Re: reboot

Thuc Nguyen wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Is there a way to start/stop the Online 5.03 engine when we reboot? > > Thanks in advance for the respond. For rebooting: One of the things Unix does at reboot is run a script called /etc/startup or something like that. You can put the "oninit" command in there but doing that unembelished causes all kinds of grief. Write a shell script that will set INFOMRIXDIR, ONCONFIG, maybe INFORMIXSERVER. It should also include $INFORMIXDIR/bin in its PATH. Only then should it execute ONINIT. There is a habit I developed under Online 4.0: Let the script also sleep about a minute before actually running oninit. This was because the other daemon programs initiated by /etc/startup are also scavenging for pieces of shared memory. I found that Informix, with its huge memory requirements, seldom wins the scavenger hunt. The habit never went away and I have not seen any reason to retract this paranoia. This precaution seems especially correct when you are starting several OnLine instances. In years of teaching OnLine Admin at Informix, I found that when several students started their little instances simultaneously, most failed initially. I got into the habit of having one person at a time start his (OK, or her.. ;) instance. This way I was able to get 9 OnLine instances running simultaneously on G-30 with a paltry 128Mb of main memory. I never had the issue with shutdown but I recall that /etc/shutdown (a binary executable on my HP machine) it invokes a script that you can diddle with. I just don't recall the name of that script. Anybody want to complete this? -- -- Jake (Engaged in the persuit of undomesticated aquatic avians) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Impeccable Logic: A thought process which successfully | | resists chicken bites | +-----------------------------------------------------------+