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Running oninit but error shmget: [EEXIST][17]: key 52604801: shared memory already exists

Troubleshooting


Problem

You are trying to bring your database server online and see the following messages in your online.log: 14:10:52 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. 14:10:52 Requested shared memory segment size rounded from 1428480KB to 1441792KB 14:10:52 shmget: [EEXIST][17]: key 52604801: shared memory already exists 14:10:52 mt_shm_init: can't create resident segment

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Modified date:
16 June 2018

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