Re: RE: Error: dbspace chunk

From: "Richard harnden" <harndr@russelleurope.com> > >Nah, he's just following Joe's advise - which was to touch a file called >rootdbs >in a newly created /chunks directory. > >So /chunks/rootdbs will have a size of zero. Which is less than 20000. :-) oninit -i will grow the file to the necessary size, so that ain't it. > >>> "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> 06/09/00 10:35am >>> >Uh. /chunks/rootdbs isn't what's in his "extract from onconfig". So he must >be using a different onconfig..... > > > >From: Watson Paul <Paul.Watson@fefc.ac.uk> > > > >Can you dd in from /chunks/rootdbs as informix?? If you can't you have a > >permissions problem. > > > >Paul Watson # > >WF Software Ltd # You are only young once > >Tel: +44 1436 674729 # but you can be immature > >Fax: +44 1436 678693 # forever > >www.wfsoftware.com # > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Jerry Chimutanda [mailto:jerry@compcentre.uz.ac.zw] > >Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 7:30 PM > >To: COOPER, Joseph; informix-list@iiug.org > >Subject: Re: Error: dbspace chunk > > > > > >I have created my dbspace according to Joseph's advice (see below). > >Now on running oninit -i, here is the Error message that I get. > > > > > ># A warning that all existing servers will be dropped appears > >Assertion Failure Type:\\t\\c > >Warning > >Hostname:\\t\\tpluto # hostname=pluto > >Database Server Name:\\tdemo_on > >Time of failure:\\t\\c > >Thu Jun 8 20:16:35 BST 2000 > >AF file:\\t\\t/tmp/af.7f113 > >Shared Memory file:\\tNone > >System Blocking:\\t\\c > >OFF > > > >oninit: Cannot open chunk '/chunks/rootdbs'. errno=2 > >oninit: Fatal Error in Shared Memory ininitialisation > > > >WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THIS??? > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "COOPER, Joseph" <Joseph.COOPER@sema.co.uk> > >To: "'Jerry Chimutanda'" <jerry@compcentre.uz.ac.zw>; > ><informix-list@iiug.org> > >Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 5:42 PM > >Subject: RE: Error: dbspace chunk > > > > > > > > Hi people, > > > > > > > > I'm in my 4th weeek trying to get Informix up and running! > > > > > > :-)). The value of manuals ? > > > > > > > > > > > The following are extracts from some of my configuration > > > > files that I think > > > > will help you diagnose my situation: > > > > > > > > Extract from /opt/informix/etc/onconfig > > > > > > > > ROOTNAME rootdbs> > > > ROOTPATH /dev/online_root > > > > ROOTOFFSET 0 > > > > ROOTSIZE 2000 > > > > .. > > > > ..> > > > PHYSDBS rootdbs > > > > PHYSFILE 1000 > > > > SERVERNUM 0 > > > > DBSERVERNAME demo_on> > > > > > > > > > > > Extract from /etc/profile > > > > > > > > INFORMIXSERVER=demo_on> > > > export INFORMIXSERVER > > > > > > > > > > > > Now, here are my questions. > > > > > > > > 1. The variable DBSERVERNAME in onconfig is the one I took > > > > and placed for > > > > INFORMIXSERVER in /etc/profile. Is that the correct value for the > > > > INFORMIXSERVER variable? If not, how do I determine the correct >value? > > > > > > Yep. That's okish. You may want to change both /etc/profile and >onconfig > > > and set the variable INFORMIXSERVER to something less common that > >demo_on. > > > It should however work fine with demo_on. > > > > > > > > > > > 2. The Rootdbs! Can somebody explain this one for me. In the > > > > onconfig file, > > > > does the value(string) online_root refer to a directory or a > > > > file? How can I > > > > create a dbspace that conforms with the above onconfig file (names >and > > > > paths)? > > > > [ so far I had created online_root as a file under /dev, > > > > owner/group=informix/informix, but still the initialisation > > > > was complaining > > > > that both owner ID and grp ID must be informix > > > > This is how I had done it: > > > > $ touch online_root > > > > $ chown informix online_root > > > > $ chgrp informix online_root > > > > $ chmod 660 online_root > > > > ]> > > > > > > > 3. What is the minimum size of a rootdbs? > > > > > > > > > > Well the minimum is a little larger that the size created by touch :-) > > > The exact size I would guess is in the manual. Basically just increase > > > it until the server starts is the easiest way to find out. However > > > the default value specified in onconfig.std will do for starting >online. > > > > > > What works for me is. > > > Login as root > > > cd / > > > mkdir chunks > > > chown informix chunks > > > chgrp informix chunks > > > chmod 660 chunks > > > cd chunks > > > touch /chunks/rootdbs > > > chown informix rootdbs > > > chgrp informix rootdbs > > > chmod 660 rootdbs > > > > > > eidt onconfig and set > > > > > > ROOTNAME rootdbs > > > ROOTPATH /chunks/rootdbs > > > ROOTOFFSET 0 > > > ROOTSIZE 20000> > > > > > > > > > > > Login as informix > > > oninit -i> > > > > > > > > HTH > > > Jo > > > > > > > > Thank you all for your responses > > > > > > > > Jerry. > > > > > > > > > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ > > > This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the > > > individual to whom it is addressed. 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