Appendix A. Messages About Configuration File Errors

This appendix lists the error messages and warnings that can appear as output of the ha_cfgverify command that are related to INFORMIX configuration. Other messages are described in Appendix A of the IRIS FailSafe Administrator's Guide .


Note: ha_cfgverify generates warnings when a possible error exists, but it is unable to determine for sure. You must check each warning manually. A warning could indicate invalid IRIS FailSafe configuration.

The error messages are given in alphabetical order.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section must have config-file entry

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section must have db-avail entry

The db-avail value is missing in the informix block.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section must have db-probe-time entry

The db-probe-time value is missing in the informix block.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section must have db-retry-count entry

The db-retry-count value is missing in the informix block.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section must have db-timeout entry

The db-timeout value is missing in the informix block.

ha_cfgverify: informix <informix_block_label> section must have either master-db-vol or master-db-fs entry

Either master-db-vol or master-db-fs must be specified.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section must have monitoring-level entry

The monitoring-level value is missing in the informix block.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section must have release-dir entry

You must specify release-dir in the informix block.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section must have running-indicator-strings entry

The running-indicator-strings value is missing in the informix block.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section must have sa-user entry

The sa-user value must be present in the informix block.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section must have shutdown-options entry

The shutdown-options value is missing in the informix block.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section must have start-monitor-time entry

The start-monitor-time value is missing in the informix block.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section must have unix-user entry

The unix-user value is missing from the informix block.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section: db-avail entry <value> must be either "high" or "low"

The db-avail value must be high or low.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section: monitoring-level <value> must either 0 or 1

The monitoring-level value must be 0 or 1.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section: release-dir entry <value> is invalid

The release-dir value is not a valid directory name.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section: sa-passwd entry is missing. Assuming no sa-passwd

This message is not an error message.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section: shutdown-options <value> must either 0 or 1 or 2

The shutdown-option value must be 0, 1, or 2.

ha_cfgverify : informix <informix_block_label> section: unix-user entry <value> is invalid

The unix-user value is not a valid user. Check the password file.

ha_cfgverify: No informix section present in the file

There is an informix application-class block, but there is no informix block.

ha_cfgverify: informix <informix_block_label>: the master-db-fs entry <filesystem> is invalid

The master-db-fs value must match the label of a filesystem block.

ha_cfgverify : the master-db-vol entry <xlv_volume> is invalid

The master-db-vol value must match the label of a volume block.