Little help please

Hi Folks, I am fairly new to the Informix area and have downloaded the (I presume) limited version ids9.4 from the IBM website. I have loaded both IDS9.4 and the ISA tool successfully and am able to connect both via the browser to the database and also locally to the database instance. I am, however, unable to use dbvisualiser to access my tables and data via the network. I use dbvisualiser to access my windows version of IDS locally on my notebook. My sqlhosts file on the linux box looks like this ifxinst01 ontlitcp aaudbasa01 informix ifxinst01 onipcshm localhost informix with aaudbasa01 being the host upon which I have installed informix. My onconfig file is [loganda@aaudbasa01 etc]$ cat onconfig.ifxinst01 #*********************************************************************** *** # # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC. # # Title: onconfig.std # Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters # #*********************************************************************** *** # Root Dbspace Configuration ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace nameROOTPATH /usr/informix/data # Path for device containing root dbspace ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes) ROOTSIZE 30000 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes) # Disk Mirroring Configuration Parameters MIRROR 0 # Mirroring flag (Yes =3D 1, No =3D 0) MIRRORPATH # Path for device containing mirroredroot MIRROROFFSET 0 # Offset into mirrored device (Kbytes) # Physical Log Configuration PHYSDBS rootdbs # Location (dbspace) of physical log PHYSFILE 2000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes) # Logical Log Configuration LOGFILES 6 # Number of logical log files LOGSIZE 2000 # Logical log size (Kbytes) # Diagnostics MSGPATH /usr/informix/online.log # System message log file path CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path # To automatically backup logical logs, edit alarmprogram.sh and set # BACKUPLOGS=3DY ALARMPROGRAM /usr/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh # Alarm program path TBLSPACE_STATS 1 # Maintain tblspace statistics # System Archive Tape Device TAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # Tape device path TAPEBLK 32 # Tape block size (Kbytes) TAPESIZE 10240 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes) # Log Archive Tape Device LTAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # Log tape device path LTAPEBLK 32 # Log tape block size (Kbytes) LTAPESIZE 10240 # Max amount of data to put on log tape (Kbytes) # Optical STAGEBLOB # Informix Dynamic Server staging area # System Configuration SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a OnLineinstance DBSERVERNAME ifxinst01 # Name of default database server DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames NETTYPE # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock indistributed env. RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag (Yes =3D 1, No = =3D 0) MULTIPROCESSOR 0 # 0 for single-processor, 1 formulti-processor NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vpsto one NOAGE 0 # Process aging AFF_SPROC 0 # Affinity start processor AFF_NPROCS 0 # Affinity number of processors # Shared Memory Parameters LOCKS 2000 # Maximum number of locks BUFFERS 5000 # Maximum number of shared buffers NUMAIOVPS # Number of IO vps PHYSBUFF 32 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes) LOGBUFF 32 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes) CLEANERS 1 # Number of buffer cleaner processes SHMBASE 0x44000000L # Shared memory base address SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual shared memory segmentsize SHMADD 8192 # Size of new shared memory segments (Kbytes) SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes). 0=3D>unlimited CKPTINTVL 300 # Check point interval (in sec) LRUS 8 # Number of LRU queues LRU_MAX_DIRTY 60 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit LRU_MIN_DIRTY 50 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit TXTIMEOUT 300 # Transaction timeout (in sec) STACKSIZE 32 # Stack size (Kbytes) # Dynamic Logging # DYNAMIC_LOGS: # 2 : server automatically add a new logical log when necessary. (ON) # 1 : notify DBA to add new logical logs when necessary. (ON) # 0 : cannot add logical log on the fly. (OFF) # # When dynamic logging is on, we can have higher values for LTXHWM/LTXEHWM, # because the server can add new logical logs during long transaction rollback. # However, to limit the number of new logical logs being added, LTXHWM/LTXEHWM # can be set to smaller values. # # If dynamic logging is off, LTXHWM/LTXEHWM need to be set to smaller values # to avoid long transaction