Re: proper way to create rawdevices in Red Hat Enterprise 5.5

Any of those will get the job done. It just depends on what your site standard is. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:39 PM, June Nebab LKINY <jnebab@idealcut.com>wrote: > I'm setting up a new IDS 11.7 instance on a new server. What is the proper > way to create informix rawdevices in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 (32-bit > X86)? > > method #1: ln -s /dev/cciss/cxdxpx /etc/udev/devices/dbsname > add "informix" group and user ownership in > /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules > add "0660" perms in /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules > start_udev (starts udev and creates rawdevices) > raw -qa (check if raw devices have been created) > > method #2: edit /etc/sysconfig/rawdevices and add raw device bindings in > there > ln -s /dev/raw/rawX /opt/IBM/informix/devices/dbsname > service rawdevices start > chkconfig rawdevices on > > method #3: add device name entries in /etc/udev/rules.d/60-raw.rules > ACTION="add", KERNEL=="<device name>", RUN+="raw > /dev/raw/rawx %N" > set ownership and permissions on rawdevices in > /etc/udev/rules.d/60-raw.rules > ACTION="add", KERNEL=="raw*", OWNER="informix", > GROUP="informix", MODE="0660" > ln -s /dev/raw/rawX /opt/IBM/informix/devices/dbsname > start_udev (starts udev and creates rawdevices) > raw -qa (check if raw devices have been created) > > *DISCLAIMER* > > This transmission and the information contained herein and/or in any > attachments hereto and/or in any attachments thereto is privileged and/or > confidential and is intended ONLY for the use of the individual(s) and/or > entity(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are > strictly prohibited from disclosing, printing, copying, using or > disseminating this transmission and/or any such attachments and any > information contained in this transmission and/or in any such attachments. > ANY unauthorized interception of this transmission and/or any such > attachments is a violation of federal criminal law. > > If you have received this transmission in error please notify the sender > immediately and delete the transmission and all such attachments. > > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > >