Re: Big ISTAR performance problem
->From: doctorq@sam (DoctorQ Komputery i Programy) ->Subject: Re: Big ISTAR performance problem ->Date: 16 Feb 1994 12:29:45 GMT ->Reply-To: doctorq@sam (DoctorQ Komputery i Programy) ->Organization: Science And Accademic Computer Networks -> ->What a license daemon is? ->How to try if everything is OK on license? (We've installed and ->reinstalled portions of Informix software and I'm not sure if everything ->is OK. Everything is working but I don't know if some 'deamon' spoils ->performance or something) -> ->Michal Hobot ->doctorq@sam.nask.com.pl There are a couple of related-but-not-the-same issues here. A license daemon is usually a program that is started by the system operator and then runs in the background, or it may be built into other software, such as the database engine. It checks how many users you have active and compares it to how many you are permitted to have. For example, if you have a 16-user license and 16 users are using your database (or whatever the license daemon is watching), when user number 17 tries to use the database, the daemon tells him/her "maximum users already active, try again later" or something similar. Different vendors do their license watching differently. I am not sure *exactly* how Informix does theirs, so I can't tell you what to check. The other issue deals with REinstalling software. If you reinstall parts of the Informix software, then you MUST reinstall the network software (I-Net or I-Star) LAST. Parts of the network software (libraries, I think) overwrite the corresponding parts of other software, such as 4GL, with files that have the same name. Therefore, if you reinstall 4GL *after* the network, it will replace the network libraries with the local-version libraries, and you won't be able to connect to remote servers, etc. When you upgrade 4GL, reinstall the network software, even though it didn't change, to make sure you have the network versions of libraries, etc. Regards, Alan ___________________________ ______________________| R. Alan Popiel |__________________________ \\ Internet: | Martin Marietta, SLS | / \\ alan@den.mmc.com | P.O. Box 179, M/S 3810 | Std disclaimers apply. / )Voice: | Denver, CO 80201-0179 USA | ( / 303-977-9998 |___________________________| (But you knew that!) \\ /________________________) (____________________________\\