Re: Pool Names ISMData & ISMLogs Not Created
It turns out that because we did not have the Korne shell installed on our machine, ism_startup -init wasn't working properly Many thanks to Savio for his suggestions though. "Savio Pinto (s)" <spinto@cap.org> wrote in message news:cg2okq$4eb$1@news.xmission.com... > > few years back, when i was backing up the database using ISM, i used to do the following, hope it helps > > 1. make sure there are no nsr processes running > 2. initialize the ism using $INFORMIXDIR/bin/ism_startup -init > 3. add informix as the admin user, $INFORMIXDIR/bin/ism_add -admin informix > 4. remove the default devices, ism_rm -device <device_name>, you can get the list of devices by issuing ism_show -devices | awk '{print $7}' > 5. create the backup directories, and chmod 777 on these directories > 6. add the device, ism_add -device <device_name> -type file > 7. then, run the ism_op command, and see if you get the error > > issue ism_watch command to verify the devices/pools. > > at times, i had to remove /nsr directory before initialization (i.e. before step # 2). > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org > [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]On Behalf Of Brett Sheeran > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 12:06 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Pool Names ISMData & ISMLogs Not Created > > > Hi, > > I am trying to set up ISM on Informix 9.3 and I believe the pool names > ISMData and ISMLogs are not being created when I run ism_startup -init. > Could anyone tell me how to fix this problem? > > The steps I followed to setup ISM are as follows: > > Initialise ISM: > ism_startup -init > Add a file backup device: > ism_add -device /usr/informix/restore/ISM_ARC -type file > Label that device: > ism_op -label /usr/informix/restore/ISM_ARC -volume 1 -pool ISMData > At which point I get the following error: > nsrmm: Invalid pool name `ISMData'. > > If I look at the list of labels in Informix's GUI Storage Manager I see the > following: > Default > Default Clone > Full > NonFull > Offsite > > Neither "ISMData" or "ISMLogs" appear in that list > > As you would expect, the onconfig Informix Storage Manager variables are: > ISM_DATA_POOL ISMData > ISM_LOG_POOL ISMLogs > > Any suggestions? > Thanks in advance. > > Regards Brett Sheeran > > > > sending to informix-list