Troubleshooting the sensor

This topic describes common problems that occur with the IBM® Informix® sensor and presents solutions for those problems.

Sensor cannot retrieve server information

Problem
The sensor cannot retrieve information as the Informix Dynamic Server is not started.
Solution
Enter the oninit command to start the database server.

Message states that nothing exists to be discovered

Problem
The sensor runs and completes successfully with the following message:
There was nothing to be discovered.
Solution
No active Informix instance is running on the target computer system.

Cannot connect to an Informix database

Problem
The following error is displayed in the logs:
encountered error :: com.informix.asf.IfxASFException: 
Attempt to connect to database server database_name failed
Solution
Ensure that the connection from the Agile Service Manager server to the Informix port on the database server is open.