Error 139 in logical log backup (resubmitted with additional info)

We are running ontape -c and often (but not always) get the following message in online.log: Process exited with return code 139: /bin/sh /bin/sh -c /home/informix _s/etc/log_full.sh 2 23 "Logical Log 8380 Complete." "Logical Log 8380 Complete From finderr, we are told to increase LOGSMAX; but this is set to 350 and we have only 106 log files. What happens ? Do we risk that backup of logs be incomplete/erroneous ? We perform logical log backup on local disk; there is ample space and LTAPESIZE is adequately set. Pierre Henrotay

In article <8leran$li1$1@news.mch.sbs.de>, Pierre Henrotay <Pierre.Henrotay@skynet.be> writes >We are running ontape -c and often (but not always) get the following >message in online.log: > >Process exited with return code 139: /bin/sh /bin/sh -c /home/informix >_s/etc/log_full.sh 2 23 "Logical Log 8380 Complete." "Logical Log 8380 >Complete > This is a known bug and not really a problem since the log files still get backed up. >From finderr, we are told to increase LOGSMAX; but this is set to 350 and we >have only 106 log files. >What happens ? Do we risk that backup of logs be incomplete/erroneous ? > >We perform logical log backup on local disk; there is ample space and >LTAPESIZE is adequately set.> > >Pierre Henrotay > > > > -- David Williams

The log max stands for how many maximum log file ur server is allowed to have. The 106 log files that u see , is the number currently configured. Just reconfigure the LOGFILES parameter in the onconfig file to increase the log files. This will need the server to be restarted. I guess its a script that fires when a log gets full. Only if u get en error during ontape it warrants attention. Its a standard informix script. You could change the logical log backup mode to continous in the onconfig file and remove this script from the ALARMPROGRAM parameter in the onconfig. Test this configuration on a test server before u implent it. neil neilgibbs@yahoo.com Pierre Henrotay <Pierre.Henrotay@skynet.be> wrote in message news:8leran$li1$1@news.mch.sbs.de... > We are running ontape -c and often (but not always) get the following > message in online.log: > > Process exited with return code 139: /bin/sh /bin/sh -c /home/informix > _s/etc/log_full.sh 2 23 "Logical Log 8380 Complete." "Logical Log 8380 > Complete > > From finderr, we are told to increase LOGSMAX; but this is set to 350 and we > have only 106 log files. > What happens ? Do we risk that backup of logs be incomplete/erroneous ? > > We perform logical log backup on local disk; there is ample space and > LTAPESIZE is adequately set.> > > Pierre Henrotay > > > >

ram wrote: Neil, you misunderstand Pierre's problem. He, like many, did not know what to do with the ALARMPROGRAM parameter in the ONCONFIG file and left the sample value of $INFORMIXDIR/bin/logs_full.sh which is an example alarm event handler script that only handles the log full event by starting onbar to backup the newly filled logfile. Obviously Pierre is not using onbar and has not set it up so when the script tries to run onbar onbar returns an error return which is not an ISAM error -139 but a misinterpretation by the script of the return code. It just means that onbar is not configured. You should replace log_ful.sh with your own event handler script or executable. I have submitted two such to the IIUG Repository in package utils3_ak. One is a version of log_ful.sh that uses ontape and the other is a very complete event handler executable that does the log backup and also logs and emails event messages to you on your email, text beeper, and/or cell phone. Art S. Kagel > The log max stands for how many maximum log file ur server is allowed to > have. The 106 log files that u see , is the number currently configured. > Just reconfigure the LOGFILES parameter in the onconfig file to increase the > log files. This will need the server to be restarted. I guess its a script > that fires when a log gets full. Only if u get en error during ontape it > warrants attention. Its a standard informix script. You could change the > logical log backup mode to continous in the onconfig file and remove this > script from the ALARMPROGRAM parameter in the onconfig. Test this > configuration on a test server before u implent it. > > neil > neilgibbs@yahoo.com > > Pierre Henrotay <Pierre.Henrotay@skynet.be> wrote in message > news:8leran$li1$1@news.mch.sbs.de... > > We are running ontape -c and often (but not always) get the following > > message in online.log: > > > > Process exited with return code 139: /bin/sh /bin/sh -c /home/informix > > _s/etc/log_full.sh 2 23 "Logical Log 8380 Complete." "Logical Log 8380 > > Complete > > > > From finderr, we are told to increase LOGSMAX; but this is set to 350 and > we > > have only 106 log files. > > What happens ? Do we risk that backup of logs be incomplete/erroneous ? > > > > We perform logical log backup on local disk; there is ample space and > > LTAPESIZE is adequately set.> > > > > > Pierre Henrotay > > > > > > > >