Re: Urgent:chunk pathnames in Informix

From: samir singh <samirsingh@yahoo.com> > >We have informix6.0 installed on an SVR4 machine. Currently there are 2 >chunks added to the informix root dbspace. As part ofupgradation from >motorola bug prompt m187 to m197, the name of the device files linked to >these chunks changed (from /dev/rdsk/m187_c0d2sd to >/dev/rdsk/m197_c0d2sd). But on initializing, Informix is still looking >for old device files(i.e /dev/rdsk/m187_c0d2sd). Is there a way to >change these links i.e. can we modify the pathnames without >re-installing informix? > >We are able to get the chunk information through onmonitor but using >dbaccess results in permission denied (says no permission for modifying >SMI tables). As far as user previlege is concerned we are user informis >and have granted Update privilege to informix for the concerned >sysmaster tables (but the manual says we can't modify it). So, the >question is from where informix is reading this information (the >pathname of the chunks)? > >The exact error is : > > 11:16:12 Cannot Open Primary Chunk '/dev/rdsk/m187_c0d2sb', errno = 2 > > 11:16:12 Cannot Open Primary Chunk '/dev/rdsk/m187_c0d2sc', errno = 2 > > 11:16:12 INFORMIX-OnLine Stopped > > 11:16:13 mt_shm_remove: WARNING: may not have removed all/correct>segments Look, any number of people will tell you I'm exceedingly stupid, but why don't you just create ln -s /dev/rdsk/m197_c0d2sb /dev/rdsk/m187_c0d2sb ln -s /dev/rdsk/m197_c0d2sc /dev/rdsk/m187_c0d2sc etc? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com