Re: ISM_startup -init - MEMORY FAULT

mahesh wrote: > Hi, > > Wondering if any one can help me with this strange one. > > Rebuilt ISM as standard. Initiallyising the database with > > ism_startup -init and get the following : ism_startup does not start the database, and the -init flag to it does not initialize the database. The ism_startup script simply starts the ISM or Informix Server Manager which is just one management tool to monitor and control IDS. ism_start -init simply initialized the disk files ISM needs. To start the Informix (IDS) engine run: oninit -vy To initialize the disk needed to start a new instance for the first time (DON'T DO THIS WITH AN ESTABLISHED INSTANCE, IT WILL TRASH THE EXISTING DATA!): oninit -ivy Once the engine has started up you can bring it to online mode with: onmode -m Why are you having trouble starting up ISM? Don't know, never use the thing. Art S. Kagel > " > [root@gra-ds2-4 logs]# ism_startup -init > start_ism: is starting the ISM daemons. > Memory fault > Memory fault > ${0##*/}: Still waiting for ISM daemons to become available... > ${0##*/}: Still waiting for ISM daemons to become available... > start_ism: ISM server not running after 2 minutes and 30 seconds. > [root@gra-ds2-4 logs]# > " > > We are running on Linux gra-ds2-4 2.6.9-34.ELsmp on informix IDS > 9.4.UC7. > > Thanks > Mahesh > >

Maesh, As far as I understood, you are experiencing problems with ISM (Informix Storage Manager)'s file-based database and you want to get rid of the problems by reinitializing ISM? Were there problems reported with NFS mounted devices configured to be used by ISM as disk devices in front of your re-init activity? Did you already check the recommended kernel parameters, especially to nfiles? I expect you have sufficient memory? To reinitialize the ISM probably you forgot to apply some needed steps such as - Check for related nsr daemons still hanging around, see 'ps -ef | grep nsr', kill them smoothly as needed - rename or delete the pre-exisisting $INFORMIXDIR/ism directory - delete the sym. link /nsr pointing to $INFORMIXDIR/ism (Both will be recreated by the ism_startup script if started with option '-init') Now the 'ism_startup -init' as user root should work fine... HTH, Robert Robert Seifert _________________________________________________________________ IBM Deutschland GmbH, Information Management Solutions, Software, Informix Products, Advanced Support Elite VAR support engineer Development Support for IBM Informix Products on-site @ SAP c/o SAP AG, -PS03-,Neurottstrasse 16, D-69190 Walldorf, Germany ________________________________________________________________ Take Back Control of your Information, your Risk, your Markets and your Future. Don't miss the IBM Information On Demand 2006 global conference in Anaheim, California on October 15th - 20th! http://www.ibm.com/events/informationondemand _________________________________________________________________ informix-list-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 18.09.2006 16:20:56: > mahesh wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Wondering if any one can help me with this strange one. > > > > Rebuilt ISM as standard. Initiallyising the database with > > > > ism_startup -init and get the following : > > > ism_startup does not start the database, and the -init flag to it does not > initialize the database. The ism_startup script simply starts the ISM or > Informix Server Manager which is just one management tool to monitor and > control IDS. ism_start -init simply initialized the disk files ISM needs. > To start the Informix (IDS) engine run: > > oninit -vy> > To initialize the disk needed to start a new instance for the first time > (DON'T DO THIS WITH AN ESTABLISHED INSTANCE, IT WILL TRASH THE > EXISTING DATA!): > > oninit -ivy> > Once the engine has started up you can bring it to online mode with: > > onmode -m> > Why are you having trouble starting up ISM? Don't know, never use the thing. > > Art S. Kagel > > > " > > [root@gra-ds2-4 logs]# ism_startup -init > > start_ism: is starting the ISM daemons. > > Memory fault > > Memory fault > > ${0##*/}: Still waiting for ISM daemons to become available... > > ${0##*/}: Still waiting for ISM daemons to become available... > > start_ism: ISM server not running after 2 minutes and 30 seconds. > > [root@gra-ds2-4 logs]# > > " > > > > We are running on Linux gra-ds2-4 2.6.9-34.ELsmp on informix IDS > > 9.4.UC7. > > > > Thanks > > Mahesh > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list