Re: 7.1 initialization error

In article <33436009.32F1@ws6a26.gud.siemens.co.at>, Alexander Selg <selg@ws6a26.gud.siemens.co.at> writes >Timothy Meyers wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I have a client that runs 7.1 on a SCO box. When the nettype >> is set to a shared memory connection (onipcshm) 7.x will not >> initialize. However, when the nettype is tcpip (ontlitcp) >> everything works. Do you think this is a Informix configuration >> problem or a SCO kernel configuration problem or neither. Can you >> point me to any configuration parameters to change in either Informix >> or the kernel? This is according to the client of course!! >> >> Thanks in advance. Tim. > >Hallo Tim! > >I had the Problem on some RM-mashines. When I add an entry for ontlitcp >Informix initialized. > >So my sqlhosts looked like > >rmXXXX onipcshm thehost shm_dummy >nettest ontlitcp thehost sqlserv> >Informix recommends to use tcp if you have problems with shm (but it's >slower). > >Alexander Install TCP/IP and TCP/IP Dev (1 extra disk) if you need to use ontlitcp (TCP/IP connections). To use SHM connections set the kernel parameters as in $INFORMIXDIR/release/ONLINE_7.1. Run sysadmsh System-> Configure -> Kernel and most of them should be unde the Shared memory and semphore options. -- David Williams