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oninit problem on AIX 4.3.2

Posted in 1999

Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Storage & Space Management, Server Administration, Platform-Specific Issues

SC — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Having installed Informix, I am now ready to initialize and start creating dbspaces, but when I run oninit -i, I get the following obscure message : oninit: Not enough room in ROOT DBspace. Requested 389764K, ONCONFIG value 'ROOTSIZE' 128000K. oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization What's wrong ? TIA

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Prounix GmbH — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

SC wrote: > Having installed Informix, I am now ready to initialize and start creating > dbspaces, but when I run oninit -i, I get the following obscure message : > > oninit: Not enough room in ROOT DBspace. > Requested 389764K, ONCONFIG value 'ROOTSIZE' 128000K. > Check your device for ROOTDBSPACE and make it greater to e.g. 400000k Set ROOTSIZE TO 400000 in $INFORMIXDIR/etc/onconfig (or wherever your onconfig is) > oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization > > What's wrong ? > > TIA

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Paul Watson — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <7r86rh$20a$1@news0.skynet.be>, simon.clennell@gdbi.com (SC) wrote: > Having installed Informix, I am now ready to initialize and start > creating > dbspaces, but when I run oninit -i, I get the following obscure message > : > > oninit: Not enough room in ROOT DBspace. > Requested 389764K, ONCONFIG value 'ROOTSIZE' 128000K. > oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization > > What's wrong ? > > TIA > > > There's no space in ROOTDBS ??? Make it bigger Paul Watson # I don't suffer from WF Software Ltd. # stress, I'm just Tel. (+44) 1436 674729 # a carrier Fax. (+44) 1436 678693 # www.wfsoftware.com

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Art S. Kagel — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

SC wrote: > > Having installed Informix, I am now ready to initialize and start creating > dbspaces, but when I run oninit -i, I get the following obscure message : > > oninit: Not enough room in ROOT DBspace. > Requested 389764K, ONCONFIG value 'ROOTSIZE' 128000K. > oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization > > What's wrong ? Your root dbspace (128MB) is not large enough to contain the overhead and reserved pages (about 100K), PHYSFILE (physical log size), and LOGSIZE * LOGFILES (total size of all logical logs) and still have room for the SYSMASTER and SYSUTILS database (about 20MB). What did you set in the ONCONFIG file for these disk initialization parameters? Art S. Kagel

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Tim Schaefer — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Reduce your physical log and this will fix your problem. Look at the onconfig.std values! Set the physical log size to something other than the default AFTER oninit-iy. You actually don't need to touch it at all, if you read your manuals. AFTER you complete the oninit -iy, you should read the manuals on how to roll the physical log out to its own dbspace. ( I'll not give it away here, it's too easy. :-) Then you wouldn't learn anything. Your default rootdbs space is far larger than it will ever have to be if you roll out your logical logs into their own dbspace and the physical log into its own dbspace. This will allow you to customize your logs for your environment. It will also reduce the risks associated with everything in the rootdbs, and using one hard drive for these files. Tim SC wrote: > > Having installed Informix, I am now ready to initialize and start creating > dbspaces, but when I run oninit -i, I get the following obscure message : > > oninit: Not enough room in ROOT DBspace. > Requested 389764K, ONCONFIG value 'ROOTSIZE' 128000K. > oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization > > What's wrong ? > > TIA -- . .- .-- .--- .---- Tim Schaefer .----- tschaefe@bellsouth.net .---- http://www.inxutil.com .--- http://www.datad.com .-- .- .

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