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| John 7.31.UC2 _may_ have been earlier than Solaris 8 so may not know about the tcpip changes in Solaris 8 - to resolve this get the latest version of IDS. You need the latest SUN patches on Solaris 8 (dont recall which one specifically). I think you also need to enable IPV6. MW > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org > [mailto > Sent: Wednesday, 10 November 2004 12:46 p.m. > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: RE: Problem with 7.31 UC2 on Solaris 8 > > > Hi Art, > > I tried your suggestion, and it didn't work. However, I was able to work > around the problem (sort of) by changing the sqlhosts entry for > "hostname" from: > > hostname ontlitcp hostname sqlexec > > to: > > hostname onipcshm hostname shmem > > and adding an entry in /etc/services for "shmem". > > This allows me to initialize the instance, use dbaccess (with > DBSERVERNAME="hostname"), etc. However, I can't revert back and make any > connections using ontlitcp. Whenever I try, I get the same type of error > message: > > 25572: Network driver cannot bind a name to the port. > > I've tried using a different port number for sqlexec with no luck. I > don't think that's the problem. It seems like something related to the > tli/tcp protocol/interface has changed between Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 > and beyond. > > If we were only running applications on the local server, maybe we could > live with that (or maybe not?), but I'm afraid this is going to be a > problem, since we need the ability to make remote database connections > for things like HDR. > > Any thoughts? I wonder if Sun could tell us what changed between Solaris > 7 and 8 and provide some sort of work-around... > > Thanks, > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto > On Behalf Of Art S. Kagel > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 2:48 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Problem with 7.31 UC2 on Solaris 8 > > On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 15:21:30 -0500, Spurgeon, John P wrote: > > You can try running the buildsmi script (IB it's in $INFORMIXDIR/etc) > manually. That solved the problem in early IDS versions that > occassionally > had the same problem. If it does not work, then you have to upgrade to > 7.31 > UD5 or whatever the latest is. > > Art S. Kagel > > > Hi, > > > > Our group uses IDS 7.31 UC2 on Solaris 7 (x86). We recently tried to > install > > the same version of IDS on Solaris 8 (x86). Things seemed to be > working OK > > until we tried to initialize the engine and the sysmaster database > failed to > > build. The issue is documented in the release notes for 7.31 UD1: > > > > 124759 ON SOLARIS 8, SERVER FAILS TO BUILD SYSMASTER BECAUSE > BUILDSMI > > CONNECT TO DATABASE FAILS WITH ERROR 25572 WITH "EXEC FORMAT ERROR" > USING > > TLITCP. > > > > Is there any way to work around the problem and use 7.31 UC2 on > Solaris 8, > > or have we reached a point where we have no choice but to upgrade IDS > if we > > want to run Solaris 8? > > > > Thanks, > > John > > > > sending to informix-list > > sending to informix-list sending to informix-list |