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15:20:13  Server stopped.

Does anybody have a suggestion what to try?

Svend

post your config file and your sqlhosts file (and maybe the applicable
portion of your /etc/services file), please.  There might be a conflict in
those three...

If we can not get any further soon I will be shure to post those files anyway.

Thanks
    Svend

here is the relevant part of our services file:
ionline         1529/tcp        # Online Dynamic Server for OB DW
ionline_obi_prod    1533/tcp        # Online Dynamic Server for OBI production
ionline_obi_tst1    1534/tcp        # Online Dynamic Server for OBI test / dev.
on OB-machine onl
sqldummy        4711/tcp        #

,our sqlhosts:
vpsdbs1_obi_prod        onipcstr        vpsdbs1         sqldummy
vpsdbs1_obi_prod_s      onsoctcp        vpsdbs1         ionline_obi_prod
vpsdbs1_obi_repl        onsoctcp        vpsdbs1         ionline_obi_prod
vpsdw                   onsoctcp        vpsdbs1         ionline
obdbs1_obi_repl onsoctcp        obdbs1          ionline_obi_prod

and config:
#**************************************************************************
#
#      INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC.
#
#  Title: onconfig.obi_prod
#  Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters
#
#**************************************************************************

# Root Dbspace Configuration

ROOTNAME        dbs_root_1      # Root dbspace name
ROOTPATH        /opt/informix_obi/idb_prod/chunk_root_1
                                # Path for device containing root dbspace
ROOTOFFSET      4               # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes)
ROOTSIZE        100000          # 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         dbs_root_1      # Location (dbspace) of physical log
PHYSFILE        20000           # Physical log file size (Kbytes)

# Logical Log Configuration

LOGFILES        21              # Number of logical log files
LOGSIZE         5000            # Logical log size (Kbytes)

# Diagnostics

MSGPATH         /var/opt/informix_obi/obi_prod.log
                                # System message log file path
CONSOLE         /dev/null       # System console message path
ALARMPROGRAM    /opt/informix_obi/etc/log_full_vpsprod.sh # Alarm program path
SYSALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix_obi/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm program path
TBLSPACE_STATS  1

# System Archive Tape Device

#TAPEDEV         /var/opt/informix/llogs_obdbs1/obitapedev       # Tape device
path
TAPEDEV         /dev/null       # Tape device path
#TAPEDEV         /obiusers/eih/obitapedev # Tape device path
TAPEBLK         16              # Tape block size (Kbytes)
TAPESIZE        20000000        # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes)

# Log Archive Tape Device

LTAPEDEV         /var/opt/informix/llogs_obdbs1/obilogdev       # Log tape device
path
#LTAPEDEV        /dev/null   # Log tape device path
LTAPEBLK        16              # Log tape block size (Kbytes)
LTAPESIZE       1000000         # Max amount of data to put on log tape (Kbytes)

# Optical

STAGEBLOB                       # Informix Dynamic Server/Optical staging area

# System Configuration

SERVERNUM       2               # Unique id corresponding to a Dynamic Server
instance
                     # OB_DW = 1, OBI_prod = 2, OBI_tst1 = 3

DBSERVERNAME    vpsdbs1_obi_prod # Name of default database server
DBSERVERALIASES vpsdbs1_obi_prod_s # List of alternate dbservernames

DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 120             # Max time to wait of lock in distributed env.
RESIDENT        0               # Forced residency flag (Yes = 1, No = 0)

MULTIPROCESSOR  1               # 0 for single-processor, 1 for multi-processor
NUMCPUVPS       2               # 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           256000          # Maximum number of locks
BUFFERS         100000          # Maximum number of shared buffers
NUMAIOVPS       4               # Number of IO vps
PHYSBUFF        32              # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes)
LOGBUFF         32              # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes)
LOGSMAX         32              # Maximum number of logical log files
CLEANERS        4               # Number of buffer cleaner processes
SHMBASE         0x0               # 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       150             # Check point interval (in sec)
LRUS            8               # Number of LRU queues
LRU_MAX_DIRTY   10              # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit
LRU_MIN_DIRTY   5               # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit
LTXHWM          45              # Long transaction high water mark percentage
LTXEHWM         55              # Long transaction high water mark (exclusive)
TXTIMEOUT       0x12c             # Transaction timeout (in sec)
STACKSIZE       32              # 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     /var/opt/informix_obi/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)

# Backup/Restore variables
BAR_ACT_LOG     /var/opt/informix_obi/bar_act_prod.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     dbs_temp_1,     # 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       0               # 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        off             # 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 ...

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Hi,

Have you checked using 'netstat -a' the port on which you have
configured the server to listen to in sqlhosts is not used
by other programs ?

Best Regards,
Octav

Doug

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(You can have several protocols on the same servicename)

We're running two informix instances on that server so I was a little
(to) anxious not to remove the wrong file(s), and we _did_ get
errormessage 27006 -not 25572.

Anyway... here's the bug:

bugp 74414

Bug:  74414 ONLINE WON'T COME UP IF THE ENGINE WAS ABORTED ABNORMALY AND
IPCSTR IS CONFIGURED. IT FAILS WITH ERROR 25572 AND SYSTEM ERROR 226

Description:
If ipcstr is configure and the engine is aborted  abnormaly, when
trying to bring it online it returns the error 25572: Network
driver cannot bind a name to the port. System error 226.
It looks like we look into the /INFORMIXTMP and instead of trying
to create the control file servername.str we check it's existence
and assume the port is already in use. If the file is removed,
the engine come up fine.

Workaround: 4984
Remove any files under /INFORMIXTMP before try to bring the
engine to online

Thanks for all the help btw!

Thomas

Thanks for taking an interest

Best regards
    Svend E. Hansen.