of
them was very "entertaining"... I'll probably miss it, although it was a bit
awkward at times...
Regards.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Art Kagel <art.kagel@gmail.com> wrote:
> Was the IDS software validated against TRU64 UNIX or DEC OSF UNIX? They
> were different under the hood and I seem to remember that IDS supported OSF
> not TRUE64!
>
> Art
>
> Art S. Kagel
> Oninit (www.oninit.com)
> IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org)
>
> Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions
> and
> do not reflect on my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other organization
> with which I am associated either explicitly or implicitly. Neither do
> those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any
> entity
> with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves.
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Emiliano Romero <eromero@sitrack.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi List. I need to recover and OLD backup made in Informix 7.31 for
> > Alpha. I get an old server and install Informix 7.31. Bu it cant get it
> > running. When I try to initialize the server it hangs "Allocating and
> > attaching to shared memory...". I think it could be some Operative
> > System issue. But I really never use Unix TRU64 in the past.
> > There is no online.log. The server doesnt create it.
> >
> > Any idea?
> >
> > Thanks and Regards
> >
> > Output:
> > # oninit -vi> >
> > This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server;
> > any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible -
> > Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y
> > Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded
> > Reading configuration file
> > '/opt/informix/etc/onconfig.stknmbak'...succeeded
> > Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... FAILED
> > Creating infos file "/opt/informix/etc/.infos.stknmbak" ...
> > "/opt/informix/etc/.conf.stknmbak" ... succeeded
> > Writing to infos file ... succeeded
> > Checking config parameters...succeeded
> > Allocating and attaching to shared memory...
> >
> > I let it run for 2 hours but nothing happens. If I cancel it the process
> > is still running in the background.
> >
> > # ps aux | grep oninit
> > root 4815 99.6 0.0 11.9M 400K ?? R 19:04:58 3:12.95
> > oninit -vi> >
> > # cat etc/onconfig.stknmbak> >
> #**************************************************************************
> > #
> > # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC.
> > #
> > # Title: onconfig.std
> > # Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters
> > #
> >
> #**************************************************************************
> >
> > # Root Dbspace Configuration
> >
> > ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name> > ROOTPATH /opt/informix/IFMXDATA/rootdbs # Path for device containing
> > root dbspace
> > ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes)
> > ROOTSIZE 20000 # 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 /opt/informix/online.log # System message log file path
> > CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path
> > ALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path
> > SYSALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm> > program path
> > TBLSPACE_STATS 1> >
> > # System Archive Tape Device
> >
> > TAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # 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/tapedev # 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 Dynamic Server instance
> > DBSERVERNAME stknmbak # Name of default database server
> > DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames
> > NETTYPE # 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 for multi-processor
> > NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps
> > SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps to one
> >
> > 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 # 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 0x200000000L # 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 mark percentage
> > LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark (exclusive)
> > TXTIMEOUT 300 # Transaction timeout (in sec)
> > STACKSIZE 64 # 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 worker threads
> > ON_RECVRY_THREADS 1 # Default number of online worker threads> >
> > # Data Replication Variables
> > # DRAUTO: 0 manual, 1 retain t
Hello, thanks for your replies. The problem was sysconfigtab file.
I make it runn with these options:
ipc:
shm-max = 2147483647
shm-mni = 2048
shm-seg = 512
sem-mni = 400
sem-msl = 1600
sem-opm = 400
sem-ume = 400
sem-uml = 400
num-of-sems = 500
ssm-threshold = 0
set-max-num = 5000
proc:
max-proc-per-user = 2000
max-threads-per-user = 5000
per-proc-stack-size = 8388608
per-proc-data-size = 7516192768
max-per-proc-data-size = 4073741824000
per-proc-address-space = 9223372036854775807
max-per-proc-address-space = 9223372036854775807
max-per-proc-stack-size = 133554432
maxusers = 200
task-max = 300
thread-max = 8000
vm:
vm-mapentries = 20000
vm-maxvas = 17179869184
vm-headpercent = 60
new-wire-method = 0
vm-segmentation = 0
rt:
aio-max-num = 2048
aio-task-max-num = 666
pts:
nptys = 1000
inet:
tcbhashsize = 16384
tcp_keepalive_default = 1
tcp_keepinit = 30
tcp_keepidle = 600
sockets:
somaxconn = 65535
sominconn = 65535
Thanks for all your help
Emiliano
Fernando Nunes wrote:
> Hello Art,
>
> I've been using the majority of the latest 10 years working on several hosts
> with several IDS versions on Tru64 (not TruE).
