Re: Down grade from 9.21.UC2 to 7.30.UC6

----- Original Message ----- From: "Rajib Sarkar" <rsarkar@us.ibm.com> To: "Chavan Koya" <chavankoya189@hotmail.com> Cc: <informix-list@iiug.org>; <owner-informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:23 AM Subject: Re: Down grade from 9.21.UC2 to 7.30.UC6 > > > > > Hi Chavan, > When you are downgrading like this ..u have to do the following: > > a) While 9.21 is up, run onmode -b 7.3 > b) After it indicates it has finished the reversion, point the binaries to > the 7.3 version > c) Start up the instance and it'll build the sysmaster database for you. > > Without the onmode -b it cannot do the reversion ... Rajib, Thanks for the information. I will try. > HTH > > Thanx much, > > Rajib Sarkar > Advisory Support Engineer (RAS) > IBM Data Management Group > Ph : (602)-217-2100 > Fax: (602)-217-2100 > > As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it -- > Mahatma Gandhi > > > > "Chavan Koya" > <chavankoya189@ho To: informix-list@iiug.org > tmail.com> cc: > Sent by: Subject: Down grade from 9.21.UC2 to 7.30.UC6 > owner-informix-li > st@iiug.org > > > 07/28/2003 12:53 > PM > > > > > > > Hello all, > > For some reasons i had to down grade my Informix Instance which is running > on HP-UX 10.20 and 9.21.UC2 to 7.30.UC6. When i issue the command "onstat > -". The server is not coming up and in fast recovery mode. " Informix > Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC6 -- Fast Recovery -- Up 00:00:20 -- 283192 > > Kbytes". Then i looked into the online log. It was showing some AssertFail. > > Question 1. Can we initialize a server like this, for these versions ? > Question 2. Why the DBSPACETEMP is invalid ( in the online log message ) ? > Question 3. Did any one does like this and successful ? > > I have initialized the server like this. > > 1. Installed 7.30.UC6 in different directory. > 2. Shutdown the instance using old ( 9.21 INFORMIXDIR) environment. > 3. With the new environment ( 7.30 INFORMIXDIR ) try to initialize the > server with the command "oninit" > 4. Back again with the old 9.21 environment i could initialize the server. > > Here is the cut from online log. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- > > > 12:09:51 Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Stopped.> > > Mon Jul 28 12:12:04 2003 > > 12:12:04 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = > '/home/informix/dbi101_shm/config/alarm_dbi101_shm.sh' > 12:12:16 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) > 12:12:18 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC6 > 12:12:20 Informix Dynamic Server Initialized -- Shared MemoryInitialized. > 12:12:21 Warning: Invalid dbspace 'dbi101_tmp001' listed in DBSPACETEMP. > 12:12:21 Warning: Invalid dbspace 'dbi101_tmp002' listed in DBSPACETEMP. > 12:12:21 Physical Recovery Started. > 12:12:21 Assert Failed: Chunk 1 is being taken OFFLINE. > 12:12:21 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC6 > 12:12:21 Who: Session(23, informix@xyzhost, 0, 0) > Thread(85, fast_rec, 0, 4) > File: rspartn.c Line: 4957 > 12:12:21 Results: Cannot Open DBspace 1. > 12:12:21 Action: Restore chunk from archive. > 12:14:24 See Also: /admin/informix/af.555974, shmem.555974.0, > /opt/informix730uc6/bin/core > 12:14:38 Assert Failed: Unexpected virtual processor termination, pid = > 22899, exit = 0xb > > 12:14:38 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC6 > 12:14:38 Who: Session(2, informix@, 0, 0) > Thread(54, sm_poll, 0, 1) > File: mt.c Line: 10176 > 12:14:38 stack trace for pid 22691 written to > /admin/frdr/informix/af.3659fd > 12:16:43 See Also: /admin/informix/af.3659fd, shmem.3659fd.0, > /opt/informix730uc6/bin/core > 12:16:55 The Master Daemon Died > 12:16:56 PANIC: Attempting to bring system down > 12:18:22 Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Started.> > Mon Jul 28 12:18:29 2003 > > 12:18:29 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = > '/home/informix/dbi101_shm/config/alarm_dbi101_shm.sh' > 12:18:29 Booting Language <c> from module <> > 12:18:29 Loading Module <CNULL> > 12:18:29 Booting Language <builtin> from module <> > 12:18:29 Loading Module <BUILTINNULL> > 12:18:39 Dynamically allocated new message shared memory segment (size > 1164KB) > 12:18:39 Dynamically allocated new message shared memory segment (size > 1164KB) > 12:18:39 Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Version 9.21.UC2 > 12:18:40 Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Initialized -- Shared Memory> Initialized. > > 12:18:40 Physical Recovery Started. > 12:18:42 Physical Recovery Complete: 0 Pages Restored. > > 12:18:42 Logical Recovery Started. > 12:18:42 10 recovery worker threads will be started. > 12:18:45 Logical Recovery Complete.> 0 Committed, 0 Rolled Back, 0 Open, 0 Bad Locks > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Are you Unmarried? http://www.bharatmatrimony.com/cgi-bin/bmclicks1.cgi?4d > Register in India's No 1 Matrimony. > > sending to informix-list > > > > sending to informix-list