problems installing informix 7.31 on aix

Hi all I am experiencing difficulty in getting Informix 7.31 to work on an AIX433 system. The AIX box used to have Informix 9.3 installed. I removed it, then installed v7.31 successfully. Then I installed ISA, then the SDK client. When trying to configure the demo database via ISA, I receive the following error: >Unable to access onconfig file /u01/app/informix-7.31/server/etc/onconfig.demo. Click Specify Local Informix Servers... to check for >incorrect values. I copied the missing onconfig.demo file from an operational 9.3 installation, and changed the settings about the installation directories in that file. The I tried to configure the demo database again. This time the database appears as 'off-line'. When trying to change the mode to on-line, I get the following error: >11:07:22 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/usr/informix/etc/log_full.sh' >11:07:22 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment (size 8192KB) >11:07:28 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) >11:07:28 Requested shared memory segment size rounded from 604KB to 608KB >11:07:28 Dynamically allocated new message shared memory segment (size 608KB) >11:07:28 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.FD2 Software SerialNumber ACP#J267193 >11:07:28 Cannot Open Primary Chunk '/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/demo/server/online_root', errno = 2>oninit: Cannot open chunk '/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/demo/server/online_root'. errno = 2 >oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization >11:07:28 Informix Dynamic Server Stopped. >11:07:28 mt_shm_remove: WARNING: may not have removed all/correct segments I now manually created the missing directory (server) and the missing file (online_root). After trying to change the mode to on-line, I now receive this error: >oninit: Cannot open chunk '/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/demo/server/online_root'. errno = 2 >oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization What am I doing wrong? Can someone point me in the right direction how to install Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 on AIX? Many thanks. Ernst Meyer

Ernst Meyer wrote: >Hi all > >I am experiencing difficulty in getting Informix 7.31 to work on an AIX433 >system. The AIX box used to have Informix 9.3 installed. I removed it, then >installed v7.31 successfully. Then I installed ISA, then the SDK client. > >When trying to configure the demo database via ISA, I receive the following >error: > > > >>Unable to access onconfig file >> >> >/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/etc/onconfig.demo. Click Specify Local >Informix Servers... to check for >incorrect values. > >I copied the missing onconfig.demo file from an operational 9.3 >installation, and changed the settings about the installation directories in >that file. The I tried to configure the demo database again. This time the >database appears as 'off-line'. When trying to change the mode to on-line, I >get the following error: > > > >>11:07:22 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG =>> >> >'/usr/informix/etc/log_full.sh' > > >>11:07:22 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment (size>> >> >8192KB) > > >>11:07:28 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) >>11:07:28 Requested shared memory segment size rounded from 604KB to 608KB >>11:07:28 Dynamically allocated new message shared memory segment (size>> >> >608KB) > > >>11:07:28 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.FD2 Software Serial>> >> >Number ACP#J267193 > > >>11:07:28 Cannot Open Primary Chunk>> >> >'/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/demo/server/online_root', errno = 2 > > >>oninit: Cannot open chunk >> >> >'/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/demo/server/online_root'. errno = 2 > > >>oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization >>11:07:28 Informix Dynamic Server Stopped. >>11:07:28 mt_shm_remove: WARNING: may not have removed all/correct segments>> >> > >I now manually created the missing directory (server) and the missing file >(online_root). After trying to change the mode to on-line, I now receive >this error: > > > >>oninit: Cannot open chunk >> >> >'/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/demo/server/online_root'. errno = 2 > > >>oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization >> >> > >What am I doing wrong? Can someone point me in the right direction how to >install Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 on AIX? > >Many thanks. > >Ernst Meyer > > > > Login as informix set ONCONFIG and INFORMIXSERVER variablesstart onmonitor Parameters->Initialize Go through all screens, last one will ask if you want to initialize rootdbs. I belive you do. Then use Mode to bring it up to Online. I think you understand that any data you had in the database under 9.3 will have to be imported into 7.3, yes? HTH Michael

Hi Michael I tried the procedure that you suggested, but got stuck with the missing TERM environment variable. When trying to run onmonitor, I end up with the following: "tb4_main.4gl", line number 71 FORMS statement error number -170 type of your terminal is unknown to the system. I do not know what terminal setting it is expecting. I know that on our terminal console ibm3151 is the correct setting, but onmonitor does not like it. The Informix documentation hasn't been much help. Right now I am at a loss. Ernst "Michael Krzepkowski" <NOmichaelkSPAM@sqlcanada.com> wrote in message news:3ED2BED7.3040306@sqlcanada.com... Ernst Meyer wrote: Hi all I am experiencing difficulty in getting Informix 7.31 to work on an AIX433 system. The AIX box used to have Informix 9.3 installed. I removed it, then installed v7.31 successfully. Then I installed ISA, then the SDK client. When trying to configure the demo database via ISA, I receive the following error: Unable to access onconfig file /u01/app/informix-7.31/server/etc/onconfig.demo. Click Specify Local Informix Servers... to check for >incorrect values. I copied the missing onconfig.demo file from an operational 9.3 installation, and changed the settings about the installation directories in that file. The I tried to configure the demo database again. This time the database appears as 'off-line'. When trying to change the mode to on-line, I get the following error: 11:07:22 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/usr/informix/etc/log_full.sh' 11:07:22 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment (size 8192KB) 11:07:28 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) 11:07:28 Requested shared memory segment size rounded from 604KB to 608KB 11:07:28 Dynamically allocated new message shared memory segment (size 608KB) 11:07:28 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.FD2 Software Serial Number ACP#J267193 11:07:28 Cannot Open Primary Chunk '/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/demo/server/online_root', errno = 2 oninit: Cannot open chunk '/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/demo/server/online_root'. errno = 2 oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization 11:07:28 Informix Dynamic Server Stopped. 11:07:28 mt_shm_remove: WARNING: may not have removed all/correct segments I now manually created the missing directory (server) and the missing file (online_root). After trying to change the mode to on-line, I now receive this error: oninit: Cannot open chunk '/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/demo/server/online_root'. errno = 2 oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization What am I doing wrong? Can someone point me in the right direction how to install Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 on AIX? Many thanks. Ernst Meyer Login as informix set ONCONFIG and INFORMIXSERVER variables start onmonitor Parameters->Initialize Go through all screens, last one will ask if you want to initialize rootdbs. I belive you do. Then use Mode to bring it up to Online. I think you understand that any data you had in the database under 9.3 will have to be imported into 7.3, yes? HTH Michael

