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  • 1.  Informix 14.10.FC11 and IBM PowerHA SystemMirror(HACMP)

    Posted 22 hours ago

    Hi,

    We successfully done migration from version 11.70.FC4 to 14.10.FC11. Everything is fine on the "active" machine.

    We are using "Active/Passive" configuration with: IBM PowerHA(HACMP).

    The "mount" directory between two nodes is /informix. The installation was made on the "active" machine with $INFORMIXDIR=/informix.

    When we moved "Resource Group" - on the second machine(Passive become Active) we receive a problem with "libisi.so.3" library.

    We fixed this problem, after a couple a days investigation.

    So, the questions are:

    Do we need a IBM AIX GSKit installed on both machines before install Informix?

    How can we bypass installation of Informix GSKit on the second(passive) machine without mounting the file system /informix and using $INFORMIXDIR/gskit/installgskit ?

    Regards,



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    Boycho Velkov
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  • 2.  RE: Informix 14.10.FC11 and IBM PowerHA SystemMirror(HACMP)

    Posted 22 hours ago
    If you want to use SSL then move to 14.10.FC11W1, the latest gsk is 8.0.60.1 (AFAIK) and you want to use that.

    The installgskit is just a RPM wrapper, you can just copy the RPMs and install directly.  As you have found out installgskit expects you to be in $    INFORMIXDIR/gskit/

    Cheers
    Paul


    On 2/25/2025 12:18 PM, Boycho Velkov via IBM TechXchange Community wrote:
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    Hi, We successfully done migration from version 11.70.FC4 to 14.10.FC11. Everything is fine on the "active" machine. We are using "Active...



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  • 3.  RE: Informix 14.10.FC11 and IBM PowerHA SystemMirror(HACMP)

    Posted 22 hours ago

    Thanks Paul,

    The problem is - the $INFORMIDIR directory (/informix) is on "active" machine. We try to fix a problem without move $INFORMIXDIR(/informix) on the second (Passive) LPAR node.

    Cheers,



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    Boycho Velkov
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  • 4.  RE: Informix 14.10.FC11 and IBM PowerHA SystemMirror(HACMP)

    Posted an hour ago
    Edited by Boycho Velkov 58 minutes ago

    Hi,

    Let me clarify the question:
    Is there anyone in the world who works with: Informix 14.10.XXXX and IBM PowerHA SystemMirror(HACMP) on AIX 7.3 ?

    Thanks,



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    Boycho Velkov
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  • 5.  RE: Informix 14.10.FC11 and IBM PowerHA SystemMirror(HACMP)

    Posted 45 minutes ago

    Most Informix customers who need HA rely on the Informix HDR replication rather than OS HADR scripting.

    Art



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    Art S. Kagel, President and Principal Consultant
    ASK Database Management Corp.
    www.askdbmgt.com
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  • 6.  RE: Informix 14.10.FC11 and IBM PowerHA SystemMirror(HACMP)

    Posted 51 minutes ago

    Hi Boycho,

    one thing to understand about GSKit is it's not an Informix thing.   It is brought by Informix, but might also be brought by other IBM products, and it installs into the OS, so not within Informix or whatever other product installation brought it, and it lives entirely under /usr/lib.

    So yes, it should be installed into both HA OSes.

    Also, it's not only used, by Informix, for SSL connectivity or Encryption-at-Rest and other obvious encryption stuff.  What you'll also need it for is any non-default Informix edition - without GSKit working your installation will always appear and act as Developer Edition.

    Making sense, answering your question?

    BR,
     Andreas



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    Andreas Legner
    Informix Dev
    HCL Software
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