Re: Informix DSA 7.20.UC2 recovery problems

I can't help you with the replication problem, we don't currently do replication. I would however like a lot to here what your other problems with 7.2 on SCO are as we plan to upgrade to this version soon. "Greg McClure" <gmcclure@devel.cemsys.com> wrote: :We are running 7.20.UC2 on SCO OpenServer 5.0.2 on 2 DEC Prioris HX :MP5100/4 boxes. We have been having some interesting problems with data :replication. Following a failure of the primary machine, we had expected :that the other would become the new primary, and when the first machine was :restored, it would resume in the role of secondary. Instead, what happens :is that the recovered machine may decide to become a secondary and fail to :synchronise with the primary, or sometimes it decides to become a primary, :in which case we have two primaries. This seems to be a situation which :Informix cannot recover from, and requires the use of ontape to try to :correct. :I would appreciate information from anyone who is suffering similar :problems. We have a number of other problems too which we might be able to :assist others with. I would also be interested to know if anyone is running :in a similar configuration to ours. Informix have consistently failed to :either resolve our problems nor can they provide me with any reference :sites with similar configuration. :Anyone help ? :Greg M McClure (CEM Systems Software Director) gmcclure@devel.cemsys.com Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company