Re: Cannot start 2 instances of OnLine 7.x

barryleb@atl.mindspring.com (Barry Leb) wrote: >mcollins@us.DHL.COM (Mark Collins) wrote: >>} >>} 1) Make sure that you have different SERVERNUM for each onconfig file. >>} This is used to uniquely name the shared memory segments. >>} 2) Make sure that you don't have shared memory segments laying around. >>} Easiest way - make sure that both engines are down. Do a "ipcs" >>} and see if you have any informix owned segments. if so, remove with >>} ipcrm. >>} >>} My guess is #1 >>Also check kernel parameters to make sure that all of the shared memory parameters have >>been set to AT LEAST the values specified in $INFORMIXDIR/release/ONLINE_7.1 (or >>similar, depending on release). Specifically, SHMMNI governs max number of shared >>memory segments for the whole system, at least on HP-UX. >I had the same problem yesterday. However, I got this error message >because I had inadvertently changed my PHSYLOG parameter in the >onconfig file to a chunk that did not exist. Don't know if this >helps you but it's one potential place to look. Sorry, meant to say dbspace instead of chunk. Barry Leb National Linen Service 1420 Peachtree Street MS #314 Atlanta, GA 30309 (404) 853-6119 (404) 853-6485 fax e-mail: barryleb@mindspring.com