Re: Checkpoint problem.

Posted in 1997

David Williams — Wed, 9 Jul 1997 00:45:55 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <5pta9p$hft@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Milen Metodiev <dbadmin@svilosa.bis.bg> writes > >Hello, guys! > >Our Informix server has stoped three times for a month. >tbstat shows that all user processes (except two) are waiting >for process "ckpt" which seems to be a checkpoint process. >I noticed that in the Informix log file there were missing >checkpoints for about 30 minutes before every crash. >What may be the reason of checkpoints missing? > >Milen. > >---------------------- >dbadmin@svilosa.bis.bg >---------------------- > > Check you do not have a level 0 archive (ontape or tbtape) running which has got stuck waiting for the tape drive. Happened to me.. Online 5 eventually stops if this happens... -- David Williams