Re: Exclusive lock

Posted in 2001

Topics: Server Administration, Platform-Specific Issues

Brett Geer — Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:02:54 +0200 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Do what we do when we need a lock, down the engine and bring it back up brett liliano@my-deja.com wrote: > > Hi, > > I have Informix SE 7 on my Solaris x86 server. > I have 3 PC client with ClientSdk. > > Sometimes I can't exclusive lock db (for backup), > because it results locked. > > All programs on my server and my clients are closed! > Perhaps some program was aborted, leaving transaction open. > > Can you help me ? > > Thank you > Liliano > > Sent via Deja.com > http://www.deja.com/ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Brett's 12th law of UNIX administration... People tend not to react well when they lose control over their computers. Typically, it brings out the worst in them ... ----------------------------------------------------------------- Brett Geer - UNIX Admin/Analyst/Programmer - Intratex Holdings. Tel. +27 31 717 4000 Direct. +27 31 717 4146 Fax. +27 31 717 4001 ----------------------------------------------------------------- The little voices are talking to me again, telling me to reach for a keyboard and type rm -rf /* last week they had me rm -rf `echo $MANPATH | sed 's/:/ /g'` now I fear I have no answers -----------------------------------------------------------------

↪ replying to Brett Geer

Earle A Long — Thu, 1 Feb 2001 16:06:12 -0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

With Standard Engine this means rebooting the machine with the database on it. Yours -- Earle A Long (Senior Informix DBA) SINGLEPOINT UK LTD "Brett Geer" <brett@brabys.co.za> wrote in message news:94s2hv$j8m$1@news.xmission.com... > > Do what we do when we need a lock, down the engine and bring it back up > > brett > > liliano@my-deja.com wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have Informix SE 7 on my Solaris x86 server. > > I have 3 PC client with ClientSdk. > > > > Sometimes I can't exclusive lock db (for backup), > > because it results locked. > > > > All programs on my server and my clients are closed! > > Perhaps some program was aborted, leaving transaction open. > > > > Can you help me ? > > > > Thank you > > Liliano > > > > Sent via Deja.com > > http://www.deja.com/ > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Brett's 12th law of UNIX administration... > People tend not to react well when they lose control over their > computers. Typically, it brings out the worst in them ... > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Brett Geer - UNIX Admin/Analyst/Programmer - Intratex Holdings. > Tel. +27 31 717 4000 Direct. +27 31 717 4146 > Fax. +27 31 717 4001 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The little voices are talking to me again, telling me to reach > for a keyboard and type rm -rf /* > last week they had me rm -rf `echo $MANPATH | sed 's/:/ /g'` > now I fear I have no answers > -----------------------------------------------------------------