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Informix Server

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BAR_RETRY should retry failed dbspace backup instead of complete archive

If you run a whole onbar backup (onbar -b -w -L 0) and have several dbspaces to backup and one dbspace backup failsthe complete archive must be retried. If you run parallel backup (BAR_MAX_BACKUP > 0) you also need to wait untilall dbspaces are...
over 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

Parallel index build and check is not supported on table with interval and range fragmentation.

CUSTOMER: CLEARTECH LTDA CONTACT.: Celso Cabral PRODUCT.: INFORMIX 11.70FC4X4 OS......: Red Hat Customer want to know how to if INFORMIX may use parallelism to create index using fragment by range and interval. eof--------------
almost 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

idsdb0018461

Further to our discussion to PMR: 05530,999,780 we had the impression that feature request idsdb00184614 it will be included in 11.7 xc8 but it looks like there is a code freeze.It is very urgent to have this feature implemented ASAP.
almost 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Get database transaction info on dbaccess

Onmonitor has disappeared on 12.10. dbaccess → Database → Info should have a method to retrieve the transaction level of a database (Buffered, Unbuffered, Ansi, None)
about 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

HDR restart mechanism for Primary server.

HDR needs a mechanism to restart when the smx thread exits due to timeouts. (happened twice to us on our Primary HDR server). If the smx thred is restarted (which occurred several times),there is no message posted in the online log indicating so. ...
over 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Prevent ER sync job of deleting records from child table on target

After talk with lab and support group the follwoing became clear: Under certain circumstances ER sync job can delete data from tables even if these tables are not part of the ER system. When a replicated table (target) has an unique index on a non...
over 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Add constraint name to ATS/RIS files when they are generated due to foreign key constraint issues

Add constraint name to ATS/RIS files when they are generated due to foreign key constraint issues
over 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Switching SDS nodes without shutting down mode

Environment OS Version - > SUN SOLARIS 5.11 IDS Version - > 11.70 Two nodes SDS cluster Story : Assume 2 nodes in SDS (Node A - Primary / Node B - Secondary) 01. Assume current primary server (Node A) unavailable due to hardware failure....
almost 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Change ER replicant name

Within ER there is no cdr rename repl functionality.
about 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

OnBar selective space backup restore allow non-backup spaces online but empty

Most of our customer base rely on selective space OnBar backups. As 99% of our customer base have been used a concept called Copy live database to a test database under the same instance (obviously, with different database and DBspace name) for ev...
over 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration