Hi
I'm getting the error below when I try and initialize an instance
oninit -iv
This action will initialize IBM Informix Dynamic Server;
any existing IBM 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 '/app/informix/etc/onconfig.actrol'...succeeded
Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded
Creating infos file "/app/informix/etc/.infos.sage" ... "/app/informix/etc/.conf.sage" ... succeeded
Writing to infos file ... succeeded
Checking config parameters...succeeded
Allocating and attaching to shared memory...succeeded
Creating resident pool 258180 kbytes...succeeded
Creating buffer pool 560002 kbytes...succeeded
Initializing rhead structure...succeeded
Initializing ASF ...succeeded
Initializing Dictionary Cache and SPL Routine Cache...succeeded
Bringing up ADM VP...succeeded
Creating VP classes...succeeded
Onlining 3 additional cpu vps...succeeded
Onlining 10 IO vps...succeeded
Initialization of Encryption...succeeded
Forking main_loop thread...succeeded
Initializing DR structures...succeeded
Forking 1 'ipcshm' listener threads...succeeded
Forking 1 'soctcp' listener threads...succeeded
Forking 1 'soctcp' listener threads...succeeded
Starting tracing...succeeded
Initializing 4 flushers...succeeded
FAILED
There is nothing in online.log to explain why it stops at FAILED !!!
the onconfig is below
# Root Dbspace Configuration
ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name
ROOTPATH /database/chunk03 # Path for device containing root dbspace
ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes)
#ROOTSIZE 2097152 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes)
ROOTSIZE 4194304 # 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
#PHYSDBS physlogdbs # Location (dbspace) of physical log
# PHYSFILE 200000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes)
#PHYSFILE 10000000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes)
#PHYSFILE 10485760 # Physical log file size (Kbytes)
# Logical Log Configuration
#LOGFILES 2500 # Number of logical log files
#LOGSIZE 1000010485760 # Logical log size (Kbytes)
# Diagnostics
MSGPATH /database/online.log # System message log file path
CONSOLE /dev/null # System console message path
# To automatically backup logical logs, edit alarmprogram.sh and set
# BACKUPLOGS=Y
ALARMPROGRAM /app/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh # Alarm program path
TBLSPACE_STATS 1 # Maintain tblspace statistics
# System Archive Tape Device
#TAPEDEV /dev/nst0 # Tape device path
TAPEDEV /dev/null # Tape device path
TAPEBLK 128 # Tape block size (Kbytes)
TAPESIZE 21470000 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes)
# Log Archive Tape Device
LTAPEDEV /dev/zero # Log tape device path
#LTAPEDEV /dev/null # Log tape device path
LTAPEBLK 128 # Log tape block size (Kbytes)
LTAPESIZE 214700000 # Max amount of data to put on log tape (Kbytes)
# Optical
STAGEBLOB # Informix Dynamic Server staging area
# System Configuration
## Change servernum away from default in case someone creates a default new instance!
SERVERNUM 30 # Unique id corresponding to a OnLine instance
##SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a OnLine instance
DBSERVERNAME sage # Name of default database server
# DBSERVERALIASES sage_tcp,sage_ext,sage_stream # List of alternate dbservernames
DBSERVERALIASES sage_tcp,sage_ext # List of alternate dbservernames
NETTYPE ipcshm,1,800,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype
NETTYPE soctcp,2,600,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype
# NETTYPE ipcshm,1,400,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype
##NETTYPE soctcp,1,600,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype
# NETTYPE soctcp,1,400,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype
# NETTYPE ipcstr,1,400,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype
DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock in distributed env.
