Re: still can't initialize the f*!@# raw devices

Vic Goldberg <vg19@cornell.edu> offerred: +If you're using raw devices san volume manager, leave at least an 8k offset for +the +beginning of the chunk. Solaris has a nasty habbit of writing to the first 4k +of a disk device, and that will cause you no end of trouble...... This would only be true of the first partition on the disk. Looks like Knut is using the s6 partition for his raw device, so there shouldn't be any issues with a disk label (unless, of course, he has defined s6 as starting at the beginning of the disk). +Knut Behrends wrote: +> When I try to bring IDS /UD into quiescent or online mode, the server +> writes something about assert failures into the online log. +> +> Here is some background information +> +> entries in /dev +> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 14 13:15 informix_raw1 -> +> /dev/rsd0g +> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 14 13:15 informix_raw2 -> +> /dev/rsd5g +> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jun 4 12:48 rsd0g -> +> rdsk/c0t3d0s6 +> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jun 4 12:48 rsd5g -> +> rdsk/c0t5d0s6 +> Here's the message in the online log: +> +> Tue Jul 14 14:48:09 1998 +> +> 14:48:09 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = +> '/home/dvs_fs6/informix/etc/log_full.sh' +> 14:48:09 Booting Language <c> from module <> +> 14:48:09 Loading Module <CNULL> +> 14:48:09 Booting Language <builtin> from module <> +> 14:48:09 Loading Module <BUILTINNULL> +> 14:48:20 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) +> 14:48:20 INFORMIX-Universal Server Version 9.13.UC2 Software Serial +> Number ***** +> 14:48:20 Assert Failed: chunk failed sanity check +> +> this is the content of the file /home/dvs_fs6/informix/tmp/af.75394: +> +> 4:48:20 sane_chopen:pg_addr 0 != expected 100002 +> page +> 0b200c00: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ........ ........ According to this page header, the page contains all null data - there aren't even any traces of a page header. You DO know that you have to initialize the system first, don't you? I.e. run either oninit -i or use onmonitor->parameters->initialize. It looks to me like this systemwas never initialized. Dave ** Dave Kosenko <davek@summitdata.com> ** Director of Training Services (732) 469-4070 ** Summit Data Group (an Informix Authorized Education Center) ** Find my advice useful? Let me teach you everything I know about ** Informix. Sign up for OFFICIAL Informix training at SDG. ** For details, see http://www.summitdata.com/training