RedHat 6.0 and IDS 7.30UC7

I installed IDS on a dual processor Pentium Pro system running RedHat 6.0 with the 2.2.5-22smp kernel. I was able to "oninit -i" and the database initialized and came on-line. However, I am unable to do anything with it. If I log in as user "informix" and do a "isql - -" and issue the command "create database fubar;" it hangs... and hangs... and hangs... If I bring the engine down I finally get the error: 25587: Network receive failed. Error in line 1Near character position 1 What have I neglected to do? Here are my $ONCONFIG and sqlhosts files: =============================================================================== # Root Dbspace Configuration ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace nameROOTPATH /dev/ids_root # Path for device containing root dbspace ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes) ROOTSIZE 1046777 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes) # Disk Mirroring Configuration Parameters MIRROR 0 # Mirroring flag (Yes = 1, No = 0) MIRRORPATH # Path for device containing mirrored root MIRROROFFSET 0 # Offset into mirrored device (Kbytes) # Physical Log Configuration PHYSDBS rootdbs # Location (dbspace) of physical log PHYSFILE 1000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes) # Logical Log Configuration LOGFILES 6 # Number of logical log files LOGSIZE 500 # Logical log size (Kbytes) # Diagnostics MSGPATH /usr/informix/online.log # System message log file path CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path ALARMPROGRAM /usr/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program pathSYSALARMPROGRAM /usr/informix/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm program path TBLSPACE_STATS 1 # System Archive Tape Device TAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # Tape device path TAPEBLK 16 # Tape block size (Kbytes) TAPESIZE 10240 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes) # Log Archive Tape Device LTAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # Log tape device path LTAPEBLK 16 # Log tape block size (Kbytes) LTAPESIZE 10240 # Max amount of data to put on log tape (Kbytes) # Optical STAGEBLOB # Informix Dynamic Server/Optical staging area # System Configuration SERVERNUM 1 # Unique id corresponding to a Dynamic Server instance DBSERVERNAME fi_ipcshm # Name of default database server DBSERVERALIASES fi_soctcp # List of alternate dbservernames NETTYPE # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock in distributed env. RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag (Yes = 1, No = 0) MULTIPROCESSOR 1 # 0 for single-processor, 1 for multi-processor NUMCPUVPS 2 # Number of user (cpu) vps SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps to one NOAGE 0 # Process aging AFF_SPROC 0 # Affinity start processor AFF_NPROCS 0 # Affinity number of processors # Shared Memory Parameters LOCKS 2000 # Maximum number of locks BUFFERS 200 # Maximum number of shared buffers NUMAIOVPS # Number of IO vps PHYSBUFF 32 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes) LOGBUFF 32 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes)LOGSMAX 6 # Maximum number of logical log files CLEANERS 1 # Number of buffer cleaner processes SHMBASE 0x10000000L # Shared memory base address SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual shared memory segment size SHMADD 8192 # Size of new shared memory segments (Kbytes) SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes). 0=>unlimited CKPTINTVL 300 # Check point interval (in sec) LRUS 8 # Number of LRU queues LRU_MAX_DIRTY 60 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit LRU_MIN_DIRTY 50 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit LTXHWM 50 # Long transaction high water mark percentage LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark (exclusive) TXTIMEOUT 300 # Transaction timeout (in sec) STACKSIZE 32 # Stack size (Kbytes) # System Page Size # BUFFSIZE - Dynamic Server no longer supports this configuration parameter. # To determine the page size used by Dynamic Server on your platform # see the last line of output from the command, 'onstat -b'. # Recovery Variables # OFF_RECVRY_THREADS: # Number of parallel worker threads during fast recovery or an offline restore. # ON_RECVRY_THREADS: # Number of parallel worker threads during an online restore. OFF_RECVRY_THREADS 10 # Default number of offline worker threads ON_RECVRY_THREADS 1 # Default number of online worker threads # Data Replication Variables # DRAUTO: 0 manual, 1 retain type, 2 reverse type DRAUTO 0 # DR automatic switchover DRINTERVAL 30 # DR max time between DR buffer flushes (in sec) DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec) DRLOSTFOUND /usr/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found file path # CDR Variables CDR_LOGBUFFERS 2048 # size of log reading buffer pool (Kbytes) CDR_EVALTHREADS 1,2 # evaluator threads (per-cpu-vp,additional) CDR_DSLOCKWAIT 5 # DS lockwait timeout (seconds) CDR_QUEUEMEM 4096 # Maximum amount of memory for any CDR queue (Kbytes) # Backup/Restore variables BAR_ACT_LOG /tmp/bar_act.log BAR_MAX_BACKUP 0 BAR_RETRY 1 BAR_NB_XPORT_COUNT 10 BAR_XFER_BUF_SIZE 31 # Informix Storage Manager variables ISM_DATA_POOL ISMData # If the data pool name is changed, be sure to # update $INFORMIXDIR/bin/onbar. Change to # ism_catalog -create_bootstrap -pool <new name> ISM_LOG_POOL ISMLogs # Read Ahead Variables RA_PAGES # Number of pages to attempt to read ahead RA_THRESHOLD # Number of pages left before next group # DBSPACETEMP: # Dynamic Server equivalent of DBTEMP for SE. This is the list of dbspaces # that the Dynamic Server SQL Engine will use to create temp tables etc. # If specified it must be a colon separated list of dbspaces that exist # when the Dynamic Server system is brought online. If not specified, or if # all dbspaces specified are invalid, various ad hoc queries will create # temporary files in /tmp instead. DBSPACETEMP # Default temp dbspaces # DUMP*: # The following parameters control the type of diagnostics information which # is preserved when an unanticipated error condition (assertion failure) occurs # during Dynamic Server operations. # For DUMPSHMEM, DUMPGCORE and DUMPCORE 1 means Yes, 0 means No. DUMPDIR /tmp # Preserve diagnostics in this directory DUMPSHMEM 1 # Dump a copy of shared memory DUMPGCORE 0 # Dump a core image using 'gcore' DUMPCORE 0 # Dump a core image (Warning:this aborts Dynamic Server) DUMPCNT 1 # Number of shared memory or gcore dumps for # a single user's session FILLFACTOR 90 # Fill factor for building indexes # method for Dynamic Server to use when determining current time USEOSTIME 0 # 0: use internal time(fast), 1: get time from OS(slow) # Parallel Database Queries (pdq) MAX_PDQPRIORITY 100 # Maximum allowed pdqpriority DS_MAX_QUERIES # Maximum number of decision support queries DS_TOTAL_MEMORY # Decision support memory (Kbytes) DS_MAX_SCANS 1048576 # Maximum number of decision support scans DATASKIP # List of dbspaces to skip # OPTCOMPIND # 0 => Nested loop joins will be preferred (where # possible) over sortmerge joins

Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> writes: > I installed IDS on a dual processor Pentium Pro system running RedHat > 6.0 with the 2.2.5-22smp kernel. I was able to "oninit -i" and the > database initialized and came on-line. However, I am unable to do > anything with it. If I log in as user "informix" and do a "isql - -" > and issue the command "create database fubar;" it hangs... and hangs... > and hangs... > > If I bring the engine down I finally get the error: > > 25587: Network receive failed. > Error in line 1> Near character position 1 > > What have I neglected to do? *smack* Gee, I can tell you exactly what I neglected to do: set LTAPEDEV to /dev/null. I feel like I've been at work for several hours and just now discovered that I left home without my pants... -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My PGP fingerprint: 15 6E C7 91 5F AF 17 C4 24 93 CB 6B EB 38 B5 E5

Ronald Cole wrote: > > I installed IDS on a dual processor Pentium Pro system running RedHat > 6.0 with the 2.2.5-22smp kernel. I was able to "oninit -i" and the > database initialized and came on-line. However, I am unable to do > anything with it. If I log in as user "informix" and do a "isql - -" > and issue the command "create database fubar;" it hangs... and > hangs... > and hangs... > > If I bring the engine down I finally get the error: > > 25587: Network receive failed. > Error in line 1> Near character position 1 > > What have I neglected to do? > Here are my $ONCONFIG and sqlhosts files: >[...] > # System Configuration > > SERVERNUM 1 # Unique id ... > DBSERVERNAME fi_ipcshm # Name of default database server > DBSERVERALIASES fi_soctcp # List of alternate dbservernames > NETTYPE # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype > DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock in > [...] I've not had any problems on 2.2.5-15 smp - but I'm curious to know how you end up with a newer version...oh well, it probably isn't the issue. My machines always have data in the NETTYPE entry or entries. I'd suspect that the fact you have nothing there is the trouble. Given the names you've set up, I'd expect two NETTYPE entries, one for the shared memory connections and one for the network connections. Since I always use OnMonitor to add those entries, I can't remember the exact syntax, but there are 3 bits of info - the connection type, the number of users, and the VP type (CPU or NET), possibly even in that order: *** dubious code *** NETTYPE ipcshm,30,CPU NETTYPE soctcp,30,NET *** end dubious *** Make sure you're using 7.30.UC7. -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.60 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>

Jonathan Leffler <jleffler@earthlink.net> writes: > I've not had any problems on 2.2.5-15 smp - but I'm curious to know > how you end up with a newer version... <http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/errata/kernel99_06_03.html>; > oh well, it probably isn't the issue. > My machines always have data in the NETTYPE entry or entries. > I'd suspect that the fact you have nothing there is the trouble. The Admin guide left me with the impression that the default for an empty NETTYPE (getting the value from sqlhosts) would be adequate. I spent so much time reading the Admin guide on all the new entries in onconfig, that I neglected to change LTAPEDEV from the template default. > Make sure you're using 7.30.UC7. Yup. Got it from Intraware. -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My PGP fingerprint: 15 6E C7 91 5F AF 17 C4 24 93 CB 6B EB 38 B5 E5