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Install and Configure Any DataBlade Modules
Install and Configure Any DataBlade Modules
After you install Dynamic Server 9.30 or 9.2x, and before you initialize the
database server, install and register any DataBlade modules, supplied by
Informix or third-party vendors, that you want to add to the database server.
Registration is the process that makes the DataBlade module code available to
use in a particular database. For more information on how to use DataBlade
modules, refer to the DataBlade documentation.
Important: Test Dynamic Server 9.30 or 9.2x completely with traditional relational
data before you start to use DataBlade modules. After you successfully use DataBlade
modules, you can begin to use extended data types, routines, and access methods.
Warning: A conversion to Dynamic Server 9.30 or 9.2x from Universal Server 9.14
might fail if you do not install and set up DataBlade modules after installation of
Dynamic Server 9.30 or 9.2x and before initialization.
Initialize Dynamic Server 9.30 or 9.2x
Initialize Dynamic Server 9.30 or 9.2x without disk initialization.
Warning: Dynamic Server 9.30 or 9.2x writes to the logical logs with the transactions that result from creating the sysmaster database. If you run out of log space
before the creation of the sysmaster database is complete, Dynamic Server 9.30 or
9.2x halts and indicates that you must back up the logical logs. After you back up the
logical logs, the database server can finish building the sysmaster database.
You cannot use ON-Bar to back up the logical logs because the database has not been
converted yet.
If you have ALARMPROGRAM set to “log_full.sh” in the ONCONFIG configuration
file, errors are generated as each log file fills during the conversion. Informix recommends that you change the value of ALARMPROGRAM to either nothing or
“no_log.sh” so that these errors are not generated.
If your logical log does fill up during the conversion, you need to back it up with
ontape, the only backup tool you can use at this point. Issue the ontape -a
command.
Execute the following command to bring Dynamic Server 9.30 or 9.2x online
for the first time:
oninit
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