> Yes, it's supported (still is) although we didn't release 11.x for it due to
> the fact that the OS is deprecated.
> It was a very stable OS... I rarely hit any bugs on the OS... and one of
> them was very "entertaining"... I'll probably miss it, although it was a bit
> awkward at times...
>
> Regards.
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Art Kagel <art.kagel@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Was the IDS software validated against TRU64 UNIX or DEC OSF UNIX? They
>> were different under the hood and I seem to remember that IDS supported OSF
>> not TRUE64!
>>
>> Art
>>
>> Art S. Kagel
>> Oninit (www.oninit.com)
>> IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org)
>>
>> Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions
>> and
>> do not reflect on my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other organization
>> with which I am associated either explicitly or implicitly. Neither do
>> those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any
>> entity
>> with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Emiliano Romero <eromero@sitrack.com
>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi List. I need to recover and OLD backup made in Informix 7.31 for
>>> Alpha. I get an old server and install Informix 7.31. Bu it cant get it
>>> running. When I try to initialize the server it hangs "Allocating and
>>> attaching to shared memory...". I think it could be some Operative
>>> System issue. But I really never use Unix TRU64 in the past.
>>> There is no online.log. The server doesnt create it.
>>>
>>> Any idea?
>>>
>>> Thanks and Regards
>>>
>>> Output:
>>> # oninit -vi>>>
>>> This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server;
>>> any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible -
>>> Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y
>>> Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded
>>> Reading configuration file
>>> '/opt/informix/etc/onconfig.stknmbak'...succeeded
>>> Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... FAILED
>>> Creating infos file "/opt/informix/etc/.infos.stknmbak" ...
>>> "/opt/informix/etc/.conf.stknmbak" ... succeeded
>>> Writing to infos file ... succeeded
>>> Checking config parameters...succeeded
>>> Allocating and attaching to shared memory...
>>>
>>> I let it run for 2 hours but nothing happens. If I cancel it the process
>>> is still running in the background.
>>>
>>> # ps aux | grep oninit
>>> root 4815 99.6 0.0 11.9M 400K ?? R 19:04:58 3:12.95
>>> oninit -vi>>>
>>> # cat etc/onconfig.stknmbak>>>
>>>
>> #**************************************************************************
>>
>>> #
>>> # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC.
>>> #
>>> # Title: onconfig.std
>>> # Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters
>>> #
>>>
>>>
>> #**************************************************************************
>>
>>> # Root Dbspace Configuration
>>>
>>> ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name>>> ROOTPATH /opt/informix/IFMXDATA/rootdbs # Path for device containing
>>> root dbspace
>>> ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes)
>>> ROOTSIZE 20000 # 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 /opt/informix/online.log # System message log file path
>>> CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path
>>> ALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path
>>> SYSALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm>>> program path
>>> TBLSPACE_STATS 1>>>
>>> # System Archive Tape Device
>>>
>>> TAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # 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/tapedev # 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 Dynamic Server instance
>>> DBSERVERNAME stknmbak # Name of default database server
>>> DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames
>>> NETTYPE # 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 for multi-processor
>>> NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps
>>> SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps to one
>>>
>>> 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 # Number of IO vps
>>> PHYSBUFF 32 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes)
>>> LOGBUFF 32 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes)>>> LOGSMAX 6 # Maximum number of lo
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