Re: Receiving "Changing data structure forced command termination." from

All that usually means is that the system tables were in use when the onstat command was issued. If you retry the command immediately after receiving this message, you should get the output that you are looking for. SC > Thanks Sanjeev. > > Unfortunately, fuser didn't show anything. > > A note of clarification, onstat (-g ses, -g ath, and others) will show a > number of threads prior to giving error message: "Changing data structure > forced command termination." > > Anyone other ideas? Anyone else seen this before? > > TIA... > > Sanjeev Sagar wrote in message <3869238B.9ED939C2@hotmail.com>... > >Just a thought b'coz one time it happened with one of my another DBA. > > > >Run "fuser $INFORMIXDIR/bin/*" and check which process thread is running on > >informix binaries. Check for ontape or onbar binaries. In my case it was a > old > >ontape process which was hanging. When I killed that process, onstat was > working > >fine. > > > >Well, it was just a thought. I do not know that why it happen. > > > >GOODLUCK!!! > > > >Bryan Osborne wrote: > > > >> Getting a "Changing data structure forced command termination." message > when > >> executing onstat (-g ses, -g ath, and others). oninit is running at ~98% > of > >> CPU (via "top"), so system is busy, but can things change that fast?!?! > >> > >> What makes me more nervous is that I receive a "Memory dump (core)" when > >> executing some onchecks (-cc, -ce, -pt), although the -cr worked fine. > >> > >> Any ideas out there, folks? > >