RE: Two questions
Thanks for the info. ALARMPROGRAM is set to no_log.sh
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wile E. Coyote [SMTP:wilec@nettaxi.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 3:29 AM
> To: informix-list@iiug.org
> Subject: Re: Two questions
>
> Hi,
>
> "Arshad, Shehla" wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > 1) Is it possible to use onbar as a backup/restore solution for Informix
> > Server instances that back up logical logs to /dev/null?
> >
> > I was under the impression that it is mandatory to save logical logs if
> > onbar is to be used because logical recovery cannot be skipped with
> onbar.
> > On the contrary, Informix techies tell me that if LTAPEDEV is set to
> > /dev/null, onbar will ignore logical log backup/restore. Is this true??
>
> Not completely true: If you set LTAPEDEV to /dev/null and reboot
> Informix
> instance, all logical logs will marked "backed up", immediately after
> completing the logical log.
>
> But an alarm is always triggerd. So, you have to set
> ONCONFIG.ALARMPROGRAM
> to "$INFORMIXDIR/etc/nolog.sh". Otherwise, onbar will be started and
> it will
> return with an error code.
>
> >
> > 2) Anybody out there running both Informix IDS2000 (64 bit) and
> IDS.7.30.FC7
> > on same Unix server? I want to know if there are any issues with
> installing
> > and running both these versions on the same server. We have HP-UX 11 on
> a V
> > Class Server.
>
> Not me, but I have heard about problems with /usr/lib. Some releases
> of an
> 7.30 installed their libs to /usr/lib instead of /usr/lib/..64...
>
> If you have such a version you will get problems with your processes.
> Wile
>