Re: Informix Online 7.23 Oninit locks up Unixware 2.12

In article <6avj95$1d0@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>, Lendy Davis <lendyd@worldnet.att.net> writes >Please Help. > >When the Informix Online 7.23 oninit process is started on our server >running >UnixWare 2.12, the server locks up (No response from the console keyboard, >all TCP/IP connections are dropped, no disk activity, console mouse >freezes). > >The last message displayed is: "Creating sysmaster tables." > >All of the system tuning parameters have been set to the values specified >by the Informix release notes. The new kernel was rebuilt and is active. >Several onconfig files have been tried ( even onconfig.learn ). >Both cooked and raw disk space have been tried. > >The server is a Dell PowerEdge 4200 with dual Pentium II / 300s, 256MB Ram, >4 - 9GB Hard Drives, CD, Tape, etc... > >My feeling is that additional kernel parameters have to be changed... >but which ones?? Maybe the shared memory base address >suggested by Informix is incorrect: 0xA000000L. > >Informix SE 5.01 and Informix SE 7.13 run fine on the server. >However, neither of these products were running when we >attempted to bring up Online 7.23. > >Any suggestions would be GREATLY APPRECIATED. > >Lendy Check semaphore parameters and up each one to at least 1000. Check shared memory parameters and up them to that you can have 100 segments of up to 500Mb each. I have seen a Compaw machine 'freeze' when creating sysmaster due to the massive amount of I/O happening. I would leave it for ~10 minutes and see what happens. reboot, rsck and see what is in online.log -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care