Re: HELP!! oninit -i fails ... Help

Thanks for the input. Since I was doing an "oninit -i" I resolved it like this 1) Saved the environment variables 2) Saved the onconfig, sqlhosts and /etc/services files (Critical ones) 3) Ran installonline 4) Performed an oninit -i with my onconfig, sqlhosts and /etc/services which I had saved 5) Worked!!! 6) "dbimport"ed all my databases There was no help from tech support on this.... Thanks for the replies.. Sham Jacob Salomon wrote: > Sham Vaidya wrote: > .... > > After performing an "oninit -i" with the original initialization > > and shared memory parameters without any dbspace except root > > dbspace and its chunk, the error I get in onmonitor > > is "WARNING: Network Down". I tail the log file & it mentions > > that I am in On-Line mode and the sysmaster databases were > > created successfully, however as soon as I try and do an > > onspaces -c to create a dbspace it gives me a shared memory> > error, if I try it from onmonitor it gives me a network > > error. > > I have seen this symptom when I set up my OnLine system with a > SERVERNAME like abcd but had neglected to set my INFORMIXSERVER > environment variable to this value before starting the oninit. Hence, > > if you run ipcs -m you will see the shared memory siting there but any > > other command you run is useless because it required INFORMIXSERVER to > > match the name in the instance you ran. > > Do not run oninit -i again. Merely set this env. variable and try > onmonitor. > > > I am able to create the stores7 database in root dbspace > > and attach to it via dbaccess and run queries. > > I presume (and I could be wrong) that you are doing this as a user > whose > .profile HAS been properly set and is, therefore, able to attach to > the > instance. If I am worng about this - well, never mind the above > advice > either - it's based on as assumption. > > > Another error I get in the online.log is the file limits > > cannot be changed, must be a super user... > > I'm in the same state of duh! as you are on this one. > -- > -- Jake (Pondering the color of an asphyxiated smurf) > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > | The expedient performance of a task with excessive concern | > | regarding its duration-to-completion engenders a virtual | > | certainty of diminished benefit therefrom. | > | -- Benjamin Franklin (but he said it in 3 words) | > +------------------------------------------------------------+