shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER but Server is online!!
Cristiano Bregola inherited an Informix 10 server on Windows Server 2019 where onstat and oninit reported shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER although the server was online. Mike Walker suggested checking environment variables and onstat -g dis. David Williams suggested onmode -R to regenerate the infos file. Cristiano confirmed this solved it.
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Hi all, I inherited the management of a windows server 2019 with informix server 10.
Informix server is active and correctly configured and working but from the instance.cmd prompt with any user (even informix) the onstat, oninit etc commands all respond "shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'ixserver' ".
INFORMIXSERVER and INFORMIXDIR are correctly valued.
What am I doing wrong?
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Cristiano Bregola
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That sounds like the environment variables are not set, or not set correctly - INFORMIXSERVER, ONCONFIG, INFORMIXDIR
Does "onstat -g dis" show your running instance?
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Mike Walker
xDB Systems, Inc
www.xdbsystems.com
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HI,
Try onmode -R to recreate the infos file -
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/informix-servers/14.10?topic=utility-onmode-r-regenerate-infosdbservername-file
Otherwise open a support case.
Regards,
David.
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David Williams
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Yes, my instance is runnig but output of onstat -g dis is not complete. Some info are "Unknown". Solved with onmode -R !
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Cristiano Bregola
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duplicated
Hi David. Solved with onmode -R. Thank you very much!
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Cristiano Bregola
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