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Re: Informix 7.31 (Alpha Unix TRUE64) hangs in....

Posted By: Fernando Nunes
Date: Thursday, 23 April 2009, at 6:04 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Informix 7.31 (Alpha Unix TRUE64) hangs in "Al (Art Kagel)

Hello Art,

I've been using the majority of the latest 10 years working on several hosts
with several IDS versions on Tru64 (not TruE).
Yes, it's supported (still is) although we didn't release 11.x for it due to
the fact that the OS is deprecated.
It was a very stable OS... I rarely hit any bugs on the OS... and one of
them was very "entertaining"... I'll probably miss it, although it was a bit
awkward at times...

Regards.

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Art Kagel <art.kagel@gmail.com> wrote:

> Was the IDS software validated against TRU64 UNIX or DEC OSF UNIX? They
> were different under the hood and I seem to remember that IDS supported OSF
> not TRUE64!
>
> Art
>
> Art S. Kagel
> Oninit (www.oninit.com)
> IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org)
>
> Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions
> and
> do not reflect on my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other organization
> with which I am associated either explicitly or implicitly. Neither do
> those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any
> entity
> with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves.
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Emiliano Romero <eromero@sitrack.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi List. I need to recover and OLD backup made in Informix 7.31 for
> > Alpha. I get an old server and install Informix 7.31. Bu it cant get it
> > running. When I try to initialize the server it hangs "Allocating and
> > attaching to shared memory...". I think it could be some Operative
> > System issue. But I really never use Unix TRU64 in the past.
> > There is no online.log. The server doesnt create it.
> >
> > Any idea?
> >
> > Thanks and Regards
> >
> > Output:
> > # oninit -vi
> >
> > This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server;
> > any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible -
> > Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y
> > Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded
> > Reading configuration file
> > '/opt/informix/etc/onconfig.stknmbak'...succeeded
> > Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... FAILED
> > Creating infos file "/opt/informix/etc/.infos.stknmbak" ...
> > "/opt/informix/etc/.conf.stknmbak" ... succeeded
> > Writing to infos file ... succeeded
> > Checking config parameters...succeeded
> > Allocating and attaching to shared memory...
> >
> > I let it run for 2 hours but nothing happens. If I cancel it the process
> > is still running in the background.
> >
> > # ps aux | grep oninit
> > root 4815 99.6 0.0 11.9M 400K ?? R 19:04:58 3:12.95
> > oninit -vi
> >
> > # cat etc/onconfig.stknmbak
> >
> #**************************************************************************
> > #
> > # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC.
> > #
> > # Title: onconfig.std
> > # Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters
> > #
> >
> #**************************************************************************
> >
> > # Root Dbspace Configuration
> >
> > ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name
> > ROOTPATH /opt/informix/IFMXDATA/rootdbs # Path for device containing
> > root dbspace
> > ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes)
> > ROOTSIZE 20000 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes)
> >
> > # Disk Mirroring Configuration Parameters
> >
> > MIRROR 0 # Mirroring flag (Yes = 1, No = 0)
> > MIRRORPATH # Path for device containing mirrored root
> > MIRROROFFSET 0 # Offset into mirrored device (Kbytes)
> >
> > # Physical Log Configuration
> >
> > PHYSDBS rootdbs # Location (dbspace) of physical log
> > PHYSFILE 1000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes)
> >
> > # Logical Log Configuration
> >
> > LOGFILES 6 # Number of logical log files
> > LOGSIZE 500 # Logical log size (Kbytes)
> >
> > # Diagnostics
> >
> > MSGPATH /opt/informix/online.log # System message log file path
> > CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path
> > ALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path
> > SYSALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm
> > program path
> > TBLSPACE_STATS 1
> >
> > # System Archive Tape Device
> >
> > TAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # Tape device path
> > TAPEBLK 16 # Tape block size (Kbytes)
> > TAPESIZE 10240 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes)
> >
> > # Log Archive Tape Device
> >
> > LTAPEDEV /dev/tapedev # Log tape device path
> > LTAPEBLK 16 # Log tape block size (Kbytes)
> > LTAPESIZE 10240 # Max amount of data to put on log tape (Kbytes)
> >
> > # Optical
> >
> > STAGEBLOB # Informix Dynamic Server/Optical staging area
> >
> > # System Configuration
> >
> > SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a Dynamic Server instance
> > DBSERVERNAME stknmbak # Name of default database server
> > DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames
> > NETTYPE # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype
> > DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock in distributed env.
> > RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag (Yes = 1, No = 0)
> >
> > MULTIPROCESSOR 0 # 0 for single-processor, 1 for multi-processor
> > NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps
> > SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps to one
> >
> > NOAGE 0 # Process aging
> > AFF_SPROC 0 # Affinity start processor
> > AFF_NPROCS 0 # Affinity number of processors
> >
> > # Shared Memory Parameters
> >
> > LOCKS 2000 # Maximum number of locks
> > BUFFERS 200 # Maximum number of shared buffers
> > NUMAIOVPS # Number of IO vps
> > PHYSBUFF 32 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes)
> > LOGBUFF 32 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes)
> > LOGSMAX 6 # Maximum number of logical log files
> > CLEANERS 1 # Number of buffer cleaner processes
> > SHMBASE 0x200000000L # Shared memory base address
> > SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual shared memory segment size
> > SHMADD 8192 # Size of new shared memory segments (Kbytes)
> > SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes). 0=>unlimited
> > CKPTINTVL 300 # Check point interval (in sec)
> > LRUS 8 # Number of LRU queues
> > LRU_MAX_DIRTY 60 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit
> > LRU_MIN_DIRTY 50 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit
> > LTXHWM 50 # Long transaction high water mark percentage
> > LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark (exclusive)
> > TXTIMEOUT 300 # Transaction timeout (in sec)
> > STACKSIZE 64 # Stack size (Kbytes)
> >
> > # System Page Size
> > # BUFFSIZE - Dynamic Server no longer supports this configuration
> > parameter.
> > # To determine the page size used by Dynamic Server on your
> > platform
> > # see the last line of output from the command, 'onstat -b'.
> >
> > # Recovery Variables
> > # OFF_RECVRY_THREADS:
> > # Number of parallel worker threads during fast recovery or an offline
> > restore.
> > # ON_RECVRY_THREADS:
> > # Number of parallel worker threads during an online restore.
> >
> > OFF_RECVRY_THREADS 10 # Default number of offline worker threads
> > ON_RECVRY_THREADS 1 # Default number of online worker threads
> >
> > # Data Replication Variables
> > # DRAUTO: 0 manual, 1 retain type, 2 reverse type
> > DRAUTO 0 # DR automatic switchover
> > DRINTERVAL 30 # DR max time between DR buffer flushes (in sec)
> > DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec)
> > DRLOSTFOUND /opt/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found file path
> >
> > # CDR Variables
> > CDR_LOGBUFFERS 2048 # size of log reading buffer pool (Kbytes)
> > CDR_EVALTHREADS 1,2 # evaluator threads (per-cpu-vp,additional)
> > CDR_DSLOCKWAIT 5 # DS lockwait timeout (seconds)
> > CDR_QUEUEMEM 4096 # Maximum amount of memory for any CDR queue
> > (Kbytes)
> > CDR_LOGDELTA 30 # % of log space allowed in queue memory
> > CDR_NUMCONNECT 16 # Expected connections per server
> > CDR_NIFRETRY 300 # Connection retry (seconds)
> > CDR_NIFCOMPRESS 0 # Link level compression (-1 never, 0 none, 9 max)
> >
> > # Backup/Restore variables
