Re: Cannot start 2 instances of OnLine 7.x

mcollins@us.DHL.COM (Mark Collins) wrote: >} >} 1) Make sure that you have different SERVERNUM for each onconfig file. >} This is used to uniquely name the shared memory segments. >} 2) Make sure that you don't have shared memory segments laying around. >} Easiest way - make sure that both engines are down. Do a "ipcs" >} and see if you have any informix owned segments. if so, remove with >} ipcrm. >} >} My guess is #1 >Also check kernel parameters to make sure that all of the shared memory parameters have >been set to AT LEAST the values specified in $INFORMIXDIR/release/ONLINE_7.1 (or >similar, depending on release). Specifically, SHMMNI governs max number of shared >memory segments for the whole system, at least on HP-UX. I had the same problem yesterday. However, I got this error message because I had inadvertently changed my PHSYLOG parameter in the onconfig file to a chunk that did not exist. Don't know if this helps you but it's one potential place to look. Barry Leb National Linen Service 1420 Peachtree Street MS #314 Atlanta, GA 30309 (404) 853-6119 (404) 853-6485 fax e-mail: barryleb@mindspring.com