Re: Urgent-ontape backup problem.
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Well you've likely got this problem licked by now but in case you haven't,
<br>I've seen something like this before on one of our engines. If I remember
<br>correctly I had to backup the logs first (check <i>onstat -l</i>) as
they were full.
<br>I believe Informix tries to write a time-stamp to the logs prior to
initiating
<br>a backup, obviously if the logs are full the level-0, as in your case,
suffers
<br>the same fate as any user trying to access the database. Hope this
helps.
<p>have a nice day.
<p>Alkin Tezuysal wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi Informixers;
<p>I've situation here and status is urgent .
<br>I'm trying to make a level 0 archive and having a problem.
<br>log file doesn't say anything,and no other error messages.
<br>If I look at the sessin information for backup thread.
<br>onstat -g ses <id>
<br>says ,
<br>standart output of onstat and
<br>archive:blocked.
<p>And it doesn't move.There would be no disk i/o.
<br>Since instance and the all databases up and accessible after some time
<br>database also become unavailable.Users got hung.
<p>Has anybody experinced similar case or seen something like this ?
<br>If so, please do contact me A.S.A.P.
<p>Tested workarounds;
<p>Bounced the database,
<br>Retried backup,
<br>Tried different cartirige,
<br>Bounced the box,
<br>Run oncheck,
<br>Run fake backup(/dev/null- o.k),
<p>Platform;
<p>IDS 731.FC2,
<br>4Gl application ,
<br>on DEC Alpha server 4100
<br>DG-UX 4.0d
<p>TIA
<p>Alkin TEZUYSAL
<br>INFORMIX DBA
<p>e-mail:atezuysal@mindspring.com</blockquote>
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