> > BAR_ACT_LOG /tmp/bar_act.log
> > BAR_MAX_BACKUP 0
> > BAR_RETRY 1
> > BAR_NB_XPORT_COUNT 10
> > BAR_XFER_BUF_SIZE 31
> >
> > # Informix Storage Manager variables
> > ISM_DATA_POOL ISMData # If the data pool name is changed, be
> > sure to
> >
> > # update $INFORMIXDIR/bin/onbar. Change to
> >
> > # ism_catalog -create_bootstrap -pool <new name>
> > ISM_LOG_POOL ISMLogs
> >
> > # Read Ahead Variables
> > RA_PAGES # Number of pages to attempt to read ahead
> > RA_THRESHOLD # Number of pages left before next group
> >
> > # DBSPACETEMP:
> > # Dynamic Server equivalent of DBTEMP for SE. This is the list of
> dbspaces
> > # that the Dynamic Server SQL Engine will use to create temp tables etc.
> > # If specified it must be a colon separated list of dbspaces that exist
> > # when the Dynamic Server system is brought online. If not specified, or
> if
> > # all dbspaces specified are invalid, various ad hoc queries will create
> > # temporary files in /tmp instead.
> >
> > DBSPACETEMP # Default temp dbspaces
> >
> > # DUMP*:
> > # The following parameters control the type of diagnostics information
> > which
> > # is preserved when an unanticipated error condition (assertion failure)
> > occurs
> > # during Dynamic Server operations.
> > # For DUMPSHMEM, DUMPGCORE and DUMPCORE 1 means Yes, 0 means No.
> >
> > DUMPDIR /tmp # Preserve diagnostics in this directory
> > DUMPSHMEM 1 # Dump a copy of shared memory
> > DUMPGCORE 0 # Dump a core image using 'gcore'
> > DUMPCORE 0 # Dump a core image (Warning:this aborts Dynamic
> > Server)
> > DUMPCNT 1 # Number of shared memory or gcore dumps for
> >
> > # a single user's session
> >
> > FILLFACTOR 90 # Fill factor for building indexes
> >
> > # method for Dynamic Server to use when determining current time
> > USEOSTIME 0 # 0: use internal time(fast), 1: get time from OS(slow)
> >
> > # Parallel Database Queries (pdq)
> > MAX_PDQPRIORITY 100 # Maximum allowed pdqpriority
> > DS_MAX_QUERIES # Maximum number of decision support queries
> > DS_TOTAL_MEMORY # Decision support memory (Kbytes)
> > DS_MAX_SCANS 1048576 # Maximum number of decision support scans
> > DATASKIP # List of dbspaces to skip
> >
> > # OPTCOMPIND
> > # 0 => Nested loop joins will be preferred (where
> > # possible) over sortmerge joins and hash joins.
> > # 1 => If the transaction isolation mode is not
> > # "repeatable read", optimizer behaves as in (2)
> > # below. Otherwise it behaves as in (0) above.
> > # 2 => Use costs regardless of the transaction isolation
> > # mode. Nested loop joins are not necessarily
> > # preferred. Optimizer bases its decision purely
> > # on costs.
> > OPTCOMPIND 2 # To hint the optimizer
> >
> > ONDBSPACEDOWN 2 # Dbspace down option: 0 = CONTINUE, 1 = ABORT, 2
> > = WAIT
> > LBU_PRESERVE 0 # Preserve last log for log backup
> > OPCACHEMAX 0 # Maximum optical cache size (Kbytes)
> >
> > # HETERO_COMMIT (Gateway participation in distributed transactions)
> > # 1 => Heterogeneous Commit is enabled
> > # 0 (or any other value) => Heterogeneous Commit is disabled
> > HETERO_COMMIT 0
> >
> > # Optimization goal: -1 = ALL_ROWS(Default), 0 = FIRST_ROWS
> > OPT_GOAL -1
> >
> > # Optimizer DIRECTIVES ON (1/Default) or OFF (0)
> > DIRECTIVES 1
> >
> > # Status of restartable restore
> > RESTARTABLE_RESTORE OFF
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Messages In This Thread

• Informix 7.31 (Alpha Unix TRUE64) hangs in "Alloca
  Emiliano Romero -- Thursday, 23 April 2009, at 2:13 p.m.
  • Re: Informix 7.31 (Alpha Unix TRUE64) hangs in "Al
    Art Kagel -- Thursday, 23 April 2009, at 3:46 p.m.
    • Re: Informix 7.31 (Alpha Unix TRUE64) hangs in....
      Fernando Nunes -- Thursday, 23 April 2009, at 6:04 p.m.
      • Re: Informix 7.31 (Alpha Unix TRUE64) hangs in....
        Emiliano Romero -- Friday, 24 April 2009, at 12:33 p.m.
  • RE: Informix 7.31 (Alpha Unix TRUE64) hangs in "Al
    Everett Mills -- Thursday, 23 April 2009, at 3:54 p.m.
    • Re: Informix 7.31 (Alpha Unix TRUE64) hangs in....
      Fernando Nunes -- Thursday, 23 April 2009, at 5:59 p.m.
  • Re: Informix 7.31 (Alpha Unix TRUE64) hangs in "Al
    Fernando Nunes -- Thursday, 23 April 2009, at 5:57 p.m.

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