rollback hanging the server due to lack of logical # log space, i.e. 50/60 or lower. DYNAMIC_LOGS 2 LTXHWM 70 LTXEHWM 80 # System Page Size # BUFFSIZE - OnLine no longer supports this configuration parameter. # To determine the page size used by OnLine on your platform # see the last line of output from the command, 'onstat -b'. # Recovery Variables # OFF_RECVRY_THREADS: # Number of parallel worker threads during fast recovery or an offline restore. # ON_RECVRY_THREADS: # Number of parallel worker threads during an online restore. OFF_RECVRY_THREADS 10 # Default number of offline workerthreads ON_RECVRY_THREADS 1 # Default number of online workerthreads # Data Replication Variables DRINTERVAL 30 # DR max time between DR buffer flushes (in sec) DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec) DRLOSTFOUND /usr/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found filepath # CDR Variables CDR_EVALTHREADS 1,2 # evaluator threads (per-cpu-vp,additional) CDR_DSLOCKWAIT 5 # DS lockwait timeout (seconds) CDR_QUEUEMEM 4096 # Maximum amount of memory for any CDR queue (Kbytes) CDR_NIFCOMPRESS 0 # Link level compression (-1 never, 0 none, 9 max) CDR_SERIAL 0 # Serial Column Sequence CDR_DBSPACE # dbspace for syscdr database CDR_QHDR_DBSPACE # CDR queue dbspace (default same as catalog) CDR_QDATA_SBSPACE # List of CDR queue smart blob spaces # CDR_MAX_DYNAMIC_LOGS # -1 =3D> unlimited # 0 =3D> disable dynamic log addition # >0 =3D> limit the no. of dynamic log additions with the specified = value. # Max dynamic log requests that CDR can make within one server session. CDR_MAX_DYNAMIC_LOGS 0 # Dynamic log addition disabled by default # Backup/Restore variables BAR_ACT_LOG /usr/informix/bar_act.log # ON-Bar Log file - not in /tmp please BAR_DEBUG_LOG /usr/informix/bar_dbug.log # ON-Bar Debug Log - not in /tmp please BAR_MAX_BACKUP 0 BAR_RETRY 1 BAR_NB_XPORT_COUNT 10 BAR_XFER_BUF_SIZE 31 RESTARTABLE_RESTORE ON BAR_PROGRESS_FREQ 0 # Informix Storage Manager variables ISM_DATA_POOL ISMData ISM_LOG_POOL ISMLogs # Read Ahead Variables RA_PAGES # Number of pages to attempt to readahead RA_THRESHOLD # Number of pages left before next group # DBSPACETEMP: # OnLine equivalent of DBTEMP for SE. This is the list of dbspaces # that the OnLine SQL Engine will use to create temp tables etc. # If specified it must be a colon separ

1. On linux I use onsoctcp, not ontlitcp. 2. You have 2 lines for ifxinst01 on sqlhosts. If you want to access the database via SHARED MEMORY, create other INFORMIXSERVER and define it on sqlhosts and onconfig (DBSERVERALIASES) sqlhosts ifxinst01 onsoctcp aaudbasa01 informix ifxinst01shm onipcshm localhost informix onconfig DBSERVERNAME ifxinst01 # Name of default database server DBSERVERALIASES ifxinst01shm # List of alternate dbservernames NETTYPE soctcp,1,10,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype ----- Original Message ----- From: "Logan, Davi...." <david.logan@hp.com> To: <ids@iiug.org> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 9:44 PM Subject: Little help please [2373] Hi Folks, I am fairly new to the Informix area and have downloaded the (I presume) limited version ids9.4 from the IBM website. I have loaded both IDS9.4 and the ISA tool successfully and am able to connect both via the browser to the database and also locally to the database instance. I am, however, unable to use dbvisualiser to access my tables and data via the network. I use dbvisualiser to access my windows version of IDS locally on my notebook. My sqlhosts file on the linux box looks like this ifxinst01 ontlitcp aaudbasa01 informix ifxinst01 onipcshm localhost informix with aaudbasa01 being the host upon which I have installed informix. My onconfig file is [loganda@aaudbasa01 etc]$ cat onconfig.ifxinst01 #*********************************************************************** *** # # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC. # # Title: onconfig.std # Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters # #*********************************************************************** *** # Root Dbspace Configuration ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace nameROOTPATH /usr/informix/data # Path for device containing root dbspace ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes) ROOTSIZE 30000 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes) # Disk Mirroring Configuration Parameters MIRROR 0 # Mirroring flag (Yes =3D 1, No =3D 0) MIRRORPATH # Path for device containing mirroredroot MIRROROFFSET 0 # Offset into mirrored device (Kbytes) # Physical Log Configuration PHYSDBS rootdbs # Location (dbspace) of physical log PHYSFILE 2000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes) # Logical