Re: manually edit onconfig?

Posted in 2012

Fernando Nunes — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:10:14 +0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

You should never install the new version over the current one. If something goes wrong in the upgrade you'll have much more work to recover. Regards On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:38 PM, June Nebab LKINY <jnebab@gmail.com> wrote: > Planning an upgrade to 11.7UC6GE from 11.7UC5GE. Installing new version > on same $INFORMIXDIR and on same server. I noticed new onconfig params > (ie: AUTO_READAHEAD, NUMFDSERVERS, etc) that are in the UC6GE onconfig.std > that are not in my $ONCONFIG. > > What is the proper way to deal with new onconfig params when upgrading: > A. Leave old (UC5GE) $ONCONFIG as is, install the upgrade, bring up > instance after upgrade, hand edit $ONCONFIG and add new params to the > $ONCONFIG afterwards. > > OR > > B. Hand edit new (UC6GE) $ONCONFIG and duplicate all of the settings > from old $ONCONFIG to the new $ONCONFIG, install the upgrade, bring up > instance. > > RHEL 5.8 32 bit > IDS 11.7UC5GE > > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > -- Fernando Nunes Portugal http://informix-technology.blogspot.com My email works... but I don't check it frequently...