I got an error when input the command onstat -m, below is the output:

shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'ol_ids_1150_1'

Message Log File: C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\IBMINF~1\11.50\ol_ids_1150_1.log

Thread(7, main_loop(), 0, 1)

File: rspartn.c Line: 9431

15:08:29 Results: Chunk 1 is being taken OFFLINE.

15:08:29 Action: For all spaces other than temporary dbspaces, restore the space containing the chunk from the archive. If this chunk belongs to a temporary dbspace and if it is not the only chunk in that dbspace, then drop and re-create the chunk. Otherwise drop and re-create the temporary dbspace.

15:08:30 stack trace for pid 2388 written to C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\IBMINF~1\11.50\tmp

\af.3ef056c

15:08:40 See Also: C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\IBMINF~1\11.50\tmp\af.3ef056c

15:08:43 Releasing server from system block

15:08:49 chunk failed sanity check

15:08:51 chunk failed sanity check

15:08:51 I/O error, Primary Chunk 'C:\IFMXDATA\ol_ids_1150_1\rootdbs_dat.000' -

- Offline (sanity)

15:08:51 oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization

15:08:51 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Stopped.

May I know what is going on to my Informix? Any clue would be appreciated.

Hello Eric

The chat is 10:30 AM US Central Time is 17:30 our time (Central European Summer Time (GMT+2))

Claus 

Hello Mr Eherber!

I´m in Brazil, and I would like to obtain this material, so that I could translate it, is there any possibility for you to send it

to me? Or could you maybe send me any english text about this, please?

Thanks a lot! Best regards!

Informix story - IBM dont want to push it and people are not asking for it.

Thank you for the feedback on IOD 2011 in Mumbai.

IBM still doesn't understand that it is a great thing to have two databases to compete against Oracle and when to use the one or the other. Everything is focused on DB2 with still very moderate success outside of the SAP area.

If IBM would have invested the same marketing power that they spend in DB2 for Informix during the last 10 years, they would surely own a bigger part of the Unix/Windows database business as they do today. The problem is that there are a lot of guys in good positions at IBM that build their career on DB2 and they don't want to see Informix succeed.

Things are getting better, but IBM is still far away from an equal treatment of DB2 and Informix (:-

I have been trying to do some stuff on Ubuntu Linux.  However, some files/commands you use just don't exist there.

For example: rc.status, rc_status, rc_reset, rc_failed.

Are there equivalents to these in Ubuntu?  If I know what they do I could emulate them or decide to do without them altogether.

Suggestions?

Thanks

A paper describing the IDS benefits for Centric iSolutions' can be found here:

ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/imc14147gben/IMC14147GBEN.PDF

Hi Eric,

Thanks for keeping a summary of the Informix 11.7 press coverage.  You are making life too easy for our PR folks! 

Here are a few more I found that you can add to the list:

Reuters - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS135238+13-Oct-2010+PRN20101013

Centre Daily Times - IBM Helps Organizations Boost Business Performance With New ...

??????C????????.?? - IBM ??????????? ??????????? ??????????? Informix 11.7

Regards,

Sally

Try to google for "ibm informix international competency center"

and the very first result starts with:

"The IBM Oracle International Competency Center is located..."

Yeah - this is way to advertise!

Hi Spokey,

this is a good idea. I'll write this one to my ToDo list
and add some feeds during the next weeks.

Thank you.

-Eric

Nach meinen Informationen ist eine Ultimate-C Linux-Variante nicht geplant.

Das ist zwar schade, aber durchaus nachvollziehbar. Die installierte Basis auf Unix und Linux ist vermutlich zu groß und die Lizenzeinbußen wären für IBM vermutlich deutlich spürbar(er). Bei DB2 scheint das nicht so ein Problem zu sein, da hier die installierte Basis im Vergleich zu Informix m.E. wesentlich übersichtlicher ist.

Anyway, es ist auf jeden Fall ein großer Schritt in die richtige Richtung. Interessant ist auch die Open Source Initiative, um führende Open Source Projekte auf Informix lauffähig zu machen:

http://www.iiug.org/opensource/

Das Ganze garniert mit einem cleveren Marketing könnte durchaus das Produktbewusstsein für Informix im Markt positiv beeinflussen. Aber "Marketing und IBM" - zwei Welten treffen aufeinander :-)

Beste Grüße

Eric Herber

Thank you Spokey for the link about "Smart Metering".
This is a good one.

However I'm still convinced that a more product focused
advertising strategy would be much more benificial for
IBM itself and definitely for the many Informix business
partners.

Unfortunately IBM has a different thinking about how
clever marketing is done (:- Exchanging the IBM marketing
strategists with the ones from Apple for a couple of
months would probably show how a clever product focused
marketing could accelerate (Informix) sales :-)