RE: urgent help requested

After this error-message the server is still online (if not - then only informix-support can help). You will see with "onstat -d", that the new chunk is marked as "D", that ist "down". You can try to bring the chunk online with the command: onspaces -s <spacename> -p <pathname for the chunk> -o <offset for the chunk> -O If it doesn't work, check the link (pathname), the device (must exist, belong to user informix, group informix, have the 660 - security, have the proper size). If it's ok, try to drop the chunk and to create it again. If it doesn't work, or if you had already important data there - only informix-support can help you, but I don't know, if 720 is still supported. Best regards - Denis > ---------- > Von: Henk J. Sanders[SMTP:hjs@worldonline.nl] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. August 2000 07:02 > An: informix-list@iiug.org > Betreff: urgent help requested > Dringlichkeit: Hoch > > good morning. > > AIX 4.3.3. > Informix 7.20 > > Yesterday we added a chunk to the database using onspaces. > > This has been working the whole day without problems > > This night we treid to make a backup using ontape, this created all kind > of error messages. > > Trying to restart the database with oninit resulted in: > > - cannot open chunk ....... (the new chunk) : errno 4 > > - chunk failed sanity check > > - assert failed page check error in bad reserved page DBSP > > - result possible inconsistencies in (null). > > Anyone any idea or help? > >