Log Configuration LOGFILES 6 # Number of logical log files LOGSIZE 2000 # Logical log size (Kbytes) # Diagnostics MSGPATH /usr/informix/online.log # System message log file path CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path # To automatically backup logical logs, edit alarmprogram.sh and set # BACKUPLOGS=3DY ALARMPROGRAM /usr/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh # Alarm program path TBLSPACE_STATS 1 # Maintain tblspace statistics # System Archive Tape Device TAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # Tape device path TAPEBLK 32 # Tape block size (Kbytes) TAPESIZE 10240 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes) # Log Archive Tape Device LTAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # Log tape device path LTAPEBLK 32 # Log tape block size (Kbytes) LTAPESIZE 10240 # Max amount of data to put on log tape (Kbytes) # Optical STAGEBLOB # Informix Dynamic Server staging area # System Configuration SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a OnLineinstance DBSERVERNAME ifxinst01 # Name of default database server DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames NETTYPE # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock indistributed env. RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag (Yes =3D 1, No = =3D 0) MULTIPROCESSOR 0 # 0 for single-processor, 1 formulti-processor NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vpsto one NOAGE 0 # Process aging AFF_SPROC 0 # Affinity start processor AFF_NPROCS 0 # Affinity number of processors # Shared Memory Parameters LOCKS 2000 # Maximum number of locks BUFFERS 5000 # Maximum number of shared buffers NUMAIOVPS # Number of IO vps PHYSBUFF 32 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes) LOGBUFF 32 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes) CLEANERS 1 # Number of buffer cleaner processes SHMBASE 0x44000000L # Shared memory base address SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual shared memory segmentsize SHMADD 8192 # Size of new shared memory segments (Kbytes) SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes). 0=3D>unlimited CKPTINTVL 300 # Check point interval (in sec) LRUS 8 # Number of LRU queues LRU_MAX_DIRTY 60 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit LRU_MIN_DIRTY 50 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit TXTIMEOUT 300 # Transaction timeout (in sec) STACKSIZE 32 # Stack size (Kbytes) # Dynamic Logging # DYNAMIC_LOGS: # 2 : server automatically add a new logical log when necessary. (ON) # 1 : notify DBA to add new logical logs when necessary. (ON) # 0 : cannot add logical log on the fly. (OFF) # # When dynamic logging is on, we can have higher values for LTXHWM/LTXEHWM, # because the server can add new logical logs during long transaction rollback. # However, to limit the number of new logical logs being added, LTXHWM/LTXEHWM # can be set to smaller values. # # If dynamic logging is off, LTXHWM/LTXEHWM need to be set to smaller values # to avoid long transaction rollback hanging the server due to lack of logical # log space, i.e. 50/60 or lower. DYNAMIC_LOGS 2 LTXHWM 70 LTXEHWM 80 # System Page Size # BUFFSIZE - OnLine no longer supports this configuration parameter. # To determine the page size used by OnLine on your platform # see the last line of output from the command, 'onstat -b'. # Recovery Variables # OFF_RECVRY_THREADS: # Number of parallel worker threads during fast recovery or an offline restore. # ON_RECVRY_THREADS: # Number of parallel worker threads during an online restore. OFF_RECVRY_THREADS 10 # Default number of offline workerthreads ON_RECVRY_THREADS 1 # Default number of online workerthreads # Data Replication Variables DRINTERVAL 30 # DR max time between DR buffer flushes (in sec) DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec) DRLOSTFOUND /usr/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found filepath # CDR Variables CDR_EVALTHREADS 1,2 # evaluator threads (per-cpu-vp,additional) CDR_DSLOCKWAIT 5 # DS lockwait timeout (seconds) CDR_QUEUEMEM 4096 # Maximum amount of memory for any CDR queue (Kbytes) CDR_NIFCOMPRESS 0 # Link level compression (-1 never, 0 none, 9 max) CDR_SERIAL 0 # Serial Column Sequence CDR_DBSPACE # dbspace for syscdr database CDR_QHDR_DBSPACE # CDR queue dbspace (default same as catalog) CDR_QDATA_SBSPACE # List of CDR queue smart blob spaces # CDR_MAX_DYNAMIC_LOGS # -1 =3D> unlimited # 0 =3D> disable dynamic log addition # >0 =3D> limit the no. of dynamic log additions with the specified = value. # Max dynamic log requests that CDR can make within one server session. CDR_MAX_DYNAMIC_LOGS 0 # Dynamic log addition disabled by default # Backup/Restore va