On Tue, 27 May 2003 01:17:46 GMT, "Ernst Meyer" <ieak5em@hotmail.com> wrote: > >I now manually created the missing directory (server) and the missing file >(online_root). After trying to change the mode to on-line, I now receive >this error: > >>oninit: Cannot open chunk >'/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/demo/server/online_root'. errno = 2 >>oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization > >What am I doing wrong? Can someone point me in the right direction how to >install Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 on AIX? "missong file" is cooked file where your ROOTDBS will be. You have to change owner and permissions: chown informix:informix /u01/.../server/online_root chmod 660 /u01/.../server/online_root Nebojsa ------------------------------------ Remove spam block (DELETE) to reply

You can try TERM=ansi and in the worst case (if the screen appears garbled) hit E (for exit). I don't run AIX here so this is a guess. HTH Michael Ernst Meyer wrote: > Hi Michael > I tried the procedure that you suggested, but got stuck with the > missing TERM environment variable. When trying to run onmonitor, I end > up with the following: "tb4_main.4gl", line number 71 FORMS statement > error number -170 type of your terminal is unknown to the system. > > I do not know what terminal setting it is expecting. I know that on > our terminal console ibm3151 is the correct setting, but onmonitor > does not like it. > > The Informix documentation hasn't been much help. Right now I am at a > loss. > > Ernst > > "Michael Krzepkowski" <NOmichaelkSPAM@sqlcanada.com > <mailto:NOmichaelkSPAM@sqlcanada.com>> wrote in message > news:3ED2BED7.3040306@sqlcanada.com... > Ernst Meyer wrote: > >>Hi all >> >>I am experiencing difficulty in getting Informix 7.31 to work on an AIX433 >>system. The AIX box used to have Informix 9.3 installed. I removed it, then >>installed v7.31 successfully. Then I installed ISA, then the SDK client. >> >>When trying to configure the demo database via ISA, I receive the following >>error: >> >> >> >>>Unable to access onconfig file >>> >>> >>/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/etc/onconfig.demo. Click Specify Local >>Informix Servers... to check for >incorrect values. >> >>I copied the missing onconfig.demo file from an operational 9.3 >>installation, and changed the settings about the installation directories in >>that file. The I tried to configure the demo database again. This time the >>database appears as 'off-line'. When trying to change the mode to on-line, I >>get the following error: >> >> >> >>>11:07:22 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG =>>> >>> >>'/usr/informix/etc/log_full.sh' >> >> >>>11:07:22 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment (size>>> >>> >>8192KB) >> >> >>>11:07:28 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) >>>11:07:28 Requested shared memory segment size rounded from 604KB to 608KB >>>11:07:28 Dynamically allocated new message shared memory segment (size>>> >>> >>608KB) >> >> >>>11:07:28 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.FD2 Software Serial>>> >>> >>Number ACP#J267193 >> >> >>>11:07:28 Cannot Open Primary Chunk>>> >>> >>'/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/demo/server/online_root', errno = 2 >> >> >>>oninit: Cannot open chunk >>> >>> >>'/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/demo/server/online_root'. errno = 2 >> >> >>>oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization >>>11:07:28 Informix Dynamic Server Stopped. >>>11:07:28 mt_shm_remove: WARNING: may not have removed all/correct segments>>> >>> >> >>I now manually created the missing directory (server) and the missing file >>(online_root). After trying to change the mode to on-line, I now receive >>this error: >> >> >> >>>oninit: Cannot open chunk >>> >>> >>'/u01/app/informix-7.31/server/demo/server/online_root'. errno = 2 >> >> >>>oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization >>> >>> >> >>What am I doing wrong? Can someone point me in the right direction how to >>install Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 on AIX? >> >>Many thanks. >> >>Ernst Meyer >> >> >> >> > Login as informix > set ONCONFIG and INFORMIXSERVER variables> start onmonitor > Parameters->Initialize > Go through all screens, last one will ask if you want to > initialize rootdbs. I belive you do. > Then use Mode to bring it up to Online. > > I think you understand that any data you had in the database under > 9.3 > will have to be imported into 7.3, yes? > > HTH > > Michael >