From: Zub By (zubray@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 12 2006 - 12:44:03 EST
Afternoon all,
For the record, my problem was caused by Informix accessing the SVM in raw
mode.
Little known to me, raw access to a software raid involving slice 0 you
should not start with cylinder 0. Logically this makes sense I guess, but
when tired and "saving space" I was getting quire annoyed.
Anyway, pulled apart the raid and repartitioned the disks. Informix came
back with no problems.
Thanks anyway.
Mark C
On 12/9/06, Zub By <zubray@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Evening Managers,
>
> In the middle of a job as we speak, upgrading a V440.
>
> Everything was going swimmingly till I attempted to install Informix 10.0.
> I attempted to initialise with the command "oninit -iv" and I get:
>
>
> [root@SERVERNAME:/] 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 mode...succeeded
> Reading configuration file '/usr/informix/etc/onconfig'...succeeded
> Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs...succeeded
> Creating infos file "/usr/informix/etc/.infos.online1"...succeeded
> Linking conf file "/usr/informix/etc/.conf.online1"...succeeded
> Writing to infos file...succeeded
> Checking config parameters...succeeded
> Allocating and attaching to shared memory...succeeded
> Creating resident pool 22142 kbytes...succeeded
> Allocating 200016 kbytes for buffer pool of 2K page size...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 2 additional cpu vps...succeeded
> Onlining 1 IO vps...succeeded
> Initialization of Encryption...succeeded
> Forking main_loop thread...succeeded
> Initializing DR structures...succeeded
> Forking 1 'ipcshm' listener threads...succeeded
> Forking 1 'tlitcp' listener threads...succeeded
> Forking 1 'tlitcp' listener threads...succeeded
> Starting tracing...succeeded
> Initializing 128 flushers...succeeded
> Initializing log/checkpoint information...succeeded
> Opening primary chunks...succeeded
> Opening mirror chunks...succeeded
> Initializing dbspaces...succeeded
> Validating chunks...succeeded
> Creating database partition...succeeded
> Initialize Async Log Flusher...succeeded
> Forking btree cleaner...succeeded
> Initializing DBSPACETEMP list...succeeded
> SENDER IS NULL NO MAIL WILL BE SENT
> SENDER IS NULL NO MAIL WILL BE SENT
>
> I then check the logfile and get:
>
> 7:35:48 Warning: ONCONFIG dump directory (DUMPDIR) '/usr/informix/tmp'
> has insecure permissions
> 17:35:48 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG =
> '/usr/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh'
> 17:35:48 Booting Language <c> from module <>
> 17:35:48 Loading Module <CNULL>
> 17:35:48 Booting Language <builtin> from module <>
> 17:35:48 Loading Module <BUILTINNULL>
> 17:35:52 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off)
> 17:35:52 Requested shared memory segment size rounded from 544KB to
> 1024KB
> 17:35:52 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC5 Software
> Serial Number #REMOVED#
>
> 17:35:53 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Initialized -- Complete Disk
> Initialized.
> 17:35:54 Assert Warning: I/O error, Primary Chunk '/dev/online_rootdbs'
> -- Offline
> 17:35:54 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC5
> 17:35:54 Who: Thread(16, flush_sub(0), 1823e544, 1)
> File: rsbuff.c Line: 5079
> 17:35:54 Results: Chunk is now unusable
> 17:35:54 Action: Repair and restore from mirror or archive
> 17:35:54 stack trace for pid 2578 written to /usr/informix/tmp/af.3f8f3fa
>
> 17:35:54 See Also: /usr/informix/tmp/af.3f8f3fa
> 17:35:54 I/O error, Primary Chunk '/dev/online_rootdbs' -- Offline
> 17:35:55 Assert Failed: INFORMIX-OnLine Must ABORT
> Critical media failure.
> 17:35:55 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC5
> 17:35:55 Who: Thread(16, flush_sub(0), 1823e544, 1)
> File: rsmirror.c Line: 1847
> 17:35:55 stack trace for pid 2578 written to /usr/informix/tmp/af.3f8f3fa
> 17:35:55 See Also: /usr/informix/tmp/af.3f8f3fa
> 17:35:57 rsmirror.c, line 1847, thread 16, proc id 2578, INFORMIX-OnLine
> Must ABORT
> Critical media failure..
> 17:35:58 PANIC: Attempting to bring system down
>
> I have attached sqlhosts and onconfig.
>
> And incase your first question is access rights:
>
> [root@HOSTNAME:/] ls -lag /dev/online_rootdbs
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 17 Dec 9 14:32 /dev/online_rootdbs ->
> /dev/md/rdsk/d110
> [root@HOSTNAME:/] ls -lL /dev/online_rootdbs
> crw-rw---- 1 informix informix 85, 110 Dec 9 14:33 /dev/online_rootdbs
>
>
> Has anyone experienced this before? I am hoping for a simple fix
> obviously, but this is my first informix install (let alone a software
> raided one).
>
> Have any Solaris Patches been known to cause this ?
>
> I appreciate any help in advance,
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark C
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