RE: Level 0 Backup Problem - Server Dies

Posted in 1999

Rick Rabe — Fri, 3 Sep 1999 14:01:13 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BEF63E.760F8AD8 Content-Type: text/plain I take it you mean MP-RAS 3.02. We had a similar problem (different NCR model, but MP-RAS 3.02) when we upgraded to 7.31.UC2X2 using a patch which enabled use of the NOLRUPRIO environment variable. Ifmx support had to get us a corrected patch, and has been running fine since. > ---------- > From: Bondsfield, Simon[SMTP:Simon.Bondsfield@Equitas.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 4:26 AM > To: 'informix-list@iiug.org' > Subject: Level 0 Backup Problem - Server Dies > > I wonder if anyone has had a similar problem to this one, or can suggest > somewhere to start looking for a solution: > > We're running IDS 7.30 UC8 on an NCR S40 Model 3438 (Unix version 3.02) on > one of our Y2K test boxes. > > Each time we try a level zero archive using ontape -s -L 0, it starts off > ok, but then after three quarters of an hour it brings the entire server > to > a halt, you can't perform any commands except a 'pwd' without the session > hanging (CTRL-C won't even interrupt it). The machine is still > 'pingable', > but the only way out is to reboot it. > > No messages appear in the online log file after the 'Level 0 Archive > Started' message, so we've got no idea of any cause. > > NCR have checked the box on more than one occasion and have given it a > clean > bill of health (ie no apparent disk problems, operating system problems > etc). > > Anyone any ideas ?? > > Thanks > > Simon Bondsfield > Informix DBA > Equitas Ltd > > "WorldSecure Server <equitas.co.uk>" made the following > annotations on 09/03/99 10:31:28 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > [INFO] -- Access Manager: > ********************************************************************** > Equitas Limited 33 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8LL, UK > NOTICE: This message is intended only for use by the named addressee > and may contain privileged and/or confidential information. If you are > not the named addressee you should not disseminate, copy or take any > action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error > please notify postmaster@equitas.co.uk and delete the message and any > attachments accompanying it immediately. > Registered in England: Registered No. 3173352 Registered address above > ********************************************************************** > > ========================================================================== > ==== > ------_=_NextPart_001_01BEF63E.760F8AD8 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2448.0"> <TITLE>RE: Level 0 Backup Problem - Server Dies</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> I take it you = mean MP-RAS 3.02. We had a similar problem (different NCR model, but = MP-RAS 3.02) when we upgraded to 7.31.UC2X2 using a patch which enabled = use of the NOLRUPRIO environment variable. Ifmx support had to get us a = corrected patch, and has been running fine since. <UL> ---------- From:   = Bondsfield, = Simon[SMTP:Simon.Bondsfield@Equitas.co.uk] Sent:   = Friday, September 03, 1999 4:26 = AM To: =     'informix-list@iiug.org' Subject: =        Level 0 Backup Problem - Server Dies I wonder if anyone has had a similar = problem to this one, or can suggest somewhere to start looking for a = solution: We're running IDS 7.30 UC8 on an NCR = S40 Model 3438 (Unix version 3.02) on one of our Y2K test boxes. Each time we try a level zero archive = using ontape -s -L 0, it starts off ok, but then after three quarters of = an hour it brings the entire server to a halt, you can't perform any = commands except a 'pwd' without the session hanging (CTRL-C won't even interrupt = it).  The machine is still 'pingable', but the only way out is to reboot = it. No messages appear in the online log = file after the 'Level 0 Archive Started' message, so we've got no = idea of any cause. NCR have checked the box on more than = one occasion and have given it a clean bill of health (ie no apparent disk = problems, operating system problems etc). Anyone any ideas ?? Thanks Simon Bondsfield Informix DBA Equitas Ltd "WorldSecure Server = <equitas.co.uk>" made the following  annotations on 09/03/99 = 10:31:28 ---------------------------------------------------------= --------------------- [INFO] -- Access Manager: *********************************************************= *************     Equitas = Limited           33 = St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8LL, UK    NOTICE: &