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Re: IDS 11.7 - cannot create instance

Posted By: SALLY WOOLRICH
Date: Tuesday, 1 November 2011, at 11:54 a.m.

In Response To: Re: IDS 11.7 - cannot create instance (Art Kagel)

Cannot get support at present because of the complicated situation with the customer. However a couple of people kindly emailed me and suggested what I was thinking of doing anyway - building a new INFORMIXDIR. I did that and things got better, but I still couldn't create the second instance:

I made a new INFORMIXDIR, installed SQL then IDS into it, brought the old instance off-line, swapped directories (so INFORMIXDIR is still the same name) and it has moved things forward. I am not sure why as whilst originally I installed IDS then SQL, I then installed IDS 11.7 on top... Never mind.

Copied the onconfig and sqlhosts files in, and thankfully the existing
instance was happy to start up and I can access the database.

Attempting to initialize the new instance got a lot further:

...
Initializing Dictionary Cache and SPL Routine Cache...succeeded
Bringing up ADM VP...succeeded
Creating VP classes...succeeded
Onlining 0 additional cpu vps...succeeded
Onlining 2 IO vps...succeeded
Forking main_loop thread...succeeded
Initializing DR structures...succeeded
Forking 1 'tlitcp' listener threads...succeeded
Starting tracing...succeeded
Initializing 8 flushers...succeeded
oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization

WARNING: server initialization failed, or possibly timed out (if -w
was used).
Check the message log, online.log, for errors.

And from the log file:
15:41:13 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.FC3 Software
Serial Number AAA#B000000)
15:41:13 Memory sizes:resident:393216 KB, virtual:160768 KB, no
SHMTOTAL limit
15:41:17 Assert Warning: chunk failed sanity check

15:41:17 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.FC3
15:41:17 Who: Thread(8, main_loop(), 12237c028, 1)3bf028)

File: rspartn.c Line: 10573
15:41:17 Results: Chunk 1 is being taken OFFLINE.
15:41:17 Action: For all spaces other than temporary dbspaces,
restore the space

temporary dbspace and if it is not the only chunk in that
dbspace,

then drop and re-create the chunk. Otherwise drop and re-
create

the temporary dbspace.
15:41:17 stack trace for pid 4038 written to /housing/informix/
ids11_7/tmp/af.3f0131d
15:41:17 See Also: /housing/informix/ids11_7/tmp/af.3f0131d
15:41:17 chunk failed sanity check

15:41:18 I/O error, Primary Chunk '/dev/online/live/root_dbs' --
Offline (sanity)
15:41:18 oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization

15:41:18 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Stopped.

15:41:18 mt_shm_remove: WARNING: may not have removed all/correct
segments

I have done the chown -R and chrgrp -R on the directory holding the
symbolic links to the actual disk, plus chmod -R 664.

The concept of restoring a space before one has managed to initialize
the instance is amusing!

Unfortunately I know nothing about Solstice Volum Manager, might my
feeling that might be where the problem now lies correct?

Messages In This Thread

• IDS 11.7 - cannot create instance
  SALLY WOOLRICH -- Tuesday, 1 November 2011, at 7:29 a.m.
  • Re: IDS 11.7 - cannot create instance
    SALLY WOOLRICH -- Tuesday, 1 November 2011, at 7:33 a.m.
  • Re: IDS 11.7 - cannot create instance
    SALLY WOOLRICH -- Tuesday, 1 November 2011, at 9:32 a.m.
    • Re: IDS 11.7 - cannot create instance
      Art Kagel -- Tuesday, 1 November 2011, at 9:44 a.m.
      • Re: IDS 11.7 - cannot create instance
        SALLY WOOLRICH -- Tuesday, 1 November 2011, at 11:54 a.m.
        • Re: IDS 11.7 - cannot create instance
          Art Kagel -- Tuesday, 1 November 2011, at 12:55 p.m.
          • Re: IDS 11.7 - cannot create instance
            SALLY WOOLRICH -- Tuesday, 1 November 2011, at 1:11 p.m.

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