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Conference futurs::sybase

Title:Sybase on U*IX Platform
Notice:open for business on the FUTURS node
Moderator:SXKITN::DAW
Created:Wed Oct 10 1990
Last Modified:Fri Mar 28 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Apr 11 1997
Number of topics:507
Total number of notes:1440

496.0. "Help! Sybase won't start!" by NQOS01::mko-ras-port-3.mko.dec.com::Pellerin () Wed Jan 29 1997 06:03

I have a new customer that is Sun "centric" trying out Sybase 11.0.2 on 
Digital UNIX 4.0b.

I have helped him to configure the Digital UNIX kernel for the minimum 
acceptable shmmax parameter (67108864) as is documented in the "SYBASE SQL 
Server Administration Guide Supplement for Digital UNIX".  I got the guide 
off of Sybooks on the www.

After confirming that the change is in effect (# sysconfig -q ipc), he still 
cannot start up Sybase.  He is getting the following messages (translated 
over the phone, probably not exact):

OS create shmat invalid argument
kbcreate couldn't create kernel region
ki startup could not create shared memory

Can someone help?  I believe that there is either a couple more params I need 
to "up" in the kernel config file, or there is an ownership violation on some 
file(s) from doing the install improperly.

Regards,

 -Bob Pellerin (603) 424-4359  or bob.pellerin@lex or NEMAIL::PELLERIN
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496.1AXPBIZ::RANJANWed Jan 29 1997 21:3412
Hi Bob,

 os_create_region(), kbcreate() and kistartup() are Sybase SQL Server 
 functions that create/attach to shared memory segments. These messages
 show up whenver the Server cannot create shm segments for some reason
 or the other. 

 At this stage, I'd ask you to check another ipc parameter - ssm-threshold.
 You should set ssm-threshold to zero. By the way, what is the 
 "total memory" Sybase is asking for from the system ? 

- Ranjan.