Error in getting Informix Online ( 9.14UC7)

I just installed Informix 9.14UC7 and set the recommended parameters in /etc/system . set enable_sm_wa=1 set shmsys:shminfo=268435456 set semsys:seminfo_semmap=64 set semsys:seminfo_semmni=4096 set semsys:seminfo_semmns=4096 set semsys:seminfo_semmnu=4096 set semsys:seminfo_semune=64 set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=100 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=100 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100 set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=100 I am getting the following error when I try to do a oninit-iy . 15:05:38 shmget: [ENOSPC][28]: key 53204865: out of shmid's, checksystem SHMMN I 15:05:38 mt_shm_init: can't create resident segment Could someone suggest what is to be done ? Thanks - Ramesh Iyer Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

riyer99@my-deja.com wrote: > I just installed Informix 9.14UC7 and set the recommended parameters > in /etc/system . > > set enable_sm_wa=1 Remove this line unless you are still using Solaris 2.4; it stands for 'enable shared memory workaround' and was fixed in Solaris 2.5; Solaris 2.6 and above complains about an unknown system parameter when the machine is booted. And if you're using Solaris 2.4, you should seriously consider upgrading...it isn't Y2K compliant. > set shmsys:shminfo=268435456 Do you have 256 MB main memory that you can afford to allocate to shared memory? If not, reduce this value. > set semsys:seminfo_semmap=64 > set semsys:seminfo_semmni=4096 > set semsys:seminfo_semmns=4096 > set semsys:seminfo_semmnu=4096 > set semsys:seminfo_semune=64 > set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=100 > set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=100 > set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100 > set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=100 > > I am getting the following error when I try to do a oninit-iy . > > 15:05:38 shmget: [ENOSPC][28]: key 53204865: out of shmid's, check> system SHMMNI > 15:05:38 mt_shm_init: can't create resident segment> > Could someone suggest what is to be done ? Well, you could decide to edit /etc/system to increase the shmmni parameter from 100 to some larger number. Or you could worry about why you are using 100 separate shared memory segments and try to reconfigure something. Do you have many 10's of users connecting with shared memory connections? You might also care to decrease shmmin to 28 or lower (I use 16); that will get rid of the annoying boot-time message about (IIRC) powerd failing to get shared memory. It only requests 28 bytes, so when shmmin is 100, it fails because it is not requesting enough shared memory! Technically, the 'recommended' parameters are just the ones used on the machine where the porting is (once was) done. -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.95 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>