creating large chunks/dbspaces

I just installed 9.4FC3 on HP/UX 11 and want to use large chunks (3-5GB). I have the symbolic links setup of the correct size and am now trying to create the dbspace/chunk. Both onmonitor and onspaces tell me my chunk size is too big. I have run 'onmode -BC1 & 2. How am I supposed to create them? I have found nothing in the manual that specifically states how to do it. I am trying this command: 'onspaces -c -d dbspacename -p /path/of/link -o 0 -s 3072000' Thanks, Randy sending to informix-list

"Kennedy, Randy" <RKennedy@scottsdaleaz.gov> wrote in message news:c74et4$94a$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > > I just installed 9.4FC3 on HP/UX 11 and want to use large chunks (3-5GB). I > have the symbolic links setup of the correct size and am now trying to > create the dbspace/chunk. Both onmonitor and onspaces tell me my chunk size > is too big. I have run 'onmode -BC1 & 2. How am I supposed to create them? > I have found nothing in the manual that specifically states how to do it. > > I am trying this command: 'onspaces -c -d dbspacename -p /path/of/link -o 0 > -s 3072000' Works fine for me. See below. Couple of obvious things: 1. Are you sure the onmode -BC has gone through OK? 2. Could /path/of/link be a link to a file system which has not got "largefiles" enabled? Please post the output from onstat -d and the exect error message you get from onspaces. =========================================================================== informix@hamvpar2[/home/system/informix]onstat -d IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC3W2 -- On-Line -- Up 1 days 18:54:57 -- 153388 Kbytes Dbspaces address number flags fchunk nchunks flags owner name c000000020a60e60 1 0x60001 1 1 N B informix rootdbs c000000020bf5de8 2 0x40001 2 1 N B informix physdbs c000000020a61218 3 0x40001 3 1 N B informix llogdbs c000000020a61398 4 0x42001 4 1 N TB informix tempdbs c000000020a61518 5 0x40001 5 1 N B informix dbs0 5 active, 2047 maximum Chunks address chunk/dbs offset size free bpages flags pathname c000000020a61028 1 1 0 26624 23922 PO-B /opt/informix/dbspaces6/rootdbs c000000020c099f8 2 2 0 51200 0 PO-B /opt/informix/dbspaces6/physdbs c000000020c09b90 3 3 0 51200 0 PO-B /opt/informix/dbspaces6/llogdbs c000000020c09d28 4 4 0 26624 26571 PO-B /opt/informix/dbspaces6/tempdbs c000000020bf5c50 5 5 0 806912 217241 PO-B /opt/informix/dbspaces6/dbs0_1 5 active, 32766 maximum Expanded chunk capacity mode: always informix@hamvpar2[/home/system/informix]onspaces -c -d neil -p /tmp/neil -o 0 -s 3072000 Verifying physical disk space, please wait ... Space successfully added. ** WARNING ** A level 0 archive of Root DBSpace will need to be done. informix@hamvpar2[/home/system/informix]onstat -d IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC3W2 -- On-Line -- Up 1 days 18:55:04 -- 153388 Kbytes Dbspaces address number flags fchunk nchunks flags owner name c000000020a60e60 1 0x60001 1 1 N B informix rootdbs c000000020bf5de8 2 0x40001 2 1 N B informix physdbs c000000020a61218 3 0x40001 3 1 N B informix llogdbs c000000020a61398 4 0x42001 4 1 N TB informix tempdbs c000000020a61518 5 0x40001 5 1 N B informix dbs0 c000000021902a80 6 0x60001 6 1 N B informix neil 6 active, 2047 maximum Chunks address chunk/dbs offset size free bpages flags pathname c000000020a61028 1 1 0 26624 23922 PO-B /opt/informix/dbspaces6/rootdbs c000000020c099f8 2 2 0 51200 0 PO-B /opt/informix/dbspaces6/physdbs c000000020c09b90 3 3 0 51200 0 PO-B /opt/informix/dbspaces6/llogdbs c000000020c09d28 4 4 0 26624 26571 PO-B /opt/informix/dbspaces6/tempdbs c000000020bf5c50 5 5 0 806912 217241 PO-B /opt/informix/dbspaces6/dbs0_1 c000000021902c00 6 6 0 1536000 1535947 PO-B /tmp/neil 6 active, 32766 maximum Expanded chunk capacity mode: always