RESIDENT -1 # Forced residency flag (Yes = 1, No = 0)
MULTIPROCESSOR 1 # 0 for single-processor, 1 for multi-processor
NUMCPUVPS 4 # Number of user (cpu) vps
SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps to one
NOAGE 1 # Process aging
AFF_SPROC 0 # Affinity start processor
AFF_NPROCS 0 # Affinity number of processors
# Shared Memory Parameters
#LOCKS 2000000 # Maximum number of locks
LOCKS 2500000 # Maximum number of locks
BUFFERS 280000 # Maximum number of shared buffers
#BUFFERS 1120000 # Maximum number of shared buffers
#BUFFERS 560000 # Maximum number of shared buffers
## Raw disk in use so Informix doesn't need to manage io - one aiovp to kaio
## no kaio possible so leave NUMAIOVPS at 10
#NUMAIOVPS 1 # Number of IO vps
NUMAIOVPS 10 # Number of IO vps
PHYSBUFF 256 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes)
LOGBUFF 256 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes)
## one cleaner per disk
CLEANERS 4 # Number of buffer cleaner processes
##CLEANERS 3 # Number of buffer cleaner processes
SHMBASE 0x44000000 # Shared memory base address
#SHMBASE 0x10000000 # Shared memory base address
SHMVIRTSIZE 1200000 # initial virtual shared memory segment size
SHMADD 200000 # Size of new shared memory segments (Kbytes)
SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes). 0=>unlimited
CKPTINTVL 900 # Check point interval (in sec)
## might as well have 256 LRU's and avoid latching contention
LRUS 128 # Number of LRU queues
##LRUS 200 # Number of LRU queues
## reduce the start time for cleaners by 1% to avoid the 4-5 second delay that is currently occuring
LRU_MAX_DIRTY 4.500000 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit
##LRU_MAX_DIRTY 5.500000 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit
## reduce the stop time for cleaners by 1.5% stop to clean a little bit better
LRU_MIN_DIRTY 2.000000 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit
##LRU_MIN_DIRTY 3.500000 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit
TXTIMEOUT 0x12c # Transaction timeout (in sec)
STACKSIZE 32 # Stack size (Kbytes)
# Dynamic Logging
# DYNAMIC_LOGS:
# 2 : server automatically add a new logical log when necessary. (ON)
# 1 : notify DBA to add new logical logs when necessary. (ON)
# 0 : cannot add logical log on the fly. (OFF)
#
# When dynamic logging is on, we can have higher values for LTXHWM/LTXEHWM,
# because the server can add new logical logs during long transaction rollback.
# However, to limit the number of new logical logs being added, LTXHWM/LTXEHWM
# can be set to smaller values.
#
# If dynamic logging is off, LTXHWM/LTXEHWM need to be set to smaller values
# to avoid long transaction rollback hanging the server due to lack of logical
# log space, i.e. 50/60 or lower.
DYNAMIC_LOGS 2
LTXHWM 70
#LTXHWM 92
LTXEHWM 80
#LTXEHWM 98
# System Page Size
# BUFFSIZE - OnLine no longer supports this configuration parameter.
# To determine the page size used by OnLine 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
## why reduce the online recovery speed when this is the only database?
ON_RECVRY_THREADS 10 # Default number of online worker threads
##ON_RECVRY_THREADS 1 # Default number of online worker threads
# Data Replication Variables
DRINTERVAL 30 # DR max time between DR buffer flushes (in sec)
DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec)
DRLOSTFOUND /app/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found file path
# CDR Variables
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_NIFCOMPRESS 0 # Link level compression (-1 never, 0 none, 9 max)
CDR_SERIAL 0,0 # Serial Column Sequence
CDR_DBSPACE # dbspace for syscdr database
CDR_QHDR_DBSPACE # CDR queue dbspace (default same as catalog)
CDR_QDATA_SBSPACE # List of CDR queue smart blob spaces
# CDR_MAX_DYNAMIC_LOGS
# -1 => unlimited
# 0 => disable dynamic log addition
# >0 => limit the no. of dynamic log additions with the specified value.
# Max dynamic log requests that CDR can make within one server session.
CDR_MAX_DYNAMIC_LOGS 0 # Dynamic log addition disabled by default
# Backup/Restore variables
BAR_ACT_LOG /app/informix/bar_act.log # ON-Bar Log file - not in /tmp please
BAR_DEBUG_LOG /app/informix/bar_dbug.log
BAR_MAX_BACKUP 1
BAR_RETRY 1
BAR_NB_XPORT_COUNT 10
BAR_XFER_BUF_SIZE 31
RESTARTABLE_RESTORE on
BAR_PROGRESS_FREQ 5
#BAR_BSALIB_PATH /usr/lib/ibsad001.so
BAR_DEBUG 0
BAR_HISTORY 0
# Informix Storage Manager variables
#ISM_DATA_POOL ISMData
#ISM_LOG_POOL ISMDiskLogs
# Read Ahead Variables
## 10% opportunity for readahead gain
RA_PAGES 84 # Number of pages to attempt to read ahead
##RA_PAGES 64 # Number of pages to attempt to read ahead
## the ra_threshold (start point) looks wrong for somewhat modern disks - The start time for readahead needs to occurr earlier
RA_THRESHOLD 46 # Number of pages left before next group
##RA_THRESHOLD 16 # Number of pages left before next group
# DBSPACETEMP:
# OnLine equivalent of DBTEMP for SE. This is the list of dbspaces
# that the OnLine SQL Engine will use to create temp tables etc.
# If specified it must be a colon separated list of dbspaces that exist
# when the OnLine 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 tempdbs,tempdbs2,tempdbs3 # 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 OnLine operations.
