FW: New Era Installation/Setup Problems

> -----Original Message----- > From: Archibald, Gregory > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 9:44 AM > To: Marshall, Cathy > Subject: New Era Installation/Setup Problems > > Cathy, please forward to informix-list@iiug.org > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > I've been using New Era now for about a year, and installation & setup > have never gone smoothly! I have only recently come across this group and > am hoping for advice/guidance from someone who has had similar > experiences. Details of my problem below; > > New Era 3.10.TC1 running on NT4.0 SP3 (P200 processor) > > Installation works ok (or seems to), it's just when I try to create the > PWS through RSAT that I run into difficulty. I have called informix > numerous time re this, but they haven't been much help. The machine setup > during installation is as follows > For installation - Logged on locally to workstation as user 'informix', > setup as Administrator, has 'Act as part of OS' right, DNS enabled, value > present in Domain field. > > Choose typical installation, do not configure for remote access (I'm using > the LOCAL server) > > To Create Private Workspace; > Setnet is configured ; > 'Environment' - DBPATH=c:\\db (there is a share on it), DBDATE=dmy4/, > INFORMIXSERVER=LOCAL, INFORMIXDIR=c:\\informix> 'Server' - Server=LOCAL, Host=NT1234 ID, Protocol=seipcpip, > service=sqlexec > 'Host' - Current Host=NT1234, user=informix, PwdOption=Password, > password=informix > > DBPATH, INFORMIXDIR & INFORMIXSERVER are also set up as environment > variables on NT > Correct entries in hosts, sqlhosts (LOCAL seipcpip NT1234 sqlexec) & > services (sqlexec 1525/tcp) files (I've deleted the funny character from > the EOF and replaced with a couple of newlines) > In Ipasswd, I've changed the home directory of informix to c:\\db (instead > of the default e:\\db) > > I really have tried everything here. The error I am getting is a -1812 > (Internal Error). The sqlexec process crashes with a Dr Watson error > saying "The specified memory could not be read/written". Following > further testing, this same error occurs when I use Ilogin, but not if I > run DBACCESS!!. > > I have installed and created workspaces successfully in the past, but I've > always had these problems, and it always seemed luck was playing a hand. > Could these problems be something to do with the machine setup in the > sense that it is network capable, real domains exist (which I use normally > - but apparently to use New Era you MUST be logged on locally and NOT on a > domain - in the release notes for 3.10)? > > Any help/advice on this would be very much appreciated. I'm pretty much at > the end of my tether with New Era installation ! > > Greg Archibald. >

Gregory, We use NE 3.11 on NT4.0 SP3. We could create a PWS in local user mode, but that did not help us when we usually log into our domain. After discussions with Informix we were advised to use our development server IDS for our PWS's. Richard Lewis Marshall, Cathy <MARS0028@navynet.gtnet.gov.uk> wrote in message news:7jqr34$hde$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Archibald, Gregory > > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 9:44 AM > > To: Marshall, Cathy > > Subject: New Era Installation/Setup Problems > > > > Cathy, please forward to informix-list@iiug.org > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I've been using New Era now for about a year, and installation & setup > > have never gone smoothly! I have only recently come across this group and > > am hoping for advice/guidance from someone who has had similar > > experiences. Details of my problem below; > > > > New Era 3.10.TC1 running on NT4.0 SP3 (P200 processor) > > > > Installation works ok (or seems to), it's just when I try to create the > > PWS through RSAT that I run into difficulty. I have called informix > > numerous time re this, but they haven't been much help. The machine setup > > during installation is as follows > > For installation - Logged on locally to workstation as user 'informix', > > setup as Administrator, has 'Act as part of OS' right, DNS enabled, value > > present in Domain field. > > > > Choose typical installation, do not configure for remote access (I'm using > > the LOCAL server) > > > > To Create Private Workspace; > > Setnet is configured ; > > 'Environment' - DBPATH=c:\\db (there is a share on it), DBDATE=dmy4/, > > INFORMIXSERVER=LOCAL, INFORMIXDIR=c:\\informix> > 'Server' - Server=LOCAL, Host=NT1234 ID, Protocol=seipcpip, > > service=sqlexec > > 'Host' - Current Host=NT1234, user=informix, PwdOption=Password, > > password=informix > > > > DBPATH, INFORMIXDIR & INFORMIXSERVER are also set up as environment > > variables on NT > > Correct entries in hosts, sqlhosts (LOCAL seipcpip NT1234 sqlexec) & > > services (sqlexec 1525/tcp) files (I've deleted the funny character from > > the EOF and replaced with a couple of newlines) > > In Ipasswd, I've changed the home directory of informix to c:\\db (instead > > of the default e:\\db) > > > > I really have tried everything here. The error I am getting is a -1812 > > (Internal Error). The sqlexec process crashes with a Dr Watson error > > saying "The specified memory could not be read/written". Following > > further testing, this same error occurs when I use Ilogin, but not if I > > run DBACCESS!!. > > > > I have installed and created workspaces successfully in the past, but I've > > always had these problems, and it always seemed luck was playing a hand. > > Could these problems be something to do with the machine setup in the > > sense that it is network capable, real domains exist (which I use normally > > - but apparently to use New Era you MUST be logged on locally and NOT on a > > domain - in the release notes for 3.10)? > > > > Any help/advice on this would be very much appreciated. I'm pretty much at > > the end of my tether with New Era installation ! > > > > Greg Archibald. > >