oninit: Cannot open chunk '/usr/online_space001'. errno = 21
A user initialising IDS 2000 on Red Hat with 'oninit -iv' got "Cannot open chunk '/usr/online_space001'. errno = 21". Paul Watson pointed out errno 21 means "is a directory" - the chunk path had been created as a directory rather than a file. A second poster hit the same thing with errno 2 (file not found) and found the fix: the cooked chunk file must already exist and be owned/permissioned correctly, e.g. 'cat /dev/null > /local/informix/root; chmod 660 /local/informix/root'. Others noted this procedure is documented in the Administrator's Guide (cooked file allocation).
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I get this error when I run oninit -iv:
oninit: Cannot open chunk '/usr/online_space001'. errno = 21
Everything is in the onconfig file, the dir exists and I set the
permissions using the file manager in kde (red hat 6.2), I don't know
how to set the permissions using chmod 660.
I think my whole setting up of chunks/raw disk space and memory is
wrong. If someone can give me an explaination on how to do it or where I
am going wrong it would be greatly appreciated.
Here is the output of oninit -iv:
This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server 2000;
any existing Informix Dynamic Server 2000 databases will NOT be
accessible -
Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y
Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded
Reading configuration file '/usr/informix/etc/onconfig'...succeeded
Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded
Creating infos file "/usr/informix/etc/.infos.linux" ...
"/usr/informix/etc/.conf.linux" ... succeeded
Writing to infos file ... succeeded
Checking config parameters...succeeded
Allocating and attaching to shared memory...succeeded
Creating resident pool 560 kbytes...succeeded
Creating buffer pool 2002 kbytes...succeeded
Initializing rhead structure...succeeded
Initializing ASF ...succeeded
Initializing Dictionary Cache and SPL Routine Cache...succeeded
Bringing up ADM VP...succeeded
Creating VP classes...succeeded
Onlining 0 additional cpu vps...succeeded
Onlining 2 IO vps...succeeded
Forking main_loop thread...succeeded
Initialzing DR structures...succeeded
Forking 1 'ipcshm' listener threads...succeeded
Starting tracing...succeeded
Initializing 1 flushers...succeeded
oninit: Cannot open chunk '/usr/online_space001'. errno = 21
oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization
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error 21 is a 'file is a directory', is /usr/online_space001 a directory
(bad) or a file (good)?
optimiza@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> I get this error when I run oninit -iv:
> oninit: Cannot open chunk '/usr/online_space001'. errno = 21
>
> Everything is in the onconfig file, the dir exists and I set the
> permissions using the file manager in kde (red hat 6.2), I don't know
> how to set the permissions using chmod 660.
>
> I think my whole setting up of chunks/raw disk space and memory is
> wrong. If someone can give me an explaination on how to do it or where I
> am going wrong it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Here is the output of oninit -iv:
>
> This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server 2000;
> any existing Informix Dynamic Server 2000 databases will NOT be
> accessible -
> Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y
> Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded
> Reading configuration file '/usr/informix/etc/onconfig'...succeeded
> Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded
> Creating infos file "/usr/informix/etc/.infos.linux" ...
> "/usr/informix/etc/.conf.linux" ... succeeded
> Writing to infos file ... succeeded
> Checking config parameters...succeeded
> Allocating and attaching to shared memory...succeeded
> Creating resident pool 560 kbytes...succeeded
> Creating buffer pool 2002 kbytes...succeeded
> Initializing rhead structure...succeeded
> Initializing ASF ...succeeded
> Initializing Dictionary Cache and SPL Routine Cache...succeeded
> Bringing up ADM VP...succeeded
> Creating VP classes...succeeded
> Onlining 0 additional cpu vps...succeeded
> Onlining 2 IO vps...succeeded
> Forking main_loop thread...succeeded
> Initialzing DR structures...succeeded
> Forking 1 'ipcshm' listener threads...succeeded
> Starting tracing...succeeded
> Initializing 1 flushers...succeeded
> oninit: Cannot open chunk '/usr/online_space001'. errno = 21
> oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization
>
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Paul Watson <paulw@wfsoftware.com> wrote:
: error 21 is a 'file is a directory', is /usr/online_space001 a directory
: (bad) or a file (good)?
: optimiza@my-deja.com wrote:
:>
:> I get this error when I run oninit -iv:
:> oninit: Cannot open chunk '/usr/online_space001'. errno = 21
:>
I have nearly the same error:
oninit: Cannot open chunk '/local/informix/root'. errno = 2
This file does not exist, thats right, but I tried to create
a new database and it should create the file!
Any ideas?
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Marco.Schmidt@inf.ethz.ch
Marco Schmidt <schmidt@inf.ethz.ch> wrote:
: Paul Watson <paulw@wfsoftware.com> wrote:
: : error 21 is a 'file is a directory', is /usr/online_space001 a directory
: : (bad) or a file (good)?
: : optimiza@my-deja.com wrote:
: :>
: :> I get this error when I run oninit -iv:
: :> oninit: Cannot open chunk '/usr/online_space001'. errno = 21
: :>
: I have nearly the same error:
: oninit: Cannot open chunk '/local/informix/root'. errno = 2
: This file does not exist, thats right, but I tried to create
: a new database and it should create the file!
Okay. I got it.
The file MUST exist and MUST have the permissions "0660" on UNIX.
cat /dev/null >/local/informix/root
chmod 660 /local/informix/root
Why cant this be described in the manual?
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Marco.Schmidt@inf.ethz.ch
Marco Schmidt wrote: > > Marco Schmidt <schmidt@inf.ethz.ch> wrote: > The file MUST exist and MUST have the permissions "0660" on UNIX. > > cat /dev/null >/local/informix/root > chmod 660 /local/informix/root > > Why cant this be described in the manual? > Allocating a File or Disk Space on UNIX Administrator's Guide for Informix Dynamic Server.2000 Version 9.2, September 1999 Page 15-9 Administrator's Guide for Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.3, February 1998, Page 14-7 Wile
"Marco Schmidt" <schmidt@inf.ethz.ch> '''g''l''
news:39e6fcd2@core.inf.ethz.ch...
> Marco Schmidt <schmidt@inf.ethz.ch> wrote:
> : Paul Watson <paulw@wfsoftware.com> wrote:
> : : error 21 is a 'file is a directory', is /usr/online_space001 a
directory
> : : (bad) or a file (good)?
>
> : : optimiza@my-deja.com wrote:
> : :>
> : :> I get this error when I run oninit -iv:
> : :> oninit: Cannot open chunk '/usr/online_space001'. errno = 21
> : :>
>
> : I have nearly the same error:
> : oninit: Cannot open chunk '/local/informix/root'. errno = 2
>
> : This file does not exist, thats right, but I tried to create
> : a new database and it should create the file!
>
> Okay. I got it.
> The file MUST exist and MUST have the permissions "0660" on UNIX.
>
> cat /dev/null >/local/informix/root
> chmod 660 /local/informix/root
>
> Why cant this be described in the manual?
>
I don't know where it described but I'm sure I saw it somewhere on the
document.
best regards,
Jinyao Lin
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> Marco.Schmidt@inf.ethz.ch
>Okay. I got it. >The file MUST exist and MUST have the permissions "0660" on UNIX. > >cat /dev/null >/local/informix/root >chmod 660 /local/informix/root > >Why cant this be described in the manual? It is described in the manual. In fact, it walks you through cooked file allocation step by step.