Re: Whence cometh these log backups?

Neil Truby wrote: > > IDS 9.20 on HP-UX 11.0 > > A funny thing has started happening to three out of my four production > servers. The Ops break continuous logging each night and do a level 0 > archive. When they come to re-start the logging, it fails saying that a log > backup is already in progress. And so it is! Tracing back from onstat -u > it turns out that an onbar process is running. We do not use and never have > used ohnbar. What is starting them up - any ideas? Is this a trick question? You are using the default ALARM program (/opt/informix/9.20/etc/log_full.sh), which is designed to fire off a log backup using OnBar every time a log fills. I guess before this started happening the archive was able to complete before the current log filled. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |//////// /| | http://www.informix.com http://www.informixhandbook.com |///// / //| | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |This email will self-destruct in |/// / ////| | |10 sec. If you received this email |// / /////| | |in error, sorry about the mess. |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+

Yes, I think you and Paul Mosser, plus Obnoxio privately, have identified the source. This still doesn't identify why it's just started. My problem to resolve, I think. thanks for your help, one and all. Neil