Re: How to drop an inconsistant chunk?
Unfortunately, this doesn't always work. Fortunately, Informix has
been good about bring the system back. When they can't though the
solution is still the same: dig out the last level 0.
David
David Williams wrote...
}In article <338e95fc.8326392@PersonalNews.Germany.EU.net
}, Lutz Wiggershaus <wiggershaus@bdv2.un.eunet.de> writes
}>After restoring a chunk from a level 0 archive without restoring the
}>logs the chunk remains inconsistant. We are not able work with this
}>chunk any more. Even dropping it is impossible. (onspaces -d
<dbspace>
}>leads to "Dbspace is not empty", onspaces -d -p <device> -o offset
}>leads to "cannot drop first chunk")
}>There are only two solutions of this problem:
}>1. oninit -isy
}>2. Calling Informix Tech Support. They log on to the machine and
drop
}>the chunk.
}>Does anyone know, what they are doing or is there any other possible
}>solution to this problem?
}>We are using Online 7.20 on SCO ODT 5.0.
}>
}>Thank in advance.
}>
}>Lutz Wiggershaus
}
}Run onspaces -- , there is an option to mark a dbspace as up or down.
}
}--
}David Williams