ontape failing on 12.10TC6

This question concerns IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.TC6IE . I have a development box running it on Windows2008 R2 . It was upgraded in place from TC5 . It has been running fine. No parameters were changed. Today I dropped a database and dbimported that database back in. Then I needed to change the logging mode. ( ontape -s -L 0 -U dbname ) I got “Shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'mystiq'. “ Yet onstat shows everything ok and all apps run up to the point where they need a logged db . Any ideas?

I'm sure that you have checked, but is your environment set correctly where running ontape? Have you tried using: ondblog unbuf <database_name> (you will need exclusive access to the database) Then follow that with a fake backup (onbar -b -F). Doesn't solve the ontape problem, but may allow to change the logging mode of the database and allow your apps to continue. Mike Walker Advanced DataTools -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of BillHatVerizon Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 5:40 PM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: ontape failing on 12.10TC6 [36609] This question concerns IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.TC6IE . I have a development box running it on Windows2008 R2 . It was upgraded in place from TC5 . It has been running fine. No parameters were changed. Today I dropped a database and dbimported that database back in. Then I needed to change the logging mode. ( ontape -s -L 0 -U dbname ) I got “Shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'mystiq'. “ Yet onstat shows everything ok and all apps run up to the point where they need a logged db . Any ideas? ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.

This version does not have ondblog (or maybe because I don't install onbar?) . And yes, the environment is set correctly. All the on* programs work fine, and dbexport/dbimport, dbaccess, etc. It may be that TC6 was a bad release. I know TC5 was. IBM told everyone to install TC6 to work around a bug. ( http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT08121) I may have to go back to TC4 . -----Original Message----- From: Mike Walker Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 9:01 PM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: RE: ontape failing on 12.10TC6 [36610] I'm sure that you have checked, but is your environment set correctly where running ontape? Have you tried using: ondblog unbuf <database_name> (you will need exclusive access to the database) Then follow that with a fake backup (onbar -b -F). Doesn't solve the ontape problem, but may allow to change the logging mode of the database and allow your apps to continue. Mike Walker Advanced DataTools -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of BillHatVerizon Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 5:40 PM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: ontape failing on 12.10TC6 [36609] This question concerns IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.TC6IE . I have a development box running it on Windows2008 R2 . It was upgraded in place from TC5 . It has been running fine. No parameters were changed. Today I dropped a database and dbimported that database back in. Then I needed to change the logging mode. ( ontape -s -L 0 -U dbname ) I got ââ¬ÅShared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'mystiq'. ââ¬Å Yet onstat shows everything ok and all apps run up to the point where they need a logged db . Any ideas? ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.