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Re: Problem with 9.3 Onbar backup

Posted By: Martin Fuerderer
Date: Monday, 2 October 2006, at 5:04 a.m.

In Response To: Problem with 9.3 Onbar backup (MARK CORY)

Hi,

9.3 is quite old now and a lot of problems have been fixed
in newer version. Management decision to discontinue the
support most probably happened because 9.3 is out of regular
support. And to still get support for such a version is quite
difficult and expensive ...

If I understand you correctly, you are saying that the core file from
onbar is 2 GB? This is very large for an onbar process and I would
suspect some memory problem that surely has been fixed in newer
versions. You can use a debugger to retrieve a function call stack
from the core file. Though I assume that this will not give you a hint
for resolving the problem without upgrading. :-(

Regards,
Martin
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ids-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 29.09.2006 18:18:46:

>
> Onbar and legato networker backups have recently been failing with the
> following messages in the bar_act log (pids and timestamps removed):
>
> Begin level 0 backup sb_a20.
> ASSERT: file bar_xbsa.ecbarBeginTxn() line 912 - contact product support

> See also: /bml/logs/informix/core.23797
> Process completed.
> The ON-Bar process 23797 exited with a problem (exit code 159 (0x9f),
signal
> 0).
>
> The engine log simply states that the backup was "aborted by client." Of

> course, the core file is binary and I have no idea how to try to
decipher the
> 2 GB. file. Blobspace sb_a20 consists of eight chunks of two GB each,
and is
> one of multiple fragments of a round-robin partitioned table used for a
binary
> file storage repository. I'm in the process of following-up with the
group
> supporting the legato networker backup server to investigate the status
of the
> xbsa and am still awaiting their feedback.
>
> To make this truly interesting to resolve, management chose to
discontinue
> maintenance and support of Informix a year or two ago, so I have no
product
> support available. Other than making management admit their mistake and
> getting support again from IBM, do any of you have any suggestions?
>
> Thank you for your attention, consideration, and enlightened feedback!
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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Messages In This Thread

• Problem with 9.3 Onbar backup
  MARK CORY -- Friday, 29 September 2006, at 12:18 p.m.
  • Re: Problem with 9.3 Onbar backup
    Martin Fuerderer -- Monday, 2 October 2006, at 5:04 a.m.
    • Re: Problem with 9.3 Onbar backup
      MARK CORY -- Monday, 2 October 2006, at 11:55 a.m.
      • Re: Problem with 9.3 Onbar backup
        Martin Fuerderer -- Wednesday, 4 October 2006, at 9:58 a.m.
        • RE: Problem with 9.3 Onbar backup
          Sebastian, Norma J. -- Wednesday, 4 October 2006, at 10:50 a.m.
          • Re: RE: Problem with 9.3 Onbar backup
            MARK CORY -- Tuesday, 17 October 2006, at 2:47 p.m.

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