Re: shared memory resident??
Posted in 1995
Tracy Nedd writes:
|> Albert,
|> You must read the $INFORMIXDIR/release/ONLINE_5.X notes to see if
|> the hardware you are on supports forced residency. If it does,
|> then all one must do is to set the $INFORMIXDIR/etc/tbconfig
|> parameter of RESIDENT to 1. Then bring ONLINE to offline and
|> back to online. If you set it to 1 on a machine that doesn't
|> support forced residency then it the 1 flag will be ignored and
|> swapping may take place. Enjoy,
Actually, you don't even need to bring the engine down. onmode -r will
turn on forced residency, and onmode -n will turn it off.
Note for 6.0 and later releases: this only applied to the resident portion.
Virtual segments cannot be made resident.
Dave Kosenko
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