# For DUMPSHMEM, DUMPGCORE and DUMPCORE 1 means Yes, 0 means No.
DUMPDIR /work/data/informix/dump
# 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 OnLine)
DUMPCNT 1 # Number of shared memory or gcore dumps for
# a single user's session
## default of 90% fill should be used unless by default tables are add / read only
FILLFACTOR 100 # Fill factor for building indexes
##FILLFACTOR 100 # Fill factor for building indexes
# method for OnLine to use when determining current time
USEOSTIME 0 # 0: use internal time(fast), 1: get time from OS(slow)
# Parallel Database Queries (pdq)
## limit unfair allocations to maximum of 40% of box
MAX_PDQPRIORITY 40 # Maximum allowed pdqpriority
##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 off
# 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.
## This should probably be 2. If 2 need to ensure statistics are current.
OPTCOMPIND 0 # To hint the optimizer
DIRECTIVES 1 # Optimizer DIRECTIVES ON (1/Default) or OFF (0)
ONDBSPACEDOWN 0 # Dbspace down option: 0 = CONTINUE, 1 = ABORT, 2 = WAIT
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
SBSPACENAME # Default smartblob space name - this is where blobs
# go if no sbspace is specified when the smartblob is
# created. It is also used by some datablades as
# the location to put their smartblobs.
SYSSBSPACENAME # Default smartblob space for use by the Informix
# Server. This is used primarily for Informix Server
# system statistics collection.
BLOCKTIMEOUT 3600 # Default timeout for system block
SYSALARMPROGRAM /app/informix/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm program path
# Optimization goal: -1 = ALL_ROWS(Default), 0 = FIRST_ROWS
## this looks wrong - Should be -1 so that a multi-row set is returned optimally (associated but different concept to optcompind)
OPT_GOAL 0
ALLOW_NEWLINE 0 # embedded newlines(Yes = 1, No = 0 or anything but 1)
#
# The following are default settings for enabling Java in the database.
# Replace all occurrences of /usr/informix with the value of $INFORMIXDIR.
#VPCLASS jvp,num=1 # Number of JVPs to start with
JVPJAVAHOME /usr/informix/extend/krakatoa/jre
# JRE installation root directory
JVPHOME /usr/informix/extend/krakatoa # Krakatoa installation directory
JVPPROPFILE /usr/informix/extend/krakatoa/.jvpprops # JVP property file
JDKVERSION 1.3 # JDK version supported by this server
# The path to the JRE libraries relative to JVPJAVAHOME
JVPJAVALIB /lib/i386/
# The JRE libraries to use for the Java VM
JVPJAVAVM hpi:server:verify:java:net:zip:jpeg
# use JVPARGS to change Java VM configuration
#To display jni call
#JVPARGS -verbose:jni
# Classpath to use upon Java VM start-up (use _g version for debugging)
#JVPCLASSPATH /usr/informix/extend/krakatoa/krakatoa_g.jar:/usr/informix/extend/krakatoa/jdbc_g.jar
JVPCLASSPATH /usr/informix/extend/krakatoa/krakatoa.jar:/usr/informix/extend/krakatoa/jdbc.jar
# Default locking mode to row for newly created tables.
DEF_TABLE_LOCKMODE ROW
## Should put this in to ensures sql using views is rewritten by the optimiser for the base tables rather than materialising the view
##IFX_FOLDVIEW 1
## default data dictionary caching and distributions caching must be in use - too small for 18,000 tables/indexes
## DD_HASHMAX 10
## DD_HASHSIZE 18131
## DS_HASHMAX 10
## DS_HASHSIZE 18131
PHYSFILE 200 # Physical log file size (Kbytes)
LOGFILES 6 # Number of logical log files
LOGSIZE 1500 # Logical log size (Kbytes)
LOG_BACKUP_MODE MANUAL # Logical log backup mode (MANUAL, CONT)
EXTSHMADD 8192 # Size of new extension shared memory segments (Kbytes)
ISM_DATA_POOL ISMData
ISM_LOG_POOL ISMLogs
DBSPACETEMP # Default temp dbspaces
