SYSALARMPROGRAM

onconfig.std
value

On UNIX: evidence.sh (expands to
$INFORMIXDIR/etc/evidence.sh)

range of values

Pathname

takes effect

When shared memory is initialized

utilities

None

utilities

onutil

refer to

None

Set SYSALARMPROGRAM to the name of your system alarm program or script. Use a full pathname if your script is outside the $INFORMIXDIR/etc directory. The database server executes SYSALARMPROGRAM when an assertion failure occurs. IBM recommends that you leave SYSALARMPROGRAM configured to "evidence.sh", because Technical Support uses the output from the evidence.sh script to diagnose the cause of a database server failure.

To modify the SYSALARMPROGRAM parameter dynamically, use the onutil SET command. Example:

%onutil
SET SYSALARMPROGRAM "/usr/informix/etc/custom_sysalarm.sh";