Re: Informix corrupts database at reboot

Posted in 1995

DBA Resources — 2 Nov 1995 22:54:58 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Ian Goddard (ian.goddard@geo2.poptel.org.uk) wrote: >In article <DH1zxH.BDr@news.sgp.hp.com> Your_Name_Here <your@email.address.here> writes: >>From: Your_Name_Here <your@email.address.here> >>Subject: Re: Informix corrupts database at reboot > >>My project has encountered similar database corruption problems recently. >>We are using Informix 7.1 on HP-UX 10.01. > >>Informix Support has insisted that Informix should not be corrupted even >>without proper shutdown but they were not able to help to recover the DB. > >Just a thought - could fsck (or anything else) be hitting your database disks >at reboot time? > Are you using raw disk space or cooked files? Are you using symbolic links or direct addressing? I have never seen this happen except in cases of operator/administrator error. Please email me all the specifics. Carlton -- Carlton Doe "It's not *over* until I win!" -- Les Brown DBA Resources, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT http://www.xmission.com/~dbaresrc dbaresrc@xmission.com PGP key: finger -l dbaresrc@xmission.com