Re: DBA Survival Guide: 7.XX Update

Joe Lumbley wrote: > > Hi Ya'll, > > I am now in the process of beginning an update to my Prentice Hall/ > Informix Press book, _The Informix Database Administrator's Survival > Guide_. The old Guide was specific to 5.XX, and I'll be updating it > for 7.XX (maybe even XPS if there's interest). > > My question for this newsgroup, which is my number one source of info > about what's really going on is: > > What do I need to put in it? > > For all of you who have been so nice and so supportive of the first project, > what do you want to see? My initial plan is to come out with a second edition > that covers both 5.XX and 7.XX. Is that reasonable, or would you like a > separate book for 7.XX? I know the first book was very weak on I-Net > (I didn't understand it then) and that I need some more illustrations, so > those items will get into the book. I'm also planning to talk more > about debugging and performance-tuning ESQL/C applications. (for those > of you who may remember this far back, I'll also revise references > to "secondary chunks" <g> ) > > I'd appreciate any input from you, either by e-mail or by posting here. > > Thanks for your continuing support! > > Joe "Back to the Grindstone" Lumbley > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joe Lumbley(jlumbley@netcom.com) > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe, many of our customers had the following problems: - install v4.x frontends with v7.1x or v7.2x backends correctly - install v6.x frontends with v7.1x or v7.2x backends correctly (GLS !) - new and old environment variables - where to set - client/server connectivity; different configurations (odbc, inf-net v5.x, inf-net v7.x, .. .netrc, hosts.equiv, .rhosts, sqlhosts, services, hosts ) - This theme is very hot ! - optimize the unix kernel parameters for online (semaphores, shared memory, swap,) - backup / restore .. ontape, onarchive, onbar, networker,.. - import / export, onpload - oncheck - scripts for administration - monitoring tools - onperf, .. - tips & tricks - what to do when .. I think it is very difficulty to pack all the information from the Informix books, newsgroups, hotline information, .. in one good book - but it is important to do this. -- With best regards Markus Holzbauer markus.holzbauer@mch.sni.de Online or not Online, that's the question here !?