Re: Cannot login

In article <3fdsmu$5l8@c2.eunet.co.at>, kop@genua.ems.co.at (Peter Kolmhofer) writes: |> Hi everybody, |> |> we have encountered a problem with our Informix-Server: |> |> Sometimes ist is impossible to connect to the server via TCP-connection. |> To be more specific, it appears as connections become impossible when a |> certain limit of connections (in total, not in parallel) is exceeded, as |> this happens only, when the server was running 2+ days of processing. |> To the user it seems, that the application hangs - doing nothing. I |> used onstat -u to verify that the user is not currently connected to to |> database. It seems to me, as if the poll-thread or the listener-thread |> have some problems (maybe the sqlexec cannot be started to whatever |> reason). The only way to solve this problem is to shutdown and re-init |> the server (which of course is inconvenient in production-systems). |> |> BTW, we are using Online 6.00.UE1 on a RS/6000, AIX 3.2.5. |> |> Has anyone encountered simelar problems and a solution (or a workaround) |> or even a explaination for this specific problem? |> |> Thanks in advance, |> |> Peter |> |> Im not totally sure about this, but it soundslike the Unix kernel _might_ be hitting a max number of TCP sockets. To overcome this, you need to re-size your kernel tables to increase one or more of these parameters - best see your system administrator for this. Can anyone confirm or dispute this ? -- Regards +--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Motorola | | | International Cellular Subscriber | Phone + 44 (0)31-469-6969 | | Easter Inch, Bathgate | Fax + 44 (0)31-469-6970 | | West Lothian EH48 2EH | | | SCOTLAND | | +--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+