Data Erased-- Please help

Hi, I am trying to make a temp db space using the command onspaces -d tempdbs1 -t -p /usasdb/tempdbs1 -o 8 -s 500000. It came back with memory segment fault, and produced a core dump and said shared memory not initialized. Then I used onmonitor and it came back saying I have to initilizae diskspace. I said yes, and all of my data was gone. How can I get the data back? I am using coldfusion as a front end and it cannot find the data source. We are using solaris 2.6, INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.24.UC2. and my onconfig file is. #************************************************************************** # # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC. # # Title: onconfig.std # Description: INFORMIX-OnLine Configuration Parameters # #************************************************************************** # Root Dbspace Configuration ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace nameROOTPATH /usasdb/root_chunk # Path for device containing root dbspace ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes) ROOTSIZE 500000 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes) # Disk Mirroring Configuration Parameters MIRROR 0 # Mirroring flag (Yes = 1, No = 0) MIRRORPATH # Path for device containing mirrored root MIRROROFFSET 0 # Offset into mirrored device (Kbytes) # Physical Log Configuration PHYSDBS rootdbs # Location (dbspace) of physical log PHYSFILE 1000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes) # Logical Log Configuration LOGFILES 6 # Number of logical log files LOGSIZE 500 # Logical log size (Kbytes) # Diagnostics MSGPATH /usasdata/informix/online.log # System message log file path CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path ALARMPROGRAM /usasdata/informix/etc/no_log.sh # Alarm program path #ALARMPROGRAM /usasdata/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path TBLSPACE_STATS 1 # System Archive Tape Device TAPEDEV /dev/null # Tape device path TAPEBLK 16 # Tape block size (Kbytes) TAPESIZE 10240 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes) # Log Archive Tape Device LTAPEDEV /dev/null # Log tape device path LTAPEBLK 16 # Log tape block size (Kbytes) LTAPESIZE 10240 # Max amount of data to put on log tape (Kbytes) # Optical STAGEBLOB # INFORMIX-OnLine/Optical staging area # System Configuration SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a OnLineinstance DBSERVERNAME usassvr # Name of default database server DBSERVERALIASES usassvrtli # List of alternate dbservernames DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock in distributed env. RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag (Yes = 1, No = 0) MULTIPROCESSOR 0 # 0 for single-processor, 1 formulti-processor NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps toone NOAGE 0 # Process aging AFF_SPROC 0 # Affinity start processor AFF_NPROCS 0 # Affinity number of processors # Shared Memory Parameters LOCKS 20000 # Maximum number of locks BUFFERS 1000 # Maximum number of shared buffers NUMAIOVPS # Number of IO vps PHYSBUFF 32 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes) LOGBUFF 32 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes)LOGSMAX 6 # Maximum number of logical log files CLEANERS 1 # Number of buffer cleaner processes SHMBASE 0xa000000 # Shared memory base address SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual shared memory segment size SHMADD 8192 # Size of new shared memory segments (Kbytes) SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes). 0=>unlimited CKPTINTVL 300 # Check point interval (in sec) LRUS 8 # Number of LRU queues LRU_MAX_DIRTY 60 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit LRU_MIN_DIRTY 50 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit LTXHWM 50 # Long transaction high water markpercentage LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark (exclusive) TXTIMEOUT 0x12c # Transaction timeout (in sec) STACKSIZE 32 # Stack size (Kbytes) # System Page Size # BUFFSIZE - OnLine no longer supports this configuration parameter. # To determine the page size used by OnLine on your platform # see the last line of output from the command, 'onstat -b'. # Recovery Variables # OFF_RECVRY_THREADS: # Number of parallel worker threads during fast recovery or an offline restore. # ON_RECVRY_THREADS: # Number of parallel worker threads during an online restore. OFF_RECVRY_THREADS 10 # Default number of offline workerthreads ON_RECVRY_THREADS 1 # Default number of online worker threads # Data Replication Variables # DRAUTO: 0 manual, 1 retain type, 2 reverse type DRAUTO 0 # DR automatic switchover DRINTERVAL 30 # DR max time between DR buffer flushes (in sec) DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec)DRLOSTFOUND /usasdata/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found file path # CDR Variables CDR_LOGBUFFERS 2048 # size of log reading buffer pool (Kbytes) CDR_EVALTHREADS 1,2 # evaluator threads (per-cpu-vp,additional) CDR_DSLOCKWAIT 5 # DS lockwait timeout (seconds) CDR_QUEUEMEM 4096 # Maximum amount of memory for any CDR queue (Kbytes) # Backup/Restore variables BAR_ACT_LOG /tmp/bar_act.log BAR_MAX_BACKUP 0 BAR_RETRY 1 BAR_NB_XPORT_COUNT 10 BAR_XFER_BUF_SIZE 31 # Read Ahead Variables RA_PAGES # Number of pages to attempt to read ahead RA_THRESHOLD # Number of pages left before next group # DBSPACETEMP: # OnLine equivalent of DBTEMP for SE. This is the list of dbspaces # that the OnLine SQL Engine will use to create temp tables etc. # If specified it must be a colon separated list of dbspaces that exist # when the OnLine system is brought online. If not specified, or if # all dbspaces specified are invalid, various ad hoc queries will create # temporary files in /tmp instead. DBSPACETEMP tempdbs1 # Default temp dbspaces # DUMP*: # The following parameters control the type of diagnostics information which # is preserved when an unanticipated error condition (assertion failure) occurs # during OnLine operations. # For DUMPSHMEM, DUMPGCORE and DUMPCORE 1 means Yes, 0 means No. DUMPDIR /tmp # Preserve diagnostics in this directory DUMPSHMEM

