Re: How to Create another instance of Informix?

dengelsen@my-dejanews.com wrote: > > Hello, > > How can I create another instance of Informix? We want Baan IV and Baan V to > work on one machine each in a seperate instance. > > I've assigned raw volumes in Unix for the dbspaces. I'm thinking of Using > the following procedure: > > 1. Setting Environment INFORMIXSERVER=baan5 ONCONFIG=onconfig.baan5 (do > i've to copy this file first or is it done automatically during creating the > instance?) > > 2. add baan5 service to /etc/services > > 3. setting parameters in onmonitor > /dev/raw_links/b5rootdbs > > 4. moving logical and physical logs to b5plogdbs and b5llogdbs > > 5. Set parameters?? (which ??) > > (6. Install Baan 5? ) > > Is this right or am I missing something here? > > How can I backup the to instances seperatly? > > Thanks. > > -- > Greetings, > > Ditmar den Engelsen > > PS: please put my name in the cc. of your posting > > -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- > http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum Everything about the second instance is going to be in your new onconfig file. THIS IS A MUST.... You must have a different SERVERNUM variable in the onconfig file. If your first instance has SERVERNUM 0, then set your second instance SERVERNUM 1. (that's the number one). In the onconfig file, you specify the LTAPEDEV and TAPEDEV variables and these can be shared between instances. Just don't run the backups at the same time. Also, if you have continuous logging, you must have seperate tape drive to handle logical logs. My opinion.... It is always best to bring down the first instance before initializing a new (seconda) instance. Untill it comes up o.k., then you can bring up the first instance. Tim Jones