Re: Fatal error in shared memory during system reboot

steven_nospam at Yahoo! Canada said: > > Scenario: > ========= > During a system reboot, our startup routines are automated and try to > bring up the Informix instances. These are standard commands that > usually work without incident. > > The startup process (PID 1) runs a script in the inittab that sets the > Informix environment and issues "oninit" followed by "onstat -" a few > seconds later. These activities are logged so we can see what happens. > > Problem: > ======== > Some of our systems are giving the following messages: > >>Starting up instance...Executing "oninit" for instance "data1" >>oninit: Fatal error in shared memory creation >> >>Verifying instance "data1" status using "onstat -"... >>IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC3 -- On-Line -- Up> > When we check the instance afterward, it has shut itself down. However, > if we run the same script from a terminal after the system has been > started, the instance starts up fine. To top it all off, we have > another site using the same version and O/S level, same startup > routine, and it starts fine on that one. > >>Starting up instance...Executing "oninit" for instance "data2" >> >>Verifying instance "data2" status using "onstat -"... >>IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC3 -- On-Line -- Up> > Any ideas why during a system reboot the instance may not want to > start, but will start okay afterward? Nothing should be in ipcs at that > point to interfere, but the only error I get from "onstat -m" complains > about a shared memory conflict: > > > 09:55:43 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. > 09:55:43 shmget: [EEXIST][17]: key 52584801: shared memory already> exists > 09:55:43 mt_shm_init: can't create resident segment And what does ipcs report? > Environment: > ============ > IBM RS/6000 Running AIX 5.2 (64-bit) > Informix IDS 9.40 FC3 > -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ` dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche A smile is a gift that is free to the giver and precious to the recipient. But giving someone the finger is free too, and I find it more personal and sincere. sending to informix-list