Hi, Almost everyone suggested that I restore using backup from a tape. That was plan and i called the full time employee asking if he had the backup. He said they do. I guess I should had made a backup myself using dbexport. The tape backup is a file system backup. Developers made a cron job to run everynight asking it to backup the informix deirectory. But someone changed the path of the root-dbs onto a seperate partiton from the informix directory as the system developers intended. As far as system administrator, I wear that cap too. Guess I am really screwed, for trusting my boss, full time employess and developers. Raj. P.S:- I know this is not the type of stuff that is posted on this newsgroup, but I needed a place to vent my anger and frustation. Thanks for reading this and sorry for taking up your time. "Raj" <r411@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8l6ul9$sp7$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu... > Hi, > I am trying to make a temp db space using the command onspaces -d > tempdbs1 -t -p /usasdb/tempdbs1 -o 8 -s 500000. It came back with > memory segment fault, and produced a core dump and said shared memory not > initialized. Then I used onmonitor and it came back saying I have to > initilizae diskspace. I said yes, and all of my data was gone. How can I > get the data back? I am using coldfusion as a front end and it cannot find > the data source. > We are using solaris 2.6, INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.24.UC2. > and my onconfig file is. > > #************************************************************************** > # > # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC. > # > # Title: onconfig.std > # Description: INFORMIX-OnLine Configuration Parameters > # > #************************************************************************** > > # Root Dbspace Configuration > > ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name> ROOTPATH /usasdb/root_chunk # Path for device containing root dbspace > ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device > (Kbytes) > ROOTSIZE 500000 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes)> > # Disk Mirroring Configuration Parameters > > MIRROR 0 # Mirroring flag (Yes = 1, No = 0) > MIRRORPATH # Path for device containing mirrored root > MIRROROFFSET 0 # Offset into mirrored device (Kbytes)> > # Physical Log Configuration > > PHYSDBS rootdbs # Location (dbspace) of physical log > PHYSFILE 1000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes)> > # Logical Log Configuration > > LOGFILES 6 # Number of logical log files > LOGSIZE 500 # Logical log size (Kbytes)> > # Diagnostics > > MSGPATH /usasdata/informix/online.log # System message log file path > CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path > ALARMPROGRAM /usasdata/informix/etc/no_log.sh # Alarm program path > #ALARMPROGRAM /usasdata/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path > TBLSPACE_STATS 1> > # System Archive Tape Device > > TAPEDEV /dev/null # Tape device path > TAPEBLK 16 # Tape block size (Kbytes) > TAPESIZE 10240 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape > (Kbytes)> > # Log Archive Tape Device > > LTAPEDEV /dev/null # Log tape device path > LTAPEBLK 16 # Log tape block size (Kbytes) > LTAPESIZE 10240 # Max amount of data to put on log tape > (Kbytes)> > # Optical > > STAGEBLOB # INFORMIX-OnLine/Optical staging area > > # System Configuration > > SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a OnLine> instance > DBSERVERNAME usassvr # Name of default database server > DBSERVERALIASES usassvrtli # List of alternate dbservernames > DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock in distributed > env. > RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag (Yes = 1, No = 0) > > MULTIPROCESSOR 0 # 0 for single-processor, 1 for> multi-processor > NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps > SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps to> one > > NOAGE 0 # Process aging > AFF_SPROC 0 # Affinity start processor > AFF_NPROCS 0 # Affinity number of processors> > # Shared Memory Parameters > > LOCKS 20000 # Maximum number of locks > BUFFERS 1000 # Maximum number of shared buffers > NUMAIOVPS # Number of IO vps > PHYSBUFF 32 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes) > LOGBUFF 32 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes)> LOGSMAX 6 # Maximum number of logical log files > CLEANERS 1 # Number of buffer cleaner processes > SHMBASE 0xa000000 # Shared memory base address > SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual shared memory segmentsize > SHMADD 8192 # Size of new shared memory segments > (Kbytes) > SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes). 0=>unlimited > CKPTINTVL 300 # Check point interval (in sec) > LRUS 8 # Number of LRU queues > LRU_MAX_DIRTY 60 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit > LRU_MIN_DIRTY 50 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit > LTXHWM 50 # Long transaction high water mark> percentage > LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark > (exclusive) > TXTIMEOUT 0x12c # Transaction timeout (in sec) > STACKSIZE 32 # Stack size (Kbytes)> > # System Page Size > # BUFFSIZE - OnLine no longer supports this configuration parameter. > # To determine the page size used by OnLine on your platform > # see the last line of output from the command, 'onstat -b'. > > > # Recovery Variables > # OFF_RECVRY_THREADS: > # Number of parallel worker threads during fast recovery or an offline > restore. > # ON_RECVRY_THREADS: > # Number of parallel worker threads during an online restore. > > OFF_RECVRY_THREADS 10 # Default number of offline worker> threads > ON_RECVRY_THREADS 1 # Default number of online workerthreads > > # Data Replication Variables > # DRAUTO: 0 manual, 1 retain type, 2 reverse type > DRAUTO 0 # DR automatic switchover > DRINTERVAL 30 # DR max time between DR buffer flushes (in > sec) > DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec)> DRLOSTFOUND /usasdata/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found file > path > > # CDR Variables > CDR_LOGBUFFERS 2048 # size of log reading buffer pool (Kbytes) > CDR_EVALTHREADS 1,2 # evaluator threads (per-cpu-vp,additional) > CDR_DSLOCKWAIT 5 # DS lockwait timeout (seconds) > CDR_QUEUEMEM 4096