manually edit onconfig?

Posted in 2012

June Nebab LKINY — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:38:55 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Planning an upgrade to 11.7UC6GE from 11.7UC5GE. Installing new version on same $INFORMIXDIR and on same server. I noticed new onconfig params (ie: AUTO_READAHEAD, NUMFDSERVERS, etc) that are in the UC6GE onconfig.std that are not in my $ONCONFIG. What is the proper way to deal with new onconfig params when upgrading: A. Leave old (UC5GE) $ONCONFIG as is, install the upgrade, bring up instance after upgrade, hand edit $ONCONFIG and add new params to the $ONCONFIG afterwards. OR B. Hand edit new (UC6GE) $ONCONFIG and duplicate all of the settings from old $ONCONFIG to the new $ONCONFIG, install the upgrade, bring up instance. RHEL 5.8 32 bit IDS 11.7UC5GE