Re: chunk down

FYI - their voodoo tool modifies the status fields in the bad chunk - I've done the equivalent using hd and a simple C routine to modify the affected bytes. I wouldn't advise doing this as Informix Support may refuse to support you further! Bryan Hughes wrote in message <3518A0E4.615194C3@earthlink.net>... >Also, if you have lost the underlying physical media without a mirror or >backup, fret not...there is a way, albeit somewhat painful. Informix >Tech support can dial in to your system and use their voodoo magick >(called tbzero, and another whose name I forget). This coveted magick is >not divulged to users but will successfully restore you system and allow >the dropping of the chunk/dbspace. > >Art S. Kagel wrote: > >> Thuc Nguyen wrote: >> > >> > Hi >> > >> > I am running ODS 7.23 on HP 10.20 >> > >> > Two chunks have been down as PD from the onstat -d information. >> > How can I fix them to bring up as PO? >> >> Assuming that the problem that caused them to be marked down has been >> corrected, you can use: >> >> onspaces -s <dbspace> -p <chunkpath> -o <offset> -O -y>> >> If that does not work call tech support. >> >> BTW If there was damage to the stored data, and the chunks that are >> down do not have an Informix Mirror chunk, even if you get the chunks >> marked up they will go back down when the damaged pages are first >> accessed. >> >> Art S. Kagel > > > >-- >Bryan Hughes >Chief Systems Architect - Transaction Systems >Wells Fargo Bank > >bryanhughes@earthlink.net >hughesb@wellsfargo.com > >"I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges?" > >