This guide provides information about configuring IRIS FailSafe™ systems with the IRIS FailSafe INFORMIX® database option. This option enables INFORMIX database resources to be failed over from one node to another if a component fails. This guide is intended as a supplement to the information about configuring IRIS FailSafe included in the IRIS FailSafe Administrator's Guide .
This guide was prepared in conjunction with the initial release of the IRIS FailSafe INFORMIX option. It describes IRIS FailSafe INFORMIX software for INFORMIX 7.12UC1.
This guide is written for system administrators who are responsible for configuring and administering an IRIS FailSafe system with the optional IRIS FailSafe INFORMIX software. These system administrators must be familiar with INFORMIX configuration.
This guide contains three chapters and an appendix:
Chapter 1, “IRIS FailSafe INFORMIX Overview,” describes the IRIS FailSafe components that are included in the IRIS FailSafe INFORMIX option. It also provides an overview on the steps required to add INFORMIX databases as highly available services to an IRIS FailSafe cluster.
Chapter 2, “Configuring IRIS FailSafe for INFORMIX,” explains the procedures for adding INFORMIX databases as highly available services.
Chapter 3, “Configuration File Blocks for INFORMIX,” contains reference information for the INFORMIX blocks in IRIS FailSafe configuration files.
Appendix A, “Messages About Configuration File Errors,” explains the error messages and warnings from the ha_cfgverify command that are related to INFORMIX.
For INFORMIX installation information, see the Informix Installation Guide Version 7.1 for UNIX Products.
Besides this guide, other documentation for the IRIS FailSafe system includes
IRIS FailSafe Administrator's Guide
IRIS FailSafe Programmer's Guide
IRIS FailSafe Sybase Administrator's Guide (IRIS FailSafe Sybase® option)
IRIS FailSafe Oracle Administrator's Guide (IRIS FailSafe Oracle® option)
The IRIS FailSafe reference pages are as follows:
ha_admin(1M)
ha_appmon(1M)
ha_cfgchksum(1M)
ha_cfginfo(1M)
ha_cfgverify(1M)
ha_exec(1M)
ha_hbeat(1M)
ha_ifa(1M)
ha_ifmx(1M) (IRIS FailSafe INFORMIX option)
ha_killd(1M)
ha_nc(1M)
ha_orcl(1M) (IRIS FailSafe Oracle option)
ha_spng(1M)
ha_sybs(1M) (IRIS FailSafe Sybase option)
http_ping(1M) (IRIS FailSafe Web option)
macconfig(1M)
ha.conf(4)
failsafe(7M)
Release notes are included with each IRIS FailSafe product. The names of the release notes are as follows:
| ha_base | release notes for IRIS FailSafe | |
| ha_nfs | release notes for IRIS FailSafe NFS® | |
| ha_www | release notes for IRIS FailSafe Web | |
| ha_ orcl | release notes for IRIS FailSafe Oracle | |
| ha_ ifmx | release notes for IRIS FailSafe INFORMIX | |
| ha_ sybs | release notes for IRIS FailSafe Sybase |
These type conventions and symbols are used in this guide:
| Bold | Literal command-line arguments and literal parameter values | |
| Italics | Command names, filenames,new terms, the names of inst subsystems, manual/book titles, variable command-line arguments, and variables to be supplied by the user in examples, code, and syntax statements | |
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| # | IRIX™ shell prompt for the superuser (root) |