easy question...

[WiccaChic]

How do I create a cooked file and then add it as a chunk? I use raw disk now, but I want to be able to mix in cooked files in an emergency.

My raw disk chunks have an offset of 32 and a size of 524255...so how do I make a cooked file with the same attributes and then add it as a chunk?

 

[vpshriyan]

Hi,

To use a cooked file path as a chunk to an informix dbspace you need to have a mounted piece of file system. Ideally, you need to create a directory to hold a chunck. Follow the steps:

1. mkdir infdata
2. chmod 770 infdata
3. cd infdata
4. touch chunk01
5. chown informix:informix chunk01
6. chmod 660 chunk01

You may use onmonitor (if available, in your version) or onspaces to create and add dbspaces / chunks, specify size that you want to assign so that dbserver can stretch it to this limit in upfront.

Regards,
Shriyan

 

[WiccaChic]

Thanks vpshriyan. Could not find a straight forward explanation of this anywhere, all I kept reading was its possible but no one ever seemed to give the specifics.