Re: Lockups!

On Wed, 26 Oct 1994, David Coburn wrote: > In comp.databases.informix you write: > >We can take the database offline with an "Immediate shutdown", but this > >is not really an acceptable solution. Anyone have any ideas why this is > >happening? Do you need more info? If so, I can gather at the next > >occurence. > > What is in the log when this happens? Anything? Nothing...just the fact that it has been more than the normal time span since the last checkpoint. > Assuming that you have support, I would contact them the next time this > happens and work through this. They can (if need be) dial (or telnet) in > and see what is happening; you WILL have to sign a bunch of disclaimers > before they do it, of course. The big problem is that when our database goes down, we have 100 employees who can't do their job. It is a 2 minute fix to bring it down and up again (albeit VERY ANNOYING), while trying to get support folks can often be somewhat SLOW. B. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Brian P. Hampson Internet: brian@asl-labs.bc.ca | |System Administration, | |Analytical Service Labs Fidonet : Brian Hampson 1:153/733 | |Vancouver, BC | | | | Specialists in Environmental Chemistry | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------