cannot create message portion of shared memory

I have a previously running version of IDS 7.31.UC5 not initializing because it cannot create the message portion of shared memory. I'm running oninit -v to see where it is failing: Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/ifmxshare/etc/onconfig.share'...succeeded Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded Creating infos file "/ifmxshare/etc/.infos.ifmxshare" ... "/ifmxshare/etc/.conf.ifmxshare" ... succeeded Writing to infos file ... succeeded Checking config parameters...succeeded Allocating and attaching to shared memory...succeeded Creating resident pool 7570 kbytes...succeeded Creating buffer pool 20002 kbytes...succeeded Initializing rhead structure...dbdev: Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC5 -- Initialization -- Up 00:00:04 -- 44048 Kbytes Segment Summary: id key addr size ovhd class blkused blkfree 774 1381648385 c0d6d000 28327936 1348 R 3451 7 775 1381648386 c2871000 16777216 864 V 40 2008 Total: - - 45105152 - - 3491 2015 (* segment locked in memory) *** WARNING: Informix Dynamic Server is no longer running. *** Any ideas? Jim Spalla Anexsys Database Administrator 312/441-4036 phone 312/441-4099 fax 815/483-9234 cell phone This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format.

Your server needs a reboot; the memory is too fragmented? -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@us.ibm.com) STSM, Informix Database Engineering, IBM Data Management 4100 Bohannon Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Tel: +1 650-926-6921 Tie-Line: 630-6921 "I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it!" |---------+----------------------------> | | jspalla@anexsys.c| | | om | | | Sent by: | | | forum.subscriber@| | | iiug.org | | | | | | | | | 04/25/2003 01:11 | | | PM | | | | |---------+----------------------------> >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: ids@iiug.org | | cc: | | Subject: cannot create message portion of shared memory [1001] | | | >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------| I have a previously running version of IDS 7.31.UC5 not initializing because it cannot create the message portion of shared memory. I'm running oninit -v to see where it is failing: Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/ifmxshare/etc/onconfig.share'...succeeded Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded Creating infos file "/ifmxshare/etc/.infos.ifmxshare" ... "/ifmxshare/etc/.conf.ifmxshare" ... succeeded Writing to infos file ... succeeded Checking config parameters...succeeded Allocating and attaching to shared memory...succeeded Creating resident pool 7570 kbytes...succeeded Creating buffer pool 20002 kbytes...succeeded Initializing rhead structure...dbdev: Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC5 -- Initialization -- Up 00:00:04 -- 44048 Kbytes Segment Summary: id key addr size ovhd class blkused blkfree 774 1381648385 c0d6d000 28327936 1348 R 3451 7 775 1381648386 c2871000 16777216 864 V 40 2008 Total: - - 45105152 - - 3491 2015 (* segment locked in memory) *** WARNING: Informix Dynamic Server is no longer running. *** Any ideas? Jim Spalla Anexsys Database Administrator 312/441-4036 phone 312/441-4099 fax 815/483-9234 cell phone This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format.