On 9/17/07, David Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a client who is implementing snapshot backup method onto all of their
windows 2003 servers. I suspect Universe 10.1 is not VSS (Microsoft volume
shadow copy service) aware.
Does anyone have thoughts and suggestions the best steps the
Interesting point, but here is why I used the touch command. The touch
command has more specific standard error codes. If you use openseq else
writeseq and both the openseq and writeseq fail, the touch command should
provide a little more info. Only happens in obscure cases but it can save
Is there a UniData enhancement request buried in the discussion below?
UniVerse has a handy file called $UVHOME/errlog that logs runtime error
messages (and a few things that aren't really errors) that normally
appear on the screen or PH file of the user generating the error. It
shows what, who,
Could anyone elaborate on the optimization around Field-marks. A while
back, I started avoiding traditional references to dynamic arrays
(arraycounter) within loops because of the inefficiencies of having to
traverse the array from the first character to the desired attribute
during each
Larry:
Can I get authorization to attend this meeting? The afternoon session
is at 3pm, so I would need to leave about noon driving to get there on
time.
Session cost is $35, plus mileage of course. I could take care of my
dinner if needed.
Harold
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From: [EMAIL
Hi all,
Beware
1) $UDTBIN/dbpause
2) Break the RAID-1 mirror
3) $UDTBIN/dbresume
4) Backup the offline mirror disk
This guarantees you a backup where there are no structural integrity
problems from saving files in the middle of a change to overflow pointers,
etc but it does not
Charles:
This has been requested years ago. I've also posted a list of basic (not BASIC)
enhancements to old the U2 Better and Better list. I don't know if it's still
there, but I couldn't find it. So, I'm revising it to post again. :-)
I'm was very surprised this isn't a normal part of UD.
snip
(One major drawback is that the touch command will not work on Windows.)
/snip
You can have touch available if you install Services for Unix.
C:touch myself
C:ls -latr myself
C:rm myself
And of course:
C:rm -r * :)
All work from within a 'Dos' window, not just a shell session.
Chuck Stevenson wrote:
Is there a UniData enhancement request buried in the discussion below?
UniVerse has a handy file called $UVHOME/errlog that logs runtime error
messages (and a few things that aren't really errors) that normally
appear on the screen or PH file of the user generating the
Yes, I think the errlog is a great feature on universe. I utilize a
background phantom process to monitor the file and send an email of
recent errors every few minutes. It is a great way to see what
programs have issues especially if you make a coding mistake and a user
receives a 'variable
The only way to guarantee business level data integrity in
non-transactional
applications is to force all users off the system briefly while you do
steps
1 - 3.
That's a good point. However, it's important to have a controlled way to
do so. I've had people think they were safe to just
I don't know, can you? :-)
-Original Message-
From: Oaks, Harold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 11:33 AM
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: RE: SAPUG Meeting September 20th (was: Re: [U2] User Groups)
Larry:
Can I get authorization to attend this
Hi Dan,
I tried some experiments a few years ago and convinced myself that UniData
does not have field hints as supported in UniVerse. This may have changed
but I cannot recall seeing any announcement of this.
Martin Phillips
Ladybridge Systems Ltd
17b Coldstream Lane, Hardingstone,
snip
Is there a UniData enhancement request buried in the discussion below?
UniVerse has a handy file called $UVHOME/errlog that logs runtime error
messages (and a few things that aren't really errors) that normally
appear on the screen or PH file of the user generating the error. It
shows
So, what is the best way to log users off cleanly in mass? You
certainly can't depend on users to log off for themselves. Asking,
begging, threateningnone of that works. I know for certain if I log
in at 03:00, there will be 15 to 20 users still logged in, even though
the building has been
I have transaction processing in the application, but I don't believe that
Universe has the dbpause and dresume options.
Regards
David Jordan
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We have a UNIX script that does a 'wall' warning people that they will be
logged off in
6 minutes
and 2 minutes
If they are not off:
/usr/ud/bin/listuser | egrep 'udt|phantom|unijdbc' | awk '{print deleteuser
$2 }' | ksh
and they usually are gone. Sometimes on Solaris, the UNIX Pid will
Where is this $UVHOME file? I can't find it in my UV directory.
-- Louie
$ ls -l *HOME*
ls: 0653-341 The file *HOME* does not exist.
$ ls -l *UV*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root system 4096 Jan 11 2007 D_UV.ACCESS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 4096 May 11 2005 D_UV.ACCOUNT
-rw-r--r--
LOL, it is the uv directory.
-Original Message-
From: Louie Bergsagel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 5:00 PM
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: Re: [U2] [BB] Does UD need the equivalent of uv/errlog?
Where is this $UVHOME file? I can't find it in my
I always just set MAXUSR to 0, and then walked around the company and logged
everyone off who had gone home without logging out.
Oh, yeah, that was PRIMOS, twenty years ago.
And it only worked for the remote branches if I could find someone working
late there, or the janitor, to log terminals
I find that MASTER OFF ALL at TCL in the UV account works really well
and cleanly.
We kick all users off at midnight in order to stop the UV services so we
can cleanly split off a 3rd level mirror for backup. I have scripted a
MASTER OFF ALL, followed by a double check via tasklist (UV 10.1.18
Universe 10.2.2 on Solaris 10
ASSIGN 1 TO SYSTEM(43) to suspend
And 0 to un-suspend
Or UVSUSPEND.FILES ON/OFF (APP.PROGS/UVSUSPEND.B)
Ron Bertrand
ISD/LIS
Group Health
206-901-4519
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Jordan
Sent:
LOL, I'm IN the uv directory. LOGTO UV is a valid UniVerse command. It
isn't my fault that Unix is UPCASE challenged.
On 9/17/07, Jerry Banker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
LOL, it is the uv directory.
-Original Message-
From: Louie Bergsagel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday,
Hi Ron
Thanks for that. Are you aware of any issues I need to look out using this?
Regards
David Jordan
Universe 10.2.2 on Solaris 10
ASSIGN 1 TO SYSTEM(43) to suspend
And 0 to un-suspend
Or UVSUSPEND.FILES ON/OFF (APP.PROGS/UVSUSPEND.B)
Ron Bertrand
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It is stored in the root directory (/) and is called .uvhome
To find the contents of the uvhome file, just type in cat /.uvhome
Rgds
Bernard Lubin
Development Department
Reynolds and Reynolds
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Louie
Thanks. I also had to log in as root.
Not much there:
# ls -l .uvhome
-r--r--r-- 1 root system7 Jan 11 2007 .uvhome
# cat /.uvhome
/u2/uv
On 9/17/07, Bernard Lubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is stored in the root directory (/) and is called .uvhome
To find the contents
1) If you want to do any error tracking or suspend/unsuspend verification flags
you have to do it at the unix level - see #2!! I write status flags out to the
backup dir for the process.
2) We are running the process from from a backup cron (with root access) and I
found with that you need an
Where is this $UVHOME file? I can't find it in my UV directory.
In the root directory there is a hidden file called .uvhome that is a
simple text file pointing to where universe is installed. Mine says:
$cat /.uvhome
/dbms/uv
$
UVHOME is a variable that many people typically set up
From the Help,
quote
From a BASIC program there are two ways to find the UV account:
* Use the UV.ROOT replace token that is defined in the FILENAMES.H
header file
* Use the SYSTEM (32) BASIC function
Note: You cannot find the location of the UV account by opening and
reading the
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