Re: Empty onconfig file

Kudzi Muchaka wrote: > > Online Version 7.23 UC1 > AIX 4.3.2 > RS6000 J30 > > I have continuous log backup going at all times. On Wed, last week I > presumed that logical log backup had been stopped, CNTRL-C. But, alas > this had not happened. Our nightly backup is done via a cronjob. We were > closed Thurs & Friday. > > I checked the backups this morning and found that the backups had not > been done. Continuous backup was still going on. Stopped continuous > backup and tried manual backup. First error was "Could not write". Checked to see processes that were running. Three backup processes > had been spawned. Killed those processes (softly :->>) and tried to do a > manual backup (ontape -s). I got an error "Empty config file is not allowed" > Yes my onconfig is indeed empty!!!!!! Wow!!! HOW could this have > happened???? > > No, I was'nt (was not - for the purists) editing my onconfig file. And > fortunately I have my OS backup - yech. HOW does an onconfig file > suddenly become empty???? Appreciate any insights into this miracle. > > TIA > -kudzi The same thing happened to me (AIX 3.2.5, Informix5). When the file system, where informix have been installed, became 100% full, AIX "empty" onconfig file. I restore onconfig, and increase file system. HTH +--------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Zeljan Silje | e-mail: zeljan@laus.hr | | CC Computer Consulting | | | Put Republike 7 | Tel: +385 (20) 356-877 | | 20 000 Dubrovnik | Fax: +385 (20) 356-877 | | Hrvatska (Croatia) | URL: http://www.laus.hr | +--------------------------+-----------------------------+