Hi,
I found the solution. To answer the above: there is only one instance, user was informix, the engine had problems coming up after a restore.
I did an onmode -ky to bring it down. Then did an onint -r to be bring the server to recovery mode, checked onstat -d to see what flags my dbs and chunks were in, found I needed to do an ontape -n, saw the status of the chunks improve, last I was able to the an onmode -m to bring the server up online.
Carmen