ontape error message

Hi everybody When I try to make a backup of our database with "ontape -s -L 0" I get the answer : "could not fork server connection Program over." What did I wrong. The streamer is working very well with tar. There is no help available for this error message in any informix documentation. Thanks in advance Martin

Martin, you seem to be having a configuration problem on your server, look into the Informix message log for some more error messages. --Anil Martin Gebert wrote: > Hi everybody > > When I try to make a backup of our database with > > "ontape -s -L 0" > > I get the answer : > > "could not fork server connection > Program over." > > What did I wrong. > > The streamer is working very well with tar. > > There is no help available for this error message in any > informix documentation. > > Thanks in advance > > Martin

There is no error message in any message file! Anil Karkera schrieb: > Martin, you seem to be having a configuration problem > on your server, look into the Informix message log for > some more error messages. > > --Anil > > Martin Gebert wrote: > > > Hi everybody > > > > When I try to make a backup of our database with > > > > "ontape -s -L 0" > > > > I get the answer : > > > > "could not fork server connection > > Program over." > > > > What did I wrong. > > > > The streamer is working very well with tar. > > > > There is no help available for this error message in any > > informix documentation. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Martin

Many UNIXes limit the number of concurrent processes and children that can be started. Check your server configuration to see of this parameter is set too low. Another possibility: I know this is dumb stuff, but getting all the dumb stuff out of the way keeps us from beating our heads against the wall. Is this an offline archive (ie is the engine offline?) Ontape requires the engine to be in Quiescent or Online mode. Art S. Kagel Martin Gebert wrote in message <37DF7FB2.37E4ED2E@mc-wetter.de>... >There is no error message in any message file! > >Anil Karkera schrieb: > >> Martin, you seem to be having a configuration problem >> on your server, look into the Informix message log for >> some more error messages. >> >> --Anil >> >> Martin Gebert wrote: >> >> > Hi everybody >> > >> > When I try to make a backup of our database with >> > >> > "ontape -s -L 0" >> > >> > I get the answer : >> > >> > "could not fork server connection >> > Program over." >> > >> > What did I wrong. >> > >> > The streamer is working very well with tar. >> > >> > There is no help available for this error message in any >> > informix documentation. >> > >> > Thanks in advance >> > >> > Martin >