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One correction to the above, the buffer wait number is an absolute number and is relatively meaningless. What you need to look at is the buffer wait RATIO as follows: ratio = (bufwaits / pagereads + bufwrites) * 100. A ratio above 20% needs to be addressed, between 10% and 20% should be monitored.

One correction to the above, the buffer wait number is an absolute number and is relatively meaningless. What you need to look at is the buffer wait RATIO as follows: ratio = (bufwaits / pagereads + bufwrites) * 100. A ratio above 20% needs to be addressed, between 10% and 20% should be monitored.

Do NOT do this, after the files get loaded, there are many permissions that are changed via the install scripts, these can get corrupted if you move the files. Unless you are an Informix expert and know which part of the install scripts to run which deals with permissions, just do a reinstall...

When you put a filename in the tapedev or ltapedev parameters in the onconfig, that file must ALREADY exist. In other words, running ontape will not create the file. Just do a touch on the filename before you put it into the onconfig. If your ontape entry says for example...

Not being a technical web wizard, this may be a trivial question. I have a page that has a url link that, among other things, displays a small clock which continually updated itself. After upgrading the server to Apache2 this link no longer updates unless I manually refresh my browser. How can I...