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IC97898: AUTOMATIC LOGICAL LOG BACKUP FAILS BECAUSE WE ALLOW ENGINE TO START IF INFORMIXSERVER IS INCORRECTLY SET

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APAR status

  • Closed as suggestion for future release.

Error description

  • You started Informix engine with INFORMIXSERVER incorrectly set.
    Later you discovered that automatic logical log backups are
    failing.
    
    Sample output of bar_act.log:
    
     2013-11-21 12:20:23 13704  13702
    /usr2/ifmx/12.10.FC2/bin/onbar_d -b -l
     2013-11-21 12:20:23 13704  13702 (-43207) Unable to open
    connection to database server: IBM Informix Dynamic Server
    Stopped..
     2013-11-21 12:20:23 13704  13702
    /usr2/ifmx/12.10.FC2/bin/onbar_d complete, returning 151 (0x97)
    
    The reason is that ALARMPROGRAM is using Informix server's
    startup environment.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

  • Fixed in 12.10.xC3.
    

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IC97898

  • Reported component name

    INFORMIX SERVER

  • Reported component ID

    5725A3900

  • Reported release

    C10

  • Status

    CLOSED SUG

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2013-11-22

  • Closed date

    2014-05-08

  • Last modified date

    2014-05-08

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud & Data Platform"},"Product":{"code":"SSGU8G","label":"Informix Servers"},"Component":"","ARM Category":[],"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"C10","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB10","label":"Data and AI"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
08 May 2014