I just installed 9.4FC3 on HP/UX 11 and want to use large chunks (3-5GB). I
have the symbolic links setup of the correct size and am now trying to
create the dbspace/chunk. Both onmonitor and onspaces tell me my chunk size
is too big. I have run 'onmode -BC1 & 2. How am I supposed to create them?
I have found nothing in the manual that specifically states how to do it.

I am trying this command: 'onspaces -c -d dbspacename -p /path/of/link -o 0
-s 3072000'

Thanks,
Randy
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"Kennedy, Randy" <RKennedy@scottsdaleaz.gov> wrote in message
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>
> I just installed 9.4FC3 on HP/UX 11 and want to use large chunks (3-5GB).
I
> have the symbolic links setup of the correct size and am now trying to
> create the dbspace/chunk. Both onmonitor and onspaces tell me my chunk
size
> is too big. I have run 'onmode -BC1 & 2. How am I supposed to create
them?
> I have found nothing in the manual that specifically states how to do it.
>
> I am trying this command: 'onspaces -c -d dbspacename -p /path/of/link -o
0
> -s 3072000'

Works fine for me. See below.
Couple of obvious things:

1. Are you sure the onmode -BC has gone through OK?
2. Could /path/of/link be a link to a file system which has not got
"largefiles" enabled?

Please post the output from onstat -d and the exect error message you get
from onspaces.
================================================== =========================
informix@hamvpar2[/home/system/informix]onstat -d

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC3W2 -- On-Line -- Up 1 days
18:54:57 -- 153388 Kbytes

Dbspaces
address number flags fchunk nchunks flags owner
name
c000000020a60e60 1 0x60001 1 1 N B informix
rootdbs
c000000020bf5de8 2 0x40001 2 1 N B informix
physdbs
c000000020a61218 3 0x40001 3 1 N B informix
llogdbs
c000000020a61398 4 0x42001 4 1 N TB informix
tempdbs
c000000020a61518 5 0x40001 5 1 N B informix
dbs0
5 active, 2047 maximum

Chunks
address chunk/dbs offset size free bpages
flags pathname
c000000020a61028 1 1 0 26624 23922 PO-B
/opt/informix/dbspaces6/rootdbs
c000000020c099f8 2 2 0 51200 0 PO-B
/opt/informix/dbspaces6/physdbs
c000000020c09b90 3 3 0 51200 0 PO-B
/opt/informix/dbspaces6/llogdbs
c000000020c09d28 4 4 0 26624 26571 PO-B
/opt/informix/dbspaces6/tempdbs
c000000020bf5c50 5 5 0 806912 217241 PO-B
/opt/informix/dbspaces6/dbs0_1
5 active, 32766 maximum

Expanded chunk capacity mode: always

informix@hamvpar2[/home/system/informix]onspaces -c -d neil -p /tmp/neil -o
0 -s 3072000
Verifying physical disk space, please wait ...
Space successfully added.

** WARNING ** A level 0 archive of Root DBSpace will need to be done.
informix@hamvpar2[/home/system/informix]onstat -d

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC3W2 -- On-Line -- Up 1 days
18:55:04 -- 153388 Kbytes

Dbspaces
address number flags fchunk nchunks flags owner
name
c000000020a60e60 1 0x60001 1 1 N B informix
rootdbs
c000000020bf5de8 2 0x40001 2 1 N B informix
physdbs
c000000020a61218 3 0x40001 3 1 N B informix
llogdbs
c000000020a61398 4 0x42001 4 1 N TB informix
tempdbs
c000000020a61518 5 0x40001 5 1 N B informix
dbs0
c000000021902a80 6 0x60001 6 1 N B informix
neil
6 active, 2047 maximum

Chunks
address chunk/dbs offset size free bpages
flags pathname
c000000020a61028 1 1 0 26624 23922 PO-B
/opt/informix/dbspaces6/rootdbs
c000000020c099f8 2 2 0 51200 0 PO-B
/opt/informix/dbspaces6/physdbs
c000000020c09b90 3 3 0 51200 0 PO-B
/opt/informix/dbspaces6/llogdbs
c000000020c09d28 4 4 0 26624 26571 PO-B
/opt/informix/dbspaces6/tempdbs
c000000020bf5c50 5 5 0 806912 217241 PO-B
/opt/informix/dbspaces6/dbs0_1
c000000021902c00 6 6 0 1536000 1535947 PO-B
/tmp/neil
6 active, 32766 maximum

Expanded chunk capacity mode: always