ALARMPROGRAM

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ALARMPROGRAM

onconfig.std value

On UNIX: /usr/informix/etc/no_log.sh
On Windows: %INFORMIXDIR%\etc\no_log.bat

if not present

On UNIX: /usr/informix/etc/no_log.sh
On Windows: %INFORMIXDIR%\etc\no_log.bat

range of values

Full pathname

takes effect

When the database server is shut down and restarted

refer to

The following material:

Writing Your Own Alarm Script
IBM Informix Backup and Restore Guide

Use the ALARMPROGRAM parameter to display event alarms. The following sample scripts are provided.

Script Name	Platform	Description
log_full.sh	UNIX	To back up logical logs automatically when the database server issues a log-full event alarm, set ALARMPROGRAM to log_full.sh or log_full.bat.
log_full.bat	Windows
no_log.sh	UNIX	To disable automatic logical-log backups, set ALARMPROGRAM to no_log.sh or no_log.bat.
no_log.bat	Windows
alarmprogram.sh	UNIX	Handles event alarms and controls logical-log backups. Modify alarmprogram.sh or alarmprogram.bat and set ALARMPROGRAM to the full pathname of alarmprogram.sh or alarmprogram.bat. See Customizing the ALARMPROGRAM scripts.
alarmprogram.bat	Windows

Important:

Backup media should always be available for automatic log backups.

You can set the ALRM_ALL_EVENTS configuration parameter to specify whether ALARMPROGRAM runs for all events that are logged in the MSGPATH or only for specified noteworthy events (events greater than severity 1).

Instead of using the supplied scripts, you can write your own shell script, batch file, or binary program to execute events. Set ALARMPROGRAM to the full pathname of this file. The database server executes this script when noteworthy events occur. These events include database, table, index, or simple-large-object failure; all logs are full; internal subsystem failure; initialization failure; and long transactions. You can have the events noted in an email or pagermail message.