Re: oninit: Cannot open chunk '/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6'. errno = 2

From: raf.vanhaute@just.fgov.be > >When I run oninit (Sparc Sun Solaris 7 en IDS 7.23), I receive this >messages: > >hvbbg-sun:/tmp(31)# oninit >oninit: Cannot open chunk '/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6'. errno = 2 >oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization > >The log file looks like this: >Wed Aug 2 09:29:03 2000 > >09:29:03 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = >'/opt/informix/etc/log_full.sh' >09:29:08 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) >09:29:08 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC5 Software Serial >Number ********* >09:29:10 Assert Failed: chunk failed sanity check > >09:29:10 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC5 >09:29:10 Who: Session(1, root@hvbbg-sun, 0, 211795992) > Thread(7, main_loop(), c9d4018, 3) > File: rspartn.c Line: 7355 >09:29:10 Results: Chunk 1 is being taken OFFLINE. >09:29:10 Action: Restore chunk from archive. If this is a temporary>dbspace > chunk, drop and add the dbspace to enable it. >09:29:10 See Also: /tmp/af.3efcdc6 >09:29:11 I/O error, Primary Chunk '/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6' -- Offline >(sanity)> >What did I do? Well, > >The db was up and running but without mirroring. So I tried to drop the >dbspaces and blobspaces and all the databases. Only rootdbs on the >sysmaster db I could'nt drop. So I formatted the drive (using >format-utility in Sun). After this format, I receive always the messages >described above when doing oninit? Can someone help me with this. I've >already installed informix in an other directory and have the rootdbs on >another disk. Always the same prob. > >What does this sanity check mean and how can I get rid of a whole db >without problems? Thanks! I was having a really bad day and needed a good chuckle. Run oninit -ivy to restart your database. A couple of things: 1. You should really make links to the raw devices -- if you have a disk crash, you can chuck another disk in and just move the link. 2. RTFM. http://www.informix.com/answers ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com