shared mem init failed

hi, i try to init the server via onmonitor-startup (or oninit -s), i get the following error : oninit: Fatal error in shared memory creation. the online.log file: 20:59:20 shmget: [EEXIST][17]: key 52564801: shared memory alreadyexists 20:59:20 mt_shm_init: can't create resident segment what do I have to do ? thanks, theo theo Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

It probably means that an instance with the same SERVNUM is already running, or possibly that it didn't come down cleanly. You can use ipcrm to remove the relevant shared memory segments. Neil Truby Londis Stores Hampton Hill, UK gptheo@my-deja.com wrote in message <7na7md$qmb$1@nnrp1.deja.com>... >hi, > >i try to init the server via onmonitor-startup (or oninit -s), i get the >following error : > >oninit: Fatal error in shared memory creation. > >the online.log file: > >20:59:20 shmget: [EEXIST][17]: key 52564801: shared memory already>exists >20:59:20 mt_shm_init: can't create resident segment> >what do I have to do ? > >thanks, >theo > > > > >theo > > > > > > > > > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

On Solaris and on Irix, sometimes we've had to do a 'kill -9' of all the existing "oninit" processes before Informix would re-initialize. Has this server been running successfully before? If so, this should work - if not, it may recur due to other startup problems. Look also at some of the memory-related parameters in the ONCONFIG file. Very important -- take a look at the end of the /etc/online.log (server log file) - there will often be additional error and diagnostic information available. gptheo@my-deja.com wrote: > hi, > > i try to init the server via onmonitor-startup (or oninit -s), i get the > following error : > > oninit: Fatal error in shared memory creation. > > the online.log file: > > 20:59:20 shmget: [EEXIST][17]: key 52564801: shared memory already> exists > 20:59:20 mt_shm_init: can't create resident segment> > what do I have to do ? > > thanks, > theo > > theo > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Share what you know. Learn what you don't. -- Richard C. Auslander Database Manager AirFlash, Inc. 1733 Woodside Rd., Suite #110 Redwood City, CA 94061 (650) 556-7928 www.airflash.com