RE: AIX and Informix

This sounds fishy to me. We have plenty of dbspaces with an offset of 0 (on 5.2 and 5.3), and have never had any problems with adding/dropping/using them. DC > -----Original Message----- > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- > bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of tomcaml@yahoo.com > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 9:22 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: AIX and Informix > > Thanks for the comments. > We are running into several things. > > One is that we set the offset of the dbspace to 0. We are being told it > needs to have an offset of "something" - that AIX wants this for the > volume group management. Our current environ is HP which we have always > used an offset of 0 - it has never been an issue. We have our physical, > log and root spaces mirrored and there looks to be some kind of > corruption, according to support. Kinda wondering if the HACMP > clustering might be involved also but unsure. > What we are seeing is this: I dropped a large database and when I went > to check out the spaces using onstat -d pertaining to the space the DB > used to be in, the % used was a negative number. So the total size free > is greater than the total size allocated. > > Tom > > > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > > tomcaml@yahoo.com said: > > > Hello > > > > > > We are running into some major walls trying to configure and use AIX > > > 5.3 and Informix v10 with HACMP clustering and Informix HDR. AIX looks > > > to be very behind the times, as does the clustering piece. This is for > > > an intended migration of the main "cash cow" application. Does anyone > > > run their "important stuff" on AIX ? I have been researching and most > > > of what I see is people using AIX from years back or they only use AIX > > > for smaller apps that they don't have great concerns being down. > > > Comments, Suggestions, Rants or Raves? > > > > Personally, I think AIX tin is very good. I can't comment on HACMP, > other > > than that I've never met anyone who used ANY clustering software (HACMP, > > Sun, Veritas, Compaq) who didn't prefer HDR. > > > > -- > > Bye now, > > Obnoxio > > > > "... no bill is required as no value was provided." > > -- Christine Normile > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is > > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list

Doug yes - Fishy like fresh from the sea Tom Doug Conrey wrote: > This sounds fishy to me. We have plenty of dbspaces with an offset of 0 > (on 5.2 and 5.3), and have never had any problems with > adding/dropping/using them. > > DC > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- > > bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of tomcaml@yahoo.com > > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 9:22 AM > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: Re: AIX and Informix > > > > Thanks for the comments. > > We are running into several things. > > > > One is that we set the offset of the dbspace to 0. We are being told > it > > needs to have an offset of "something" - that AIX wants this for the > > volume group management. Our current environ is HP which we have > always > > used an offset of 0 - it has never been an issue. We have our > physical, > > log and root spaces mirrored and there looks to be some kind of > > corruption, according to support. Kinda wondering if the HACMP > > clustering might be involved also but unsure. > > What we are seeing is this: I dropped a large database and when I went > > to check out the spaces using onstat -d pertaining to the space the DB > > used to be in, the % used was a negative number. So the total size > free > > is greater than the total size allocated. > > > > Tom > > > > > > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > > > tomcaml@yahoo.com said: > > > > Hello > > > > > > > > We are running into some major walls trying to configure and use > AIX > > > > 5.3 and Informix v10 with HACMP clustering and Informix HDR. AIX > looks > > > > to be very behind the times, as does the clustering piece. This is > for > > > > an intended migration of the main "cash cow" application. Does > anyone > > > > run their "important stuff" on AIX ? I have been researching and > most > > > > of what I see is people using AIX from years back or they only use > AIX > > > > for smaller apps that they don't have great concerns being down. > > > > Comments, Suggestions, Rants or Raves? > > > > > > Personally, I think AIX tin is very good. I can't comment on HACMP, > > other > > > than that I've never met anyone who used ANY clustering software > (HACMP, > > > Sun, Veritas, Compaq) who didn't prefer HDR. > > > > > > -- > > > Bye now, > > > Obnoxio > > > > > > "... no bill is required as no value was provided." > > > -- Christine Normile > > > > > > -- > > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > > dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is > > > believed to be clean. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Informix-list mailing list > > Informix-list@iiug.org > > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list