dbspace destroyed

Hi! On one machine dbspace was destroyed by unwary sysadmin who repartiioned disk with informix chunks on it (raw devices). Now, informix can be started (it complains about missing chunks though). What is the procedure for removing staled information for chunks? I should remove one whole dbspace. # onspaces -d dbspace2 hangs during execution. Same thing happens when I try to remove dbspace2 with onmonitor. Thanks for your time. M.

Unfortunately you can't remove the chunks that Informix complains are missing, because Informix wants to access them to remove them :-( If you have a current tech support contract, Informix may be able to patch the chunks so you can drop them. They won't entrust this tool to users, or even partners, though. Alternatively, export your databases, rebuild the server from scratch then reimport. Finally, can you restore your database server from archive then roll forward intervening logical logs up to the point of failure? "Mario Pranjic" <keeper@fly.srk.fer.hr> wrote in message news:fqm630d0cr8sm14l7ltvu6sm092muil33m@4ax.com... > Hi! > > On one machine dbspace was destroyed by unwary sysadmin who > repartiioned disk with informix chunks on it (raw devices). > > Now, informix can be started (it complains about missing chunks > though). > > What is the procedure for removing staled information for chunks? I > should remove one whole dbspace. > > # onspaces -d dbspace2> > hangs during execution. Same thing happens when I try to remove > dbspace2 with onmonitor. > > Thanks for your time. > > M.